T&F at Prestigous Mt. SAC Relays

The Washington State track and field teams will have competitors in at multiple locations in California and in Spokane this week...Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Liz Harper, Lindsey Schauble and asst. coach Angela Whyte compete in the Mt. SAC Relays/California Invitational Heptathlons April 13-14 in Azusa...Cougars will have limited entries at Long Beach State Pacific Coast Intercollegiate April 14...29 women and 32 men are scheduled to compete at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays held this year at Cerritos College April 14-16...WSU will have competitors at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa, Calif. April 15...expected entries listed on pages 2&3...results at wsucougars.com when available.

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... at Idaho, he was named conference Coach of the Year 14 times and led the Vandals to a record 16 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.