COUGARS TRACK & FIELD SENDS SMALL SQUAD TO WHITWORTH
The Washington State track and field program will send a compact contingent of competitors to the 13th Annual Sam Adams Classic, March 22-23, at  the Pine Bowl/Boppell Track at Whitworth University in Spokane...other NCAA DI teams sending entries include Gonzaga, Idaho and Eastern Washington...events that include Cougars entries (javelin, hammer and 5000m) begin at 3:30 p.m. Thurs., March 22...remaining events start at 4 p.m. Friday, March 23...most of the WSU T&F team members will train through this meet in order to be at their competitive best for the prestigious Stanford Invitational March 30-31.

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.

2018 WSU TEAM CAPTAINS
Track - Abu Kamara (M), Regyn Gaffney (W)
Distance - Chandler Teigen and Nathan Wadhwani (M), Devon Bortfeld (W)
Field - Brock Eager (M), Alissa Brooks-Johnson (W)

NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 Outdoor 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 48 in each event advances to the East or West Region Preliminary Rounds...West Region Prelims are 24-26, in Sacramento...WSU's 2018 outdoor season bests marks can be found at www.wsucougars.com. 

WSU men in the TFRRS NCAA West Region top 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 
100m - Ja'Maun Charles 10.53 (10th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Zach Smith 10.78 (45th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
200m - Zach Smith 21.45 (29th WReg, 8th Pac-12)
400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (16th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)
110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.26 (9th WReg, 1st Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12),         Christapherson Grant 15.08 (8th Pac-12)
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant 55.18 (7th Pac-12)
4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.82 (21st WReg, 2nd Pac-12)
High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.05m/6-8 3/4 (13th WReg, 4th Pac-12), 
    Max English 2.00m/6-6 3/4 (26th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 4.90m/16-0 3/4 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.36m/47-1 1/2 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12)
Hammer - Brock Eager 66.50m/218-2 (1st WReg, 1st Pac-12), 
    Amani Brown 61.67m/202-4 (8th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Wyatt Meyring 53.60m/175-10 (47th WReg)
Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (14th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)

WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 
800m - Marlow Schulz 2:09.05 (4th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Zorana Grujic 2:10.44 (11th WReg, 7th Pac-12),
    Grace Victor 2:10.50 (14th WReg)
400m Hurdles - Stephanie Cho 59.27 (3rd WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Jelena Grujic 1:02.19 (27th WReg)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 46.47 (32nd WReg, 7th Pac-12)
4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (9th WReg, 5th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 3.70m/12-1 1/2 (29th WReg, 4th Pac-12), 
    Katelyn Frost 3.70m/12-1 1/2 (29th WReg, 4th Pac-12), 
    Macee Erickson 3.70m/12-1 1/2 (29th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.32m/40-5 (6th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), 
    Oyinlola Akinlosotu 11.81m/38-9 (23rd WReg, 5th Pac-12)
Discus - Chrisshnay Brown 13.39m/145-11 (7th Pac-12)
Hammer - Aoife Martin 53.57m/175-9 (24th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 44.85m/147-2 (21st WReg, 6th Pac-12), 
    Atina Kamasi 44.26m/145-2 (25th WReg, 8th Pac-12), Madelyn Sirmon 41.46m/136-0 (37th WReg)

WSU MEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH SAM ADAMS CLASSIC, MARCH 22-23, SPOKANE:
1500m - Nathan Tadesse
5000m - Zak Kindl, Luke Schilter
3000m Steeplechase - Cameron Dean
High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran
Pole Vault -  Trevor Bushman, Troy Gingerich, Tucker Mjelde
Shot Put - Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell
Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell
Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Tyler Jackson, Wyatt Meyring, 
    Brad Stevens
Javelin - Alex Cielo

WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH SAM ADAMS CLASSIC, MARCH 22-23, SPOKANE:
800m - Jenaya Pynn, Breya Wynne
1500m - Jenaya Pynn
5000m - Katherine Dittmann, Melissa Hruska, Samantha King-Shaw,
    Alexis Redfield
400m Hurdles - Adreonia Bradley
3000m Steeplechase - Kiyena Beatty, Pia Richards, Desi Stinger
Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu
Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse 
Hammer - Stacia Bell, Calahan Crawford, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu
Javelin - Calahan Crawford, Kristen McDonnell