WSU TRACK & FIELD GOES TO ALBUQUERQUE AND SEATTLE FOR MEETS
The Washington State University track and field teams split again this weekend for indoor competition...the men and women distance runners will head to Seattle for the UW Invitational Meet, Jan. 27-28 at the Dempsey Indoor Facility...all other events competitors will travel to Albuquerque for the New Mexico Team Invitational Meet, Jan. 28...the meet is held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, site of many national and international meets...Live Results will be available at recordtiming.com (rtspt.com/events/unm/12817/)..the link for Live Results from Seattle will be placed on the WSU T&F online schedule page when available before the meet...results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, following both meet's completion.

WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia '91) is in his third season with the Washington State track and field 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 Cougar men's cross country program back-to-back NCAA Championships at-large berth appearances with a 14th-place finish in 2016: the highest in 32 years after the entire 2015 team that placed 26th returned for the 2016 season....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 conference titles.

COUGAR TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF
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), Allix Potratz-Lee (distance) and Ryan Grinnell (multis and horizontal jumps)...Andrea Sabbatine is the Operations Coordinator...volunteers working with the WSU track and field this year include: Jesse Jorgensen, CharLee Linton, Tim Taylor.

2017 WSU TEAM CAPTAINS
Track - CJ Allen (M), Liz Harper (W)
Distance - John Whelan (M), Devon Bortfeld (W)
Field - Travis Pickett (M), Katie Wardsworth (W)

NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2017 Indoor Championships...these 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 will move on to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 10-11 in College Station, Texas (Texas A&M host school)...WSU's 2017  indoor season bests marks can be found at www.wsucougars.com. 

WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: 
Ja'Maun Charles, 60m - 6.76 (43rd nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Ja'Maun Charles, 200m - 21.74 (6th MPSF)
Zach Smith, 200m - 21.92 (8th MPSF)
Sam Brixey, 60m Hurdles - 8.00 (40th nationally, 3rd MPSF) 
CJ Allen, 60m Hurdles - 8.04 (5th MPSF)
Abu Kamara, 60m Hurdles - 8.19 (7th MPSF)
Christapherson Grant, 60m Hurdles - 8.21 (8th MPSF)
Cole Smith, High Jump - 2.05m/6-8 3/4 (7th MPSF)
Dino Dodig, Pole Vault - 4.90m/16-0 3/4 (7th MPSF)
Josh Colbert, Triple Jump - 14.53m/47-8 (4th MPSF)
Robby Flores, Triple Jump - 14.45m/47-5 (5th MPSF)
Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 18.92m/62-1 (2nd MPSF) 
Travis Pickett, Weight Throw - 18.30m/60-0 1/2 (4th MPSF)

WSU women in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: 
Natalie Ackerley, 800m - 2:15.79 (6th MPSF)
Lateah Holmes, High Jump - 1.70m/5-7 (8th MPSF)
Kiana Davis, High Jump - 1.70m/5-7 (8th MPSF)
Kristine Felix, Pole Vault - 4.00m/13-1 1/2 (28th nationally, 1st MPSF)
Greer Alsop,  Long Jump - 5.73m/18-9 3/4 (5th MPSF)
Kiana Davis,  Triple Jump - 12.51m/41-0 1/2 (36th nationally, 2nd MPSF) Greer Alsop,  Triple Jump - 12.49m/40-11 3/4 (37th nationally, 3rd MPSF)
Katie Wardsworth, Weight Throw - 16.41m/53-10 1/4 (7th MPSF)

COUGARS ENTERED IN UW INVITATIONAL, JAN. 27-28, SEATTLE: 
WOMEN 
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Marlow Schulz
Mile - Devon Bortfeld, Josie Brown, Melissa Hruska, Morgan Lash, Morgan Willson
3000m - Katherine Dittmann, Vallery Korir, Steffie Pavey, Desi Stinger
5000m - Devon Bortfeld, Katherine Dittmann, Emily Dwyer, Melissa Hruska, Vallery Korir, Steffie Pavey, Morgan Willson

MEN 
800m - Reid Muller, Hironmoy Redman
Mile - Cameron Dean, Justin Janke, Paul Ryan, Chandler Teigen,Isaac Wadhwani, Nathan Wadhwani
3000m - Justin Janke, Kyler Little, Kennan Schrag, Michael Williams
5000m - Andrew Cooper, Jake Finney, Sam Levora

COUGARS ENTERED IN NEW MEXICO TEAM INVITE, JAN. 28, 
ALBUQUERQUE:
WOMEN 
60m - Danielle Darden, Regyn Gaffney, Lauren Newman, ierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker
200m - Danielle Darden, Tierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker
400m - Stephanie Cho
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Grace Victor
60m Hurdles - Liz Harper 
4x400m Relay - Gaffney, Cho, Victor, Harper
High Jump - Liz Harper, Lateah Holmes
Pole Vault - Kristine Felix, Katelyn Frost
Long Jump - Kiana Davis, McKenna Hogan, Lauren Newman
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop, Kiana Davis
Weight Throw - Katie Wardsworth

MEN 
60m - Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Jonnie Green,
    Ray Littles, Zach Smith
200m - Ethan Gardner, Jonnie Green, Zach Smith
400m - Matthew Swanson
60m Hurdles - CJ Allen, Sam Brixey, Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara, Ian Markham
4x400m Relay - Charles, Allen, Swanson, Littles
High Jump - Max English, Keelan Halligan, Cole Smith
Pole Vault -  Troy Gingerich, Anden Lewis, Tucker Mjelde
Long Jump - Josh Colbert, Nick Johnson, Ray Littles, Josh Schulz
Triple Jump - Josh Colbert
Shot Put - Jake Callaghan, Nick Johnson
Wt. Throw - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Adam Mahama, Wyatt Meyring, Travis Pickett