TOPEKA, KAN. Western Colorado had a great outing at the Ichabod Invite on Saturday (Feb.12), leading to four out of eight runners earning provisional qualifying marks in their events.
 
Ichabod Invite Highlights (Feb. 12)

• Katie Doucette was impressive once again on the track, taking first place in the women's 5000 meters in a time of 16 minutes and 23.49 seconds, which is also a provisional qualifying mark and moves Doucette to fourth all-time. Alexia Thiros finished five spots down and also earned a provisional qualifying mark of 17:14.13.
• Allison Beasley also had a great outing taking second place in the women's final, crossing the finish line with a time of 4:59.54.
• The men's 5000m race also produced two provisional qualifying marks for the Mountaineers, as Cade Michael crossed the finish line in second place, recording a time of 14:13.05. Michael Grabowski was the other Western runner to earn a provisional qualifying mark of 14:24.58 in the event, which earned him 11th place.
• John Houdeshell earned a top-three finish in the men's 3000m coming in second place (8:23.70), while Jackson Schwartz finished four spots down in sixth place (8:37.74).
• Last and certainly not least, Ryan Outler took eighth place in the men's mile posting a time of 4:12.58.  

UP NEXT
The Mountaineers will host their final meet of the season on Friday, Feb. 18 as teams will come to Mountaineer Field House to compete in the Western Colorado Alumni Open.