WSU TRACK & FIELD TRAVELS TO SEATTLE FOR UW INVITATIONAL
Washington State takes 27 women and 27 men to the University of Washington Invitational indoor meet, Friday Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Demsey Indoor facility on the Seattle campus...meet will be scored for NCAA DI teams using the invitational scoring format of 10-8-6-4-3-2-1...Dempsey indoor facility is a 307-meter Mondo track with a six-lane straightaway, and a five-lane oval...for the field the Dempsey has two 160 ft. elevated wooden long jump runways (132 ft. TJ) with Mondo overlay; two 150 ft. elevated wooden pole vault runways with Mondo overlay; two 80 ft. right/left wooden high jump approach areas with Mondo overlay; two reinforced wooden throwing rings...live stats are available...paid webcast only...results will be posted at www.wsucougars.com, following the meet’s completion.
WAYNE PHIPPS, DIRECTOR OF WSU CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
Wayne Phipps (Univ. of British Columbia ‘91/Oregon ‘94) become the 15th coach to take the reins of the Washington State men’s program and the second coach for the combined men’s and women’s program at WSU on July 1, 2014...Phipps had been the University of Idaho’s Director and Track & Field/Cross Country from 2010 through 2014, and was a coach with the Vandals program for a total of 19 years...he served as co-head coach from 2000-09, after serving as an assistant coach from 1995-99... while at Idaho, Phipps was honored 14 times as a conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 total conference titles.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and Yogi Teevens (sprints and horizontal jumps)...Assistant Coaches are Matt McGee (multis and vertical jumps), and Allix Potratz-Lee (distance)...volunteer coaches include Emma Kertesz (distance), Joshia Sims (sprints/hurdles), Tim Taylor (throws) and Liga Velvere (hurdles, middle distance).
