Scharmann (sophomore, Santa Margarita, Calif.) pole vaulted a PR height of 13-feet 8 1/4 inches (4.17m) for fourth place in the event and claiming the third-best vault in WSU all-time. Emily Coombs (freshman, Santa Ana, Calif.) placed ninth with a PR vault clearance at 12-10 1/4 (3.92m), the 10th-best pole vault height in school history.
 
Atina Kamasi (sophomore, Novi Sad, Serbia) placed sixth in the women's javelin with a throw of 151-11 (46.30m).
 
Kyler Little (junior. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) scored the first Cougars men's team points with a sixth-place finish in the men's 3000m steeplechase, running a time of 9 minutes 4.02 seconds. Michael Williams (senior, Richland, Wash.) placed eighth in the men's 10,000m with a time of 30:03.44.
 
Cole Smith (redshirt senior, Hoquiam, Wash.) claimed fifth place in the men's javelin with a throw of 216-0 (65.83m).
 
In the women's 400m hurdles prelims, Stephanie Cho (junior, Vancouver, B.C. Canada) and Alissa Brooks-Johnson (redshirt senior, Doty, Wash.) finished one-two in the second heat to be automatic qualifiers for the Sunday final. Cho ran a PR time of 58.95 which is the eighth-best in WSU all-time records while Brooks-Johnson who earlier had qualified for the 100m hurdles with a PR time of 13.60w, ran a time of 59.16.
 
Cougars Qualifying for Sunday finals:
Men
200m Dash - Zach Smith PR 21.14 (8th in prelims)
1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:47.22 (5th in prelims)
400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant PR 51.94 (6th in prelims)
Women
1500m - Kaili Keefe 4:25.28 (6th in prelims)
100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson PR 13.60w (8th in prelims)
400m Hurdles - Stephanie Cho PR 58.95 (2nd prelims), Alissa Brooks-Johnson 59.16 (5th prelims)
 
THEY SAID:
Wayne Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "We were hoping for a few more points today but we were able to get a number of people through to the finals tomorrow, led by Alissa Brooks-Johnson and Chris Grant who will compete in both hurdles finals tomorrow. Stephanie Cho and Zach Smith ran huge personal bests to also advance to the finals. We had great scoring finishes today, led by Molly in the vault and Cole in the javelin. Kyler Little had a big finish in the steeple to finish an impressive sixth."
 
NOTEWORTHY:

• Team scoring is 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for places first through eighth
• Women's team scores after 7/21 events: Stanford 71, USC 44, UCLA 39, Arizona State 38, Colorado 37, California 23, Arizona 22, Oregon 22, Washington State 18, Oregon State 16, Washington 13, Utah 8
• Men's team scores: Stanford 48, Oregon 43, Colorado 33, California 29, UCLA 22, Arizona 17, USC 16, Washington 16, WSU 7, Arizona State 3
• Pac-12 Networks Live coverage continues from 3-6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 13, with the broadcast of the final day of the T&F Championships
• The Pac-12 T&F Championships final day starts Sunday, May 13 at 10:30 a.m. with the men's hammer and running events begin at 3 p.m.

OTHER WSU RESULTS FROM MAY 12 AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN
100m Dash Prelims - Zach Smith 10.69 (15th), Brandon Bains 10.72 (17th), Ethan Gardner 10.79w (19th)
200m Dash Prelims - Ray Littles PR 22.01 (21st)
400m Dash Prelims - Jake Ulrich 47.73 (11th)
800m Prelims - Justin Janke 1:52.03 (14th), Reid Muller 1:53.00 (15th), Zach Stallings 1:54.23 (19th)
1500m Prelims - Paul Ryan 3:50.95 (17th)
10,000m Final - John Whelan 30:40.55 (14th)
3000m Steeplechase Final - Colton Johnsen 9:24.98 (19th)
 
WOMEN
100m Dash Prelims - Regyn Gaffney 11.87 (12th), Jordyn Tucker PR 12.01 (15th)
200m Dash Prelims - Jordyn Tucker PR 24.62w (21st), Tierney Silliman 24.91 (23rd)
800m Prelims - Zorana Grujic 2:08.95 (10th), Marlow Schulz 2:10.21 (13th), Natalie Ackerley 2:13.86 (22nd)
10,000m Final - Vallery Korir 12th 34:28.85
400m Hurdles Prelims - Jelena Grujic PR 1:01.18 (14th), Lindsey Schauble PR 1:02.12 (17th)
3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:39.66 (10th)
High Jump Final - Alissa Brooks-Johnson t9th - 1.63m/5-4 1/4; Lindsey Schauble 15th - 1.63m/5-4 1/4
Long Jump Final - Lauren Newman 19th - 5.67m/18-7 1/4
Shot Put Final - Chrisshnay Brown 14th - 12.86m/42-2 1/4
Hammer Final - Aoife Martin 11th - 54.16m/177-8
Javelin Final - Madelyn Sirmon 9th - 43.93m/144-1, Kelsey Kehl 18th - 40.63m/133-3