SPOKANE – Katja Pattis won the 3,000-meter run and the Vandals recorded eight top-six finishes as they opened the season at the highly competitive 2025 Spokane Sports Showcase at the Podium in Spokane, Friday.
 
The meet included, Big 10, Pac-12, ACC, Mountain West, WCC and Big Sky teams in a tough
 
Pattis recorded a 3K time of 9:54.57, four seconds off of her career-best, but enough to win the event by more than three seconds.  Vandal freshman Jesse Redding finished fourth in the event with a time of 10:10.38.
 
Sam Fulbright finished second in the mile with a time of 4:21.81, just a little more than a second off his career best, but good enough for a second-place finish.
 
The Vandal men's 4x400 team finished second with a time of 3:22.2.
 
The field events were highlighted by Cami Cvitkovich who made her collegiate debut with a fourth-place finish in the high jump with a finish of 1.72m. (5-7.75).
 
The event was the first of the season for the Vandals under new head coach Tracy Hellman.
 
"Today was a solid result for our teams at our indoor track season opener," Hellman said. "It was great to get into a competition setting but more importantly to see where we are at this time of year. I thought we had some strong performances but it's not how you start - it's how you finish. We are now focused on getting better each week and building towards the Big Sky championships. We are also excited for next week when we host our home invitational as it's always a great opportunity to compete in front of our home fans."
 
Idaho is home next weekend for the annual Lauren McCluskey Memorial at the Lauren McCluskey Track inside the P1FCU Kibbie Dome.