WSU T&F COMPETES AT WHITWORTH SAM ADAMS CLASSIC
The Washington State track and field teams are set to compete at the 12th Sam Adams Classic at Whitworth Univeristy's Pine Bowl/Boppell Track, Thursday and Friday, March 23-24...teams scheduled to compete in addition to host Whitworth and WSU include Gonzaga, Idaho, Eastern Washington, Lewis-Clark State, Great Falls, Western Washington, and Spokane CC...Thursday events include a heptathlon and decathlon at noon with women's hammer and men's javelin at 3:30 p.m., women's 5k at 5 p.m. and men's 5k at 5:30 p.m...Friday, the multi events begin at Noon with the remaing track and field events starting at 3 p.m.

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 conference coach of the year 14 times, 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)

COUGARS ENTERED IN SAM ADAMS CLASSIC, MARCH 23-24, SPOKANE: 
MEN 
100m - Christapherson Grant, Collin Niehenke
200m - Christapherson Grant, Collin Niehenke
400m - no entry
800m -  no entry
1500m - no entry
5000m - no entry
110m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant
400m Hurdles - no entry
3000m Steeplechase - no entry
4x100m relay - no entry
4x400m Relay - No entry
High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan, 
    Brendan Rexus, Cole Smith
Pole Vault -  Dino Dodig, Troy Gingerich, Anden Lewis, Tucker Mjelde, 
    Yousef Saleh, Kainoa Tom
Long Jump - Josh Colbert, Josh Schulz
Triple Jump - Josh Colbert
Shot Put - Jake Callaghan
Discus - Tyler Jackson, Adam Mahama
Hammer - Amani Brown, Derek Crites, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring,
     Travis Pickett
Javelin - Cole Smith, Brad Stevens

WSU's Returning Pac-12 Championships Men Scorers:
CJ Allen, 400m Hurdles: 2014 (1st); 2016 (1st)
Dino Dodig, Decathlon: 2015 (5th); 2016 (4th)
Brock Eager, Hammer: 2015 (8th)
Peyton Fredrickson, High Jump: 2016 (t-7th)
Brad Stevens, Javelin: 2015 (8th); 2016 (6th)
Travis Pickett, Hammer: 2016 (8th)
4x400m Relay (Little, Allen, Dodig, Swanson): 2016 (6th)

WSU's Returning NCAA Outdoor Championships Men Participants:
CJ Allen, 400m Hurdles: 2016 (12th)
Dino Dodig, Decathlon: 2015 (DNF) 


COUGARS RANKED IN THE TRACK & FIELD NEWS 2017 COLLEGE PREVIEW    
Track & Field News published the top 15 performers for NCAA DI in the March 2017 issue...rankings are based on PRs.
MEN
400m Hurdles: CJ Allen - 50.16 (14th)
WOMEN
Heptathlon: Alissa Brooks-Johnson - 5,803 points (9th)

COUGARS ENTERED IN SAM ADAMS CLASSIC, MARCH 23-24, SPOKANE: 
WOMEN 
100m - no entry
200m - no entry
400m - no entry
800m - no entry
1500m - no entry
5000m - no entry
100m Hurdles - ShaRaya Quinn
400m Hurdles- Adreonia Bradley, ShaRaya Quinn
3000m Steeplechase - No entry
4x100m Relay - no entry
4x400m Relay - no entry
High Jump - Lateah Holmes
Pole Vault - Danielle Carnahan, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann
Long Jump - McKenna Hogan
Triple Jump - no entry
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown
Discus - Chrisshnay  Brown, Kaitlin Krouse
Hammer - Stacia Bell, Kaitlin Krouse, Aoife Martin, Katie Wardsworth
Javelin - Atina Kamasi, Kelsey Kehl, Kristen McDonnell

WSU's Returning Pac-12 Championships Women Scorers:
Greer Alsop, Triple Jump: 2015 (8th); 2016 (5th)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2014 (2nd); 2015 (1st)
    / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (7th)
Kiana Davis, High Jump: 2016 (2nd)
Kristine Felix, Pole Vault: 2013 (1st); 2014 (t-6th); 2015 (4th)
Liz Harper, 400m Hurdles: 2015 (4th), 2016 (4th) / High Jump: 2016 (4th)
    / Heptathlon: 2016 (3rd)
Lateah Holmes, High Jump: 2016 (t-6th)

WSU's Returning NCAA Outdoor Women Participants:
Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2015 (18th)
    / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (23rd)
Liz Harper, 400m Hurdles: 2015 (19th) / High Jump: 2016 (NH)
    / Heptathlon: 2016 (16th)

NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2017 Outdoor 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 48 in each event advances to the East or West Region Preliminary Rounds...West Region Prelims are 25-27, in Austin, Texas...WSU's 2017 outdoor bests marks can be found at www.wsucougars.com. 

WSU MEN IN NCAA WEST REGION TOP 48/PAC-12 TOP 8 RANKINGS (as of March 21)
     [Pac-12 top 8 rankings w/marks not in West Region Top 48 because the Pac-12 accepts indoor marks]:
100m - Ja'Maun Charles 10.43 (7th/2nd), Zach Smith 10.72 (43rd/6th)
400m - Matthew Swanson 48.21 (28th/8th)
800m - Paul Ryan 1:52.73 (25th/4th), Reid Muller 1:53.86 (41st/8th)
1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:51.50 (12th/2nd)
110m Hurdles - Sam Brixey 14.37 (11th/5th), Nick Johnson 14.78 (33rd/8th), Abu Kamara 14.91 (43rd),
     Christapherson Grant 14.96 (45th)
400m Hurdles - CJ Allen 50.43 (2nd/1st)
Pole Vault - Troy Gingerich 4.70m/15-5 (38th/7th), Dino Dodig 5.60m/15-1 (43rd)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores 13.85m/45-5 1/4 (39th/4th)
Discus - Adam Mahama 42.64m/172-8 (15th/4th))
Hammer - Brock Eager 64.71m/212-4 (5th/2nd)), Travis Pickett 60.20m/197-6 (19th/4th), 
    Wyatt Meyring 57.29m/187-11 (28th/7th)), Amani Brown 55.05m/180-7 (46th)
Javelin - Cole Smith 66.01m/216-7 (9th/2nd), Brad Stevens 64.71m/212-4 (13th/5th)

WSU WOMEN IN NCAA WEST REGION  TOP 48/PAC-12 TOP 8 RANKINGS (as of March 21)
    [Pac-12 top 8 rankings w/marks not in West Region Top 48 because the Pac-12 accepts indoor marks]:
100m - Regyn Gaffney 11.67 (13th/2nd)
200m - Regyn Gaffney 24.47 (44th)
800m - Marlow Schulz 2:10.55 (10th/4th)), Grace Victor 2:14.08 (30th/8th)), 
    Natalie Ackerley 2:14.15 (32nd)
1500m - Devon Bortfeld 4:28.99 (8th/2nd), Vallery Korir (4:32.86 (20th/5th))
400m Hurdles - Lindsey Schauble 1:03.46 (41st/3rd), Stephanie Cho 1:05.29 (6th)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Darden 45.84 (17th/3rd)
High Jump - Lateah Holmes 1.73m/5-8 (13th/1st), Alissa Brooks-Johnson 1.6m/5-6 (26th/5th))
Long Jump - Lauren Newman 5.55m/18-2 1/2 (8th)
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.62m/41-5 (1st/1st), Kiana Davis 12.47m/40-11 (4th/2nd)
Discus - Kaitlin Krouse 41.43m/135-11 (8th)
Hammer - Katie Wardsworth 57.41m/188-4 (20th/5th)
Javelin -  Atina Kamasi 47.39m/155-6 (9th/3rd), Kelsey Kehl 46.51m/152-7 (11th/4th),
    Alissa Brooks-Johnson 41.72m/136-10 (33rd)