Cougs Cross Cascades for UW Indoor T&F Invite

Washington State takes 32 women and 33 men to the University of Washington Invitational indoor meet, Friday Jan. 29 and Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Dempsey Indoor facility...NCAA DI teams scored 10-8-6-4-3-2-1...Dempsey indoor facility is a 307-meter Mondo track with a six-lane straightaway, and a five-lane oval...for the field the Dempsey has two 160 ft. elevated wooden long jump runways (132 ft. TJ) with Mondo overlay; two 150 ft. elevated wooden pole vault runways with Mondo overlay; two 80 ft. right/left wooden high jump approach areas with Mondo overlay; two reinforced wooden throwing rings...live stats are available...paid webcast only...results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, following the meet's completion.

Wayne Phipps (Univ. of British Columbia '91/Oregon '94) become the 15th coach to take the reins of the Washington State men's program and the second coach for the combined men's and women's program at WSU on July 1, 2014...Phipps had been the University of Idaho's Director and Track & Field/Cross Country from 2010 through 2014, and was a coach with the Vandals program for a total of 19 years...he served as co-head coach from 2000-09, after serving as an assistant coach from 1995-99... while at Idaho, Phipps was honored 14 times as a conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 total conference titles.

WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays and horizontal jumps)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), and Allix Potratz-Lee (distance)...Andrea Sabbatine is the Operations Coordinator...volunteeers working with the WSU track and field this year include: Jesse Jorgensen, Nigel Joseph, Hannah Kiser, Josiah Sims, Tim Taylor, and Liga Velvere.

Women's Track: Dominique Keel; Women's Field - Kelsie Taylor; Women's Distance: CharLee Linton; Men's Track: CJ Allen; Men's Field: Travis Pickett; Men's Distance: John Whelan.

The NCAA descending order lists can be viewed at the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Track & Field Results Reporting System website (www.tfrrs.org)...the top 16 individuals and 12 relays will move on to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama...best marks for the Cougars for the 2016 indoor season can be found at www.wsucougars.com.

WSU women in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week:

Liz Harper, 60m Hurdles - 8.56 (6th MPSF)
Liz Harper, High Jump - 1.75m/ 5-8 3/4 (45th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Kiana Davis, High Jump - 1.75m/5-8 3/4 (45th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Greer Alsop, Triple Jump - 12.50m/41-0 1/4 (32nd nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Kiana Davis, Triple Jump - 12.00m/39-4 1/2 (6th MPSF)
Kayla Warren, Triple Jump - 11.99m/39-4 (7th MPSF)

WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) list this week:

Reid Muller, 800m - 1:54.23 (7th MPSF)
John Whelan, Mile - 4:10.57 (7th MPSF)
Dino Dodig, 60m Hurdles - 8.11 (5th MPSF)
CJ Allen, 60m Hurdles - 8.16 (7th MPSF)
Thane Pierson, High Jump - 2.16m/7-1 (11th nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Austin Sodorff, Pole Vault - 5.12m/16-9 1/2 (37th nationally, 5th MPSF)
Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 19.27m/63-2 3/4 (2nd MPSF)
Travis Pickett, Weight Throw - 17.87m/58-7 1/2 (4th MPSF)
Dino Dodig, Heptathlon - 5464 points (7th nationally, 2nd MPSF)

WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN UW INIVITE JAN. 29-30, SEATTLE:
60m - Danielle Darden, Holly DeHart, Regyn Gaffney, Sarah Stavig
200m - Danielle Darden, Holly DeHart, Christiana Ekelem, Regyn Gaffney, Dominique Keel, Sarah Stavig
400m - Jordan Anderson, Adreonia Bradley, Stephanie Cho, Holly DeHart, Christiana Ekelem, Regyn Gaffney, Liz Harper, Dominique Keel, ShaRaya Quinn, Grace Victor
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Betsy Arlt, Adreonia Bradley, Amanda Henderson, Grace Victor
Mile - Devon Bortfeld, Emily Dwyer, CharLee Linton, Steffie Pavey, Jenaya Pynn, Morgan Willson
3000m - Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann
5000m - Devon Bortfeld, Emily Dwyer, CharLee Linton, Steffie Pavey, Morgan Willson
60m Hurdles - Jordan Anderson, Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Liz Harper, ShaRaya Quinn, Lindsey Schauble
High Jump -No entries
Pole Vault - No entries
Long Jump - A. Brooks-Johnson, Liz Harper, McKenna Hogan,
Lindsey Schauble, Essence White
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop, Kiana Davis, Kayla Warren
Shot Put - Jada Harvey
Weight Throw - Katie Wardsworth

WSU MEN ENTERED IN UW INVITE, JAN. 29-30, SEATTLE:
60m - Ja'Maun Charles, Jonnie Green, Ray Littles, Zach Smith
200m - Terrance Chambers, Ja'Maun Charles, Jonnie Green, Zach Smith
400m - CJ Allen, Terrance Chambers, Will DeMaris
800m - Reid Muller, Hironmoy Redman, Paul Ryan
Mile - Jake Finney, Sam Levora, Kyler Little, Paul Ryan, Forrest Shaffer, Alex Simpson, Nathan Tadesse, Chandler Teigen, John Whelan
3000m - Jake Finney, Kyler Little, Nathan Wadhwani, John Whelan, Michael Williams
5000m - Sam Levora, Forrest Shaffer
60m Hurdles - CJ Allen, Christapherson Grant, Ian Markham
Distance Medley Relay - Ryan, Charles, Muller, Tadesse
High Jump - No entries
Pole Vault - No entries
Long Jump - Josh Colbert, Peyton Fredrickson
Triple Jump - Josh Colbert
Shot Put - Jake Callaghan, Tyler Jackson, Adam Mahama, Matt Wardell
Weight Throw - Amani Brown, Derek Crites, Brock Eager,
Adam Mahama, Wyatt Meyring, Travis Pickett