Washington State University Athletics

The Washington State University’s indoor track and field teams return to Pullman for the second and final home indoor meet...Cougar Multis/Cougar Indoor meet will be held Fri., Feb. 6 and Sat., Feb. 7 at the Washington State Indoor Facility: Mondo track features racing at a 60m straightaway, and a 200m oval…jumping and throwing field events are contested on the turf inside the oval...this is an open meet and participants can enter through DirectAthletics.com by Noon, Wed., Feb. 4...women’s pentathlon (five events) will take place Friday, Feb. 6 and the men’s heptathlon (seven events) will start Feb. 6 and conclude Feb. 7...events begin Friday at 12:30 p.m. and then Saturday at 10 a.m... complete schedule of events on page 4 of this release...spectators are admitted without charge...no live stats and no webcast...complete results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com when available following the completion of each days events.

Wayne Phipps (Univ. of British Columbia ‘91/Oregon ‘94) become the 15th coach to take the reins of the Washington State men’s program and the second coach for the combined men’s and women’s program at WSU on July 1, 2014...Phipps had been the University of Idaho’s Director and Track & Field/Cross Country from 2010 through 2014, and was a coach with the Vandals program for a total of 19 years...he served as co-head coach from 2000-09, after serving as an assistant coach from 1995-99...while at Idaho, Phipps was honored 14 times as a conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 total conference titles.

WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and  Yogi Teevens (sprints and horizontal jumps)...Assistant Coaches are Matt McGee (multis and vertical jumps), and Allix Potratz-Lee (distance)...volunteer coaches include Emma Kertesz (distance), Joshia Sims (sprints/hurdles), Tim Taylor (throws) and Liga Velvere (hurdles, middle distance).