The Washington State track and field teams will compete in a dual meet against the University of  Washington for the 97th year for men and the 37th year for women this Saturday, April 23, at WSU's Mooberry Track Complex in Pullman...field events begin at 11 a.m. and running events begin at 1:15 p.m....scoring is 5-3-1 for individual events and 5-0 for relays...in national rankings: MEN - UW No. 33, WSU No. 72; WOMEN - UW No. 45, WSU No. 69...spectators may attend free of charge with parking in the Beasley Coliseum lot...no pets allowed...results will be available online at www.wsucougars.com after the meet...for more information about the history of the meet, see below. 

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... at Idaho, he was named conference Coach of the Year 14 times and led the Vandals to a record 16 conference titles.

WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches Julie Taylor (throws), and  Yogi Teevens (sprints, relays and horizontal jumps)...Assistant Coaches are Brad Walker (vertical jumps), and Allix Potratz-Lee (distance)...Andrea Sabbatine is the Operations Coordinator...volunteeers working with the WSU track and field this year include: Jesse Jorgensen, Nigel Joseph, Hannah Kiser, Josiah Sims, Tim Taylor, and Liga Velvere.

Women's Track: Dominique Keel; Women's Field - Kelsie Taylor; Women's Distance: CharLee Linton; Men's Track: CJ Allen; Men's Field: Travis Pickett; Men's Distance: John Whelan.