16th Annual Cougar Invite Saturday at Mooberry

The Washington State track and field teams will compete on the Palouse and two other locations this weekend...WSU hosts the 16th Annual Cougar Invitational, a collegiate meet, Sat., April 30, at Mooberry Track in Pullman...field events start at 10 a.m...racing begins at Noon with the final race set to begin at 3:15 p.m...schedule of events is on page 6 of this release...spectators are admitted without charge...results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, when available after the meet...six  WSU runners will compete April 30 at UW's Ken Shannon Invite...another five WSU runners will be at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invite, May 1.

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.