Carley Thomas, a sophomore at Washington representing Australia, won the women's invitational 800 meters in 2:04.49 at the Fresno State Bulldog Invitational at Buchanan High's Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis, Calif. Thomas returned to the same venue where she made her season debut last year after being sidelined with a broken left leg that kept her sidelined for 14 months. Thomas, who ran 2:07.46 last season, had her femoral artery severed during a tubing accident at Lake Washington, requiring significant surgical procedures to place five screws and a titanium rod more than a foot long in her leg.