T&F Competes in Bay Area, Spokane This Weekend

The Washington State track and field teams will split for a trio of meets this weekend, two of which are in the Bay area...middle distance and  distance runners will race at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival Friday, April 1, at SFSU's Cox Stadium, and at the pretigious Stanford Invitational, Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, at Cobb Track and Angell Field on the Stanford campus...another larger group of Cougs, 32 men and 24 women sprinters, jumpers and throwers will compete Saturday, April 2 at the 11th Annual Sam Adams Classic at Whitworth University's Pine Bowl in Spokane.

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.