SIX COUGARS SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITION
Six Washington State University track and field student-athletes head to Eugene, Oregon, this week for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 6-9 at Hayward Field...WSU competitors qualified by placing in top 12 at the NCAA West Region Preliminary Rounds in Sacramento May 26-26...Cougars women are: Alissa Brooks-Johnson heptathlon final (qualified through season-best marks), Kaili Keefe 1500m semifinals, and Stephanie Cho 400m hurdles semifinals...WSU men are: Chandler Teigen 1500m semifinals, Sander Moldau pole vault final, and Brock Eager hammer final...Live Results link on T&F schedule page at wsucougars.com...a schedule of Live TV coverage by ESPN Networks is on page 4 of this release.

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.

COUGARS EVENTS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, HAYWARD FIELD, EUGENE, OREGON
Wednesday, June 6    
2:00 p.m. Men's Hammer Final    
4:46 p.m. Men's 1500m Semifinals    
5:00 p.m. Men's Pole Vault Final     
 
Thursday, June 7  
4:16 p.m. Women's 1500m Semifinals    
6:00 p.m. Women's 400m Hurdles Semifinals     
  
Friday, June 8 
12:30 p.m. Heptathlon 100m Hurdles
1:30 p.m. Heptathlon High Jump
3:30 p.m. Heptathlon Shot Put
5:42 p.m. Men's 1500m Final
7:13 p.m. Heptathlon 200m Dash

Saturday, June 9
11:30 a.m. Heptathlon Long Jump
12:45 p.m. Heptathlon Javelin
3:41 p.m. Women's 1500m Final
4:57 p.m. Women's 400m Hurdles Final
5:13 p.m. Heptathlon 800m

ESPN BROADCASTS (PT)
On ESPN 2 Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., and Thursday at 4 p.m.
On ESPN Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Also being streamed on ESPN3.

WSU MEN COMPETITORS AT THE 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
1500M
Chandler Teigen [pronounced tie-gun] (junior, Anatone, Wash.)
    1500m PR 3:43.13 
    2018 Pac-12 Championships - 11th place
    Cross Country - All-Pac-12 Second Team, All-Region, led No. 27 WSU to 24th-place NCAA finish

POLE VAULT
Sander Moldau [sahn-der mole-dow] (freshman, Rakvere, Estonia)
    PR 5.39m/17-8 1/4 at 2018 Bryan Clay Invite
    Mark is 4th-best in WSU all-time records
    2018 Pac-12 Championships - 1st place
    NCAA West Region t-9th (5.15m/16-10 3/4)
    Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week April 16-22

HAMMER THROW
Brock Eager (redshirt junior, Renton, Wash.)
    PR 69.57m/228-3 at Stanford Invite
    Mark is 4th-best in WSU all-time records
    Pac-12 Championships - 2017 1st place; 2018 - 2nd place
    NCAA West Region 3rd (68.64m/225-2)
     Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week March 12-18
    2018 WSU Men's Field Events Captain
    2017 NCAA All-America Second Team (14th)

WSU WOMEN COMPETITORS AT THE 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 
400M HURDLES
Stephanie Cho (junior, Vancouver, B.C. Canada - 400m Hurdles
    PR 58.12 - Mark is 4th-best in WSU all-time records
    2018 Pac-12 Championships - 5th place
    2018 NCAA West Region Quarterfinals - 11th

1500M
Kaili Keefe (sophomore, Yakima, Wash.)
    PR 4:16.57 at NCAA West Region quarterfinals
    Mark is 2nd-best in WSU all-time records
    2018 Pac-12 Championships - 12th place
    January 2018 transfer from Eastern Washington University

HEPTATHLON
Alissa Brooks-Johnson (redshirt senior, Doty, Wash.)
    PR 5,977 points at 2018 Bryan Clay Multis
    Three-time Pac-12 Heptathlon Champion (2015, 2017, 2018)
    2018 Pac-12 Championships - 100m Hurdles 8th place;
        400m Hurdles 8th place 
    NCAA All-America - Indoors 2nd Team 2018; Outdoors - 2017;
        Honorable mention 2015
    WSU All-time Records: 100m Hurdles (13.65-6th); 
        400m Hurdles (57.86-4th), Heptathlon (5977 2nd)
    Pac-12 Women's Track Athlete of the Week April 21-29 - scored 23 of team's 88 point in first dual win over Washington since 2014
    2018 Women's Field events team captain