washington state track & field release
WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE
@7th Annual Whitworth Twilight, April 12, Spokane @46th Annual Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, Cheney 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 APRIL 7 @Oregon Pepsi Team, Eugene @SCC WAR XI, Spokane 12 @Whitworth Twilight, Spokane 13-14 @Pelluer Invitational, Cheney 18-20 @Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa 19 @Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, Long Beach 19-21 @Mt. SAC Relays, Torrance 20-21 @Beach Invite, Long Beach 20-21 @SCC Spokane Memorial #2 28 WSU-UW Dual, Pullman MAY 5-6 @Pac-12 Combined Events Championships, Stanford 12-13 @Pac-12 Championships, Stanford 24-26 @NCAA West Prelims, Sacramento JUNE 6-9 @NCAA Championships, Eugene
WSU TRACK & FIELD TO SEND LIMITED ENTRIES TO LOCAL MEETS
The Washington State track and field teams will send a limited number of entries to local meets this weekend...only throwers will be competing at the 7th Annual Whitworth Twilight meet in Spokane is Thursday, April 12 at the Pine Bowl...events begin at 2:30 p.m...the 46th Annual EWU Pelluer Invitational is Friday and Saturday, April 13-14 in Cheney...the pole vault and discus take place Friday at 2 p.m. and remaining field events start Saturday at 10 a.m. at Roos Field...WSU entries for both meets are listed on pages 3 and 4 of this release...results will be posted on the track schedule page at 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 35 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 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. 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 THE OREGON PEPSI TEAM INVITATIONAL APRIL 7 WSU track and field teams had many notable performances in spite of the less than favorable conditions of driving rain and blustery winds...hammer throwers Brock Eager (65.33m/214-4) and Amani Brown (PR 63.07m/206-11)...javelin throwers won their events Atina Kamasi (45.27m/148-6) and Cole Smith (62.98m/206-7)...pole vaulters were forced to retreat to under the grandstands and out of the elements...Molly Scharmann (3.94m/12-11) won the women’s pole vault and Emily Coombs leared a PR height of 3.79m/12-5 1/4...Sander Moldau won the men’s vault (5.15m/16-10 3/4) and Tucker Mjelde had a PR 4.80m/15-9...not so lucky to remain outside, Peyton Fredrickson won the men’s high jump (2.01m/6-7)...Aoife Martin threw a PR and the sixth-best women’s hammer mark in WSU all-time of 54.98m/180-4 and Stacia Bell had PR of 48.64m/159-7...Vallery Korir claimed the lone WSU win on the track, and it was a decisive victory in the women’s 3000m race in a time of 9:51.38...in the team scoring, the No. 2 Oregon women won with 185 points as the WSU and BYU teams finished tied for second at 152 points, and Washington was fourth with 112...the No. 4 Oregon men’s team won with 171 points followed by No. 24 BYU’s 160, WSU’s 157 and Washington’s 153.
WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE
@Whitworth Twilight, April 12, Spokane @Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, Cheney
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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 May 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 10.41w (16th WReg, 2nd Pac-12) 200m - Zach Smith 21.32 (8th Pac-12) 400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (8th Pac-12) 1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (8th WReg, 7th Pac-12), Justin Janke 3:47.30 (29th WReg), Paul Ryan 3:47.85 (32nd WReg) 110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.04 (11th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.32 (33rd WReg, 5th Pac-12) Abu Kamara 14.48w (45th WReg, 8th Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (8th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 9:05.11 (39th WReg., 5th Pac-12) 4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (48th WReg, 4th Pac-12) High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.06m/6-9 & Max English 2.06m/6-9 (t-34th WReg, t-6th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.15m/16-10 3/4 (19th WReg, 4th Pac-12) Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.38m/47-2 1/4 (8th Pac-12) Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (2nd WReg, 1st Pac-12), Amani Brown 63.07m/206-11 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12) WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 800m - Marlow Schulz 2:08.97 (30th WReg), Zorana Grujic 2:09.41 (34th WReg) 10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (11th WReg, 4th Pac-12) 100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 13.73 (35th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (6th WReg, 1st Pac-12), Stephanie Cho 59.27 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (24th WReg, 5th Pac-12) 4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.60 (5th Pac-12) 4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (7th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (15th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.43m/40-9 1/2 (32nd WReg, 7th Pac-12) Hammer - Aoife Martin 54.98m/180-4 (48th WReg) Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (31st WReg), Atina Kamasi 45.48m/149-2 (36th WReg)
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WSU MEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH TWILIGHT MEET, APRIL 12, SPOKANE: Shot Put - Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring
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 Rankings Week 2 April 9, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Florida 284.71 1 2. Texas Tech 256.05 6 3. Texas A&M 246.20 2 4. Georgia 229.11 7 5. Houston 227.32 3 6. Oregon 223.77 4 7. USC 212.78 5 8. Alabama 195.41 8 9. Mississippi St. 140.45 9 10. LSU 133.65 10 11. Arkansas 133.56 11 12. Kansas 125.14 12 13. Virginia Tech 120.06 13 14. Nebraska 115.77 14 15. Colorado State 111.51 15 16. South Carolina 105.62 16 17. Auburn 102.88 19 18. Penn State 102.82 17 19. Baylor 101.53 18 20. TCU 99.12 27 21. Texas 94.10 22 22. Ohio State 91.53 21 23. Virginia 90.68 23 24. Kentucky 90.65 28 25. Stanford 90.45 20 94. Washington St. 14.04 93 ___________________________________
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WSU MEN ENTERED IN EWU PELLUER INVITE, APRIL 13-14, CHENEY: High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan, Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran Pole Vault - Trevor Bushman, Tucker Mjelde Shot Put - Alex Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring Javelin - Alex Cielo, Brad Stevens 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)
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@Whitworth Twilight, April 12, Spokane @Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, Cheney USTFCCCA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RANKINGS WOMEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 2 April 9, 2018
Rank School Total Last Week 1. Arkansas 328.07 1 2. Oregon 262.27 2 3. USC 249.27 4 4. Georgia 246.54 9 5. LSU 240.96 5 6. Texas A&M 240.78 3 7. Kentucky 233.33 6 8. Texas 190.09 8 9. Florida 188.47 7 10. Kansas State 175.79 10 11. Stanford 175.64 12 12. Purdue 159.73 11 13. Arizona State 152.60 14 14. Minnesota 133.13 13 15. Oklahoma 113.90 16 16. Colorado 109.15 17 17. Tennessee 103.70 15 18. Virginia Tech 97.09 18 19. Florida State 94.63 19 20. San Francisco 88.82 21 21. Mississippi 86.38 20 22. Alabama 84.40 23 23. Missouri 83.19 24 24. Texas Tech 81.36 37 25. Nebraska 81.21 22 81. Washington State 19.81 75
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_____________________________________ WEST REGIONAL OUTDOOR RANKINGS April 9, 2018 - Week 2 MEN WOMEN 1. Arizona 1. USC 2. California 2. Stanford 3. Oregon 3. Oregon 4. Stanford 4. California 5. USC 5. Arizona 6. Washington 6. Arizona State 7. Washington St. 7. Boise State 8. Long Beach St. 8. UCLA 9. Grand Canyon 9. Washington 10. Cal St. Fullerton 10. San Diego St. 11. UCLA 11. Washington St. 12. Portland 12. UNLV 13. Arizona State 13. Fresno St. 14. Sacramento St. 14. Long Beach St. 15. UC Santa Barbara 15. UC Santa Barbara
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WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH TWILIGHT MEET, APRIL 12, SPOKANE: Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse Hammer - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN EWU PELLUER INVITE, APRIL 13-14, CHENEY: Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu Discus - Chirsshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse Hammer - Stacia Bell, 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 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, UW women lead 24-18. LAST WSU WIN IN PULLMAN: Men - 2012 (WSU 87 - UW 76) Women - 2014 (WSU 82 - UW 81) LAST WSU WIN IN SEATTLE: 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
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. 33:52.28 Vallery Korir (2018), 9th. 36:33.54 Katherine Dittmann (2016) FRESHMAN SR 100m Hurdles -7th. 13.73 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2018) 400m Hurdles - 4th. 57.86 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2018) 8th. 59.27 Stephanie Cho (2018) 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 - t-3rd 4.10m / 13-5 1/4 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) 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. 20.74m / 68-01/2i Brock Eager (2018) 8th. 19.09m / 62-7 3/4i Amani Brown (2018) Hammer - 4th. 68.66m / 225-3 Brock Eager (2017) Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015)
EAGER NAMED PAC-12 MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WSU’s Brock Eager (redshirt junior, Renton, Wash.) was the Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (March 12-18) after his stellar opening hammer throw at the USC Trojan Invitational meet of 66.50m/218-2 to capture first place among the 13 competitors...mark leads the Pac-12, the NCAA West Region, and is fifth-best nationally... won the 2018 MPSF Indoor Championships 35-pound weight throw title...reigning Pac12 hammer champion...All-America second team....lifetime-best hammer throw of 68.66m/225-3 (2017).
@7th Annual Whitworth Twilight, April 12, Spokane @46th Annual Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, Cheney 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 APRIL 7 @Oregon Pepsi Team, Eugene @SCC WAR XI, Spokane 12 @Whitworth Twilight, Spokane 13-14 @Pelluer Invitational, Cheney 18-20 @Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa 19 @Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, Long Beach 19-21 @Mt. SAC Relays, Torrance 20-21 @Beach Invite, Long Beach 20-21 @SCC Spokane Memorial #2 28 WSU-UW Dual, Pullman MAY 5-6 @Pac-12 Combined Events Championships, Stanford 12-13 @Pac-12 Championships, Stanford 24-26 @NCAA West Prelims, Sacramento JUNE 6-9 @NCAA Championships, Eugene
WSU TRACK & FIELD TO SEND LIMITED ENTRIES TO LOCAL MEETS
The Washington State track and field teams will send a limited number of entries to local meets this weekend...only throwers will be competing at the 7th Annual Whitworth Twilight meet in Spokane is Thursday, April 12 at the Pine Bowl...events begin at 2:30 p.m...the 46th Annual EWU Pelluer Invitational is Friday and Saturday, April 13-14 in Cheney...the pole vault and discus take place Friday at 2 p.m. and remaining field events start Saturday at 10 a.m. at Roos Field...WSU entries for both meets are listed on pages 3 and 4 of this release...results will be posted on the track schedule page at 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 35 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 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. 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 THE OREGON PEPSI TEAM INVITATIONAL APRIL 7 WSU track and field teams had many notable performances in spite of the less than favorable conditions of driving rain and blustery winds...hammer throwers Brock Eager (65.33m/214-4) and Amani Brown (PR 63.07m/206-11)...javelin throwers won their events Atina Kamasi (45.27m/148-6) and Cole Smith (62.98m/206-7)...pole vaulters were forced to retreat to under the grandstands and out of the elements...Molly Scharmann (3.94m/12-11) won the women’s pole vault and Emily Coombs leared a PR height of 3.79m/12-5 1/4...Sander Moldau won the men’s vault (5.15m/16-10 3/4) and Tucker Mjelde had a PR 4.80m/15-9...not so lucky to remain outside, Peyton Fredrickson won the men’s high jump (2.01m/6-7)...Aoife Martin threw a PR and the sixth-best women’s hammer mark in WSU all-time of 54.98m/180-4 and Stacia Bell had PR of 48.64m/159-7...Vallery Korir claimed the lone WSU win on the track, and it was a decisive victory in the women’s 3000m race in a time of 9:51.38...in the team scoring, the No. 2 Oregon women won with 185 points as the WSU and BYU teams finished tied for second at 152 points, and Washington was fourth with 112...the No. 4 Oregon men’s team won with 171 points followed by No. 24 BYU’s 160, WSU’s 157 and Washington’s 153.
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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 May 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 10.41w (16th WReg, 2nd Pac-12) 200m - Zach Smith 21.32 (8th Pac-12) 400m - Jake Ulrich 47.81 (8th Pac-12) 1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (8th WReg, 7th Pac-12), Justin Janke 3:47.30 (29th WReg), Paul Ryan 3:47.85 (32nd WReg) 110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 14.04 (11th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.32 (33rd WReg, 5th Pac-12) Abu Kamara 14.48w (45th WReg, 8th Pac-12), Martin Moldau 14.55 (8th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 9:05.11 (39th WReg., 5th Pac-12) 4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (48th WReg, 4th Pac-12) High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.06m/6-9 & Max English 2.06m/6-9 (t-34th WReg, t-6th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.15m/16-10 3/4 (19th WReg, 4th Pac-12) Triple Jump - Robby Flores 14.38m/47-2 1/4 (8th Pac-12) Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (2nd WReg, 1st Pac-12), Amani Brown 63.07m/206-11 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12) WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 800m - Marlow Schulz 2:08.97 (30th WReg), Zorana Grujic 2:09.41 (34th WReg) 10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (11th WReg, 4th Pac-12) 100m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 13.73 (35th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (6th WReg, 1st Pac-12), Stephanie Cho 59.27 (20th WReg, 6th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (24th WReg, 5th Pac-12) 4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.60 (5th Pac-12) 4x400m Relay - Cho, Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, J. Grujic 3:43.96 (7th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (15th WReg, 3rd Pac-12) Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.43m/40-9 1/2 (32nd WReg, 7th Pac-12) Hammer - Aoife Martin 54.98m/180-4 (48th WReg) Javelin - Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (31st WReg), Atina Kamasi 45.48m/149-2 (36th WReg)
WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE @Whitworth Twilight, April 12, Spokane @Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, Cheney
WSU MEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH TWILIGHT MEET, APRIL 12, SPOKANE: Shot Put - Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring
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 Rankings Week 2 April 9, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Florida 284.71 1 2. Texas Tech 256.05 6 3. Texas A&M 246.20 2 4. Georgia 229.11 7 5. Houston 227.32 3 6. Oregon 223.77 4 7. USC 212.78 5 8. Alabama 195.41 8 9. Mississippi St. 140.45 9 10. LSU 133.65 10 11. Arkansas 133.56 11 12. Kansas 125.14 12 13. Virginia Tech 120.06 13 14. Nebraska 115.77 14 15. Colorado State 111.51 15 16. South Carolina 105.62 16 17. Auburn 102.88 19 18. Penn State 102.82 17 19. Baylor 101.53 18 20. TCU 99.12 27 21. Texas 94.10 22 22. Ohio State 91.53 21 23. Virginia 90.68 23 24. Kentucky 90.65 28 25. Stanford 90.45 20 94. Washington St. 14.04 93 ___________________________________
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WSU MEN ENTERED IN EWU PELLUER INVITE, APRIL 13-14, CHENEY: High Jump - Max English, Peyton Fredrickson, Keelan Halligan, Mitch Jacobson, Beau Sheeran Pole Vault - Trevor Bushman, Tucker Mjelde Shot Put - Alex Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Discus - Tyler Jackson, Alec Kuzmack, Drew Norvell Hammer - Amani Brown, Brock Eager, Wyatt Meyring Javelin - Alex Cielo, Brad Stevens 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)
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Rank School Total Last Week 1. Arkansas 328.07 1 2. Oregon 262.27 2 3. USC 249.27 4 4. Georgia 246.54 9 5. LSU 240.96 5 6. Texas A&M 240.78 3 7. Kentucky 233.33 6 8. Texas 190.09 8 9. Florida 188.47 7 10. Kansas State 175.79 10 11. Stanford 175.64 12 12. Purdue 159.73 11 13. Arizona State 152.60 14 14. Minnesota 133.13 13 15. Oklahoma 113.90 16 16. Colorado 109.15 17 17. Tennessee 103.70 15 18. Virginia Tech 97.09 18 19. Florida State 94.63 19 20. San Francisco 88.82 21 21. Mississippi 86.38 20 22. Alabama 84.40 23 23. Missouri 83.19 24 24. Texas Tech 81.36 37 25. Nebraska 81.21 22 81. Washington State 19.81 75
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_____________________________________ WEST REGIONAL OUTDOOR RANKINGS April 9, 2018 - Week 2 MEN WOMEN 1. Arizona 1. USC 2. California 2. Stanford 3. Oregon 3. Oregon 4. Stanford 4. California 5. USC 5. Arizona 6. Washington 6. Arizona State 7. Washington St. 7. Boise State 8. Long Beach St. 8. UCLA 9. Grand Canyon 9. Washington 10. Cal St. Fullerton 10. San Diego St. 11. UCLA 11. Washington St. 12. Portland 12. UNLV 13. Arizona State 13. Fresno St. 14. Sacramento St. 14. Long Beach St. 15. UC Santa Barbara 15. UC Santa Barbara
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WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN WHITWORTH TWILIGHT MEET, APRIL 12, SPOKANE: Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu Discus - Chrisshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse Hammer - Stacia Bell, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu WSU WOMEN ENTERED IN EWU PELLUER INVITE, APRIL 13-14, CHENEY: Pole Vault - Emily Coombs, Macee Erickson, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lovely Tukuafu Discus - Chirsshnay Brown, Kaitlin Krouse Hammer - Stacia Bell, 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 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, UW women lead 24-18. LAST WSU WIN IN PULLMAN: Men - 2012 (WSU 87 - UW 76) Women - 2014 (WSU 82 - UW 81) LAST WSU WIN IN SEATTLE: 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
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. 33:52.28 Vallery Korir (2018), 9th. 36:33.54 Katherine Dittmann (2016) FRESHMAN SR 100m Hurdles -7th. 13.73 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2018) 400m Hurdles - 4th. 57.86 Alissa Brooks-Johnson (2018) 8th. 59.27 Stephanie Cho (2018) 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 - t-3rd 4.10m / 13-5 1/4 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) 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. 20.74m / 68-01/2i Brock Eager (2018) 8th. 19.09m / 62-7 3/4i Amani Brown (2018) Hammer - 4th. 68.66m / 225-3 Brock Eager (2017) Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015)
EAGER NAMED PAC-12 MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WSU’s Brock Eager (redshirt junior, Renton, Wash.) was the Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (March 12-18) after his stellar opening hammer throw at the USC Trojan Invitational meet of 66.50m/218-2 to capture first place among the 13 competitors...mark leads the Pac-12, the NCAA West Region, and is fifth-best nationally... won the 2018 MPSF Indoor Championships 35-pound weight throw title...reigning Pac12 hammer champion...All-America second team....lifetime-best hammer throw of 68.66m/225-3 (2017).
