Multis Meet Feb. 2-3, 2018, WSU
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Cougar Indoor Invite/Multis Meet Feb. 2-3, 2018, WSU Indoor Facility
Linda Chalich • Asst. Dir. Athl. Comm. (Track & Field Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected]
WSU TRACK & FIELD 2018 INDOOR SCHEDULE JANUARY 12-13 @Ed Jacoby Invite/Multis, Nampa 12-13 @UW Indoor Preview, Seattle 19-20 WSU Open, Pullman 26-27 @UW Invitational, Seattle 27 @New Mexico Team Invite, Albuquerque FEBRUARY 2-3 Cougar Indoor, Pullman 9-10@Don Kirby Elite Invite, Albuquerque @Husky Classic, Seattle 17 @Alex Wilson Invite, Notre Dame
WSU TRACK & FIELD HOME FOR COUGAR INDOOR/MULTIS The Washington State track and field teams return to Pullman for the second and final home indoor meet of 2018...Cougar Indoor/Multis meet will be held Fri., Feb. 2 and Sat., Feb. 3, at the WSU Indoor Facility...Mondo track features a 60m straightaway and 200m oval…jumping and throwing field events are contested on the turf inside the oval...this is collegiate and post-collegiate meet...women’s pentathlon (five events) will take place Friday, Feb. 2 and the men’s heptathlon (seven events) will start Feb. 2 and conclude Feb. 3... tentative time schedule of events is on page 5 of this release...spectators admitted without charge...no live stats and no webcast...complete results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com when available. WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia ‘91) is in his fourth season with the Washington State track and field program...Phipps led the Cougar men’s cross country program back-to-back-to-back NCAA Championships at-large berth appearances...Cougs finished 21st in 2017, 14th in 2016 - the highest in 32 years, and 26th in 2015....in track and field seasons, mentored studentathletes to WSU top-ten performances 24 times in the indoor season and 47 times in the outdoor season....there have also been conference all-academic honors awarded to WSU student-athletes 51 times in cross country, 88 times in indoor track and 86 times in outdoor track...Phipps became the 15th men’s coach and the second coach for the combined men’s and women’s program at WSU on July 1, 2014, after 19 years at the University of Idaho...while at Idaho, Phipps was honored 14 times as a conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 conference titles. COUGAR TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF
23-24 @Mountain Pacific Sports WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Tay Fed. Championships, lor (throws), and Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), Ryan Grinnell (multis, horizontal jumps) and Char Seattle MARCH 9-10 @NCAA Indoor T&F Championships, College Station, Texas
Lee Linton (distance)...Kayla Warren is the Operations Coordinator...volunteers include: Tim Taylor and Katie Nageotte...student coach: CJ Allen.
COUGARS HIGHLIGHTS FROM UW INVITATIONAL/NEW MEXICO TEAM INVITE At the UW Invitational Jan. 26-27, Devon Bortfeld had a notable start to her senior indoor career: 5k time of 16:26.73 (8th overall/4th collegiate) and PR mile time of 4:50.96 - fifth-best in WSU all-time records...Chandler Teigen ran a 3k PR time of 8:10.08 for 19th in the elite field section..Colton Johnsen, a January transfer from EWU won his 3k section with a PR time of 8:17.08...men’s DMR of Paul Ryan, Reid Muller, Justin Janke and Teigen finished third in a time of 9:54.04...in the women’s 3k invitational section, Vallery Korir placed 12th a PR time of 9:29.71...at the New Mexico Team Invite Jan. 27, Brock Eager won the men’s 35# weight throw with a season-best distance of 20.25m/66-5 1/4... Aoife Martin threw the women’s 20# weight 17.41m/ 57-1 1/2 (2nd place), her third PR of this year and 8th-best in WSU records...Regyn Gaffney ran a season-best 60m time of 7.51 (4th)...PRs were garnered Jordyn Tucker in 60m of 7.60 (6th), Alissa Brooks-Johnson in 60m hurdles prelim of 8.77, Marlow Schulz in 800m of 2:10.40 (4th overall/1st collegiate), Zach Smith in men’s 200m at 21.39 (2nd), season-best by Ja’Maun Charles in 200m of 21.70...frosh Mitch Jacobson tied for third in the men’s high jump (PR 2.02m/6-7 1/2)...Sander Moldau made WSU debut in pole vault at 4.90m/16-0 3/4 (2nd)...Robby Flores broke 15m in triple jump with PR 15.33m/50-3 1/2 (3rd)...WSU women’s 4x400m relay squad of Jelena Grujic, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson and Zorana Grujic took second place with a time of 3:47.94.
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NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 Indoor Championships... these lists can be viewed at the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Track & Field Results Reporting System website (www.tfrrs.org)...the top 16 individuals and 12 relays will move on to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9-10 in College Station, Texas (Texas A&M host school)...best marks for the Cougars throughout the 2018 indoor season can be found at www.wsucougars.com.
WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: Ja’Maun Charles, 60m - 6.79 (5th MPSF) Ja’Maun Charles, 200m - 21.72 (4th MPSF) Zach Smith, 200m - 21.46 (2nd MPSF) Jake Ulrich, 400m - 48.95 (8th MPSF) Zach Stallings, 800m - 1:55.71 (6th MPSF) Jake Finney, 5000m - 14:43.90 (6th MPSF) Luke Schilter, 5000m - 14:59.36 (8th MPSF) Nick Johnson, 60m Hurdles - 7.98 (5th MPSF) 4x400m Relay (Grant, Allen, Kjarmo, Ulrich) - 3:19.52 (8th MPSF) Distance Medley Relay (Ryan, Muller, Janke, Teigen) - 9:54.04 (36th nationally, 5th MPSF) Robby Flores, Triple Jump - 15.33m/50-3 1/2 (48th nationally, 5th MPSF) Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 20.25m/66-5 1/4 (30th nationally, 1st MPSF) Amani Brown, Weight Throw - 18.45m/60-6 1/2 (7th MPSF) WSU women in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: Marlow Schulz, 800m - 2:09.67 (3rd MPSF) Vallery Korir, 3000m - 9:29.71 (49th nationally) Devon Bortfeld, 5000m - 16:26.73 (23rd nationally, 6th MPSF) 4x400m Relay (J. Grujic, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, Z. Grujic) - 3:47.94 (8th MPSF) Molly Scharmann, Pole Vault - 4.00m/13-2 1/2 (42nd nationally, 4th MPSF) Greer Alsop, Triple Jump - 12.21m/40-0 3/4 (6th MPSF) Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Triple Jump - 12.07m/39-7 1/4 (7th MPSF)
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USTFCCCA NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings are a prediction of how teams and individuals will place at the 2018 NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships, March 9-10, in College Station, Texas. USTFCCCA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 2 Jan. 29, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Florida 194.54 1 2. Georgia 98.97 2 3. Texas A&M 98.08 3 4. Oregon 86.95 14 5. Texas Tech 83.03 4 6. Alabama 82.66 5 7. Arkansas 82.09 7 8. Penn State 70.50 18 9. BYU 68.62 19 10. USC 65.38 13 11. Colorado 62.36 8 12. Kentucky 60.00 6 13. Colorado State 58.54 10 14. Texas 57.70 15 15. Houston 57.65 11 16. Virginia Tech 55.62 12 17. Stanford 51.54 16 18. Georgetown 51.25 27 19. Forida State 50.58 23 20. Washington 50.54 17 21. Auburn 49.08 31 22. Indiana 47.61 9 23. Kansas 46.22 20 24. Virginia 41.61 21 25. Syracuse 41.47 25 104. Washington St.
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COUGARS ENTERED IN COUGAR INDOOR, FEB. 2-3, PULLMAN: WOMEN 60m - Greer Alsop, Regyn Gaffney, Lauren Newman, Tierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker 200m - Cordelia Olson 400m - Adreonia Bradley 800m - Breya Wynne Mile - Pia Richards 3000m - Samantha King-Shaw, Pia Richards, Desi Stinger 60m Hurdles - Adreonia Bradley, Stephanie Cho, Jelena Grujic 4x400m Relay - Bradley, Cho, Newman, Olson, Silliman, Tucker, Victor High Jump - No entries Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann Long Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Brittni Williams Triple Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Greer Alsop, Brittni Williams Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Atina Kamasi, Kaitlin Krouse, Lovely Tukuafu Weight Throw - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu Pentatlon - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble MEN 60m - Corey Allen, Brandon Bains, Ja’Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Zach Smith 200m - No entries 400m - Cody Kjarmo, Jake Nienhuis 800m - No entries Mile - Isaac Wadhwani 3000m - Cameron Dean, Zak Kindl, Jacob Nicholson, Luke Schilter 60m Hurdles - Sam Brixey, Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara 4x400m Relay - Bains, Kjarmo, Littles, Nienhuis, Smith High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan, Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran Pole Vault - Trevor Bushman, Alex Escalara, Troy Gingerich, Tucker Mjelde Long Jump - Josh Colbert, Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone Triple Jump - Josh Colbert, Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone Shot Put - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Tyler Jackson, Drew Norvell Weight Throw - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Tyler Jackson Heptathlon - Martin Moldau, Sander Moldau
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2018 Washington State University Track & Field Top Returners USTFCCCA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RANKINGS WOMEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 2 Jan. 29, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Arkansas 155.03 2 2. Georgia 150.57 3 3. Oregon 150.42 1 4. USC 147.01 4 5. Florida 110.60 5 6. Texas A&M 94.33 7 7. LSU 88.36 9 8. Texas 84.92 8 9. Kentucky 80.03 6 10. Ole Miss 67.58 10 11. Minnesota 59.91 11 12. Wisconsin 53.40 13 13. Villanova 48.17 29 14. South Carolina 47.81 19 15. Tennessee 46.96 16 16. Stanford 46.79 21 17. Michigan 46.75 17 18. Mississippi State 44.29 18 19. Baylor 43.13 12 20. Kansas State 43.06 24 21. Iowa State 42.64 22 22. Alabama 39.93 14 23. Washington 36.85 46 24. Penn State 35.52 25 25. San Diego State 34.68 31 82. Washington State 2.30 81 Next ranking Feb. 5, 2018 ___________________________________ WEST REGIONAL INDOOR RANKINGS Week 2 Jan. 29, 2018 Men Rank School
Women Rank School
1. Oregon 1. USC 2. USC 2. Oregon 3. Washington 3. UCLA 4. Washington State 4. Washington 5. Stanford 5. California 6. UCLA 6. Stanford 7. Arizona 7. Arizona 8. California 8. Arizona State 9. Grand Canyon 9. Boise State 10. Portland 10. San Jose State 11. E. Washington 11. Washington St. 12. Boise State 12. San Diego St. 13. Cal St. Northridge 13. UNLV 14. Sacramanto St. 14. Fresno State 15. Idaho 15. Long Beach St.
Returning Mountain Pacific Sports Fed. Indoor Championships Scorers: Men Sam Brixey, 60m Hurdles: 2017 (3rd) Ja’Maun Charles, 60m: 2017 (4th), 2016 (6th) / 200m: 2016 (8th) Brock Eager, Wt. Throw: 2017 (6th), 2016 (6th) Robby Flores, Triple Jump: 2017 (4th) Christapherson Grant, 60m Hurdles: 2017 (7th) Abu Kamara, 60m Hurdles: 2017 (8th) DMR: 2016 - Teigen, Littles, Muller, Tadesse (7th) Women Greer Alsop, Triple Jump: 2017 (5th) Devon Bortfled, 3000m: 2017 (6th) / 5000m 2017 (7th) Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Pentathlon: 2016 (3rd) Molly Scharmann, Pole Vault: 2017 (8th) Returning Pac-12 Championships Women Scorers: Greer Alsop, Triple Jump: 2015 (8th); 2016 (5th); 2017 (6th) Devon Bortfeld, 3000m Steeplechase: 2017 (6th) Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2014 (2nd); 2015 (1st); 2017 (1st) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (7th) Attina Kamasi, Javelin: 2017 (5th) Kelsey Kehl, Javelin: 2017 (3rd) Returning Pac-12 Championships Men Scorers: Ja’Maun Charles, 100m: 2017 (3rd) Brock Eager, Hammer: 2015 (8th); 2017 (1st) Robby Flores, Triple Jump: 2017 (8th) Peyton Fredrickson, High Jump: 2016 (t-7th); 2017 (6th) Christapherson Grant, 110m Hurdles: 2017 (5th) Keelan Halligan, High Jump: 2017 (5th) Justin Janke, 800m: 2017 (8th) Nick Johnson, 110m Hurdles: 2017 (7th) Wyatt Meyring, Hammer: 2017 (4th) Cole Smith, Javelin: 2017 (8th) Brad Stevens, Javelin: 2015 (8th); 2016 (6th) Michael Williams, 10,000m: 2017 (4th) Returning NCAA Outdoor Women Participants: Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2015 (18th); 2017 (6th) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (23rd) Returning NCAA Outdoor Championships Men Participants: Brock Eager, Hammer: 2017 (14th)
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COUGAR INDOOR T&F MEET Collegiate Invitational
Tentative EVENT TIME SCHEDULE Friday, February 2 12:30 p.m. 60m H (Pent) 1:10 p.m. High Jump (Pent) 1:30 p.m. 60m (Hept) 2:00 p.m. 4x200m Relay (M) 2:05 p.m. 4x200m Relay (W) 2:10 p.m. Long Jump (Hept) 4x800m Relay (M) 2:25 p.m. 4x800m Relay (W) 2:30 p.m. Shot Put (Pent) 3:30 p.m. Shot Put (Hept) 3:40 p.m. Long Jump (Pent) 4:30 p.m. High Jump (Hept) Triple Jump (M) 4:50 p.m. 800m (Pent) 5:00 p.m. Pole Vault (W) 20# Weight Throw (W) 6:00 p.m. Triple Jump (W) TBD 35# Weight Throw (M) Saturday, February 3 10:00 a.m. 60m H (Hept) Long Jump (M) 10.05 a.m. 60m H Qualifing (M) 10:20 p.m. 60m H Qualifying (W) 10:35 p.m. 60m Qualifying (M) 10:45 a.m. Pole Vault (Hept) 10:55 p.m. 60m Qualifying (W) 11:00 a.m. High Jump (M) Shot Put (M) 11:15 a.m. Mile (M) 11:35 a.m. Mile (W) NOON 60m H Prelims (M) 12:10 p.m. 60m H Prelims (W) 12:20 p.m. 60m Prelims (M) 12:30 p.m. 60m Prelims (W) 12:50 p.m. 1000m (Hept) 1:00 p.m. Mile (M) 1:00 p.m. Pole Vault (W) 400m (M) 1:20 p.m. 400m (W) 1:30 p.m. High Jump (W) Shot Put (W) 1:35 p.m. 60m H Final (M) 1:40 p.m. 60m H Final (W) 1:50 p.m. 60m Final (M) 1:55 p.m. 60m Final (W) 2:00 p.m. Long Jump (W) 600m (M) 2:10 p.m. 600m (W) 2:20 p.m. 800m (M) 2:30 p.m. 800m (W) 2:45 p.m. 200m (M) 2:55 p.m. 200m (W) 3:05 p.m. 3000m (M) 3:20 p.m. 3000m (W) 3:40 p.m. 1600m Relay (M) 3:55p.m. 1600m Relay (W)
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Women’s All-Time Marks (season achieved mark) 60m - t-1st. 7.45i Regyn Gaffney (2017) 100m - 3rd. 11.60 Regyn Gaffney (2017) Mile - 5th. 4:50.96i Devon Bortfeld (2018) 3000m - 3rd. 9:22.54i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 7th. 9:30.98 Vallery Korir (2017) 5000m - 1st. (Indoor SR), 3rd (all-time) 16:16.42i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 10th 16:36.40 Vallery Korir (2017) 10,000m - 1st. 33:58.17 Vallery Korir (2017), 9th. 36:33.54 Katherine Dittmann (2016) FRESHMAN SR 60m Hurdles - t-5th. 8.45i Liz Harper (2016) 100m Hurdles - t-10th. 13.80 Liz Harper (2016) 400m Hurdles - 2nd. 57.31 Liz Harper (2015), 7th. 58.81 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015) 3000m Steeplechase - 4th. 10:23.28 Devon Bortfeld (2017), Pole Vault - 6th. 4.00m / 13-1 1/2i Molly Scharmann (2018) Triple Jump - 4th. 12.70m / 41-8 Greer Alsop (2017) Weight Throw - 8th. 17.41 / 57-1 1/2i Aoife Martin (2018) Hammer - 7th. 54.53m / 178-11 Aoife Martin (2017) Javelin - 3rd. 52.32m / 171-8 Atina Kamasi (2017) FRESHMAN SR 9th. 48.76m / 160-0 Kelsey Kehl (2017) Pentathlon - 4th. 4,101i Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2016) 8th. 3,558i points Lindsey Schauble (2017) Heptathlon - 4th. 5,803 points Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015) Men’s All-Time Marks (season achieved mark) Distance Medley Relay - 9:59.67 Paul Ryan, Ray Littles, Reid Muller, Nathan Tadesse (2016) - FRESHMAN SR 60m Hurdles - 7.93i Sam Brixey (2017) - FRESHMAN SR Weight Throw - 3rd. 20.33m / 66-8 1/2i Brock Eager (2017) Hammer - 4th. 68.66m / 225-3 Brock Eager (2017) Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015)
Cougar Indoor Invite/Multis Meet Feb. 2-3, 2018, WSU Indoor Facility
Linda Chalich • Asst. Dir. Athl. Comm. (Track & Field Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected]
WSU TRACK & FIELD 2018 INDOOR SCHEDULE JANUARY 12-13 @Ed Jacoby Invite/Multis, Nampa 12-13 @UW Indoor Preview, Seattle 19-20 WSU Open, Pullman 26-27 @UW Invitational, Seattle 27 @New Mexico Team Invite, Albuquerque FEBRUARY 2-3 Cougar Indoor, Pullman 9-10@Don Kirby Elite Invite, Albuquerque @Husky Classic, Seattle 17 @Alex Wilson Invite, Notre Dame
WSU TRACK & FIELD HOME FOR COUGAR INDOOR/MULTIS The Washington State track and field teams return to Pullman for the second and final home indoor meet of 2018...Cougar Indoor/Multis meet will be held Fri., Feb. 2 and Sat., Feb. 3, at the WSU Indoor Facility...Mondo track features a 60m straightaway and 200m oval…jumping and throwing field events are contested on the turf inside the oval...this is collegiate and post-collegiate meet...women’s pentathlon (five events) will take place Friday, Feb. 2 and the men’s heptathlon (seven events) will start Feb. 2 and conclude Feb. 3... tentative time schedule of events is on page 5 of this release...spectators admitted without charge...no live stats and no webcast...complete results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com when available. WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD Wayne Phipps (University of British Columbia ‘91) is in his fourth season with the Washington State track and field program...Phipps led the Cougar men’s cross country program back-to-back-to-back NCAA Championships at-large berth appearances...Cougs finished 21st in 2017, 14th in 2016 - the highest in 32 years, and 26th in 2015....in track and field seasons, mentored studentathletes to WSU top-ten performances 24 times in the indoor season and 47 times in the outdoor season....there have also been conference all-academic honors awarded to WSU student-athletes 51 times in cross country, 88 times in indoor track and 86 times in outdoor track...Phipps became the 15th men’s coach and the second coach for the combined men’s and women’s program at WSU on July 1, 2014, after 19 years at the University of Idaho...while at Idaho, Phipps was honored 14 times as a conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 conference titles. COUGAR TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF
23-24 @Mountain Pacific Sports WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Tay Fed. Championships, lor (throws), and Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), Ryan Grinnell (multis, horizontal jumps) and Char Seattle MARCH 9-10 @NCAA Indoor T&F Championships, College Station, Texas
Lee Linton (distance)...Kayla Warren is the Operations Coordinator...volunteers include: Tim Taylor and Katie Nageotte...student coach: CJ Allen.
COUGARS HIGHLIGHTS FROM UW INVITATIONAL/NEW MEXICO TEAM INVITE At the UW Invitational Jan. 26-27, Devon Bortfeld had a notable start to her senior indoor career: 5k time of 16:26.73 (8th overall/4th collegiate) and PR mile time of 4:50.96 - fifth-best in WSU all-time records...Chandler Teigen ran a 3k PR time of 8:10.08 for 19th in the elite field section..Colton Johnsen, a January transfer from EWU won his 3k section with a PR time of 8:17.08...men’s DMR of Paul Ryan, Reid Muller, Justin Janke and Teigen finished third in a time of 9:54.04...in the women’s 3k invitational section, Vallery Korir placed 12th a PR time of 9:29.71...at the New Mexico Team Invite Jan. 27, Brock Eager won the men’s 35# weight throw with a season-best distance of 20.25m/66-5 1/4... Aoife Martin threw the women’s 20# weight 17.41m/ 57-1 1/2 (2nd place), her third PR of this year and 8th-best in WSU records...Regyn Gaffney ran a season-best 60m time of 7.51 (4th)...PRs were garnered Jordyn Tucker in 60m of 7.60 (6th), Alissa Brooks-Johnson in 60m hurdles prelim of 8.77, Marlow Schulz in 800m of 2:10.40 (4th overall/1st collegiate), Zach Smith in men’s 200m at 21.39 (2nd), season-best by Ja’Maun Charles in 200m of 21.70...frosh Mitch Jacobson tied for third in the men’s high jump (PR 2.02m/6-7 1/2)...Sander Moldau made WSU debut in pole vault at 4.90m/16-0 3/4 (2nd)...Robby Flores broke 15m in triple jump with PR 15.33m/50-3 1/2 (3rd)...WSU women’s 4x400m relay squad of Jelena Grujic, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson and Zorana Grujic took second place with a time of 3:47.94.
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NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 Indoor Championships... these lists can be viewed at the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Track & Field Results Reporting System website (www.tfrrs.org)...the top 16 individuals and 12 relays will move on to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9-10 in College Station, Texas (Texas A&M host school)...best marks for the Cougars throughout the 2018 indoor season can be found at www.wsucougars.com.
WSU men in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: Ja’Maun Charles, 60m - 6.79 (5th MPSF) Ja’Maun Charles, 200m - 21.72 (4th MPSF) Zach Smith, 200m - 21.46 (2nd MPSF) Jake Ulrich, 400m - 48.95 (8th MPSF) Zach Stallings, 800m - 1:55.71 (6th MPSF) Jake Finney, 5000m - 14:43.90 (6th MPSF) Luke Schilter, 5000m - 14:59.36 (8th MPSF) Nick Johnson, 60m Hurdles - 7.98 (5th MPSF) 4x400m Relay (Grant, Allen, Kjarmo, Ulrich) - 3:19.52 (8th MPSF) Distance Medley Relay (Ryan, Muller, Janke, Teigen) - 9:54.04 (36th nationally, 5th MPSF) Robby Flores, Triple Jump - 15.33m/50-3 1/2 (48th nationally, 5th MPSF) Brock Eager, Weight Throw - 20.25m/66-5 1/4 (30th nationally, 1st MPSF) Amani Brown, Weight Throw - 18.45m/60-6 1/2 (7th MPSF) WSU women in the TFRRS national top 50 list / MPSF top 8 scoring) this week: Marlow Schulz, 800m - 2:09.67 (3rd MPSF) Vallery Korir, 3000m - 9:29.71 (49th nationally) Devon Bortfeld, 5000m - 16:26.73 (23rd nationally, 6th MPSF) 4x400m Relay (J. Grujic, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, Z. Grujic) - 3:47.94 (8th MPSF) Molly Scharmann, Pole Vault - 4.00m/13-2 1/2 (42nd nationally, 4th MPSF) Greer Alsop, Triple Jump - 12.21m/40-0 3/4 (6th MPSF) Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Triple Jump - 12.07m/39-7 1/4 (7th MPSF)
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The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings are a prediction of how teams and individuals will place at the 2018 NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships, March 9-10, in College Station, Texas. USTFCCCA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 2 Jan. 29, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Florida 194.54 1 2. Georgia 98.97 2 3. Texas A&M 98.08 3 4. Oregon 86.95 14 5. Texas Tech 83.03 4 6. Alabama 82.66 5 7. Arkansas 82.09 7 8. Penn State 70.50 18 9. BYU 68.62 19 10. USC 65.38 13 11. Colorado 62.36 8 12. Kentucky 60.00 6 13. Colorado State 58.54 10 14. Texas 57.70 15 15. Houston 57.65 11 16. Virginia Tech 55.62 12 17. Stanford 51.54 16 18. Georgetown 51.25 27 19. Forida State 50.58 23 20. Washington 50.54 17 21. Auburn 49.08 31 22. Indiana 47.61 9 23. Kansas 46.22 20 24. Virginia 41.61 21 25. Syracuse 41.47 25 104. Washington St.
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COUGARS ENTERED IN COUGAR INDOOR, FEB. 2-3, PULLMAN: WOMEN 60m - Greer Alsop, Regyn Gaffney, Lauren Newman, Tierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker 200m - Cordelia Olson 400m - Adreonia Bradley 800m - Breya Wynne Mile - Pia Richards 3000m - Samantha King-Shaw, Pia Richards, Desi Stinger 60m Hurdles - Adreonia Bradley, Stephanie Cho, Jelena Grujic 4x400m Relay - Bradley, Cho, Newman, Olson, Silliman, Tucker, Victor High Jump - No entries Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann Long Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Brittni Williams Triple Jump - Oyinlola Akinlosotu, Greer Alsop, Brittni Williams Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Atina Kamasi, Kaitlin Krouse, Lovely Tukuafu Weight Throw - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu Pentatlon - Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Lindsey Schauble MEN 60m - Corey Allen, Brandon Bains, Ja’Maun Charles, Ethan Gardner, Zach Smith 200m - No entries 400m - Cody Kjarmo, Jake Nienhuis 800m - No entries Mile - Isaac Wadhwani 3000m - Cameron Dean, Zak Kindl, Jacob Nicholson, Luke Schilter 60m Hurdles - Sam Brixey, Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Abu Kamara 4x400m Relay - Bains, Kjarmo, Littles, Nienhuis, Smith High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan, Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran Pole Vault - Trevor Bushman, Alex Escalara, Troy Gingerich, Tucker Mjelde Long Jump - Josh Colbert, Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone Triple Jump - Josh Colbert, Robby Flores, Jeremiah Stone Shot Put - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Tyler Jackson, Drew Norvell Weight Throw - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Tyler Jackson Heptathlon - Martin Moldau, Sander Moldau
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2018 Washington State University Track & Field Top Returners USTFCCCA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RANKINGS WOMEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 2 Jan. 29, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Arkansas 155.03 2 2. Georgia 150.57 3 3. Oregon 150.42 1 4. USC 147.01 4 5. Florida 110.60 5 6. Texas A&M 94.33 7 7. LSU 88.36 9 8. Texas 84.92 8 9. Kentucky 80.03 6 10. Ole Miss 67.58 10 11. Minnesota 59.91 11 12. Wisconsin 53.40 13 13. Villanova 48.17 29 14. South Carolina 47.81 19 15. Tennessee 46.96 16 16. Stanford 46.79 21 17. Michigan 46.75 17 18. Mississippi State 44.29 18 19. Baylor 43.13 12 20. Kansas State 43.06 24 21. Iowa State 42.64 22 22. Alabama 39.93 14 23. Washington 36.85 46 24. Penn State 35.52 25 25. San Diego State 34.68 31 82. Washington State 2.30 81 Next ranking Feb. 5, 2018 ___________________________________ WEST REGIONAL INDOOR RANKINGS Week 2 Jan. 29, 2018 Men Rank School
Women Rank School
1. Oregon 1. USC 2. USC 2. Oregon 3. Washington 3. UCLA 4. Washington State 4. Washington 5. Stanford 5. California 6. UCLA 6. Stanford 7. Arizona 7. Arizona 8. California 8. Arizona State 9. Grand Canyon 9. Boise State 10. Portland 10. San Jose State 11. E. Washington 11. Washington St. 12. Boise State 12. San Diego St. 13. Cal St. Northridge 13. UNLV 14. Sacramanto St. 14. Fresno State 15. Idaho 15. Long Beach St.
Returning Mountain Pacific Sports Fed. Indoor Championships Scorers: Men Sam Brixey, 60m Hurdles: 2017 (3rd) Ja’Maun Charles, 60m: 2017 (4th), 2016 (6th) / 200m: 2016 (8th) Brock Eager, Wt. Throw: 2017 (6th), 2016 (6th) Robby Flores, Triple Jump: 2017 (4th) Christapherson Grant, 60m Hurdles: 2017 (7th) Abu Kamara, 60m Hurdles: 2017 (8th) DMR: 2016 - Teigen, Littles, Muller, Tadesse (7th) Women Greer Alsop, Triple Jump: 2017 (5th) Devon Bortfled, 3000m: 2017 (6th) / 5000m 2017 (7th) Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Pentathlon: 2016 (3rd) Molly Scharmann, Pole Vault: 2017 (8th) Returning Pac-12 Championships Women Scorers: Greer Alsop, Triple Jump: 2015 (8th); 2016 (5th); 2017 (6th) Devon Bortfeld, 3000m Steeplechase: 2017 (6th) Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2014 (2nd); 2015 (1st); 2017 (1st) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (7th) Attina Kamasi, Javelin: 2017 (5th) Kelsey Kehl, Javelin: 2017 (3rd) Returning Pac-12 Championships Men Scorers: Ja’Maun Charles, 100m: 2017 (3rd) Brock Eager, Hammer: 2015 (8th); 2017 (1st) Robby Flores, Triple Jump: 2017 (8th) Peyton Fredrickson, High Jump: 2016 (t-7th); 2017 (6th) Christapherson Grant, 110m Hurdles: 2017 (5th) Keelan Halligan, High Jump: 2017 (5th) Justin Janke, 800m: 2017 (8th) Nick Johnson, 110m Hurdles: 2017 (7th) Wyatt Meyring, Hammer: 2017 (4th) Cole Smith, Javelin: 2017 (8th) Brad Stevens, Javelin: 2015 (8th); 2016 (6th) Michael Williams, 10,000m: 2017 (4th) Returning NCAA Outdoor Women Participants: Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2015 (18th); 2017 (6th) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (23rd) Returning NCAA Outdoor Championships Men Participants: Brock Eager, Hammer: 2017 (14th)
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MARKS RECORDED IN THE WSU T&F RECORD BOOK BY CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETES
COUGAR INDOOR T&F MEET Collegiate Invitational
Tentative EVENT TIME SCHEDULE Friday, February 2 12:30 p.m. 60m H (Pent) 1:10 p.m. High Jump (Pent) 1:30 p.m. 60m (Hept) 2:00 p.m. 4x200m Relay (M) 2:05 p.m. 4x200m Relay (W) 2:10 p.m. Long Jump (Hept) 4x800m Relay (M) 2:25 p.m. 4x800m Relay (W) 2:30 p.m. Shot Put (Pent) 3:30 p.m. Shot Put (Hept) 3:40 p.m. Long Jump (Pent) 4:30 p.m. High Jump (Hept) Triple Jump (M) 4:50 p.m. 800m (Pent) 5:00 p.m. Pole Vault (W) 20# Weight Throw (W) 6:00 p.m. Triple Jump (W) TBD 35# Weight Throw (M) Saturday, February 3 10:00 a.m. 60m H (Hept) Long Jump (M) 10.05 a.m. 60m H Qualifing (M) 10:20 p.m. 60m H Qualifying (W) 10:35 p.m. 60m Qualifying (M) 10:45 a.m. Pole Vault (Hept) 10:55 p.m. 60m Qualifying (W) 11:00 a.m. High Jump (M) Shot Put (M) 11:15 a.m. Mile (M) 11:35 a.m. Mile (W) NOON 60m H Prelims (M) 12:10 p.m. 60m H Prelims (W) 12:20 p.m. 60m Prelims (M) 12:30 p.m. 60m Prelims (W) 12:50 p.m. 1000m (Hept) 1:00 p.m. Mile (M) 1:00 p.m. Pole Vault (W) 400m (M) 1:20 p.m. 400m (W) 1:30 p.m. High Jump (W) Shot Put (W) 1:35 p.m. 60m H Final (M) 1:40 p.m. 60m H Final (W) 1:50 p.m. 60m Final (M) 1:55 p.m. 60m Final (W) 2:00 p.m. Long Jump (W) 600m (M) 2:10 p.m. 600m (W) 2:20 p.m. 800m (M) 2:30 p.m. 800m (W) 2:45 p.m. 200m (M) 2:55 p.m. 200m (W) 3:05 p.m. 3000m (M) 3:20 p.m. 3000m (W) 3:40 p.m. 1600m Relay (M) 3:55p.m. 1600m Relay (W)
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Women’s All-Time Marks (season achieved mark) 60m - t-1st. 7.45i Regyn Gaffney (2017) 100m - 3rd. 11.60 Regyn Gaffney (2017) Mile - 5th. 4:50.96i Devon Bortfeld (2018) 3000m - 3rd. 9:22.54i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 7th. 9:30.98 Vallery Korir (2017) 5000m - 1st. (Indoor SR), 3rd (all-time) 16:16.42i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 10th 16:36.40 Vallery Korir (2017) 10,000m - 1st. 33:58.17 Vallery Korir (2017), 9th. 36:33.54 Katherine Dittmann (2016) FRESHMAN SR 60m Hurdles - t-5th. 8.45i Liz Harper (2016) 100m Hurdles - t-10th. 13.80 Liz Harper (2016) 400m Hurdles - 2nd. 57.31 Liz Harper (2015), 7th. 58.81 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015) 3000m Steeplechase - 4th. 10:23.28 Devon Bortfeld (2017), Pole Vault - 6th. 4.00m / 13-1 1/2i Molly Scharmann (2018) Triple Jump - 4th. 12.70m / 41-8 Greer Alsop (2017) Weight Throw - 8th. 17.41 / 57-1 1/2i Aoife Martin (2018) Hammer - 7th. 54.53m / 178-11 Aoife Martin (2017) Javelin - 3rd. 52.32m / 171-8 Atina Kamasi (2017) FRESHMAN SR 9th. 48.76m / 160-0 Kelsey Kehl (2017) Pentathlon - 4th. 4,101i Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2016) 8th. 3,558i points Lindsey Schauble (2017) Heptathlon - 4th. 5,803 points Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015) Men’s All-Time Marks (season achieved mark) Distance Medley Relay - 9:59.67 Paul Ryan, Ray Littles, Reid Muller, Nathan Tadesse (2016) - FRESHMAN SR 60m Hurdles - 7.93i Sam Brixey (2017) - FRESHMAN SR Weight Throw - 3rd. 20.33m / 66-8 1/2i Brock Eager (2017) Hammer - 4th. 68.66m / 225-3 Brock Eager (2017) Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015)
