Cougars to close indoor season at Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite

February 23, 2023 | By: Walker Brooks: Washington State Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State men's and women's track and field team will head west to Seattle this weekend as a full team to wrap up the indoor season at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite in the UW Dempsey Indoor Friday and Saturday.

The Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite opens with women's pole vault starting Friday at noon, while the women's 60m hurdles prelims will lead the field events beginning at 4:30 p.m. This weekend marks the final opportunity for Cougars with their sights set on the NCAA Indoor Championships to set a qualifying time/mark as the indoor season winds down with the 2023 Division I championships (Mar. 10-11) less than a month away.

MEET INFO: Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite

- Venue: UW Dempsey Indoor | Seattle, WA

- Dates: Friday, February 24- 25 2023

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- Accepted Entries

- Meet Schedule

LAST TIME OUT: (Arkansas Qualifier)

Freshman Mason Lawyer (21.13) continued to put his stamp on the Cougar record books as he lowered his freshman record 200m time for the second time this season to take third last week. Lawyer is within striking distance of the program record.

Columbia native Ronald Grueso Mosqquera has continued to show his dominance in the shot put this season. The sophomore has not finished below fourth place in any meet this season. Grueso Mosqquera finished in fourth place with a throw of 17.76m competing against the Arkansaw Qualifier meet record holder.

Louie Hinchliffe (6.80) opened the 60m dash with his first heat win as a Coug. Both Hinchliffe and Mason Lawyer (6.88) advanced to the finals, as they finished in fourth place and eighth, respectively.

The freshman record holder for the shot put, Nana Gyedu, continues to win as she picked up her fourth win of the season, notching a shotput throw of 14.96m. Gyedu has finished in the top three in every meet during the indoor season.

IN THE RANKINGS:

Washington State's women's hurdles group has maintained its ranking as the No. 7 event group in the nation, holding their average time to 8.43 so far in the season. Maribel Caicedo produced the first sub-eight-second hurdles time in program history during the Don Kirby Elite meet and is stilln fourth in the country. The qualifying mark for the indoor championships is currently 8.13 seconds.

Ronald Grueso-Mosqquera blasted past his personal best distance at the WSU Open and Multi with a shot-put throw of 18.55m ranking 37th in the country so far this season. At the moment, the qualifying mark for the Indoor Championships is 19.54m.

NCAA DI Indoor T&F Championships Qualifying Criteria:

Qualification to the Championships is based on the descending order list for the current indoor season, prepared solely from the mandatory submission of meet results during the current indoor season. For each individual event contested at the Championships, the top sixteen (16) declared student-athletes will be accepted into the Championships. For each relay event contested at the Championships, the top twelve (12) declared relay teams will be accepted into the Championships. The stated maximums are absolute and will not be extended as a result of ties.

NEXT UP:

Qualifying student-athletes will see a one-week break from competition leading into the 2023 NCAA Division Indoor Track and Field Championships which are slated for Mar. 10-11 from the Albuquerque Convention Center.

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WSU Entries:

Men's 60m

- Louie Hinchliffe

- Mason Lawyer

- John Parades

- Bode Brewer

- Ethan Willems

- Yanai Macon

- Blake Deringer

- De'Ante Choates

- Jared McAlvey

Women's 60m