WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
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.
COUGAR TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF
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.
2016 WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD TEAM CAPTAINS
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.
NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
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:
CharLee Linton, 5000m - 16:35.48 (24th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Devon Bortfeld, 5000m - 17:03.64 (6th MPSF)
Liz Harper, 60m Hurdles - 8.53 (8th MPSF)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson, High Jump - 1.76m/ 5-9 1/4 (1st MPSF)
Liz Harper, High Jump - 1.75m/ 5-8 3/4 (3rd MPSF)
Kiana Davis, High Jump - 1.75m/5-8 3/4 (3rd MPSF)
Greer Alsop, Triple Jump - 12.67m/41-7 (39th nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Kiana Davis, Triple Jump - 12.49m/40-11 3/4 (48th nationally, 5th MPSF)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Pentathlon - 4,101 (13th nationally, 1st MPFS)
Liz Harper, Pentathlon - 3,920 (19th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) list this week:
CJ Allen, 400m - 48.14 (8th MPSF)
John Whelan, 3000m - 8:03.67 (32nd nationally, 6th MPSF)
Sam Levora, 5000m - 14:34.04 (3rd MPSF)
Forrest Shaffer, 5000m - 14:35.63 (4th MPSF)
Dino Dodig, 60m Hurdles - 8.11 (7th MPSF)
CJ Allen, 60m Hurdles - 8.14 (8th MPSF)
Dist. Med. Relay - 9:59.67 (6th MPSF)
Thane Pierson, High Jump - 2.16m/7-1 (16th nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 19.27m/63-2 3/4 (3rd MPSF)
Dino Dodig, Heptathlon - 5464 points (24th nationally, 5th MPSF)
WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN DON KIRBY ELITE, ALBUQUERQUE:
60m - Danielle Darden, Holly DeHart, Regyn Gaffney, Sarah Stavig
200m - Danielle Darden, Holly DeHart, Christiana Ekelem,
Regyn Gaffney, Dominique Keel, Sarah Stavig
400m - Stephanie Cho, Christiana Ekelem, Regyn Gaffney, Liz Harper,
Dominique Keel
60m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Liz Harper
4x400m Relay - Brooks-Johnson, Cho, Ekelem, Gaffney, Harper, Keel
High Jump -Kiana Davis, Liz Harper
Long Jump - Greer Alsop, Alissa Brooks-Johnson
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop, Kiana Davis, Kayla Warren
WSU MEN ENTERED IN DON KIRBY ELITE, ALBUQUERQUE:
60m - Ja'Maun Charles, Jonnie Green, Ray Littles, Zach Smith
200m - Terrance Chambers, Ja'Maun Charles, Jonnie Green, Ray Littles,
Zach Smith
400m - CJ Allen, Will DeMaris, Ray Littles
60m Hurdles - CJ Allen, Dino Dodig, Christapherson Grant,
Abu Kamara, Ian Markham
4x400m Relay - Allen, Chambers, Charles, DeMaris, Green, Littles
WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN HUSKY CLASSIC, SEATTLE:
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Amanda Henderson, Grace Victor
Mile - Jenaya Pynn
3000m - Devon Bortfeld, Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann,
Emily Dwyer, Charley Linton, Steffie Pavey, Morgan Willson
5000m - Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann
60m Hurdles - Jordan Anderson, ShaRaya Quinn
High Jump - Lateah Holmes, Audrey Ketcham
Pole Vault - Kristine Felix, Katelyn Frost
Spot Put - Jada Harvey
Weight Throw - Katie Wardsworth
WSU MEN ENTERED IN HUSKY CLASSIC, SEATTLE:
800m - Jake Finney, Reid Muller, Hironmoy Redman
Mile - Sam Levora, Kyler Little, Paul Ryan, Nathan Tadesse,
Chandler Teigen, John Whelan
3000m - Forrest Shaffer, Nathan Wadhwani
5000m - Sam Levora, John Whelan, Michael Williams
High Jump - Grayson Anderson, Peyton Fredrickson, Thane Pierson,
Brendan Rexus, Cole Smith
Pole Vault - Anden Lewis, Austin Sodorff
Long Jump - Peyton Fredrickson
Shot Put - Jake Callaghan, Tyler Jackson, Adam Mahama, Matt Wardell
Weight Throw - Amani Brown, Derek Crites, Brock Eager,
Adam Mahama, Wyatt Meyring, Travis Pickett
WSU T&F RECORD BOOK MARKS RECORDED BY 2016 STUDENT-ATHLETES
Women's All-Time Marks (season achieved mark)
60m - 7th. 7.57i Dominique Keel (2014) & 7.57i Danielle Darden (2015)
5000m - 7th. 16:35.48i CharLee Linton (2016)
10,000m - 1st. 34:03.69 CharLee Linton (2015)
60m Hurdles - t-5th. 8.46i Candice McFarland (2015)
100m Hurdles - 4th. 13.57 Candice McFarland (2015)
400m Hurdles - 2nd. 57.31 Liz Harper (2015),
7th. 58.81 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015)
3000m Steeplechase - 10th. 10:59.03 Devon Bortfeld (2015)
4x100m Relay - 2nd. 44.61 D. Darden, Christiana Ekelem, D. Keel
4x400m Relay - 3rd. 3:36.27 D. Keel, C. Ekelem, L. Harper
High Jump - 7th. 1.82m / 5-11 1/2 Audrey Ketcham (2015)
Pole Vault - 2nd. 4.26m / 13-11 3/4i Kristine Felix (2015)
Triple Jump - 3rd. 12.67m / 41-7i Greer Alsop (2016)
Weight Throw - 8th. 16.46m / 54-0i Katie Wardsworth (2016)
Pentathlon - 3rd. 4,101i points Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2016)
Pentathlon - 4th. 3,920i points Liz Harper (2016)
Pentathlon - 10th. 3,322i points Lindsey Schauble (2016)
Heptathlon - 4th. 5,803 points Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015)
Men's All-Time Marks (season achieved mark)
Distance Medley Relay - FSR 9:59.67 Paul Ryan, Ray Littles, Reid Muller, Nathan Tadesse
400m Hurdles - 9th. 50.83 CJ Allen (2015)
Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015)
Weight Throw - 7th. 19.27m / 63-2 3/4i Brock Eager (2016)
Heptathlon - 2nd. 5,503i points Dino Dodig (2014)
Decathlon - 10th. 7,416 points Dino Dodig (2015)