STANFORD, Calif. -- Washington State's Alissa Brooks-Johnson won the Pac-12 Heptathlon title for the third time in her career Sunday at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships at Cobb Track and Angell Field in Stanford.
 
Brooks-Johnson had lifetime-best marks in five of the seven events in addition to her finally tally of 5,977 points which is second-best in WSU's all-time records, trailing only Diana Pickler's 6,205 points tallied at the 2007 NCAA Championships.
 
Brooks-Johnson, a redshirt senior from Doty, Wash., ended Saturday with PRs in the 100m hurdles (13.68 seconds), outdoor high jump (1.74m/5-feet 8 1/2 inches), shot put (12.55m/41-2 1/4), and the 200m (24.40w), for a first-day PR of 3,568 points.
 
Sunday she started with another PR, a long jump of 19-feet, 4 inches (5.89m). Brooks-Johnson threw a season-best javelin distance of 136-6 (41.60m) but UCLA's Kendall Gustafson took the overall heptathlon lead after throwing the javelin 152-9 (46.56m) bringing her six-event total to 5122, 40 points ahead of Brooks-Johnson's 5082.
 
In the final event, the 800m, Brooks-Johnson ran a time of 2 minutes 14.82 seconds while Gustafson's time was 2:24.39, providing Brooks-Johnson 131 more points and according her the conference heptathlon title for the second consecutive year.
 
Lindsey Schauble, a junior from Kennewick, Wash., finished ninth among the 15 competitors with a PR total of 4,952 points. Schauble had scored a first day PR of 2,989 points and was in 10th place starting Sunday's events. She long jumped a season-best wind-aided distance of 17-11 3/4 (5.48m), threw the javelin 99-8 (30.39m) and ran the 800m in a PR time of 2:22.27.
 
THEY SAID:
Wayne Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "It was an awesome meet for our heps. Alissa battled through illness to a very impressive score which ranks number three in the nation. On top of all of the impressive PRs throughout the meet, I was most impressed by her toughness in the 800m. Knowing she needed to beat the leader by three seconds, she went straight to the front and led from start to finish. Lindsey also had a great meet with a strong PR and just missed scoring. An elbow injury made for a tough javelin but she battled back with a gutsy 800m of her own to almost grab eighth place."
 
Alissa Brooks-Johnson, redshirt senior, Pac-12 Heptathlon Champion said, "This whole weekend was such a great experience and competition! I had a great first day with four PRs. I've been waiting a while for this type of hep and competition, so I'm glad it came together at conference. I still have lots of points left on the track and I'm excited to see what I can do at nationals!"
 
NOTEWORTHY:

• Brooks-Johnson's 5,977 points is the third-best in the NCAA DI this season.
• Brooks-Johnson is the fourth Cougars woman to win the conference heptathlon title and the second to win three times (2015, 2017, 2018) joining Ellannee Richardson (2001, 2002, 2003).
• The WSU women end the Combined Events weekend with 10 points to lead the team standings with UCLA next with 9 points.
• Highlights from the Pac-12 Combined Events competition will be shown on the Sunday, May 13, broadcast of the final day of the T&F Championships on the Pac-12 Networks.
• The Pac-12 T&F Championships continue next weekend with individual and relay events at Stanford.