Washington State University Athletics
Split Teams for Cross Country Competition This Weekend
September 27, 2016 | Cross Country
SPLIT TEAMS FOR WSU CROSS COUNTRY COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND
The Washington State men's and women's cross country teams will be in action this weekend but not in the same location...a select group of men travel to the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite, Fri., Sept. 30, for a 5-mile race at Burke Golf Course in Notre Dame, Ind...this is a high-caliber meet that the Cougar men look to boost their points accumulation for NCAA Championship consideration...the remainder of the men and women's team compete Sat., Oct. 1 at the Washington Invitational at Seattle's Jefferson Park Golf Course...women run 6k and men run 8k...results available at wsucougars.com.Â
WAYNE PHIPPS, DIRECTOR Â WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia '91) begins his third season with the Washington State cross country program...he became the 15th men's coach and the second coach for the combined men's and women's program at WSU on July 1, 2014, after 19 years at the University of Idaho...Phipps led the 2015 Cougar men's program to a sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, a fourth-place finish at the NCAA West Regionals, and an at-large berth to finish 26th out of 31 teams at the NCAA Championships...during the 2016 Track & Field season, a pair of Cougs earned second-team All-America honors...Cougars tallied 25 new entries into the WSU all-time top ten records...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.
ALLIX POTRATZ-LEE, ASSISTANT COACH
Allix Potratz-Lee joined the WSU track and field coaching staff in July 2014 after an outstanding career as a student-athlete and coach at the University of Idaho...member of the cross country/track and field coaching staff in 2010 as an assistant to Wayne Phipps, working with the distance corps...women's cross country team won WAC team titles in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.. she was a five-time WAC champion, a 10-time first-team all-WAC honoree and a two-time ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American...she helped Idaho cross country capture the 2005 and 2007 XC team titles,and claimed the 2008 individual WAC cross country crown.
COUGARS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
The WSU men's ranked is ranked 24th in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Week 3 national poll...WSU men received votes in the Sept. 12 Week 1 rankings and moved up to 27th in Week 2 after upsetting the No. 8 Washington Huskies at the Sundodger Invite...WSU has not raced since the Sundodger meet but moved up this week to No. 24...in the USTFCCCA Week 3 Regional rankings, the WSU men's team is No. 5 (out of 15 teams) with Portland, Oregon, Boise State and Stanford ahead of the Cougars...the Cougar women's team is 12th in the Regional rankings which are led by Oregon, Stanford and Portland...the Saucony Flo50 is another national ranking for cross country teams...in the Sept. 25 rankings, WSU men are No. 22, moving up from a No. 24 ranking from Aug. 25 ranking...this latest Saucony Flo50 ranking places the Cougar men fifth among Pac-12 schools.
The Washington State men's and women's cross country teams will be in action this weekend but not in the same location...a select group of men travel to the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite, Fri., Sept. 30, for a 5-mile race at Burke Golf Course in Notre Dame, Ind...this is a high-caliber meet that the Cougar men look to boost their points accumulation for NCAA Championship consideration...the remainder of the men and women's team compete Sat., Oct. 1 at the Washington Invitational at Seattle's Jefferson Park Golf Course...women run 6k and men run 8k...results available at wsucougars.com.Â
WAYNE PHIPPS, DIRECTOR Â WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia '91) begins his third season with the Washington State cross country program...he became the 15th men's coach and the second coach for the combined men's and women's program at WSU on July 1, 2014, after 19 years at the University of Idaho...Phipps led the 2015 Cougar men's program to a sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, a fourth-place finish at the NCAA West Regionals, and an at-large berth to finish 26th out of 31 teams at the NCAA Championships...during the 2016 Track & Field season, a pair of Cougs earned second-team All-America honors...Cougars tallied 25 new entries into the WSU all-time top ten records...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.
ALLIX POTRATZ-LEE, ASSISTANT COACH
Allix Potratz-Lee joined the WSU track and field coaching staff in July 2014 after an outstanding career as a student-athlete and coach at the University of Idaho...member of the cross country/track and field coaching staff in 2010 as an assistant to Wayne Phipps, working with the distance corps...women's cross country team won WAC team titles in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.. she was a five-time WAC champion, a 10-time first-team all-WAC honoree and a two-time ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American...she helped Idaho cross country capture the 2005 and 2007 XC team titles,and claimed the 2008 individual WAC cross country crown.
COUGARS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
The WSU men's ranked is ranked 24th in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Week 3 national poll...WSU men received votes in the Sept. 12 Week 1 rankings and moved up to 27th in Week 2 after upsetting the No. 8 Washington Huskies at the Sundodger Invite...WSU has not raced since the Sundodger meet but moved up this week to No. 24...in the USTFCCCA Week 3 Regional rankings, the WSU men's team is No. 5 (out of 15 teams) with Portland, Oregon, Boise State and Stanford ahead of the Cougars...the Cougar women's team is 12th in the Regional rankings which are led by Oregon, Stanford and Portland...the Saucony Flo50 is another national ranking for cross country teams...in the Sept. 25 rankings, WSU men are No. 22, moving up from a No. 24 ranking from Aug. 25 ranking...this latest Saucony Flo50 ranking places the Cougar men fifth among Pac-12 schools.
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