WSU TRACK & FIELD OFF TO MEETS IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SEATTLE
The Washington State track and field teams split again this weekend for high-caliber indoor competition...the Cougars sprinters, hurdlers and horizontal jumpers travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Don Kirby Elite/Invite, Feb. 10-11 at the Albuquerque Convention Center...WSU's distance and middle distance runners, throwers and vertical jump competitors are going to Seattle for the Husky Classic meet, Feb. 10-11, at the Dempsey Indoor Facility...link for Live Results from Albuquerque and 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 this year include: Jesse Jorgensen, CharLee Linton, Tim Taylor and Kayla Warren.

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 (7th MPSF)
Sam Levora, 5000m - 14:48.24 (5th MPSF)
Andrew Cooper, 5000m - 15:04.01 (6th MPSF)
Sam Brixey, 60m Hurdles - 7.93 (42nd nationally, 3rd MPSF) 
Abu Kamara, 60m Hurdles - 7.95 (5th MPSF)
CJ Allen, 60m Hurdles - 8.04 (8th MPSF)
Dino Dodig, Pole Vault - 4.90m/16-0 3/4 (7th MPSF)
Josh Colbert, Triple Jump - 14.53m/47-8 (8th MPSF)
Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 19.97m/65-6 1/4 (44th nationally, 2nd MPSF) 

WSU women in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: 
Natalie Ackerley, 800m - 2:15.79 (6th MPSF)
Devon Bortfeld, 5000m - 16:30.30 (23rd nationally, 7th MPSF)
Kiana Davis, High Jump - 1.72m/5-7 3/4 (8th MPSF)
Kristine Felix, Pole Vault - 4.12m/13-6 1/4 (20th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Greer Alsop, Long Jump - 5.73m/18-9 3/4 (8th MPSF)
Kiana Davis,  Triple Jump - 12.66/41-6 1/2 (34th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Greer Alsop,  Triple Jump - 12.66m/41-6 1/2 (34th nationally, 2nd MPSF)
Liz Harper, Pentathlon - 3,898 points (20th nationally, 1st MPSF)
Lindsey Schauble, Pentathlon - 3,434 points (8th MPSF)

COUGARS ENTERED IN HUSKY CLASSIC, FEB. 10-11, SEATTLE: 
WOMEN 
400m - Adreonia Bradley 
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Grace Victor
Mile - Morgan Lash
3000m - Devon Bortfeld, Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann, Emily Dwyer, Vallery Korir, Morgan Willson
5000m - Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann, Emily Dwyer, Melissa Hruska, Vallery Korir, Steffie Pavey, Desi Stinger, Morgan Willson
High Jump - Lateah Holmes
Pole Vault - Danielle Carnahan, Kristine Felix, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown
Weight Throw - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Katie Wardsworth

MEN 
800m - Reid Muller, Hironmoy Redman, Paul Ryan, Matthew Swanson
Mile - Paul Ryan, Nathan Tadesse
3000m - Sam Levora, Kyler Little, Kennan Schrag, Chandler Teigen,
    Nathan Tadesse, Nathan Wadhwani, Michael Williams
5000m - Kyler Little, Kennan Schrag, Nathan Wadhwani, Michael Williams
High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan,Cole Smith
Pole Vault -  Troy Gingerich, Anden Lewis, Tucker Mjelde, Kainoa Tom
Shot Put - Jake Callaghan, Tyler Jackson
Weight Throw - Amani Brown, Derek Crites, Brock Eager, Adam Mahama, Wyatt Meyring, Travis Pickett


COUGARS ENTERED IN DON KIRBY ELITE, FEB. 10-11, ALBUQUERQUE: 
WOMEN 
60m - Danielle Darden, Regyn Gaffney, Lauren Newman, Tierney SIlliman, Jordyn Tucker
200m - Danielle Darden, Regyn Gaffney, Tierney SIlliman, Jordyn Tucker
400m - Stephanie Cho, Marlow Schulz
800m - Marlow Schulz
60 Hurdles - Liz Harper
4x400m Relay - Cho, Gaffney, Schulz, Harper
High Jump - Kiana Davis, Liz Harper
Long Jump - Greer Alsop, Liz Harper, McKenna Hogan, Lauren Newman
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop, Kiana Davis

MEN 
60m - Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Jonnie Green, Zach Smith
200m - Corey Allen, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Jonnie Green, Zach Smith
400m - CJ Allen, Corey Allen, Jake Nienhuis
60 Hurdles - CJ Allen, Sam Brixey, Christaperson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara, Ian Markham 
4x400m Relay - Charles, Allen, Brixey, tba
High Jump - Nick Johnson
Long Jump - Josh Colbert, Josh Schulz, Nick Johnson
Triple Jump - Josh Colbert