WSU OPEN INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEET SET FOR JAN. 19-20
Washington State University's 16th Annual WSU Indoor Open takes place Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19 and 20, in the Indoor Facility on the Pullman campus…teams from Gonzaga, Idaho, Eastern Washington, Whitworth, Spokane CC, Central Washington, Lewis-Clark State, Puget Sound, Linfield, will join the Cougars at this meet...WSU Indoor Facility's Mondo track features racing on a 60m straightaway, and a 200m oval…jumping and throwing field events are contested on the turf inside the oval…weight throws, triple jumps and women's pole vault take place Fri., Jan. 19...remaining field events and all running events begin Saturday, Jan. 20, at 10 a.m...no late entries will be accepted...spectators are admitted without charge for all WSU Track & Field competition in 2018...no live stats and no webcast...results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, following the meet's completion.

WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia '91) is in his fourth season with the Washington State track and field program...Phipps led the Cougar men's cross country program back-to-back-to-back NCAA Championships at-large berth appearances...Cougs finished 21st in 2017, 14th in 2016 - the highest in 32 years, and 26th in 2015....in track and field seasons, mentored student-athletes to WSU top-ten performances 24 times in the indoor season and 47 times in the outdoor season....there have also been conference all-academic honors awarded to WSU student-athletes 51 times in cross country, 88 times in indoor track and 86 times in outdoor track...Phipps became the 15th men's coach and the second coach for the combined men's and women's program at WSU on July 1, 2014, after 19 years at the University of Idaho...while at Idaho, Phipps was honored 14 times as a conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 conference titles.

COUGAR TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF
WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and  Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), Ryan Grinnell (multis, horizontal jumps) and CharLee Linton (distance)...Kayla Warren is the Operations Coordinator...volunteers include: Tim Taylor and Katie Nageotte...student coach: CJ Allen.