Washington State University's indoor track and field teams open the 2018 indoor season at two different meets...Jan. 12-13 there will be 21 men and 16 women sprinters, hurdlers, horizontal jumpers and throwers from WSU scheduled to compete at the Ed Jacoby Invitational/Multis hosted by Boise State at the Idaho Center/Jacksons Indoor Facility in Nampa, Idaho...individual events begin Friday at 4:30 p.m. MT and Saturday at 9 a.m. MT...meanwhile, 16 men and 16 women middle distance, distance, and vertical jumpers are scheduled to compete at the University of Washington Indoor Preview Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle...events begin at 9 a.m...links for Live Results should be available the day before each meet...WSU results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, following completion of each meet.
WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia '91) is in his fourth season with the Washington State track and field program...Phipps led the Cougar men's cross country program back-to-back-to-back NCAA Championships at-large berth appearances...Cougs finished 21st in 2017, 14th in 2016 - the highest in 32 years, and 26th in 2015....in track and field seasons, mentored student-athletes to WSU top-ten performances 24 times in the indoor season and 47 times in the outdoor season....there have also been conference all-academic honors awarded to WSU student-athletes 51 times in cross country, 88 times in indoor track and 86 times in outdoor track...Phipps 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...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.
COUGARS TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF
WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), Ryan Grinnell (multis, horizontal jumps) and CharLee Linton (distance)...Kayla Warren is the Operations Coordinator...volunteers include: Tim Taylor and Katie Nageotte...student coach: CJ Allen.