STANFORD, Calif. -- Washington State's Alissa Brooks-Johnson is the women's heptathlon leader after the first day of the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships Saturday at Cobb Track and Angell Field in Stanford.
Brooks-Johnson, a redshirt senior from Doty, Wash., reached a lifetime-best first day heptathlon total of 3,568 points, 168 points above her previous PR and five points ahead of the next competitor, Kendall Gustafson of UCLA.
A two-time Pac-12 heptathlon champion (2015 and 2017) and 2017 All-American, Brooks-Johnson opened the 2018 conference meet by running the 100m hurdles in a PR time of 13.68 seconds which is sixth-best in WSU all-time records. She high jumped an outdoor PR height of 5-feet 8 1/2 inches (1.74m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 41-2 1/4 (12.55m), and ran the 200m in a wind-aided PR time of 24.40. Brooks-Johnson's previous first day PR total was 3,400 points, set last month in Azusa.
Lindsey Schauble, a junior from Kennewick, Wash., scored a first day lifetime-best of 2,989 points for 10th place among the 15 competitors. Schauble opened the heptathlon with a season-best 100m hurdles time of 15.01, high jumped 5-5 (1.65m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 35-4 3/4 (10.79m), and finished the day with a 200m dash time of 26.28.
Freshman Martin Moldau (Rakvere, Estonia) ran the 100m in a time of 11.27, long jumped 21-1 1/4 (6.43m), and threw the shot put 39-3 (11.96) but withdrew from the competition when he became ill and could not continue in the high jump or 400m dash.
Heptathlon competition continues at Stanford Sunday beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Brooks-Johnson, a redshirt senior from Doty, Wash., reached a lifetime-best first day heptathlon total of 3,568 points, 168 points above her previous PR and five points ahead of the next competitor, Kendall Gustafson of UCLA.
A two-time Pac-12 heptathlon champion (2015 and 2017) and 2017 All-American, Brooks-Johnson opened the 2018 conference meet by running the 100m hurdles in a PR time of 13.68 seconds which is sixth-best in WSU all-time records. She high jumped an outdoor PR height of 5-feet 8 1/2 inches (1.74m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 41-2 1/4 (12.55m), and ran the 200m in a wind-aided PR time of 24.40. Brooks-Johnson's previous first day PR total was 3,400 points, set last month in Azusa.
Lindsey Schauble, a junior from Kennewick, Wash., scored a first day lifetime-best of 2,989 points for 10th place among the 15 competitors. Schauble opened the heptathlon with a season-best 100m hurdles time of 15.01, high jumped 5-5 (1.65m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 35-4 3/4 (10.79m), and finished the day with a 200m dash time of 26.28.
Freshman Martin Moldau (Rakvere, Estonia) ran the 100m in a time of 11.27, long jumped 21-1 1/4 (6.43m), and threw the shot put 39-3 (11.96) but withdrew from the competition when he became ill and could not continue in the high jump or 400m dash.
Heptathlon competition continues at Stanford Sunday beginning at 11:45 a.m.