BROOKS-JOHNSON TO COMPETE AT NCAA INDOOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Washington State track and field program will be represented at the 2018 NCAA DI Indoor Championships by redshirt senior Alissa Brooks-Johnson who will compete in the women's pentathlon where she is ranked sixth among the 16 competitors...the championships meet is at Texas A&M's Gilliam Indoor Stadium in College Station, Texas...built in 2009, the Mondo Super X track has six-lanes that are 200m long and can be hydraulically banked at its two bends for high speed running events...known as one of the fastest indoor tracks in North America, this facility has hosted the NCAA DI Indoor meet in 2009, 2011, and 2017 and has a spectator capacity of 4,100.
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.
COUGAR 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.
2018 WSU TEAM CAPTAINS
Track - Abu Kamara (M), Regyn Gaffney (W)
Distance - Chandler Teigen and Nathan Wadhwani (M), Devon Bortfeld (W)
Field - Brock Eager (M), Alissa Brooks-Johnson (W)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson'S 2018 NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PENTATHLON SCHEDULE
Friday, March 9
10:15 a.m. PT 60m Hurdles Finals
High Jump Finals
Shot Put Finals
Long Jump Finals
3:30 p.m. PT 800m Finals
Live Results and Live Streaming Links on the WSU T&F Schedule Page at wsucougars.com
Alissa Brooks-Johnson - PENTATHLON
5-9 Redshirt Senior, Doty, Wash.
Majors: Apparel Merchandising Design and Textile/Sport Management
WSU BESTS:
200m - 24.83 (2017)
800m - 2:12.60 (2015) / 2:15.78i (2018)
60m Hurdles - 8.50i (2018)
100m Hurdles - 14.06 (2017)
400m Hurdles - 58.81 (2015) - 7th-best in WSU all-time
High Jump - 1.76m / 5-9 1/4i (2016)
Long Jump - 5.85m / 19-2 1/2 (2017)
Triple Jump - 11.02m / 36-2 (2014)
Shot Put - 12.45m /40-10 1/4i (2016)
Discus - 27.04m / 88-8 (2014)
Javelin - 44.75m / 146-10 (2015)
Pentathlon - 4,190i points (2018: 60mH - 8.57, HJ - 1.72m/ 5-7 3/4, SP - 11.69m/38-4 1/4, LJ - 5.79m/19-0, 800m - 2:15.78)
Heptathlon - 5,803 points (2015)
MPSF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2018 Pentathlon 3rd 4,040i points (60mH - 8.52, HJ - 1.65m/ 5-5, SP - 11.36m/37-3 1/4, LJ - 5.62m/18-5 1/4, 800m - 2:16.05)
4x400m Relay 8th 3:45.41i (3rd leg)
High Jump 20th 1.61m/5-3 1/4i
2016 Pentathlon 3rd 4,027i points
4x400m Relay 3rd 3:41.05i
High Jump t-15th 1.64m/5-4 1/2i
2015 Pentathlon 5th 3,776i points - 4th-best in WSU all-time
2014 Pentathlon 7th 3,633i points - Freshman school record
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2017 Heptathlon 1st 5,638 points
Javelin 11th 43.32m / 142-1
400m Hurdles 10th 1:01.42
High Jump 10th 1.67m / 5-5 3/4
2015 Heptathlon 1st 5,803 points - 4th-best in WSU all-time
400m Hurdles 7th 58.85
2014 Heptathlon 2nd 5,325ipoints - 7th-best in WSU all-time
NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCES
2017 400m Hurdles 21st 59.99 Prelims
400m Hurdles 17th 59.28 Quarterfinals
2015 400m Hurdles 13th 59.31 Prelims
400m Hurdles 9th 58.81 Quarterfinals
Javelin 26th 44.59m / 146-3
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2017 Heptathlon 6th 5,658 points - All-America
2015 400m Hurdles 23rd 1:01.10 - All-America Honorable Mention
Heptathlon 18th 5,572 points - All-America Honorable Mention
ACADEMIC HONORS:
USTFCCCA All-Academic team (2014)
Pac-12 All-Academic T&F honorable mention team (2015 and 2017)
The Washington State track and field program will be represented at the 2018 NCAA DI Indoor Championships by redshirt senior Alissa Brooks-Johnson who will compete in the women's pentathlon where she is ranked sixth among the 16 competitors...the championships meet is at Texas A&M's Gilliam Indoor Stadium in College Station, Texas...built in 2009, the Mondo Super X track has six-lanes that are 200m long and can be hydraulically banked at its two bends for high speed running events...known as one of the fastest indoor tracks in North America, this facility has hosted the NCAA DI Indoor meet in 2009, 2011, and 2017 and has a spectator capacity of 4,100.
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.
COUGAR 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.
2018 WSU TEAM CAPTAINS
Track - Abu Kamara (M), Regyn Gaffney (W)
Distance - Chandler Teigen and Nathan Wadhwani (M), Devon Bortfeld (W)
Field - Brock Eager (M), Alissa Brooks-Johnson (W)
Alissa Brooks-Johnson'S 2018 NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PENTATHLON SCHEDULE
Friday, March 9
10:15 a.m. PT 60m Hurdles Finals
High Jump Finals
Shot Put Finals
Long Jump Finals
3:30 p.m. PT 800m Finals
Live Results and Live Streaming Links on the WSU T&F Schedule Page at wsucougars.com
Alissa Brooks-Johnson - PENTATHLON
5-9 Redshirt Senior, Doty, Wash.
Majors: Apparel Merchandising Design and Textile/Sport Management
WSU BESTS:
200m - 24.83 (2017)
800m - 2:12.60 (2015) / 2:15.78i (2018)
60m Hurdles - 8.50i (2018)
100m Hurdles - 14.06 (2017)
400m Hurdles - 58.81 (2015) - 7th-best in WSU all-time
High Jump - 1.76m / 5-9 1/4i (2016)
Long Jump - 5.85m / 19-2 1/2 (2017)
Triple Jump - 11.02m / 36-2 (2014)
Shot Put - 12.45m /40-10 1/4i (2016)
Discus - 27.04m / 88-8 (2014)
Javelin - 44.75m / 146-10 (2015)
Pentathlon - 4,190i points (2018: 60mH - 8.57, HJ - 1.72m/ 5-7 3/4, SP - 11.69m/38-4 1/4, LJ - 5.79m/19-0, 800m - 2:15.78)
Heptathlon - 5,803 points (2015)
MPSF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2018 Pentathlon 3rd 4,040i points (60mH - 8.52, HJ - 1.65m/ 5-5, SP - 11.36m/37-3 1/4, LJ - 5.62m/18-5 1/4, 800m - 2:16.05)
4x400m Relay 8th 3:45.41i (3rd leg)
High Jump 20th 1.61m/5-3 1/4i
2016 Pentathlon 3rd 4,027i points
4x400m Relay 3rd 3:41.05i
High Jump t-15th 1.64m/5-4 1/2i
2015 Pentathlon 5th 3,776i points - 4th-best in WSU all-time
2014 Pentathlon 7th 3,633i points - Freshman school record
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2017 Heptathlon 1st 5,638 points
Javelin 11th 43.32m / 142-1
400m Hurdles 10th 1:01.42
High Jump 10th 1.67m / 5-5 3/4
2015 Heptathlon 1st 5,803 points - 4th-best in WSU all-time
400m Hurdles 7th 58.85
2014 Heptathlon 2nd 5,325ipoints - 7th-best in WSU all-time
NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCES
2017 400m Hurdles 21st 59.99 Prelims
400m Hurdles 17th 59.28 Quarterfinals
2015 400m Hurdles 13th 59.31 Prelims
400m Hurdles 9th 58.81 Quarterfinals
Javelin 26th 44.59m / 146-3
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2017 Heptathlon 6th 5,658 points - All-America
2015 400m Hurdles 23rd 1:01.10 - All-America Honorable Mention
Heptathlon 18th 5,572 points - All-America Honorable Mention
ACADEMIC HONORS:
USTFCCCA All-Academic team (2014)
Pac-12 All-Academic T&F honorable mention team (2015 and 2017)