PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State's Brock Eager, Alissa Brooks-Johnson and CJ (Craig) Allen will compete in the USATF Outdoor Championships, June 21-24, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
 
Eager, a rising senior at WSU from Renton, Wash., throws the hammer with a lifetime-best distance of 228-feet 3 inches (69.57m), achieved at the 2018 Stanford Invitational. That mark is fourth-best in WSU's all-time records. He was the 2017 Pac-12 hammer champion and finished as the runner-up this spring. He is a two-time All-America second team honoree after 14th-place finishes in the hammer at the 2017 and at the 2018 NCAA Championships. Eager won the USATF Junior Olympics 18U hammer throw in 2014 after being the runner-up in 2013 and placing seventh in the intermediate boys hammer in 2012. Eager's entry mark is 13th-best among the qualifiers for the USA Championships.
 
Brooks-Johnson, from Doty, Wash., just completed her collegiate eligibility with her second All-America first team heptathlon performance at the NCAA Championships. Brooks-Johnson's lifetime-best of score of 5,977 points was achieved at the 2018 Bryan Clay Multis in Azusa, Calif. She is a three-time Pac-12 heptathlon champion winning titles in 2015, 2017 and 2018. She finished sixth in the heptathlon at both the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Championships and was 11th in the pentathlon at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships. Brooks-Johnson also has tallied honorable mention All-America recognition for the heptathlon and the 400m hurdles in 2015. In WSU's all-time records Brooks-Johnson is: second in heptathlon (5,977 points 2018), third in the pentathlon (4,190 points in 2018), fourth in the 400m hurdles (57.86 in 2018), and sixth in the 100m hurdles (13.65 in 2018). Brooks-Johnson's mark is fourth-best among the competitors at the USA Championships.
 
Allen, a 400m hurdler from Allyn, Wash., completed his collegiate eligibility in 2017. His lifetime-best time in the intermediate hurdles is 49.40 seconds which was achieved at the 2017 NCAA West Prelims. That time is third-best in WSU all-time records. He won the Pac-12 400m hurdles titles in 2014 and 2016, and was the runner-up in 2017. Allen placed ninth in the 2017 NCAA Championships to earn All-America second team honors. His 2018 best time of 49.85 is 15th-best in the USA Championships.
 
The days and times for Cougars' competition are (may be changed due to weather conditions):
Thursday, June 21
1:05 p.m. PT Men's 400m Hurdles First Round
 
Friday, June 22
1:20 p.m. PT Men's Hammer Final
3:10 p.m. PT Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals
 
Saturday, June 23
8 a.m. PT Heptathlon - 100m Hurdles
9 a.m. PT Heptathlon - High Jump
11:05 a.m. PT Heptathlon - Shot Put
Noon PT Heptathlon - 200m
1:36 p.m. PT Men's 400m Hurdles Final
 
Sunday, June 24
9:30 a.m. PT Heptathlon - Long Jump
10:50 a.m. PT Heptathlon - Javelin
12:50 p.m. PT Heptathlon - 800m
 
NBC Sports is televising the championships daily on its networks.