UW runner Nathan Green sets school record at Mile City

After turning heads two years ago with eight men going under the four-minute mile barrier at the Mile City event at Dempsey Indoor, a record nine Huskies broke that mark in the same event on Saturday afternoon.

“To break our own record and have nine men run under four minutes today is really hard to put into words,” UW head coach Andy Powell said. “No one has ever done this before with so many men under the mark in the same meet. It’s really historic.”

Included in the nine was senior Nathan Green who broke the UW and Dempsey Indoor records with a blazing time of 3 minutes, 50.74 seconds. That time broke former teammate and 2023 and 2024 NCAA mile champion Luke Houser’s record of 3:51.73.

“Nathan continues to just operate at the highest level and he does everything you could ask and is the leader of this group, so that was an awesome run by him,” said Powell.

It was the fastest mile time in the world so far this year, the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history, and ranks Green eighth in American indoor history.

Also breaking the four-minute barrier for UW was Ronan McMahon-Staggs (3:51.85), Cole Lindhorst (3:55.04), Leo Daschbach (3:55.64), Rhys Hammond (3:58.15), Acer Iverson (3:58.23), Thom Diamond (3:58.46), Evan Jenkins (3:58.48), and Jamar Distel (3:59.32).

BASKETBALL

• John Christofilis scored 18 points and helped the Seattle U men defeat visiting Southern Utah 75-52.

Christofilis added five rebounds for the Redhawks (8-10, 3-1 WAC). Maleek Arington added 11 points. Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe finished with 10 points.

• Tamia Stricklin scored a team-high 14 points and added eight rebounds, but the Seattle U women (3-14, 0-4 WAC) shot just 25.8% in a 61-57 loss to host Southern Utah.

• Mason Williams scored 21 points and Andrew Cook added 18, but the Eastern Washington men (6-12, 2-3 Big Sky) fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 83-76 loss to host Idaho.

• Kourtney Grossman posted a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds in the visiting Eastern Washington women’s (6-11, 2-3 Big Sky) 67-57 loss to Idaho.

• Owen Moriarty scored a team-high 18 points in the Seattle Pacific men’s (7-12, 3-4 GNAC) 67-55 loss to host Northwest Nazarene.

• Hunter Beirne poured in a game-high 26 points, including seven three-pointers, but the Seattle Pacific women (6-14, 0-7 GNAC) fell on the road 88-84 to Northwest Nazarene.

HOCKEY

• Tarin Smith had a goal and an assist to help the host Everett Silvertips (32-5-3-3) to a 4-1 win over Prince George.

• Hyde Davidson and Brayden Holberton scored in the host Seattle Thunderbirds’ (14-26-2-1) 5-2 loss to Kelowna.

TENNIS

• The Washington men swept both Seattle U and Portland State in a doubleheader at Nordstrom Tennis Center.