washington state track & field release
WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE March 22-23 @Sam Adams Classic Whitworth University, Spokane Linda Chalich • Asst. Dir. Athl. Comm. (Track & Field Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected]
WSU TRACK & FIELD 2018 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE MARCH 16-17 @USC Trojan Invite, L.A. 17 @Whitworth Buc Scoring, Spokane 22-23 @Whitworth Sam Adams Classic, Spokane 30 @San Francisco State Distance Carnival 30-31@UCLA Bruins Legend Invite @Stanford Invitational
COUGARS TRACK & FIELD SENDS SMALL SQUAD TO WHITWORTH
The Washington State track and field program will send a compact contingent of competitors to the 13th Annual Sam Adams Classic, March 22-23, at the Pine Bowl/Boppell Track at Whitworth University in Spokane...other NCAA DI teams sending entries include Gonzaga, Idaho and Eastern Washington...events that include Cougars entries (javelin, hammer and 5000m) begin at 3:30 p.m. Thurs., March 22...remaining events start at 4 p.m. Friday, March 23...most of the WSU T&F team members will train through this meet in order to be at their competitive best for the prestigious Stanford Invitational March 30-31.
APRIL 7 @Oregon Pepsi Team Invite, Eugene @SCC WAR X, Spokane 14 Cougar Invitational, Pullman 19-21 @Mt. SAC Relays, Torrance 20-21 @SCC Spokane Memorial 21 @Bryan Clay Invitational, Azusa 21 @USC Jim Bush Invite, LA 28 WSU-UW Dual, Pullman
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.
MAY 5-6 @Pac-12 Combined Events Championships, Stanford 12-13 @Pac-12 Championships, Stanford 24-26 @NCAA West Prelims, Sacramento
COUGAR TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), Ryan Grinnell (multis, horizontal jumps) and CharLee Linton (distance)...Kayla Warren is the Operations Coordinator...volunteers include: Tim Taylor and Katie Nageotte...student coach: CJ Allen.
JUNE 6-9 @NCAA Championships, Eugene
2018 WSU TEAM CAPTAINS Track - Abu Kamara (M), Regyn Gaffney (W) Distance - Chandler Teigen and Nathan Wadhwani (M), Devon Bortfeld (W) Field - Brock Eager (M), Alissa Brooks-Johnson (W)
WSU HIGHLIGHTS FROM USC TROJAN INVITATIONAL MARCH 16-17 Brock Eager, Nick Johnson, the men’s 400m relay squad and Greer Alsop grabbed wins at the USC Trojan Invite...Eager won the hammer with a throw of 66.50m/218-2...Johnson won the 110m hurdles in 14.26, his legal wind PR...4x100m relay of Zach Smith, Ja’Maun Charles, Ray Littles and Ethan Gardner won in 40.82...Alsop won the women’s triple jump with a leap of 12.32m/40-5...runners-up from WSU included: freshman Jake Ulrich in the 400m (47.81), Cole Smith in the javelin (64.74m/212-5), Marlow Schulz in the 800m (2:09.05), and Oyinlola Akinlosotu in the women’s triple jump (11.81m/38-9)...third-place finishes were: Ja’Maun Charles in th 100m (10.53), Peyton Fredrickson in the men’s high jump (2.05m/6-8 3/4), Amani Brown in the men’s hammer (PR 61.67m/202-4), Stephanie Cho in the women’s 400m hurdles (PR 59.27), women’s 4x400m relay team of Cho, Schulz, Alissa Brooks-Johnson and Jelena Grujic (3:43.96), Molly Scharmann in the pole vault (3.70m/12-1 1/2), and Kelsey Kehl in the javelin (44.85m/147-2)...the WSU men’s and women’s middle distance and distance runners missed the USC meet due to being snowed in Saturday morning at Big Bear Mountain Resort where they had four days of high altitude training during this week of WSU Spring break... at the Whitworth Buc Scoring meet, Chrisshnay Brown won both the women’s shot put and discus.
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NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the competitors for the 2018 Outdoor 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 48 in each event advances to the East or West Region Preliminary Rounds...West Region Prelims are 24-26, in Sacramento...WSU’s 2018 outdoor season bests marks can be found at www.wsucougars.com. WSU men in the TFRRS NCAA West Region top 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 100m - Ja’Maun Charles 10.53 (10th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Zach Smith 10.78 (45th WReg, 6th Pac-12) 200m - Zach Smith 21.45 (29th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (16th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) 110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.26 (9th WReg, 1st Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 15.08 (8th Pac-12) 400m Hurdles - Christapherson Grant 55.18 (7th Pac-12) 4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.82 (21st WReg, 2nd Pac-12) High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.05m/6-8 3/4 (13th WReg, 4th Pac-12), Max English 2.00m/6-6 3/4 (26th WReg, 6th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 4.90m/16-0 3/4 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12) Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.36m/47-1 1/2 (23rd WReg, 4th Pac-12) Hammer - Brock Eager 66.50m/218-2 (1st WReg, 1st Pac-12), Amani Brown 61.67m/202-4 (8th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Wyatt Meyring 53.60m/175-10 (47th WReg) Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (14th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 800m - Marlow Schulz 2:09.05 (4th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Zorana Grujic 2:10.44 (11th WReg, 7th Pac-12), Grace Victor 2:10.50 (14th WReg) 400m Hurdles - Stephanie Cho 59.27 (3rd WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Jelena Grujic 1:02.19 (27th WReg) 4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 46.47 (32nd WReg, 7th Pac-12) 4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (9th WReg, 5th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 3.70m/12-1 1/2 (29th WReg, 4th Pac-12), Katelyn Frost 3.70m/12-1 1/2 (29th WReg, 4th Pac-12), Macee Erickson 3.70m/12-1 1/2 (29th WReg, 4th Pac-12) Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.32m/40-5 (6th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Oyinlola Akinlosotu 11.81m/38-9 (23rd WReg, 5th Pac-12) Discus - Chrisshnay Brown 13.39m/145-11 (7th Pac-12) Hammer - Aoife Martin 53.57m/175-9 (24th WReg, 6th Pac-12) Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 44.85m/147-2 (21st WReg, 6th Pac-12), Atina Kamasi 44.26m/145-2 (25th WReg, 8th Pac-12), Madelyn Sirmon 41.46m/136-0 (37th WReg)
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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 Outdoor Championships, June 6-9, in Eugene. USTFCCCA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Preseason Rankings March 19, 2018 Rank School Total 2017 Rank 1. Oregon 197.97 9 2. Texas A&M 197.75 2 3. Houston 196.54 12 4. Florida 184.72 1 5. Georgia 182.27 6 6. Alabama 179.75 10 7. USC 178.28 20 8. Texas Tech 172.46 17 9. Nebraska 156.22 69 10. Kansas 139.18 11 11. Arkansas 131.63 4 12. Virginia Tech 124.63 32 13. South Carolina 124.41 49 14. Mississippi St. 124.01 26 15. Colorado State 119.38 33 16. Penn State 107.68 20 17. Stanford 105.48 26 18. Auburn 103.81 5 19. Texas 102.38 26 20. Virginia 102.06 3 21. UCLA 98.80 33 22. Kentucky 79.35 59 23. BYU 76.45 33 24. Michigan 73.55 41 25. Baylor 72.80 74 81. Washington St. 20.52 ___________________________________
Next Rankings April 2, 2018
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WSU MEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH SAM ADAMS CLASSIC, MARCH 22-23, SPOKANE: 1500m - Nathan Tadesse 5000m - Zak Kindl, Luke Schilter 3000m Steeplechase - Cameron Dean High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran Pole Vault - Trevor Bushman, Troy Gingerich, Tucker Mjelde Shot Put - Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Tyler Jackson, Wyatt Meyring, Brad Stevens Javelin - Alex Cielo 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 Championships Men Participants: Brock Eager, Hammer: 2017 (14th)
EAGER NAMED PAC-12 MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Washington State’s Brock Eager (redshirt junior, Renton, Wash.) has been named the Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after his stellar opening hammer throw at the USC Trojan Invitational meet March 16... Eager threw a distance of 66.50m/218-2 to capture first place among the 13 competitors...his mark leads the Pac-12, is the best in the NCAA West Region, and is fifth-best in the nation...last month he won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships title in the 35-pound weight throw...he is the reigning Pac-12 hammer champion and earned All-America second team honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships....lifetime-best hammer throw of 68.66m/225-3 came last spring in Pullman and is fourth-best in WSU’s alltime records...second time in his WSU career that Eager has been tabbed for conference’s Athlete of the Week honors, earning the accolade in the Spring of 2017.
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USTFCCCA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RANKINGS WOMEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Presason Rankings March 19, 2018 Rank School Total 2017 Rank 1. Arkansas 289.37 6 2. Oregon 234.08 1 3. Georgia 213.09 2 4. USC 207.33 3 5. Texas 199.58 7 6. Texas A&M 191.69 13 7. Kansas State 186.30 9 8. Florida 170.69 5 9. LSU 169.44 7 10. Stanford 144.49 13 11. Minnesota 139.82 12. Kentucky 138.18 4 13. Purdue 126.59 21 14. Arizona State 120.09 10 15. Colorado 113.35 12 16. Nebraska 103.16 17. Oklahoma 100.25 72 18. Michigan 90.73 21 19. Florida State 88.74 19 20. Virginia Tech 81.07 11 21. San Diego State 78.79 32 22. Mississippi 76.80 29 23. Tennessee 76.15 62 24. Notre Dame 75.75 25. Alabama 73.03 28 73. Washington State 23.74
Next Rankings April 2, 2018
_____________________________________ WEST REGIONAL OUTDOOR RANKINGS Week 1. April 2, 2018 .
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WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH SAM ADAMS CLASSIC, MARCH 22-23, SPOKANE: 800m - Jenaya Pynn, Breya Wynne 1500m - Jenaya Pynn 5000m - Katherine Dittmann, Melissa Hruska, Samantha King-Shaw, Alexis Redfield 400m Hurdles - Adreonia Bradley 3000m Steeplechase - Kiyena Beatty, Pia Richards, Desi Stinger Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse Hammer - Stacia Bell, Calahan Crawford, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu Javelin - Calahan Crawford, Kristen McDonnell 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 NCAA Outdoor Women Participants: Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2015 (18th); 2017 (6th) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (23rd)
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MARKS RECORDED IN THE WSU T&F RECORD BOOK BY CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETES
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SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018 MOOBERRY TRACK, PULLMAN 39TH YEAR FOR WOMEN 99TH YEAR FOR MEN COUGARS & HUSKIES DUAL MEET HISTORY
Women’s All-Time Marks (season achieved mark) 60m - t-1st. 7.45i Regyn Gaffney (2017) 100m - 3rd. 11.60 Regyn Gaffney (2017) Mile - 4th. 4:46.87i Kaili Keefe (2018) 5th. 4:49.84 Vallery Korir (2018) 7th. 4:50.96i Devon Bortfeld (2018) 3000m - 3rd. 9:22.54i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 5th. 9:26.91i Vallery Korir (2018) 5000m - 1st. 16:02.07i Vallery Korir (2018), 4th. 16:16.42i Devon Bortfeld (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) Distance Medley Relay - 3rd. 11:20.77i Zorana Grujic, Stephanie Cho, Marlow Schulz, Kaili Keefe (2018) Pole Vault - 4th. 4.05m / 13-3 1/2i Molly Scharmann (2018) Triple Jump - 4th. 12.70m / 41-8 Greer Alsop (2017) Weight Throw - 8th. 17.41m / 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 - 3rd. 4,190i Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2018) 8th. 3,558i points Lindsey Schauble (2017) Heptathlon - 4th. 5,803 points Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2015)
Huskies swept the dual meet in 2017 for the second consecutive year: 8479 men, 96-66 women...men’s dual meet history is not clear-cut, with some multi-scored meets also scored as dual meets...after several years of research by both the Washington and WSU Athletic Communications offices, the WSU records show 2018 is 99th year of a dual meeting between the Cougars and Huskies men’s teams...WSU leads the series 61-39-1...there are also records of meetings in multi-team meets but are not counted as the main dual meet of that season...this is the 39th year for a dual on the women’s side...overall, Men’s All-Time Marks (season achieved mark) UW women lead 24-18. Distance Medley Relay - 9:59.67 Paul Ryan, Ray Littles, Reid Muller, Nathan Tadesse (2016) - FRESHMAN SR LAST WSU WIN IN PULLMAN: 60m Hurdles - 7.93i Sam Brixey (2017) - FRESHMAN SR Men - 2012 (WSU 87 - UW 76) Weight Throw - 3rd. 20.74m / 68-01/2i Brock Eager (2018) Women - 2014 (WSU 82 - UW 81) 8th. 19.09m / 62-7 3/4i Amani Brown (2018) Hammer - 4th. 68.66m / 225-3 Brock Eager (2017) LAST WSU WIN IN SEATTLE: Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015) Men - 2009 (WSU 92 - UW 70) Women - 2013 (WSU 86 - UW 77) LAST WSU WIN OVERALL: Men - 2012 (WSU 87 - UW 76) Women - 2014 (WSU 82 - UW 81) DUAL MEET RECORDS HELD: Men - WSU 17, UW 3 Women - WSU 7, UW 13
