LOS ANGELES – The Washington State University Track and Field program showed no signs of slowing down during the 2019 outdoor season, earning a total of 22 top five finishes throughout the weekend during the UCLA Legends Invitational.
Charisma Taylor notched yet another win during her early WSU track career, this time around in the triple jump with a mark of 41-feet 8 3/4 inches (12.72m).
Mackenzie Fletcher added a win for the Cougars as well in the 400-meter hurdles event with a time of 1:00.89, and
Jelena Grujic was close behind in third with a PR of 1:01.23. Throwers
Chrisshnay Brown and
Aoife Martin each recorded third place finishes in their respective events with Brown posting a mark of 47-feet 5 1/4 inches in the shot put, and Martin with a mark of 180-feet 7 inches in the hammer throw.
Brock Eager continued to power his way up the ranks of not only the national standings, but the all-time Washington State top ten as well. Eager posted a winning mark of 232-feet 5 inches (70.85m) in the hammer throw to move him up to third all-time in Cougar history, and currently sits at third in the nation in the event as well.
Nick Johnson had himself a great run in the 110-meter hurdles, winning the event with a time of 14.06. Fellow Cougar
Sam Brixey took home second in the event at 14.15 seconds, and
Christapherson Grant finished in fourth at 14.39.
Emmanuel Wells Jr. picked up the victory in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.50 seconds, and along with teammates
Ja'Maun Charles,
Ethan Gardner, and
Jake Ulrich, won the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 40.21 to cap off a solid overall meet at UCLA.
WSU WOMEN
100m: Regyn Gaffney – 11.90 (5th);
Jordyn Tucker – 11.94 (6th);
Tierney Silliman – 12.31 (16th);
Lauren Newman – 12.67 (27th)
200m: Jordyn Tucker – 24.90 (6th);
Tierney Silliman – 25.28 (15th);
Regyn Gaffney – 25.50 (20th);
Kristina Schreiber – 26.02 (28th)
100m Hurdles: Charisma Taylor – 14.05,
PR (4th);
Mackenzie Fletcher – 14.23,
PR (6th)
400m: Kristina Schreiber – 58.22 (13th)
400m Hurdles: Mackenzie Fletcher – 1:00.89 (1st); Jelena Grujic –
PR, 1:01.68 (3rd)
4x100m Relay: Jordyn Tucker,
Regyn Gaffney,
Charisma Taylor,
Lauren Newman – 46.52 (6th)
Pole Vault: Molly Scharmann – 12-5 1/2 (3.80m) [5th];
Emily Coombs – 12-5 1/2 (3.80m) [9th];
Katelyn Frost – 11-11 3/4 (3.65m) [11th]
High Jump: Suzy Pace – 5-3 (1.60m) [5th]
Shot Put: Chrisshnay Brown – 47-5 1/4 (14.46m) [3rd];
Lindsey Schauble – 33-8 (10.26m) [19th]
Long Jump: Lauren Newman – 17-3 1/4 (5.26m) [14th]
Triple Jump: Charisma Taylor – 41-8 3/4 (12.72m) [1st]
Discus: Kaitlin Krouse – 146-2 (44.55m) [6th];
Chrisshnay Brown – 142-4 (43.40m) [8th]
Hammer: Aoife Martin – 180-7 (55.06m) [3rd]
WSU MEN
100m:
Emmanuel Wells Jr. – 10.50 (1st); Ja'Maun Charles – 10.68 (6th);
Ethan Gardner – 11.18 (21st);
Tony Pizzillo – 11.52 (30th)
200m:
Jake Ulrich – 21.53 (6th);
Ja'Maun Charles – 21.65 (8th)
110m Hurdles:
Nick Johnson – 14.06 (1st); Sam Brixey 14.15 (2nd);
Christapherson Grant – 14.39 (4th);
Ray Littles – 16.39 (24th)
400m:
Carson Brown – 49.45,
PR (17th);
Corey Allen – 49.97 (22nd)
400m Hurdles:
Christapherson Grant – 53.67 (2nd)
800m:
Noah Wallace – 1:57.26 (11th)
4x100m Relay: Emmanuel Wells Jr., Ja'Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Jake Ulrich – 40.21 (1st)
High Jump: Peyton Fredrickson – 6-11 1/2 (2.12m) [2nd];
Mitch Jacobson – 6-7 1/2 (2.02m) [6th];
Beau Sheeran – 6-5 1/2 (1.97m) [9th];
Max English – 6-5 1/2 (1.97m) [10th]
Pole Vault: Jacob Englar – 16-0 3/4 (4.90m) [5th]
Long Jump: Ray Littles – 22-7 (6.88m),
PR [7th]
Triple Jump: Robby Flores – 47-3 (14.40m) [2nd]
Shot Put: Ray Littles – 35-3 3/4 (10.76m) [24th]
Javelin: Alex Cielo – 196-1 (59.78m),
PR [3rd];
Ray Littles – 131-5 (40.07m) [12th]
Hammer: Brock Eager – 232-5 (70.85m) [1st]; Amani Brown – 205-10 (62.75m) [3rd]
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The Cougars return to competition next, Saturday, April 6 at the WSU-UW Dual, hosted by the University of Washington. The meet will take place at Husky Track, as WSU makes the first outdoor season trip to Seattle next weekend.
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