Liz Harper

Track & Field Washington State Athletic Communications

Liz Harper Wins Pentathlon at Cougar Indoor Meet

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Liz Harper won the women's pentathlon Friday night at the Cougar Indoor/Multis meet at the Washington State University Indoor Practice Facility.
 
Harper, a senior from Missoula, Mont., won the eight-woman pentathlon with a score of 3,876 points followed by her teammate, Lindsey Schauble (sophomore, Kennewick, Wash.) with a score of 3,413 points. Harper's personal-best pentathlon score is 4,146 points, tallied last year.
 
Harper opened with a 60m hurdles time of 8.62 seconds, high jumped 5-feet, 5 3/4 inches (1.67m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 37-11 1/2 (12.57m), long jumped 17-7 1/2 (5.37m) and ran the 800m in a time of 2 minutes 23.93 seconds. Schauble clocked in a 60m hurdles time of 9.19, cleared 5-2 1/4 (1.58m) in the high jump, threw the shot put 32-10 1/4 (10.01m), long jumped 17-3 1/4 (5.26m), and ran the 800m in a time of 2:31.95.
 
Brock Eager (junior, Renton, Wash.) won the men's 35-pound weight throw with a mark of 63-5 (19.33m). Adam Mahama was third with a toss of 56-9 1/4 (17.30m).
 
Kristine Felix (redshirt senior, Wailuku, Hawai'i) won the women's pole vault after clearing13-5 1/4 (4.10m).
 
Josh Schulz (freshman, Pe Ell, Wash.) won the men's long jump with a leap of 22-3 3/4 (6.80m).
 
In the men's heptathlon, WSU sophomore Ray Littles (Issaquah, Wash.) leads after the first three events with a score of 2,808 points and Cougar freshman Nick Johnson (Spokane, Wash.) is in third place with 2,600 points. Littles ran the 60m dash in a time of 7.05, long jumped 21-1 1/4 (6.43m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 39-5 3/4 (12.03m) and high jumped 6-0 (1.83m). Johnson ran the 60m dash in 7.32, long jumped 20-8 1/2 (6.31m), threw the shot 37-5 1/4 (11.41m) and cleared 5-9 3/4 (1.77m) in the high jump. Senior Dino Dodig ran the 60m dash in a time of 7.22 but hten withdrew from the competition. The heptathlon's 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1,000m run will be contested Saturday.
 
Aisa Greene from George Fox won the women's long jump with a mark of 18-8 1/2 (5.70m) with WSU's McKenna Hogan second with a mark of 18-3 (5.56m) and Lauren Newman fourth with a PR leap of 18-2 1/4 (5.54m).
 
Emelda Malm-Annan of Wyoming captured the win in the women's 20-pound weight throw with a mark of 58-9 1/2 (17.92m). WSU's Katie Wardsworth was the runner-up with a toss of 54-3 3/4 (16.55m). Cougars reaching PRs in the event included Aoife Martin's 51-9 1/4 (15.78m) for third place, Stacia Bell's 46-8 (14.22m) for seventh, and Kaitlin Krouse's 43-1 1/2 (13.14m) for eighth.
 
 The Cougar Indoor and Multis meet resumes Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Indoor Practice Facility in Pullman.
 
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Players Mentioned

Dino Dodig

Dino Dodig

Decathlon
6' 2"
Senior
Brock Eager

Brock Eager

Throws
6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
Kristine Felix

Kristine Felix

Pole Vault
5' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Liz Harper

Liz Harper

Hurdles/Multi
5' 11"
Senior
McKenna Hogan

McKenna Hogan

Triple Jump
5' 5"
Senior
Kaitlin Krouse

Kaitlin Krouse

Throws
5' 10"
Sophomore
Ray Littles

Ray Littles

Decathlon
5' 10"
Sophomore
Adam Mahama

Adam Mahama

Throws
6' 4"
Redshirt Senior
Aoife Martin

Aoife Martin

Throws
5' 10"
Sophomore
Lindsey Schauble

Lindsey Schauble

Heptathlon
5' 9"
Sophomore
Katie Wardsworth

Katie Wardsworth

Throws
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson

Decathlon
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Dino Dodig

Dino Dodig

6' 2"
Senior
Decathlon
Brock Eager

Brock Eager

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
Throws
Kristine Felix

Kristine Felix

5' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Pole Vault
Liz Harper

Liz Harper

5' 11"
Senior
Hurdles/Multi
McKenna Hogan

McKenna Hogan

5' 5"
Senior
Triple Jump
Kaitlin Krouse

Kaitlin Krouse

5' 10"
Sophomore
Throws
Ray Littles

Ray Littles

5' 10"
Sophomore
Decathlon
Adam Mahama

Adam Mahama

6' 4"
Redshirt Senior
Throws
Aoife Martin

Aoife Martin

5' 10"
Sophomore
Throws
Lindsey Schauble

Lindsey Schauble

5' 9"
Sophomore
Heptathlon
Katie Wardsworth

Katie Wardsworth

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Throws
Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson

6' 1"
Freshman
Decathlon