EUGENE, Ore. -- The Washington State track and field teams had many notable performances in spite of the less than favorable conditions of rain and blustery winds that caused the meet to operate nearly an hour late Saturday at the Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward Field in Eugene.
 
In the team scoring, the No. 2 Oregon women won with 185 points as the WSU and BYU teams finished tied for second at 152 points, and Washington fourth at 112. The No. 4 Oregon men's team won with 171 points followed by No. 24 BYU's 160, WSU's 157 and Washington's 153.
 
WSU men's hammer throwers Brock Eager and Amani Brown finished one-two in the opening event of the meet. Eager threw 214-feet 4 inches (65.33m) and Brown threw a PR of 206-11 (63.07m).
 
Crimson-clad Cougars won the javelin competitions. Atina Kamasi won the women's javelin with a distance of 148-6 (45.27m) and Cole Smith won the men's evnet with a throw of 206-7 (62.98m).
 
The driving rain and gusting winds forced the pole vault competition to move from the open infield to an area under the wooden grandstands but the move seemed advantageous for the Cougs. Molly Scharmann won the women's pole vault with a final height of 12-11 (3.94m) and Emily Coombs was fourth with a PR height of 12-5 1/4 (3.79m). Sander Moldau won the men's vault with a season-best clearance at 16-10 3/4 (5.15m) while Tucker Mjelde was fifth with a PR at 15-9 (4.80m).
 
Peyton Fredrickson won the men's high jump with a best height of 6-7 (2.01m) and Keelan Halligan with third with a season-best of 6-6 3/4 (2.00m).
 
Aoife Martin threw a PR and the sixth-best women's hammer mark in WSU all-time of 180-4 (54.98m) for second place and Stacia Bell had PR toss of 159-7 (48.64m) for seventh.
 
Vallery Korir claimed the lone WSU win on the track, and it was a decisive victory in the women's 3000m race in a time of 9 minutes 51.38 seconds.
 
THEY SAID:
Wayne Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "I was very impressed by the way our teams competed today, in spite of less than ideal conditions. The brutal wind and soaking rain made it pretty difficult to put up an impressive time or mark, so the team put that aside and simply focused on competing and on place. We had several great wins in the field events led by a sweep in the vault by Molly and Sander and finished up with an impressive win on the track by Vallery in the 3k."
 
NOTEWORTHY:

• Team scoring at the Oregon Pepsi Team Invite was 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for places first through eighth with a team only allowed two scorers in each event.
• Results from the SCC WAR XI meet in Spokane April 7 will be published when available
• The Cougar Invitational meet, scheduled for April 14 at Mooberry Track, has been cancelled
• The next competitions for the Cougs will be at the Mt. SAC Relays, Bryan Clay and Long Beach meets April 19-21

 
ADDITIONAL COUGARS RESULTS FROM OREGON PEPSI INVITATIONAL:
MEN
100m - Ja'Maun Charles (2nd - 10.41w), Zach Smith (7th - 10.62w), Brandon Bains (9th- 10.66w), Ethan Gardner (12th - 10.78w)
200m - Zach Smith (5th - 21.47w), Brandon Bains (7th - 21.62w), Ethan Gardner (10th - 21.84w)
400m - Ray Littles (6th - 49.74), Corey Allen (7th - 50.63)
800m - Reid Muller (6th - 1:53.60), Justin Janke (7th - 1:54.96), Zach Stallings (8th - 1:54.97)
1500m - Chandler Teigen (3rd - 3:50.57), Justin Janke (9th - 3:52.72), Paul Ryan (11th - 3:54.74)
3000m - John Whelan (4th - 8:33.73), Michael Williams (8th - 8:47.710
110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson (2nd - 14.06w), Christapherson Grant (3rd - 14.35), Abu Kamara (4th - season-best 14.48w)
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant (5th - 54.47)
3000m Steeplechase - Kyler Little (6th - season-best 9:10.78), Colton Johnsen (9th - 9:21.59)
4x100m - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner (2nd - 40.95)
4x400m Relay - Grant, Allen, Janke, Littles (4th - 3:23.72)
High Jump - Max English (4th - 1.95m/6-4 3/4), Mitch Jacobson (6th- 1.90m/6-2 3/4)
Long Jump - Sander Moldau (7th - 5.95m/19-6 1/4w), Abu Kamara (8th - 5.94m/19-6W), Martin Moldau Foul
Triple Jump - Robby Flores (2nd - 14.61m/47-11 1/4W), Jeremiah Stone (4th - 14.01m/45-11 3/4w)
Shot Put - Drew Norvell (5th - PR 14.53m/47-8), Tyler Jackson (6th - 14.41m/47-3 1/2)
Discus - Tyler Jackson (4th - 48.98m/160-8), Drew Norvell (foul)
Javelin - Alex Cielo (6th - 55.44m/181-110
 
WOMEN
100m - Regyn Gaffney (5th - 11.82W), Tierney Silliman (7th - 12.02W), Jordyn Tucker (8th - 12.23W)
200m - Tierney Silliman (8th - 24.89w), Jordyn Tucker (13th - 25.69w)
400m - Stephanie Cho (2nd - PR 56.13), Adreonia Bradley (8th - 1:01.51)
800m - Marlow Schulz (4th - 2:11.42), Grace Victor (9th - 2:13.69), Natalie Ackerley (14th - 2:20.28)
1500m - Kaili Keefe (7th - season-best 4:28.11), Zorana Grujic (11th - 4:37.13)
100m Hurdles- Lindsey Schauble (not available), Alissa Brooks-Johnson (DNF)
400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson (5th - 1:01.73), Jelena Grujic (7th - 1:02.92)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld (3rd - 10:43.85)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson (4th - 45.79)
4x400m - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic (2nd - 3:44.24)
High Jump - Alissa Brooks-Johnson (6th - 1.55m/5-1), Lindsey Schauble (6th - 1.55m/5-1)
Pole Vault - Katelyn Frost (5th) and Macee Erickson (6th) both at 3.64m/11-11 1/4
Long Jump - Greer Alsop (4th - 5.33m/17-6w), Lauren Newman (5.32m/17-5 1/2w)
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop (2nd - 12.27m/40-3 1/4w), Oyinlola Akinlosotu (3rd - 11.46m/37-7 1/4), Brittni Williams (4th - 11.44m/37-6 1/2w)
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown (4th - 13.50m/44-3 1/2), Kaitlin Krouse (5th - 12.65m/41-6), Lovely Tukuafu (7th - 11.69m/38-4 1/4)
Discus - Kaitlin Krouse (2nd - 42.87m/140-8), Chrisshnay Brown (5th - 40.48m/132-10)
Javelin - Madelyn Sirmon (4th - 43.54m/142-10), Kelsey Kehl (5th - 42.95m/140-11), Kristen McDonnell (10th - 36.23m/118-10)