2016 Indoor T&F Season in Review

The Washington State men's and women's track and field teams found success as individuals, relays and teams in the 2016 indoor season...six women added or improved their standings ten times in the WSU top ten all-time bests lists in six events and six men did the same in three events...Cougar women's team reached its highest Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships finish since 2004 with fourth place (54.5 points)...during the season, CharLee Linton broke the WSU indoor 5000m record, Dino Dodig broke the WSU men's heptathlon record, and the men's distance medley relay team broke the freshman school record twice.

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.

WSU HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2016 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The WSU women's team finished fourth with 54.5 points, the best MPSF finish since 2004...Cougar men's team struggled and finished 12th (19 points)...Liz Harper and Alissa Brooks-Johnson finished two-three in the pentathlon with Harper's 4,146 points being third-best total in WSU records and included a high jump of 1.81m/5-11 1/4 which is tied for ninth in school records...WSU women tallied 16.5 points in the high jump with Kiana Davis winning with a PR of 1.79m/5-10 1/2, Liz Harper took third at the same height, while Audrey Ketcham and Lateah Holmes finished in a four-way tie at eighth (1.64m/5-4 1/2)...Davis captured third-place in the triple jump (12.55m/41-2 1/4 - 10th-best in WSU all-time records) and Greer Alsop was fifth...CharLee Linton took third place in the 5000m with a PR and WSU indoor school record time of 16:34.89, also seventh-best all-time in WSU history...women's 4x400m relay team of Dominique Keel, Brooks-Johnson, Christiana Ekelem and Harper took third place (3:41.05) and Keel took seventh place in the 400m dash (PR 54.69)...on the men's side, Dino Dodig reached a PR and school record of 5,635 points for fourth place in the heptathlon...freshman Ja'Maun Charles was sixth in the 60m dash and eighths in 200m...distance medley relay team broke their frosh school record time set earlier this season...Chandler Teigen, Ray Littles, Reid Muller and Nathan Tadesse finished seventh (9:53.49)...Thane Pierson tied for fifth place in the high jump at 2.10m/6-10 3/4.

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 moved 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) after MPSF Meet:
Liz Harper, High Jump - 1.81m/ 5-11 1/4 (24th nationally)
Kiana Davis, High Jump - 1.79m/5-10 1/2 (39th nationally)
Liz Harper, Pentathlon - 4,146 (18th nationally)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Pentathlon - 4,123 (19th nationally)

WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) list this week:
John Whelan, 3000m - 8:03.67 (42nd nationally)
Thane Pierson, High Jump - 2.16m/7-1 (24th nationally)
Dino Dodig, Heptathlon - 5635 points (21st nationally)

COUGAR SCORING AT 2016 MPSF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

WOMEN
400m - Dominique Keel 7th
5000m - CharLee Linton 3rd
4x400m Relay - Keel, Brooks-Johson, Ekelem, Harper 3rd
High Jump - Kiana Davis 1st; Liz Harper 3rd; Audrey Ketcham & Lateah Holmes T-8th
Triple Jump - Kiana Davis 3rd; Greer Alsop 5th
Pentathlon - Liz Harper 2nd; Alissa Brooks-Johnson 3rd

MEN
60m - Ja'Maun Charles 6th
200m - Ja'Maun Charles 8th
Distance Medley Relay - Tiegen, Littles, Muller, Tadesse 7th
High Jump - Thane Pierson T-5th
Weight Throw - Brock Eager 6th
Heptathlon - Dino Dodig 4th

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)
3000m - 8th. 9:35.49i CharLee Linton (2016)
5000m - 7th. 16:34.89i CharLee Linton (2016) - INDOOR RECORD
10,000m - 1st. 34:03.69 CharLee Linton (2015)
60m Hurdles - t-5th. 8.45i Candice McFarland (2015)
t-5th. 8.45i Liz Harper (2016)
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)
t-9th. 1.81m / 5-11 1/4i Liz Harper (2016)
Pole Vault - 2nd. 4.26m / 13-11 3/4i Kristine Felix (2015)
Triple Jump - 3rd. 12.67m / 41-7i Greer Alsop (2016)
10th. 12.55m / 41-2 1/4i Kiana Davis (2016)
Weight Throw - 8th. 16.46m / 54-0i Katie Wardsworth (2016)
Pentathlon - 3rd. 4,146i points Liz Harper (2016)
4th. 4,101i points Liz Harper (2016)
10th. 3,322i points Lindsey Schauble (2016)
Heptathlon - 4th. 5,803 points Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015)

Men's All-Time Marks
Distance Medley Relay - FSR 9:59.67 Paul Ryan, Ray Littles,
Reid Muller, Nathan Tadesse (2016)
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 - 1st. 5,635i points Dino Dodig (2016)
Decathlon - 10th. 7,416 points Dino Dodig (2015)