As he rounded his final two laps, all the fans in Husky Stadium rose up and cheered on senior all-American Carl Moe in hopes that he would break four minutes in the mile at the Ken Shannon/Ken Foreman Invitational. Moe missed it by just 1.53 seconds, finishing in a time of 4:01.53.

“It was awesome,” Moe said of the crowd’s response. “You don’t get that often, especially at Husky Stadium.” He added: “The last lap I was taking, I was just enjoying the crowd.”

Moe led the pack in the men’s mile race, and easily outran the competition early on, in what will probably be his last race at Husky Stadium. His time in the mile equated to a regional qualifier in the 1500-meter race.

“I didn’t care what I ran, ultimately,” Moe said. “The team got so into it and they were all so supportive this week, so I gave all I could, to kind of show them what they put into this race is more powerful than just being out there by myself.”

Coach Greg Metcalf was impressed with Moe’s run.

“It’s a colossal effort,” Metcalf said. “That’s a 3:58 for a mile anywhere else in the planet as long as there is no wind.”

The wind presented problems for many athletes throughout the day, but it didn’t bother sophomore distance runner Katie Follett.

“The conditions weren’t perfect, but you kind of prepare for that in the outdoor track and field season,” Follett said. “You kind of have to realize conditions aren’t always going to be ideal and be able to prepare for that mentally and not have it be a block.”

Follett ran the third-fastest 800-meter time in school history Saturday; she won the event with a time of 2:06.43, under the regional qualifying mark, in what was her first and last time running the 800 this year. This was the first time she ran the 800 since high school, and it came 6 days after she ran the sixth-best 5000-meter time in the NCAA this year.

“Honestly, today was just about coming out and putting out an effort,” Follett said. “It was kind of like a bonus to come out and run it with a couple of my girls on my team and see what we can do.”

The Huskies added another regional qualifier with sophomore Sarah Pappas, who vaulted over the 12-7 1/2 inch mark to win the event and set a personal record. The Oklahoma transfer joins fellow pole-vaulters Kelley DiVesta and Stevie Marshalek to compete in the NCAA West Regional Championships in California at the end of the month.

UW nearly qualified another pole-vaulter for regionals, but the wind proved too much of a challenge for sophomore Ryan Vu.

“We just got [terrible] conditions and [terrible] wind,” Metcalf said. “Tonight, conditions aren’t favorable for [the pole vault].”

The Huskies were not as successful in the Pac-10 Multi-events Championships in Tempe, Ariz.

“Liz Fuller was having a great first day, but then she no-marked (fouled) the shot put, which just kills her,” Metcalf said.

Fuller, a junior from Vancouver, Wash., finished 17th in the heptathlon with a score of 4278.

In the decathlon, freshman Andrew Ferleman finished eighth in a group of 11, with a score of 6064.

“This isn’t about what Andrew’s going to do right now,” Metcalf said. “This is about the future.”