The Washington State University track and field teams split again this weekend for indoor competition...the men and women distance runners will head to Seattle for the UW Invitational Meet, Jan. 26-27 at the Dempsey Indoor Facility...all other events competitors will travel to Albuquerque for the New Mexico Team Invitational Meet, Jan. 27...the meet is held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, site of many national and international meets...Live Results will be available at recordtiming.com ..the link for Live Results from Seattle will be placed on the WSU T&F online schedule page when available before the meet...results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, following both 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.

COUGAR INDOOR SET FOR FEB. 2-3
The Cougar Indoor collegiate invitational meet will be Feb. 2-3 at the WSU Indoor Facility...tentative time schedule is on page 5 of this release.

NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 Indoor Championships...these lists can be viewed at the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Track & Field Results Reporting System website (www.tfrrs.org)...the top 16 individuals and 12 relays will move on to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9-10 in College Station, Texas (Texas A&M host school)...best marks for the Cougars throughout the 2018 indoor season can be found at www.wsucougars.com.

WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: 
Ja'Maun Charles, 60m - 6.79 (5th MPSF)
Ja'Maun Charles, 200m - 21.72 (2nd MPSF)
Zach Smith, 200m - 21.73 (3rd MPSF)
Jake Ulrich, 400m - 48.95 (8th MPSF)
Zach Stallings, 800m - 1:55.71 (6th MPSF)
Paul Ryan, 3000m - 8:23.43 (8th MPSF)
Nick Johnson, 60m Hurdles - 7.98 (42nd nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Abu Kamara, 60m Hurdles - 8.12 (5th MPSF)
Christapherson Grant, 60m Hurdles - 8.15 (6th MPSF)
4x400m Relay (Grant, Allen, Kjarmo, Ulrich) - 3:19.52 (6th MPSF)
Max English, High Jump - 2.05m/6-8 3/4 (t5th MPSF)
Keelan Halligan, High Jump - 2.05m/6-8 3/4 (t5th MPSF)
Jeremiah Stone, Triple Jump - 14.03m/46-0 1/2 (6th MPSF)
Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 19.92m/65-4 1/4 (38th nationally, 1st MPSF)
Amani Brown, Weight Throw - 18.45m/60-6 1/2 (5th MPSF)

WSU women in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: 
Molly Scharmann, Pole Vault - 4.00m/13-2 1/2 (34th nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Triple Jump - 12.07m/39-7 1/4 (4th MPSF)
Greer Alsop, Triple Jump - 11.98m/39-3 3/4 (5th MPSF)
Brittni Williams, Triple Jump - 11.76m/38-7 (7th MSPF)
Aoife Martin, Weight Throw - 17.23m/56-6 1/2 (8th MPSF)

COUGARS ENTERED IN UW INVITATIONAL, JAN. 26-27, SEATTLE:
WOMEN 
Mile - Devon Bortfeld, Marie Gaudin, Kaili Keefe
3000m - Kiyena Beatty, Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann, Melissa Hruska, Vallery Korir, Desi Stinger
5000m - Devon Bortfeld, Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann, Melissa Hruska, Kaili Keefe, Samantha King-Shaw, Vallery Korir, Desi Stinger
Distance Medley Relay - Keefe, Beatty, Bradley, Gaudin

MEN 
800m - Justin Janke, Reid Muller, Paul Ryan, Zach Stallings
Mile - Justin Janke, Paul Ryan, Nathan Tadesse, Chandler Teigen
3000m - Colton Johnsen, Kyler Little, Kennan Schrag, Nathan Tadesse, Chandler Teigen, Nathan Wadhwani, Matthew Watkins, John Whelan, Michael Williams
5000m - Cameron Dean, Jake Finney, Colton Johnsen, Zak Kindl, Kyler Little,
    Jacob Nicholson, Luke Schilter, Kennan Schrag, Isaac Wadhwani, Nathan Wadhwani, Michael Williams     
Distance Medley Relay - "A"  Teigen, Janke, Ryan, Muller
    "B" Stallings, Watkins, Kindl, Nicholson

COUGARS ENTERED IN NEW MEXICO TEAM INVITE, JAN. 27, ALBUQUERQUE:
WOMEN 
60m - Regyn Gaffney, Lauren Newman, Jordyn Tucker
200m - Regyn Gaffney, Jordyn Tucker, Tierney Silliman
400m - Stephanie Cho, Jelena Grujic, Grace Victor
600m - Grace Victor
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Zorana Grujic, Marlow Schulz, Grace Victor
60m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Stephanie Cho, Lindsey Schauble 
4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, J. Grujic, Z. Grujic, Brooks-Johnson, Victor
High Jump - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble
Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Molly Scharmann 
Long Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lauren Newman, Lindsey Schauble, Brittni Williams
Triple Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Greer Alsop, Brittni Williams
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Atina Kamasi
Wt. Throw - Aoife Martin

MEN 
60m - Brandon Bains, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Sander Moldau, Zach Smith
200m - Brandon Bains, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Ray Littles, Zach Smith
400m - Corey Allen, Cody Kjarmo
60m Hurdles - Sam Brixey, Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara, Martin Moldau
4x400m Relay -  Grant, Charles, Allen, Ulrich, Littles
High Jump - Max English, Keelan Halligan, Mitch Jacobson
Pole Vault - Nick Johnson, Tucker Mjelde, Martin Moldau, Sander Moldau
Long Jump - Martin Moldau, Jeremiah Stone
Triple Jump - Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone
Shot Put - Nick Johnson, Martin Moldau, Sander Moldau, Drew Norvell
Wt. Throw - Amani Brown, Brock Eager