LOS ANGELES -- A warm day proved the right prescription for the Washington State sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers at the UCLA Jim Bush Legends track and field meet Saturday at Drake Stadium. And there were impressive throws Saturday at the Stanford Invitational.
 
Heptathlete Alissa Brooks-Johnson erased both her lifetime-best hurdles marks at UCLA. Brooks-Johnson won the 400m hurdles with a PR time of 57.86 seconds which is fourth in WSU all-time records. Earlier in the day she ran the 100m hurdles in a time of 13.73 seconds, third place at the meet but the seventh-fastest time in WSU history. Additionally she ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay (Jordyn Tucker, Regyn Gaffney and Tierney Silliman) which placed second with a season-best time of 45.60.
 
Cougars had a big presence the women's sprint races. Gaffney won the 100m in a season-best time of 11.75 while Tucker's PR time of 12.06 was fourth place and Silliman's time of 12.12 was a season-best for sixth place. Silliman led the way in the 200m with a PR time of 24.63 for third place, followed by Gaffney's 24.69 for fourth and Tucker's season-best 25.02 for sixth.
 
Marlow Schulz and Zorana Grujic finished one-two in the 800m with Schulz running a PR time of 2:08.97 and Grujic clocked a season-best time of 2:09.41. Grace Victor also scored with a fifth-place time of 2:12.64.
 
Molly Scharmann won the women's pole vault with a PR clearance at 13-5 1/4 (4.10m) which ties for third-best in WSU all-time records. Scharmann cleared four bars in only five attempts, and cleared her PR height on her first try. Katelyn Frost scored with her eighth-place height of 11-7 3/4 (3.55m).
 
Greer Alsop captured the title in the women's triple jump with season-best leap of 40-9 1/2 (12.43m).
 
The Cougars men high hurdles corps captured first through fourth places with impressive times. Nick Johnson won the 110m hurdles with a PR time of 14.04, followed by Christapherson Grant's PR time of 14.32, Abu Kamara's season-best time of 14.54 and Martin Moldau's time of 14.58.
 
Zach Smith was the runner-up in the 200m dash with a PR time of 21.32 with Ja'Maun Charles third in a time of 21.59 and Ethan Gardner fourth in a season-best time of 21.88. The men's 4x100m relay of Smith, Charles, Ray Littles and Gardner placed second in a season-best time of 40.67.
 
In the men 's field events, Peyton Fredrickson won the high jump with a bar clearance of 6-9 (2.06m), Sander Moldau won the pole vault with a season-best height of 16-6 3/4 (5.05m), and Robby Flores won the triple jump with a distance equaling his season-best of 47-1 1/2 (14.36m).
 
At the Stanford Invitational hammer competition Saturday, Brock Eager finished second overall but was the top collegiate with his PR throw of 228-3 (69.57m) which is fourth-best in WSU all-time. Amani Brown also heaved a PR throw of 206-9 (63.02m) which was sixth-place overall and the fourth-best mark by a collegian. Aoife Martin threw the women's hammer a distance equal to her PR of 178-11 (54.54m) for fourth place in the women's collegiate section.
 
THEY SAID:
Wayne Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "We had several huge marks this weekend that had significant impact on the national list. Brock Eager continued his impressive season with an amazing series and a top-10 throw (nationally). Alissa Brooks-Johnson had an excellent season opener in both hurdles, with PRs in both and a top-10 national performance in the 400m hurdles despite clipping hurdle eight. Chandler Teigen's season opener was also very impressive; a four-seconds PR in the 1500m and a top five national ranking. He ran a very intelligent race and had a great finish closing in 56 seconds for his last lap. Vallery Korir broke her own school record with a very aggressive first 5000 meters in a very competitive invitational field. Nick Johnson and Molly Scharmann were both very impressive with nice PRs and nice wins in the 110m hurdles and pole vault respectively."
 
WSU Associate Head Coach Yogi Teevens (sprints and relays events) said, "We had a really good day. Lots of PRs and season-best marks. The 4x100 relays both weren't flawless so I'm very excited about how fast they can get as the season progresses!"
 
Redshirt senior heptathlete/hurdler Alissa Brooks-Johnson said, "I'm very happy with both my hurdle PRs. I stay confident in my training each week and trust my coach."
 
NOTEWORTHY:

• Stephanie Cho's 400m hurdles 59.35 time is second race this season under a minute
• Team scoring at the UCLA Legends meet was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for places first through eighth
• Without distance runners and throwers at UCLA, WSU's men's team (124) was third behind Minnesota (222) and UC Santa Barbara (133) and WSU women's team (115) was third behind UCLA (175) and UC Santa Barbara (145).
• Cougars Track & Field teams April 7 meets are the Oregon Pepsi Team Invite and SCC WAR X
• The Cougar Invitational meet, scheduled for April 14 at Mooberry Track has been cancelled.

 
ADDITIONAL COUGARS RESULTS FROM UCLA JIM BUSH LEGENDS:
MEN
100m - Ja'Maun Charles (2nd - 10.57), Zach Smith (6th - 10.91), Brandon Baines (7th - 10.98), Ethan Gardner (9th - season-best 11.07)
200m - Brandon Bains (DNF)
400m - Corey Allen (8th - 49.96)
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant (3rd - PR 53.97)
High Jump - Max English (t-2nd - 2.06m/6-9), Mitch Jacobson (5th - 2.01m/6-7)
Pole Vault - Tucker Mjelde (5th - 4.60m/15-1), Martin Moldau (NH)
Shot Put - Sander Moldau (8th - 11.72m/38-5 1/2)
WOMEN
100m - Lauren Newman (12th - 12.61)
100m Hurdles - Lindsey Schauble (11th - 15.37)
400m Hurdles - Jelena Grujic (4th - PR 1:01.92), Lindsey Schauble (8th - season-best 1:04.03).
Pole Vault - Emily Coombs (11th - season-best 3.40m/11-1 3/4)
Long Jump - Lauren Newman (7th - season-best 5.37m/17-7 1/2), Lindsey Schauble (10th - 4.95m/16-3)
Triple Jump - Brittni Williams (Foul), Oyinlola Akinlosotu (Foul)
 
ADDITIONAL COUGARS RESULTS FROM STANFORD INVITATIONAL:
MEN
10,000m Section 2 (Friday night) - John Whelan (DNF)
10,000m Invitational (Friday night) - Michael Williams (DNF)
WOMEN
Discus Collegiate section - Kaitlin Krouse (4th - PR 46.86m/153-9), Chrisshnay Brown (7th - season-best 45.22m/148-4)