SACRAMENTO, Calif. — True freshman Louie Hinchliffe tied a Washington State men's track and field all-time program record in the 100-meter dash Friday at 10.17 to place fourth in his heat and 12th overall, earning a trip in Austin, Texas later this month for the 2023 NCAA Championships (June 7-10). Hinchliffe's nationals qualifying time highlighted the third of four days for WSU at the 2023 NCAA West Preliminary Round at Sacramento State University's Hornet Stadium.

Hinchliffe sat towards the back half of the field after the first 50 meters, but the former 200-meter sprinter closed strong to clock a wind-legal 10.17, tying Anson Henry's WSU program record set at Mt SAC back in 2002

𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗔 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 | 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵

Louie Hinchliffe with a wind-legal 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗 in heat 1! He'll await the next two heats for a potential spot in Austin.

⏱️10.17, 4th in heat 1 [t1st all-time at WSU]
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The native of Sheffield, England joined the Cougs prior to the start of the 2023 Spring semester and already owned the freshman records in both the 60m and 100m before qualifying for finals in his first-career Pac-12 Championships.

Kelvin Limo sat in the top three for the majority of heat two in the men's steeplechase and finished in a new PR at 8:40.22. Friday's steeplechase saw three fast heats with 23 runners clocking personal-best times highlighted by Duncan Hamilton of Montana State who ran the fastest time (8:16.23) in the NCAA since Washington State collegiate record holder Henry Rono's 8:05.40 back in 1978. Sam Griffith improved on his career-best time at the NCAA West Preliminary round after putting up a time of 8:56.73 to finish 11th in the opening heat of the steeplechase.

McAlvey fell off of the lead pace down the final stretch as he finished the 400m hurdles quarterfinal in 52.15, good for a seventh-place finish in the opening heat. Zach Stallings closed the night for the Cougs with a 14:10.51 in his first-career appearance at the West Preliminary round in the men's 5,000m run.

Up Next: 

Saturday's final day of the West Preliminary Round will begin with the women's 4X100m relay at 5 p.m. Caroline Jerotich (steeplechase) and Alaina Stone Boggs (5,000m) will make their first appearances of the week while Elena Willems (800m) and Mackenzie Fletcher (400m hurdles) each retun to the track to round out the weekend for WSU. 

Any qualifying student-athletes will join Hinchliffe later this month at the NCAA Championships (June 7-10) from Mike A. Meyers Stadium in Austin, Texas. 

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- Ronald Grueso Mosquera: 53.48m/ 175' 5", 36th (9th in flight 1) 

- Kelvin Limo: 8:40.22, 15th (4th in heat 2) 

- Sam Griffith: 8:56.73, 35th (11th in heat 1) 

- Louie Hinchliffe: 10.17, 12th (4th in heat 1) 

- Jared McAlvey: 52.15, 22nd (7th in heat 1) 

- Zach Stallings: 14:10.51, 37th (18th in heat 2) 

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- Elena Willems: 2:06.67q, 18th (4th in heat 2)  

- Mackenzie Fletcher: 59.00q, 16th (4th in heat 1)  

- Cristina Molteni: 33:33.92, 27th [PR] [3rd all-time at WSU] 

- Neema Kimtai: 4:22.38, 33rd overall (6th in heat 4)  

400m  
- Jasneet Nijjar: 54.10, 39th (8th in heat 4)  
100m Hurdles  

- Micaela De Mello: DQ [missed hurdle]  

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- Josh Farr: 58.42m/ 191' 8", 41st overall (10th in flight 1)   

- Ronald Grueso Mosquera: 18.29m/ 60' 0.25", 23rd overall (10th in flight 3)   

- Zach Stallings: 3:50.51, 39th overall (6th in heat 2)   

- Louie Hinchliffe: 10.31q, 9th overall (3rd in heat 1) [Qualifies for Friday's QF at 6:35 p.m.]  

- Jared McAlvey: 51.07, 18th overall (2nd in heat 3) [Qualifies for Friday's QF at 7:25 p.m.]