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Cougars Sweep Huskies in Dual Track & Field Meet in Pullman

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PULLMAN, Wash. -- In the Apple Cup Series presented by Boeing, the Washington State men's and women's track and field teams defeated both the University of Washington teams Saturday in a dual meet at Mooberry Track in Pullman, the first sweep of Huskies by the Cougars since 2010.
 
In this 99th men's dual meet, WSU won with a score of 89-74 while in the 39th women's dual meet, WSU won 88-75. WSU leads the men's series 59-39-1 and Washington leads the women's series 21-18.
 
Highlights for the WSU women's team included All-America heptathlete Alissa Brooks-Johnson with three wins in six events. She won the high jump, the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles with her high hurdles time of 13.73 seconds equaling her lifetime best. Atina Kamasi won the women's javelin with a lifetime-best throw of 175-feet 1 inch (53.36m), a mark that is the second-best in WSU all-time records. Greer Alsop won the triple jump with a meet record mark that equaled her PR of 41-8 (12.70m) and replaced UW's Shaniae Lakes 2012 meet record of 41-4 1/2 (12.61m). Aoife Martin won the hammer with a PR distance of 184-1 (56.12m), which improves her sixth-best throw in WSU all-time records.
 
Zach Smith's double wins in the 100m and 200m dashes led the highlights for the Cougars men's team. Brock Eager, recovering from a shoulder strain, won the hammer with a distance of 218-9 (66.68m), the sixth time this season Eager has thrown a distance of 214-feet or greater. Amani Brown's second-place hammer throw of 210-7 (64.19m) is a PR and ties for ninth-best in WSU all-time records. Chandler Teigen won the 1500m in a time of 3 minutes 50.82 seconds, besting Husky All-American Colby Gilbert (3:53.25). Nick Johnson captured the 110m hurdles with a PR time of 13.97 and Christapherson Grant won the 400m hurdles with a PR time of 53.15.
 
THEY SAID:
Wayne Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "It's super exciting. Every year I think our staff has found a greater appreciation for this meet and how much it means to the kids. We talked to the team before the meet to make sure everyone was on board. We knew we were down a number of significant people but everyone went out and competed hard. To win by 15 points on the men's side and 13 points in the women's side, I couldn't ask for anything more, especially being at home. The men's 1500m was a key event for us. For Chandler Teigen to win over Colby Gilbert, outstanding athlete for Washington, and Paul Ryan to come out of nowhere to get third was absolutely important for our team. The women's long jump was another key event for us. We weren't projected to score as much as we did; Lauren Newman wins the event and Alissa Brooks-Johnson in one of her six events, comes in and gets second and huge points for us. I couldn't be more proud of these Cougs."
 
Atina Kamasi, sophomore, javelin winner with PR said, "The last two weeks have been peak weeks because this is the last meet for some of my teammates. The practices and weight lifting was focused on this big meet. I love throwing here. I had so many people coming and supporting me, it's always a thrill. And I have some big throws at this track. Doing well at this meet makes me so confident going into the Pac-12 Championships and the NCAA regional meet and that's important."
 
Chandler Teigen, junior, 1500m winner said, "For me it's huge and for the team it's huge (to beat the Huskies). The last couple of years the distance-distance matchup between us and the University of Washington has been the deciding factor in the outcome of the meet so to be able to put some points is really important to me and my teammates."
 
Zach Smith, senior, double sprints winner said, "The 4x100m relay was a season-best 40.26 which should qualify us for the NCAA First Round. We've been trying to get our time down and with put Brandon Bains in replacing Ja'Maun Charles who is out for the rest of the season and we had good results today. This was my last meet here as a Coug and I was really looking forward to it. Beating the Dawgs today was just the icing on top. I'm looking forward to Pac-12s and NCAA Round One."
 
NOTEWORTHY:
  • First dual wins over Huskies for men's or women's team under Coach Wayne Phipps
  • The last time WSU won in Pullman was 2012 for the men and 2014 for the women.
  • UW women's 4x400m relay team won with a meet record time of 3:40.07, erasing the 1999 meet record time of 3:41.13 run by WSU's Attrina Higgins, Whitney Evans, Randi Smith and Ellannee Richardson
  • Cougars tallied 23 PRs at this meet: 12 by women and 11 by men
  • The WSU multi-events competitors will be at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships May 5-6 at Stanford while the rest of the team will compete at the Pac-12 Championships May 12-13 at Stanford
 
ADDITIONAL COUGARS SCORERS FROM WSU-UW DUAL MEET:
WOMEN
100m - Regyn Gaffney (1st - 11.69), Tierney Silliman (2nd - 12.07)
200m - Tierney Silliman (2nd - PR 24.46), Regyn Gaffney (3rd - season-best 24.47)
400m - Stephanie Cho (2nd - PR 55.35)
800m - Zorana Grujic (2nd - season-best 2:08.94)
1500m - Vallery Korir (3rd - 4:30.66)
5000m - Vallery Korir (1st - 16:37.66)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld (2nd - 11:03.56), Pia Richards (3rd - PR 11:32.84)
High Jump - Lindsey Schauble (3rd - 1.56m/5-1 1/4)
Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann (1st - 3.98m/13-0 3/4)
Long Jump - Lauren Newman (1st - PR 5.88m/19-3 1/2w), Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2nd - PR 5.88m/19-3 1/2)
Triple Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu (2nd - PR 12.34m/40-6), Brittni Williams (3rd - 11.60m/38-0 3/4W)
Discus - Kaitlin Krouse (2nd - 46.16m/151-5), Chirsshnay Brown (3rd - 40.70m/133-6)
Javelin - Madelyn Sirmon (2nd - PR 47.24m/155-0)
 
MEN
100m - Brandon Bains (2nd - 10.77)
200m - Ethan Gardner (3rd - PR 21.61)
400m - Jake Ulrich (3rd - season-best 47.76)
800m - Justin Janke (2nd - season-best 1:51.30)
1500m - Paul Ryan (3rd - 3:53.46)
110m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant (2nd - PR14.29), Abu Kamara (3rd - season-best 14.46)
400m Hurdles - Kennan Schrag (3rd - 1:00.090
3000m Steeplechase - Kyler Little (2nd - 9:09.63)
High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson (1st - 2.08m/6-9 3/4), Keelan Halligan (2nd - 2.03m/6-8), Beau Sheeran (3rd - 2.03m/6-8)
Pole Vault - Sander Moldau (1st - 5.01m/16-5 1/4)
Long Jump - Martin Moldau (1st - season-best 6.88m/22-7), Sam Brixey (2nd - season-best 6.69m/21-11 1/2)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores (1st - PR 15.17m/49-9 1/4), Jeremiah Stone (3rd - season-best 14.18m/46-6 1/4)
Shot Put - Tyler Jackson (2nd - 15.79m/51-9 3/4)
Discus - Tyler Jackson (2nd - PR 52.52m/172-4), Wyatt Meyring (3rd - 44.59m/146-3)
Hammer - Wyatt Meyring (3rd - PR 60.16m/197-4)
Javelin - Cole Smith (2nd - 65.41m/214-7)
 
 
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