FAYETTE, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis men's track and field team made the quick turnaround from the indoor season to the outdoor season on Saturday at the 2026 Central Methodist Open.

No team scores were kept.

Top Finishes:

• 400m
  • Senior Alex Zavadoski finished as runner-up with a time of 49.77
• 800m
  • The Bears had six of the top 10 finishers, led by sophomore Caleb Brox who finished fourth with a time of 1:57.69.
  • First-year Rishi Shadaksharappa was fifth with his time of 1:57.71.
  • First-years William Newkirk, Param Gupta, Cameron Bettinger, and Ulysses Klebeck finished in seventh through 10^th places, respectively.
• 1500m
  • Senior Alexander Bullard was seventh with his time of 4:19.44
• 110m Hurdles
  • Three WashU athletes finished in the top-nine, led by first-year William Kamp and his time of 15.77 to finish fifth
  • Right behind him was sophomore Liam Elliott with a time of 15.95
  • First-year Beckett Jones was ninth with a time of 16.01
• 400m Hurdles
  • Kamp had his second top-five finish of the season with a fourth place finish in a time of 59.60.
  • Classmate Nathaniel Hordon was ninth with his time of 1:00.84.
  • Elliott was next in 10^th with a time of 1:01.72
• 4x400m Relay
  • The Bears had five teams finish in the top seven.
  • The team of senior Dayton Lasack, first-year Logan Fairchild, Zavadoski, and junior William Frohling finished first with their time of 3:15.53
• Pole Vault
  • Sophomore Zachary Duckworth claimed the win with a PR of 5.00m, edging out teammate senior George Bourdier for the win. Bourdier also cleared 5.00m, but missed out on the tiebreakers
  • Senior Hayden Kunkel was third with a clear of 4.90m while junior Peter Lichtenberger (4.65m) and first-year William Coyne (4.65m) rounded out the top-seven.
• Long Jump
  • Senior Carson Page finished sixth with a distance of 6.53m
  • Classmate Eli Goldman was ninth with his leap of 6.32m
• Triple Jump
  • First-year Benjamin Long finished fifth with a leap of 12.64m
  • Sophomore Jared Dawkins was seventh with a distance of 12.41m and first-year Ayokanmi Adenle was ninth with a jump of 12.02m
• Shot Put
  • First-year Scott Cook was sixth with a throw of 12.70m while senior Davin Hickman-Chow was seventh with his throw of 12.50m
• Discus
  • First-year Hunter Rocker finished in third place with a throw of 41.52m
• Hammer Throw
  • Sophomore Ian Murphy was seventh with a throw of 45.88m
• Javelin
  • Sophomore Maulama Kimata was fourth with a throw of 45.80m
  • Junior Cal Newell was seventh with his throw of 41.71m

 
WashU will be at home next weekend when it hosts both the WashU Distance Carnival on Thursday, March 26^th and Friday, March 27 as well as the WashU Invite on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. All events will take place at Francis Olympic Field.

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