WSU TRACK & FIELD TO SEND LIMITED ENTRIES TO LOCAL MEETS
The Washington State track and field teams will send a limited number of entries to local meets this weekend...only throwers will be competing at the 7th Annual Whitworth Twilight meet in Spokane is Thursday, April 12 at the Pine Bowl...events begin at 2:30 p.m...the 46th Annual EWU Pelluer Invitational is Friday and Saturday, April 13-14 in Cheney...the pole vault and discus take place Friday at 2 p.m. and remaining field events start Saturday at 10 a.m. at Roos Field...WSU entries for both meets are listed on pages 3 and 4 of this release...results will be posted on the track schedule page at wsucougars.com when available.

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 35 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 May 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 10.41w (16th WReg, 2nd Pac-12)
200m - Zach Smith 21.32 (8th Pac-12)
400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (8th Pac-12)
1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (8th WReg, 7th Pac-12), Justin Janke 3:47.30 (29th WReg),
    Paul Ryan 3:47.85 (32nd WReg)
110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.04 (11th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.32 (33rd WReg, 5th Pac-12)
    Abu Kamara 14.48w (45th WReg, 8th Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (8th Pac-12)    
3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 9:05.11 (39th WReg., 5th Pac-12)
4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (48th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.06m/6-9 & Max English 2.06m/6-9 (t-34th WReg, t-6th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.15m/16-10 3/4 (19th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.38m/47-2 1/4 (8th Pac-12)
Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (2nd WReg, 1st Pac-12), 
    Amani Brown 63.07m/206-11 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)
Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12)

WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 
800m - Marlow Schulz 2:08.97 (30th WReg), Zorana Grujic 2:09.41 (34th WReg)
10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (11th WReg, 4th Pac-12) 
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 13.73 (35th WReg, 8th Pac-12)
400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (6th WReg, 1st Pac-12), 
    Stephanie Cho 59.27 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (24th WReg, 5th Pac-12)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.60 (5th Pac-12)
4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (7th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (15th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) 
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.43m/40-9 1/2 (32nd WReg, 7th Pac-12) 
Hammer - Aoife Martin 54.98m/180-4 (48th WReg)
Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (31st WReg), Atina Kamasi 45.48m/149-2 (36th WReg)

WSU MEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH TWILIGHT MEET, APRIL 12, SPOKANE: 
Shot Put - Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell
Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell
Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring

WSU MEN ENTERED IN EWU PELLUER INVITE, APRIL 13-14, CHENEY: 
High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan, 
    Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran
Pole Vault - Trevor Bushman, Tucker Mjelde
Shot Put - Alex Kuzmack, Drw Norvell
Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell
Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring
Javelin - Alex Cielo, Brad Stevens

WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH TWILIGHT MEET, APRIL 12, SPOKANE: 
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu
Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse
Hammer - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu

WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN EWU PELLUER INVITE, APRIL 13-14, CHENEY:
Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu
Discus - Chirsshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse
Hammer - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu
Javelin - Calahan Crawford, Kristen McDonnell