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Pac-12 Track & Field Combined Events Championships May 5-6, Cobb Track & Angell Field, Stanford 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 18-19 @Bryan Clay Multis, Azusa 19 @Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, Long Beach 19-20 @Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa 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
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The Pac-12 Conference Track & Field Combined Events Championships are Saturday and Sunday, May 5 & 6, at Stanford’s Cobb Track & Angell Field... 88th Annual Pac-12 Men’s and 32nd Pac-12 Women’s Championships...WSU competitors in the Combined Events are Alissa Brooks-Johnson and Lindsey Schauble in the heptathlon, and Martin Moldau in the decathlon...BrooksJohnson won the Pac-12 Heptathlon in 2017 and 2015...more info on pages 3 & 4...events begin at Noon Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday...Live Results can be viewed at www.pac-12.org...individual events and team relays at Pac-12 T&F Championships take place May 12-13, at Stanford. 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)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM WSU’S SWEEP OF WASHINGTON IN THE DUAL MEET APRIL 28 For the first time since 2010, WSU men’s and women’s teams defeated both Washington teams April 28 in a dual meet...99th men’s dual WSU 89 UW 74, 39th women’s dual WSU 88 UW 75...women’s highlights included Alissa Brooks-Johnson with four wins in six events: high jump (1.66m/5-5 1/4), 100m hurdles (13.73), 400m hurdles (58.05) and anchored 4x100m relay (45.28)...other WSU women’s wins: javelin - Atina Kamasi PR 53.36m/175-1 - 2nd-best in WSU all-time), triple jump - Greer Alsop (meet record/PR 12.70m/41-8), hammer - Aoife Martin (PR 56.12m/1841 - sixth-best all-time), 100m - Regyn Gaffney (11.69), 5000m - Vallery Korir (16:37.66), pole vault - Molly Scharmann (3.98m/13-0 3/4), and long jump - Lauren Newman (PR 5.88m/19-3 1/2w)...WSU men winning in the dual were: 100m - Zach Smith (10.59), 200m - Zach Smith (21.45),1500m - Chandler Teigen (3:50.82), 110m hurdles - Nick Johnson (PR 13.97), 400m hurdles - Christapherson Grant (PR 53.15), high jump - Peyton Fredrickson (2.08m/6-9 3/4), pole vault - Sander Moldau (5.01m/16-5 1/4), triple jump - Robby Flores (PR 15.17m/49-9 1/4), and hammer - Brock Eager (66.68m/218-9).
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NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS The NCAA uses national and regional 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 individual event and the top 24 declared relay teams are accepted the East or West Region Preliminary Rounds...West Region Prelims are May 24-26, in Sacramento... twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event advance to the national championships...for the decathlon and heptathlon, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each of these two events will be accepted into the national championships and do not compete at the Regional meets...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 (33rd WReg, 5th Pac-12) 1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (20th WReg) 110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 13.97 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.29 (38th WReg, 6th Pac-12) Abu Kamara 14.46 (8th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 8:57.98 (44th WReg., 7th Pac-12) 4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (6th Pac-12) High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.11m/6-11 (23rd WReg, 6th Pac-12), Max English 2.06m/6-9 (8th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.39m/17-8 1/4 (9th WReg, 1st Pac-12) Triple Jump - Robby Flores 15.17m/49-9 1/4 (46th WReg, 8th Pac-12) Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (2nd WReg, 1st Pac-12), Amani Brown 64.19m/210-7 (14th WReg, 5th Pac-12), Wyatt Meyring 60.16m/197-4 (47th WReg) Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (19th WReg, 7th Pac-12) WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 1500m - Kaili Keefe 4:20.69 (24th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 5000m - Vallery Korir 15:59.73 (16th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (17th WReg, 5th Pac-12) 400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (9th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Stephanie Cho 59.27 (32nd WReg, 8th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (47th WReg) 4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.28 (6th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (22nd WReg, 4th Pac-12) Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.70m/41-8 (29th WReg, 6th Pac-12), Oyinlola Akinlosotu 12.49/40-11 3/4 (45th WReg) Javelin - Atina Kamasi 53.36m/175-1 (8th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Madelyn Sirmon 47.24m/155-0 (33rd WReg), Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (39th WReg) *Heptathlon - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 5740 points (8th Nationally, 1st Pac-12), Lindsey Schauble 4908 points (74th Nationally, 9th Pac-12)
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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 Rankings Week 5 April 30, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Florida 304.21 1 2. Texas Tech 276.85 2 3. Alabama 256.01 3 4. Texas A&M 221.55 4 5. Houston 214.81 6 6. Georgia 198.64 5 7. BYU 184.72 8 8. Arkansas 161.97 11 9. USC 157.32 9 10. Florida State 152.31 7 11. Oregon 150.14 10 12. LSU 139.13 12 13. Kentucky 135.27 22 14. Texas 125.47 15 15. Kansas 108.82 13 16. TCU 105.56 14 17. Illinois 101.31 17 18. Stanford 101.26 20 19. N. Carolina A&T 97.50 18 20. Nebraska 96.71 27 21. Mississippi St. 95.92 16 22. Arizona 94.68 31 23. Baylor 90.27 21 24. Penn State 89.11 25 25. South Carolina 86.74 23 90. Washington St. 13.46 91 ___________________________________
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MARTIN MOLDAU, Freshman, Rakvere, Estonia Arrived in Pullman in January 2018 Twin brother Sander Moldau is a WSU pole vaulter PR in U20 decathlon is 7,349 points (May 2017, Rakvere, Estonia) Best Marks (WSU Best Marks if different) 100m - 11.09 (11.13) 200m - 21.96 400m - 51.44 (55.55) 1500m - 4:55.26 60m Hurdles - 8.33i 110m Hurdles - 14.17 (14.55) High Jump - 1.98 / 6-6 (2018 at WSU) Pole Vault - 4.47m / 14-8 Long Jump - 7.12m / 23-4 1/2(6.88m / 22-7) Shot Put - 13.73m / 45-0 1/2 (12.25m / 40-2 1/4) Discus - 46.22m / 151-7 Javelin - 54.66m / 179-4 Heptathlon - 5,260i points Decathlon (U20) - 7,349 points (2017) WSU’s 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) WSU’s Returning NCAA Outdoor Championships Men Participants: Brock Eager, Hammer: 2017 (14th) SANDER MOLDAU NAMED PAC-12 MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WSU’s Sander Moldau (freshman, Rakvere, Estonia) won the pole vault at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a PR height of 5.39m/17-8 1/4...the mark currently leads the Pac-12, is ranked eighth-best in the NCAA West Region and 18thbest nationally...it is the fourth-best pole vault height in WSU all-time and the first time since 2005 that a Cougar vaulter has cleared a height that ranked in the top five in school records. 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 Pac-12 hammer champion...All-America second team....lifetime-best hammer throw of 68.66m/225-3 (2017).
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USTFCCCA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RANKINGS WOMEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 5 April 30, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. LSU 325.90 1 2. Oregon 283.66 3 3. USC 264.98 2 4. Arkansas 259.45 5 5. Georgia 253.10 4 6. Kentucky 248.89 6 7. Texas A&M 222.48 8 8. Florida 212.18 9 9. Stanford 188.74 7 10. Minnesota 158.09 10 11. Purdue 155.72 11 12. Texas 152.03 12 13. Arizona State 132.70 14 14. Tennessee 120.70 16 15. Kansas State 114.81 13 16. Missouri 101.99 32 17. Alabama 96.75 23 18. Texas Tech 92.73 17 19. Virginia Tech 87.88 21 20. Miami 87.54 15 21. Mississippi 84.87 19 22. Kansas 79.19 18 23. Colorado 75.87 30 24. Iowa 75.27 29 25. UCLA 73.86 36 64. Washington State 26.24 74
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_____________________________________ WEST REGIONAL OUTDOOR RANKINGS April 30, 2018 - Week 5 MEN WOMEN 1. Oregon 1. Oregon 2. USC 2. USC 3. Arizona 3. Stanford 4. Stanford 4. UCLA 5. California 5. Arizona State 6. Washington 6. Arizona 7. Washington St. 7. California 8. UCLA 8. Washington St. 9. Long Beach St. 9. Boise State 10. Grand Canyon 10. San Diego St. 11. Portland 11. UNLV 12. Cal St. Fullerton 12. Washington 13. Sacramento St. 13. Fresno State 14. UC Santa Barbara 14. UC Santa Barbara 15. Arizona State 15. Cal St. Northridge
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COUGARS WOMEN ENTERED AT 2018 PAC-12 HEPTATHLON: ALISSA BROOKS-JOHNSON, Redshirt Senior, Doty, Washington Two-time Pac-12 Heptathlon Champion (2015, 2017) All-America (2015, 2017, 2018) Lifetime-best 5,803 points at 2015 Pac-12 Championships (1st place) PR Heptathlon marks: 100mH - 13.96; HJ - 1.70m/5-7; SP - 11.41m/35-7 1/4; 200m - 24.91; LJ - 5.77m/18-11 1/4; Jav - 44.75m/146-10; 800m - 2:13.94 2018 - Pentathlon PR 4,190 points NCAA Indoor Championships: Pentathlon - 11th Bryan Clay Multis Heptathlon - 5,740 points 2017 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 1st (5,638); 400m Hurdles - 10th; High Jump - 10th; Javelin - 11th NCAA West Prelims - 400m Hurdles - 21st prelims/17th quarterfinals NCAA Championships: Heptathlon - 6th (5,658 points) 2016 - competed in two early meets then took medical redshirt 2015 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 1st; 400m Hurdles - 7th NCAA West Prelims:- 400m Hurdles - 13th NCAA Championships: Heptathlon - 18th 2014 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 2nd NCAA West Prelims: 400mH - 9th (58.81) > 5,803 points is 4th-best heptathlon in WSU all-time records > 4,190i points is 3rd-best pentathlon in WSU all-time records > 100m hurdles PR 13.72 is 7th-best in WSU all-time records > 400m hurdles PR 57.86 is 4th-best in WSU all-time records LINDSEY SCHAUBLE, Junior, Kennewick, Washington Lifetime-best 4,908 points at 2018 Bryan Clay Invitational/Multis PR Heptathlon marks: 100mH - 15.07, HJ - 1.66m/5-5 1/4, SP - 10.40m/34-1 1/2, 200m - 26.17, LJ - 5.33m/17-6, Jav - 31.36m/102-10, 800m - 2:23.34 2017 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathon - 10th; 400m Hurdles - 13th 2016 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 10th > 3,558i points is 8th-best pentathlon in WSU all-time records WSU’s 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) WSU’s Returning NCAA Outdoor Women Participants: Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2015 (18th); 2017 (6th) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (23rd) BROOKS-JOHNSON NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WSU’s Alissa Brooks-Johnson (redshirt senior, Doty, Wash) was named the Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for April 21-29, after scoring 23 of the Cougars women’s 88 points in the Dual meet win over Washington April 28....she competed in six events, winning four and scoring points by placing second in the other two...won the 100m hurdles (13.73 - equaled PR), won the 400m hurdles (58.05), was anchor of the winning 4x100m relay (seasonbest 45.28)...on the infield, won the high jump (1.66m/5-5/14)...runner-up in long jump (PR 5.88m/19-3 1/2) and in the 4x400m relay (ran third leg).
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Pac-12 Track & Field Combined-Events Championships May 5 & 6 Cobb Track & Angell Field TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, May 5: Noon Heptathlon 100m Hurdles 12:30 p.m. Decathlon 100m Dash 1:00 p.m. Heptathlon High Jump 1:15 p.m. Decathlon Long Jump 2:30 p.m. Decathlon Shot Put 3:00 p.m. Heptathlon Shot Put 3:45 p.m. Decathlon High Jump 4:00 p.m. Heptathlon 200m Dash 5:45 p.m. Decathlon 400m Dash
Sunday, May 6: 11:00 a.m. Decathlon 11:45 a.m. Heptathlon 11:50 a.m. Decathlon 1:10 p.m. Decathlon 2:30 p.m. Heptathlon 3:35 p.m. Heptathlon 4:00 p.m. Decathlon 4:50 p.m. Decathlon
110m Hurdles Long Jump Discus Pole Vault Javelin 800m Run Javelin 1500m Run
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MARKS RECORDED IN THE WSU T&F RECORD BOOK TOP 10 BY CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETES 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) 1500m - 6th. 4:20.69 Kaili Keefe (2018) 3000m - 3rd. 9:22.54i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 5th. 9:26.91i Vallery Korir (2018) 5000m - 1st. 15:59.73 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, 2018) Weight Throw - 8th. 17.41m / 57-1 1/2i Aoife Martin (2018) Hammer - 6th. 56.12m/184-1 Aoife Martin (2018) Javelin - 2nd. 53.36m / 175-1 Atina Kamasi (2018) 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 Pole Vault - 4th. 5.39m/17-8 1/4 Sander Moldau (2018) Weight Throw - 3rd. 20.74m / 68-01/2i Brock Eager (2018) 8th. 19.09m / 62-7 3/4i Amani Brown (2018) Hammer - 4th. 69.57m / 228-3 Brock Eager (2018) 10th. 64.19m / 210-7 Amani Brown (2018) Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015) WSU T&F/XC SIGNEES FOR 2018-19 Men Joseph Heitman, hurdles, Spokane, Wash. (Mead HS) Silas Hurst, throws, Corona, Calif. (Corona Santiago HS) Charles Johnson, sprints, Cheney, Wash. (Cheney HS) Tony Pizzillo, sprints, Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park HS) Emmanuel “Ray” Wells Jr., sprints, Seattle (Rainier Beach HS/ Central Arizona College) Women Mackenzie Fletcher, hurdles, Shingle Springs, Calif. (Ponderosa HS) Emma Jenkins, middle distance, Camas, Wash. (Camas HS) Suzy Pace, hurdles, Everett, Wash. (Mariner HS) Geneva Schlepp, middle distance,Sammamish, Wash. (Skyline HS)
Pac-12 Track & Field Combined Events Championships May 5-6, Cobb Track & Angell Field, Stanford 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 18-19 @Bryan Clay Multis, Azusa 19 @Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, Long Beach 19-20 @Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa 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
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The Pac-12 Conference Track & Field Combined Events Championships are Saturday and Sunday, May 5 & 6, at Stanford’s Cobb Track & Angell Field... 88th Annual Pac-12 Men’s and 32nd Pac-12 Women’s Championships...WSU competitors in the Combined Events are Alissa Brooks-Johnson and Lindsey Schauble in the heptathlon, and Martin Moldau in the decathlon...BrooksJohnson won the Pac-12 Heptathlon in 2017 and 2015...more info on pages 3 & 4...events begin at Noon Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday...Live Results can be viewed at www.pac-12.org...individual events and team relays at Pac-12 T&F Championships take place May 12-13, at Stanford. 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)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM WSU’S SWEEP OF WASHINGTON IN THE DUAL MEET APRIL 28 For the first time since 2010, WSU men’s and women’s teams defeated both Washington teams April 28 in a dual meet...99th men’s dual WSU 89 UW 74, 39th women’s dual WSU 88 UW 75...women’s highlights included Alissa Brooks-Johnson with four wins in six events: high jump (1.66m/5-5 1/4), 100m hurdles (13.73), 400m hurdles (58.05) and anchored 4x100m relay (45.28)...other WSU women’s wins: javelin - Atina Kamasi PR 53.36m/175-1 - 2nd-best in WSU all-time), triple jump - Greer Alsop (meet record/PR 12.70m/41-8), hammer - Aoife Martin (PR 56.12m/1841 - sixth-best all-time), 100m - Regyn Gaffney (11.69), 5000m - Vallery Korir (16:37.66), pole vault - Molly Scharmann (3.98m/13-0 3/4), and long jump - Lauren Newman (PR 5.88m/19-3 1/2w)...WSU men winning in the dual were: 100m - Zach Smith (10.59), 200m - Zach Smith (21.45),1500m - Chandler Teigen (3:50.82), 110m hurdles - Nick Johnson (PR 13.97), 400m hurdles - Christapherson Grant (PR 53.15), high jump - Peyton Fredrickson (2.08m/6-9 3/4), pole vault - Sander Moldau (5.01m/16-5 1/4), triple jump - Robby Flores (PR 15.17m/49-9 1/4), and hammer - Brock Eager (66.68m/218-9).
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NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS The NCAA uses national and regional 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 individual event and the top 24 declared relay teams are accepted the East or West Region Preliminary Rounds...West Region Prelims are May 24-26, in Sacramento... twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event advance to the national championships...for the decathlon and heptathlon, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each of these two events will be accepted into the national championships and do not compete at the Regional meets...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 (33rd WReg, 5th Pac-12) 1500m - Chandler Teigen 3:43.13 (20th WReg) 110m Hurdles - Nick Johnson 13.97 (13th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Christapherson Grant 14.29 (38th WReg, 6th Pac-12) Abu Kamara 14.46 (8th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Colton Johnsen 8:57.98 (44th WReg., 7th Pac-12) 4x100m relay - Smith, Charles, Littles, Gardner 40.67 (6th Pac-12) High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson 2.11m/6-11 (23rd WReg, 6th Pac-12), Max English 2.06m/6-9 (8th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Sander Moldau 5.39m/17-8 1/4 (9th WReg, 1st Pac-12) Triple Jump - Robby Flores 15.17m/49-9 1/4 (46th WReg, 8th Pac-12) Hammer - Brock Eager 69.57m/228-3 (2nd WReg, 1st Pac-12), Amani Brown 64.19m/210-7 (14th WReg, 5th Pac-12), Wyatt Meyring 60.16m/197-4 (47th WReg) Javelin - Cole Smith 64.74m/212-5 (19th WReg, 7th Pac-12) WSU women in the TFRRS NCAA West Region 48 list / Pac-12 top 8 scoring) this week: 1500m - Kaili Keefe 4:20.69 (24th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 5000m - Vallery Korir 15:59.73 (16th WReg, 8th Pac-12) 10,000m - Vallery Korir 33:52.28 (17th WReg, 5th Pac-12) 400m Hurdles - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 57.86 (9th WReg, 2nd Pac-12), Stephanie Cho 59.27 (32nd WReg, 8th Pac-12) 3000m Steeplechase - Devon Bortfeld 10:32.47 (47th WReg) 4x100m Relay - Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, Brooks-Johnson 45.28 (6th Pac-12) Pole Vault - Molly Scharmann 4.10m/13-5 1/4 (22nd WReg, 4th Pac-12) Triple Jump - Greer Alsop 12.70m/41-8 (29th WReg, 6th Pac-12), Oyinlola Akinlosotu 12.49/40-11 3/4 (45th WReg) Javelin - Atina Kamasi 53.36m/175-1 (8th WReg, 3rd Pac-12), Madelyn Sirmon 47.24m/155-0 (33rd WReg), Kelsey Kehl 46.10m/151-3 (39th WReg) *Heptathlon - Alissa Brooks-Johnson 5740 points (8th Nationally, 1st Pac-12), Lindsey Schauble 4908 points (74th Nationally, 9th Pac-12)
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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 Rankings Week 5 April 30, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. Florida 304.21 1 2. Texas Tech 276.85 2 3. Alabama 256.01 3 4. Texas A&M 221.55 4 5. Houston 214.81 6 6. Georgia 198.64 5 7. BYU 184.72 8 8. Arkansas 161.97 11 9. USC 157.32 9 10. Florida State 152.31 7 11. Oregon 150.14 10 12. LSU 139.13 12 13. Kentucky 135.27 22 14. Texas 125.47 15 15. Kansas 108.82 13 16. TCU 105.56 14 17. Illinois 101.31 17 18. Stanford 101.26 20 19. N. Carolina A&T 97.50 18 20. Nebraska 96.71 27 21. Mississippi St. 95.92 16 22. Arizona 94.68 31 23. Baylor 90.27 21 24. Penn State 89.11 25 25. South Carolina 86.74 23 90. Washington St. 13.46 91 ___________________________________
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MARTIN MOLDAU, Freshman, Rakvere, Estonia Arrived in Pullman in January 2018 Twin brother Sander Moldau is a WSU pole vaulter PR in U20 decathlon is 7,349 points (May 2017, Rakvere, Estonia) Best Marks (WSU Best Marks if different) 100m - 11.09 (11.13) 200m - 21.96 400m - 51.44 (55.55) 1500m - 4:55.26 60m Hurdles - 8.33i 110m Hurdles - 14.17 (14.55) High Jump - 1.98 / 6-6 (2018 at WSU) Pole Vault - 4.47m / 14-8 Long Jump - 7.12m / 23-4 1/2(6.88m / 22-7) Shot Put - 13.73m / 45-0 1/2 (12.25m / 40-2 1/4) Discus - 46.22m / 151-7 Javelin - 54.66m / 179-4 Heptathlon - 5,260i points Decathlon (U20) - 7,349 points (2017) WSU’s 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) WSU’s Returning NCAA Outdoor Championships Men Participants: Brock Eager, Hammer: 2017 (14th) SANDER MOLDAU NAMED PAC-12 MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WSU’s Sander Moldau (freshman, Rakvere, Estonia) won the pole vault at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a PR height of 5.39m/17-8 1/4...the mark currently leads the Pac-12, is ranked eighth-best in the NCAA West Region and 18thbest nationally...it is the fourth-best pole vault height in WSU all-time and the first time since 2005 that a Cougar vaulter has cleared a height that ranked in the top five in school records. 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 Pac-12 hammer champion...All-America second team....lifetime-best hammer throw of 68.66m/225-3 (2017).
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USTFCCCA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RANKINGS WOMEN’S TOP 25 TEAMS 2018 Rankings Week 5 April 30, 2018 Rank School Total Last Week 1. LSU 325.90 1 2. Oregon 283.66 3 3. USC 264.98 2 4. Arkansas 259.45 5 5. Georgia 253.10 4 6. Kentucky 248.89 6 7. Texas A&M 222.48 8 8. Florida 212.18 9 9. Stanford 188.74 7 10. Minnesota 158.09 10 11. Purdue 155.72 11 12. Texas 152.03 12 13. Arizona State 132.70 14 14. Tennessee 120.70 16 15. Kansas State 114.81 13 16. Missouri 101.99 32 17. Alabama 96.75 23 18. Texas Tech 92.73 17 19. Virginia Tech 87.88 21 20. Miami 87.54 15 21. Mississippi 84.87 19 22. Kansas 79.19 18 23. Colorado 75.87 30 24. Iowa 75.27 29 25. UCLA 73.86 36 64. Washington State 26.24 74
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_____________________________________ WEST REGIONAL OUTDOOR RANKINGS April 30, 2018 - Week 5 MEN WOMEN 1. Oregon 1. Oregon 2. USC 2. USC 3. Arizona 3. Stanford 4. Stanford 4. UCLA 5. California 5. Arizona State 6. Washington 6. Arizona 7. Washington St. 7. California 8. UCLA 8. Washington St. 9. Long Beach St. 9. Boise State 10. Grand Canyon 10. San Diego St. 11. Portland 11. UNLV 12. Cal St. Fullerton 12. Washington 13. Sacramento St. 13. Fresno State 14. UC Santa Barbara 14. UC Santa Barbara 15. Arizona State 15. Cal St. Northridge
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COUGARS WOMEN ENTERED AT 2018 PAC-12 HEPTATHLON: ALISSA BROOKS-JOHNSON, Redshirt Senior, Doty, Washington Two-time Pac-12 Heptathlon Champion (2015, 2017) All-America (2015, 2017, 2018) Lifetime-best 5,803 points at 2015 Pac-12 Championships (1st place) PR Heptathlon marks: 100mH - 13.96; HJ - 1.70m/5-7; SP - 11.41m/35-7 1/4; 200m - 24.91; LJ - 5.77m/18-11 1/4; Jav - 44.75m/146-10; 800m - 2:13.94 2018 - Pentathlon PR 4,190 points NCAA Indoor Championships: Pentathlon - 11th Bryan Clay Multis Heptathlon - 5,740 points 2017 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 1st (5,638); 400m Hurdles - 10th; High Jump - 10th; Javelin - 11th NCAA West Prelims - 400m Hurdles - 21st prelims/17th quarterfinals NCAA Championships: Heptathlon - 6th (5,658 points) 2016 - competed in two early meets then took medical redshirt 2015 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 1st; 400m Hurdles - 7th NCAA West Prelims:- 400m Hurdles - 13th NCAA Championships: Heptathlon - 18th 2014 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 2nd NCAA West Prelims: 400mH - 9th (58.81) > 5,803 points is 4th-best heptathlon in WSU all-time records > 4,190i points is 3rd-best pentathlon in WSU all-time records > 100m hurdles PR 13.72 is 7th-best in WSU all-time records > 400m hurdles PR 57.86 is 4th-best in WSU all-time records LINDSEY SCHAUBLE, Junior, Kennewick, Washington Lifetime-best 4,908 points at 2018 Bryan Clay Invitational/Multis PR Heptathlon marks: 100mH - 15.07, HJ - 1.66m/5-5 1/4, SP - 10.40m/34-1 1/2, 200m - 26.17, LJ - 5.33m/17-6, Jav - 31.36m/102-10, 800m - 2:23.34 2017 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathon - 10th; 400m Hurdles - 13th 2016 - Pac-12 Championships: Heptathlon - 10th > 3,558i points is 8th-best pentathlon in WSU all-time records WSU’s 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) WSU’s Returning NCAA Outdoor Women Participants: Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Heptathlon: 2015 (18th); 2017 (6th) / 400m Hurdles: 2015 (23rd) BROOKS-JOHNSON NAMED PAC-12 WOMEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WSU’s Alissa Brooks-Johnson (redshirt senior, Doty, Wash) was named the Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for April 21-29, after scoring 23 of the Cougars women’s 88 points in the Dual meet win over Washington April 28....she competed in six events, winning four and scoring points by placing second in the other two...won the 100m hurdles (13.73 - equaled PR), won the 400m hurdles (58.05), was anchor of the winning 4x100m relay (seasonbest 45.28)...on the infield, won the high jump (1.66m/5-5/14)...runner-up in long jump (PR 5.88m/19-3 1/2) and in the 4x400m relay (ran third leg).
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Pac-12 Track & Field Combined-Events Championships May 5 & 6 Cobb Track & Angell Field TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, May 5: Noon Heptathlon 100m Hurdles 12:30 p.m. Decathlon 100m Dash 1:00 p.m. Heptathlon High Jump 1:15 p.m. Decathlon Long Jump 2:30 p.m. Decathlon Shot Put 3:00 p.m. Heptathlon Shot Put 3:45 p.m. Decathlon High Jump 4:00 p.m. Heptathlon 200m Dash 5:45 p.m. Decathlon 400m Dash
Sunday, May 6: 11:00 a.m. Decathlon 11:45 a.m. Heptathlon 11:50 a.m. Decathlon 1:10 p.m. Decathlon 2:30 p.m. Heptathlon 3:35 p.m. Heptathlon 4:00 p.m. Decathlon 4:50 p.m. Decathlon
110m Hurdles Long Jump Discus Pole Vault Javelin 800m Run Javelin 1500m Run
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MARKS RECORDED IN THE WSU T&F RECORD BOOK TOP 10 BY CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETES 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) 1500m - 6th. 4:20.69 Kaili Keefe (2018) 3000m - 3rd. 9:22.54i Devon Bortfeld (2017), 5th. 9:26.91i Vallery Korir (2018) 5000m - 1st. 15:59.73 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, 2018) Weight Throw - 8th. 17.41m / 57-1 1/2i Aoife Martin (2018) Hammer - 6th. 56.12m/184-1 Aoife Martin (2018) Javelin - 2nd. 53.36m / 175-1 Atina Kamasi (2018) 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 Pole Vault - 4th. 5.39m/17-8 1/4 Sander Moldau (2018) Weight Throw - 3rd. 20.74m / 68-01/2i Brock Eager (2018) 8th. 19.09m / 62-7 3/4i Amani Brown (2018) Hammer - 4th. 69.57m / 228-3 Brock Eager (2018) 10th. 64.19m / 210-7 Amani Brown (2018) Javelin - 10th. 71.07m / 233-2 Brad Stevens (2015) WSU T&F/XC SIGNEES FOR 2018-19 Men Joseph Heitman, hurdles, Spokane, Wash. (Mead HS) Silas Hurst, throws, Corona, Calif. (Corona Santiago HS) Charles Johnson, sprints, Cheney, Wash. (Cheney HS) Tony Pizzillo, sprints, Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park HS) Emmanuel “Ray” Wells Jr., sprints, Seattle (Rainier Beach HS/ Central Arizona College) Women Mackenzie Fletcher, hurdles, Shingle Springs, Calif. (Ponderosa HS) Emma Jenkins, middle distance, Camas, Wash. (Camas HS) Suzy Pace, hurdles, Everett, Wash. (Mariner HS) Geneva Schlepp, middle distance,Sammamish, Wash. (Skyline HS)
