Cougars women claiming victories Saturday included Regyn Gaffney (Jr., Chehalis, Wash.) in the 60m dash with a season-best time of 7.58 seconds. Adreonia Bradley (Rs-Jr., Tacoma, Wash.) won the 400m in a time of 1 minute, .34 seconds. In the field events, Lauren Newman (So., Union Gap, Wash.) won the long jump with a PR leap of 18-feet 6 1/2 inches (5.65m) and Chrisshnay Brown (Jr., Lompoc, Calif.) won the shot put with a throw of 41-9 1/4 (12.73m).
 
A pair of WSU men won their events Saturday: Ja'Maun Charles (Jr., Pleasanton, Calif,) finished first in the 60m dash with a time of 6.85, and Nick Johnson (So., Spokane) won the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.00, just off his PR time of 7.98.
 
These Cougars joined Friday winners Brock Eager and Aoife Martin weight throw wins and Molly Scharmann's PR pole vault that is the sixth-best in WSU all-time.
 
THEY SAID:
Wayne Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "I was really impressed by the way we competed today. We didn't compete our full team but the people who did compete I thought competed very, very well. We had some outstanding performances in all event areas. It is nice to get a meet at home in the early season to work on some things and a great opportunity for local schools to compete as well."
 
Ja'Maun Charles said, "I'm a very competitive person so I want to go in and PR every race that you run but obviously that you run but obviously that was not the case. For the training I've been doing recently, which includes volume and a lot more of the longer distance drills. After this meet we'll start on the more technical drills and I'll work on my start and drive more. Coming into the meet I was a little hesitant but I think this is a good place to be at his point. I would say today was a pretty good day."
 
Molly Scharmann said, "Overall I'm happy with my results. I've been working toward a four-meter bar since last year so it was a relief to get it. I was super close on the next bar which was 4.10m and I'm excited to attempt it again next weekend."
 
NOTEWORTHY:

• Brock Eager (Rs-Jr., Renton) won the men's 35-pound weight throw with a season-best throw of 65-4 1/4 (19.92m).
• Aoife Martin (Rs-So., Seattle) won the women's 20-pound weight throw with a PR throw of 56-6 1/2 (17.23m), a slight improvement over her season-opening throw last week and still the eighth-best throw in WSU history.
• Molly Scharmann (Rs-So., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) was the runner-up with a PR height of 13-1 1/2 (4.00m), the sixth-best women's pole vault in WSU history.
• Coug alum Kiana Davis won the women's triple jump with a meet record distance of 42-1 1/2 (12.84m), breaking her own 2017 WSU Open record of 41-0 1/2 (12.51m).
• Katie Nageotte, a volunteer coach for WSU who competes professionally, won the women's pole vault with a meet record and personal-record height of 15-feet, 7 1/4 inches (4.76m), a mark that is tied for second-best in the United States and in the World rankings for this year.
• The only other WSU Open record broken was by Eastern Washington's Keshun McGee who won the men's triple jump with a meet record leap of 50-8 1/4 (15.45m), surpassing EWU's Kurt Kraemer's 2003 mark of 50-0 1/2 (15.25m).
• WSU women achieved 11 PRs and Cougars men surpassed or tied seven PRs at the WSU Open.
• The Cougars had few if any competitors in the middle distance and distance events.
• Next weekend the Cougars will compete at the UW Invitational in Seattle and at the New Mexico Team Invitational in Albuquerque.