SAN FRANCISCO -- Washington State's Alissa Brooks-Johnson has been named the Pac-12 Women's Track Athlete of the Week after scoring 23 of the Cougars women's 88 points in the Dual meet win over Washington April 28.
Brooks-Johnson, a redshirt senior from Doty, Wash., competed in six events Saturday, winning four and scoring points by placing second in the other two. She won the 100m hurdles in a time of 13.73 seconds which equaled her lifetime-best, won the 400m hurdles in a time of 58.05, 19/100th seconds off her PR time which is second-best in the conference, and was the anchor of the winning 4x100m relay that ran a season-best time of 45.28. On the infield, Brooks-Johnson won the high jump with a clearance at 5-feet 5/14 inches (1.66m). She was the runner-up in two events: the long jump where she leaped a PR distance of 19-3 1/2 (5.88m) and in the 4x400m relay where she ran the third leg.
A two-time and defending Pac-12 heptathlon champion, Brooks-Johnson competes in the conference combined-events championships this weekend at Stanford. She won the event in 2015 and 2017, and is a two-time All-American in the heptathlon.
This is the third time this spring a WSU competitor has been tabbed for conference's Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors. Sander Moldau (men's pole vault) and Brock Eager (men's hammer) were honored with Men's Field Athlete of the Week earlier this season.
Brooks-Johnson, a redshirt senior from Doty, Wash., competed in six events Saturday, winning four and scoring points by placing second in the other two. She won the 100m hurdles in a time of 13.73 seconds which equaled her lifetime-best, won the 400m hurdles in a time of 58.05, 19/100th seconds off her PR time which is second-best in the conference, and was the anchor of the winning 4x100m relay that ran a season-best time of 45.28. On the infield, Brooks-Johnson won the high jump with a clearance at 5-feet 5/14 inches (1.66m). She was the runner-up in two events: the long jump where she leaped a PR distance of 19-3 1/2 (5.88m) and in the 4x400m relay where she ran the third leg.
A two-time and defending Pac-12 heptathlon champion, Brooks-Johnson competes in the conference combined-events championships this weekend at Stanford. She won the event in 2015 and 2017, and is a two-time All-American in the heptathlon.
This is the third time this spring a WSU competitor has been tabbed for conference's Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors. Sander Moldau (men's pole vault) and Brock Eager (men's hammer) were honored with Men's Field Athlete of the Week earlier this season.