COUGARS DUO SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITION
Two Washington State University track and field student-athletes head to Eugene, Oregon, this week for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 8-11 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon...
Liz Harper (junior, Missoula, Mont.) was accepted into the 24-competitor heptathlon last month but also competed at the NCAA West Region in Lawrence, Kansas May 26-28, in the high jump and advanced to the national finals in that event as well...
CJ Allen (junior, Allyn, Wash.) advanced from the NCAA West Region in the men's 400m hurdles and will compete in the intermediate semifinals with plans to qualify and advance to the final...
Dino Dodig qualified for the men's decathlon field of 24 but withdrew from the competition Monday, June 6, due to injury...Live Results and television information can be accessed on the Track & Field schedule page at wsucougars.com.Â
WAYNE PHIPPS, DIR. 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... at Idaho, he was named conference Coach of the Year 14 times and led the Vandals to a record 16 conference titles.
COUGAR COACHING STAFF
WSU Track & Field coaching staff includes Associate Head Coaches
Julie Taylor (throws), and Â
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.
COUGARS' SCHEDULE AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, HAYWARD FIELD, EUGENE, OREGON
Wednesday, June 8
6:30 p.m. Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals
Friday, June 10
12:30 p.m. Heptathlon 100m Hurdles
1:30 p.m. Heptathlon High Jump
3:30 p.m. Heptathlon Shot Put
6:57 p.m. Men's 400m Hurdles Final
7:13 p.m. Heptathlon 200m Dash
Saturday, June 11
11:30 a.m. Heptathlon High Jump
12:45 p.m. Heptathlon Javelin Throw
3:00 p.m. Women's High Jump
5:13 p.m. Heptathlon 800m Run
WSU COMPETITORS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, JUNE 8-11
MEN
Event Athlete Time/Mark (Seed Mark from Prelims)
Men's team captain for track events
His PR time of 50.16 seconds (Sun Angel Classic, Tempe 4/9), Time is 6th-best in WSU all-time records
Pac-12 400m hurdles history: 2016 - 1st, 2015 - Inj/DNC; 2014 - 1st
Finished second at NCAA West Region Quarterfinals (50.77)
PR time of 50.16 is the 10th-fastest among the field of 24
Semifinals are Wed. June 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Final is Friday, June 10 at 6:57 p.m.
WOMEN
Event Athlete Time/Mark (Seed Mark from Prelims)
Heptathlon
Liz Harper 5,564 points (24th - from season-best)
High Jump PR of 1.81m / 5-11 ¼ first indoors and then outdoors
Mark is tied at 9th-best in WSU all-time records
Pac-12 Championships - 4th in 2016 High Jump
Finished tied for 11th in HJ at West Region Prelims 1.76m / 5-9 ¼
That height is tied for 20th among 24 competing in NCAA final
High jump is June 11 at 3 p.m. (in middle of heptathlon last day)
Heptathlon - First year
PR of 5,564 points, 7th-best in WSU all-time records
Placed 3rd (with PR total) at 2016 Pac-12 Championships
Mark is 25th-best in NCAA final
Pentathlon debut of 4,146 points - 3rd-best in WSU all-time records
Heptathlon is contested June 10 and June 11
Completed in 2015 NCAA 400m hurdles, finished 19th
Intermediate hurdles time of 57.31 is 2nd-best in WSU all-time
Ran anchor leg on 2015 4x400m relay team that ran 3rd-best time
in school records (3:35.66) and was 21st in NCAA Championships
Ran anchor leg on 2016 1600m relay team with 4th-best time in
school records (3:26.76)
