CATS AND DAWGS WILL BATTLE IN PULLMAN
The Washington State track and field teams will compete in a dual meet against the University of  Washington for the 99th year for men and the 39th year for women this Saturday, April 28, at Mooberry  Track in Pullman...scoring is 5-3-1 for individual events and 5-0 for relays...field events begin at 11 a.m. and running events begin at 1 p.m...in national rankings: MEN - UW No. 52, WSU No. 91;  WOMEN - UW No. 93, WSU No. 74...2018 Meet Schedule is on page 5 of this release...No charge for admission to Mooberry Track...NO ANIMALS allowed within the Mooberry Track Complex...results will be available online at www.wsucougars.com after the meet...for more information about the history of the meet on page 5.

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 and regional 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 individual event and the top 24 declared relay teams are accepted the East or West Region Preliminary Rounds...West Region Prelims are May 24-26, in Sacramento... twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event advance to the national championships...for the decathlon and heptathlon, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each of these two events will be accepted into the national championships and do not compete at the Regional meets...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 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12)
1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (19th WReg)
110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 13.98 (12th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.32 (38th WReg, 5th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 8:57.98 (39th WReg., 6th Pac-12),
    Kyler Little 9:00.21 (8th Pac-12)
4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (48th WReg, 5th Pac-12)
High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.11m/6-11 (22nd WReg, 5th Pac-12), Max English 2.06m/6-9 (8th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.39m/17-8 1/4 (8th WReg, 1st Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.98m/49-1 3/4 (8th Pac-12)
Discus - Tyler Jackson 53.00m/173-11 (48th WReg)
Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (2nd WReg, 1st Pac-12), 
    Amani Brown 63.55m/208-6 (18th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (23rd WReg, 5th Pac-12)

WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 
1500m - Kaili Keefe 4:20.69 (22nd WReg, 7th Pac-12)
5000m - Vallery Korir 15:59.73 (15th WReg, 8th Pac-12)
10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (16th WReg, 5th Pac-12) 
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 13.73 (45th WReg)
400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (8th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), 
    Stephanie Cho 59.27 (28th WReg, 8th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (42nd WReg, 7th Pac-12)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.60 (7th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (20th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) 
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.58m/41-3 1/4 (31st WReg, 5th Pac-12), 
    Oyinlola Akinlosotu 12.49/40-11 3/4 (39th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 
Javelin -  Atina Kamasi 48.19m/158-1 (23rd WReg, 6th Pac-12), Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (35th WReg)
*Heptathlon - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 5740 points (8th Nationally, 1st Pac-12), 
    Lindsey Schauble 4908 points (74th Nationally, 9th Pac-12)