WSU TRACK & FIELD AT OREGON PEPSI AND SCC WAR XI MEETS
The Washington State track and field teams will be competing at the Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward Field Saturday, April 7...field events begin at 11:30 a.m. and running events at 1:50 p.m...men's and women's teams competing are host Oregon (No 4 men, No. 2 women), BYU (No. 24 men), Washington and WSU....scoring format is 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for individual events and 9-7-6 for relays..the SCC WAR XI meet takes place at Spokane Falls College track complex...competitors will be from local and regional DI, DII and Community College schools...results will be posted on the track schedule page at wsucougars.com when available.
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 35 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)
NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 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 May 24-26, in Sacramento...WSU's 2018 outdoor season bests marks can be found at www.wsucougars.com.
WSU men in the TFRRS NCAA West Region top 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week:
100m - Ja'Maun Charles 10.53 (34th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
200m - Zach Smith 21.32 (45th WReg, 7th Pac-12)
400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (39th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (6th WReg, 5th Pac-12), Justin Janke 3:47.30 (22nd WReg),
Paul Ryan 3:47.85 (25th WReg)
110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.04 (7th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.32 (25th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
Abu Kamara 14.54 (43rd WReg, 7th Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (44th WReg, 8th Pac-12)
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant 53.97 (6th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 9:05.11 (37th WReg. 4th Pac-12)
4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (40th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.06m/6-9 & Max English 2.06m/6-9 (t-28th WReg, t-5th Pac-12)
Mitch Jacobson 2.01m/6-7 (t-47th WReg)
Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.05m/16-6 3/4 (26th WReg, 5th Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.36m/47-1 1/2 (6th Pac-12)
Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (1st WReg, 1st Pac-12),
Amani Brown 63.02m/206-9 (11th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)
Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (18th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week:
100m - Regyn Gaffney 11.75 (48th WReg)
800m - Marlow Schulz 2:08.97 (21st WReg, 7th Pac-12), Zorana Grujic 2:09.41 (25th WReg)
10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (11th WReg,4th Pac-12)
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 13.73 (29th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (5th WReg, 1st Pac-12),
Stephanie Cho 59.27 (15th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12), Desi Stinger 11:42.51 (8th Pac-12)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.60 (5th Pac-12)
4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (20th WReg, 7th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.43m/40-9 1/2 (28th WReg, 4th Pac-12),
Oyinlola Akinlosotu 11.81m/38-9 (8th Pac-12)
Hammer - Aoife Martin 54.54m/178-11 (48th WReg)
Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (29th WReg), Atina Kamasi 45.48m/149-2 (35th WReg),
Madelyn Sirmon 44.34m/145-6 (47th WReg)
WSU MEN ENTERED IN OREGON PEPSI TEAM INVITATIONAL, APRIL 7:
100m - Brandon Baines, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Zach Smith
200m - Brandon Baines, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Zach Smith
400m - Corey Allen, Ray Littles, Jake Ulrich
800m - Justin Janke, Reid Muller, Zach Stallings
1500m - Justin Janke, Paul Ryan, Chandler Teigen
3000m - Chandler Teigen, John Whelan, Michael Williams
110m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara,
Martin Moldau
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant
3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen, Kyler Little
4x100m Relay - Smith, Charles, Gardner, Bains
4x400m Relay - Allen, Charles, Ulrich, Littles
High Jump - Mex English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan,
Mitch Jacobson
Pole Vault - Tucker Mjelde, Sander Moldau
Long Jump - Sam Brixey, Martin Moldau, Sander Moldau
Triple Jump - Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone
Shot Put - Tyler Jackson, Drew Norvell
Discus - Tyler Jackson, Drew Norvell
Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring
Javelin - Alex Cielo, Cole Smith
WSU MEN ENTERED IN SCC WAR XI MEET, APRIL 7, SPOKANE:
200m - Trey Lopes, Jake Nienhuis
400m - Cody Kjarmo, Trey Lopes, Jake Nienhuis, Ross Sherrer
1500m - Nathan Tadesse
5000m - Andrew Cooper, Jake Finney, Zak Kindl, Luke Schilter
3000m Steeplechase - Cameron Dean, Kennan Schrag
High Jump - Beau Sheeran
Long Jump - Josh Colbert
Triple Jump - Josh Colbert
Hammer - Brad Stevens
WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN OREGON PEPSI TEAM INVITATIONAL, APRIL 7:
100m - Regyn Gaffney, Tierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker
200m - Regyn Gaffney, Tierney Silliman. Jordyn Tucker
400m - Adreonia Bradley, Stephanie Cho
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Zorana Grujic, Marlow Schulz, Grace Victor
1500m - Zorana Grujic, Kaili Keefe
3000m - Josie Brown, Vallery Korir
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble
400m Hurdles- Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Stephanie Cho, Jelena Grujic
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson
4x400m Relay - Cho, Brooks-Johnson, Schulz, Grujic
High Jump - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble
Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann
Long Jump - Greer Alsop, Lauren Newman
Triple Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Greer Alsop, Brittni Williams
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse, Lovely Tukuafu
Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse
Hammer - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu
Javelin - Atina Kamasi, Kelsey Kehl, Kirsten McDonnell, Madelyn Sirmon
WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN SCC WAR XI MEET, APRIL 7, SPOKANE:
100m - Imani Moronkola, Cordelia Olson
200m - Imani Moronkola, Cordelia Olson
800m - Breya Wynne
1500m - Kiyena Beatty, Marie Gaudin, Jenaya Pynn
5000m - Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann, Melissa Hruska,
Samantha King-Shaw, Alexis Redfield
3000m Steeplechase - Kiyena Beatty, Pia Richards, Desi Stinger
Shot Put - Lovely Tukuafu
Hammer - Lovely Tukuafu
Javelin - Calahan Crawford
The Washington State track and field teams will be competing at the Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward Field Saturday, April 7...field events begin at 11:30 a.m. and running events at 1:50 p.m...men's and women's teams competing are host Oregon (No 4 men, No. 2 women), BYU (No. 24 men), Washington and WSU....scoring format is 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for individual events and 9-7-6 for relays..the SCC WAR XI meet takes place at Spokane Falls College track complex...competitors will be from local and regional DI, DII and Community College schools...results will be posted on the track schedule page at wsucougars.com when available.
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 35 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)
NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS
The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 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 May 24-26, in Sacramento...WSU's 2018 outdoor season bests marks can be found at www.wsucougars.com.
WSU men in the TFRRS NCAA West Region top 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week:
100m - Ja'Maun Charles 10.53 (34th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
200m - Zach Smith 21.32 (45th WReg, 7th Pac-12)
400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (39th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (6th WReg, 5th Pac-12), Justin Janke 3:47.30 (22nd WReg),
Paul Ryan 3:47.85 (25th WReg)
110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.04 (7th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.32 (25th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
Abu Kamara 14.54 (43rd WReg, 7th Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (44th WReg, 8th Pac-12)
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant 53.97 (6th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 9:05.11 (37th WReg. 4th Pac-12)
4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (40th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.06m/6-9 & Max English 2.06m/6-9 (t-28th WReg, t-5th Pac-12)
Mitch Jacobson 2.01m/6-7 (t-47th WReg)
Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.05m/16-6 3/4 (26th WReg, 5th Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.36m/47-1 1/2 (6th Pac-12)
Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (1st WReg, 1st Pac-12),
Amani Brown 63.02m/206-9 (11th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)
Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (18th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week:
100m - Regyn Gaffney 11.75 (48th WReg)
800m - Marlow Schulz 2:08.97 (21st WReg, 7th Pac-12), Zorana Grujic 2:09.41 (25th WReg)
10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (11th WReg,4th Pac-12)
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 13.73 (29th WReg, 6th Pac-12)
400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (5th WReg, 1st Pac-12),
Stephanie Cho 59.27 (15th WReg, 4th Pac-12)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12), Desi Stinger 11:42.51 (8th Pac-12)
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.60 (5th Pac-12)
4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (20th WReg, 7th Pac-12)
Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12)
Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.43m/40-9 1/2 (28th WReg, 4th Pac-12),
Oyinlola Akinlosotu 11.81m/38-9 (8th Pac-12)
Hammer - Aoife Martin 54.54m/178-11 (48th WReg)
Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (29th WReg), Atina Kamasi 45.48m/149-2 (35th WReg),
Madelyn Sirmon 44.34m/145-6 (47th WReg)
WSU MEN ENTERED IN OREGON PEPSI TEAM INVITATIONAL, APRIL 7:
100m - Brandon Baines, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Zach Smith
200m - Brandon Baines, Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Zach Smith
400m - Corey Allen, Ray Littles, Jake Ulrich
800m - Justin Janke, Reid Muller, Zach Stallings
1500m - Justin Janke, Paul Ryan, Chandler Teigen
3000m - Chandler Teigen, John Whelan, Michael Williams
110m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara,
Martin Moldau
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant
3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen, Kyler Little
4x100m Relay - Smith, Charles, Gardner, Bains
4x400m Relay - Allen, Charles, Ulrich, Littles
High Jump - Mex English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan,
Mitch Jacobson
Pole Vault - Tucker Mjelde, Sander Moldau
Long Jump - Sam Brixey, Martin Moldau, Sander Moldau
Triple Jump - Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone
Shot Put - Tyler Jackson, Drew Norvell
Discus - Tyler Jackson, Drew Norvell
Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring
Javelin - Alex Cielo, Cole Smith
WSU MEN ENTERED IN SCC WAR XI MEET, APRIL 7, SPOKANE:
200m - Trey Lopes, Jake Nienhuis
400m - Cody Kjarmo, Trey Lopes, Jake Nienhuis, Ross Sherrer
1500m - Nathan Tadesse
5000m - Andrew Cooper, Jake Finney, Zak Kindl, Luke Schilter
3000m Steeplechase - Cameron Dean, Kennan Schrag
High Jump - Beau Sheeran
Long Jump - Josh Colbert
Triple Jump - Josh Colbert
Hammer - Brad Stevens
WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN OREGON PEPSI TEAM INVITATIONAL, APRIL 7:
100m - Regyn Gaffney, Tierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker
200m - Regyn Gaffney, Tierney Silliman. Jordyn Tucker
400m - Adreonia Bradley, Stephanie Cho
800m - Natalie Ackerley, Zorana Grujic, Marlow Schulz, Grace Victor
1500m - Zorana Grujic, Kaili Keefe
3000m - Josie Brown, Vallery Korir
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble
400m Hurdles- Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Stephanie Cho, Jelena Grujic
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld
4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson
4x400m Relay - Cho, Brooks-Johnson, Schulz, Grujic
High Jump - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble
Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann
Long Jump - Greer Alsop, Lauren Newman
Triple Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Greer Alsop, Brittni Williams
Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse, Lovely Tukuafu
Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse
Hammer - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu
Javelin - Atina Kamasi, Kelsey Kehl, Kirsten McDonnell, Madelyn Sirmon
WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN SCC WAR XI MEET, APRIL 7, SPOKANE:
100m - Imani Moronkola, Cordelia Olson
200m - Imani Moronkola, Cordelia Olson
800m - Breya Wynne
1500m - Kiyena Beatty, Marie Gaudin, Jenaya Pynn
5000m - Josie Brown, Katherine Dittmann, Melissa Hruska,
Samantha King-Shaw, Alexis Redfield
3000m Steeplechase - Kiyena Beatty, Pia Richards, Desi Stinger
Shot Put - Lovely Tukuafu
Hammer - Lovely Tukuafu
Javelin - Calahan Crawford