SEATTLE -- The Washington State track and field teams fell to Washington in the annual dual meet on a typically soggy day at Husky Track in Seattle Sunday afternoon. In the men's dual, UW edged WSU 84-79, while the No. 12 Washington women won 96-66. The dual scoring was five points for first place, three points for second place, and one point for third place with all five points going to the winning relay teams.
 
It was an exciting end to the men's dual with the WSU men leading 75-74 with the 4x4 relay and triple jump still to be decided. The Cougars' 4x400m relay squad of Ja'Maun Charles, CJ Allen, Ray Littles and Matthew Swanson ran a time of 3 minutes 15.58 seconds, falling behind UW's time of 3:14.69. The triple jump first place points went to a Husky, wrapping up the UW men's team win, with Robby Flores (sophomore, El Paso, Texas) taking second with a season-best 48-0 3/4 (14.65m) and Josh Colbert (redshirt sophomore, Sammamish, Wash.) taking third.
 
Leading from the starting gun, Ja'Maun Charles (sophomore, Pleasanton, Calif.) successfully defended his 100m dash title with a win Sunday in a time of 10.60 seconds with Zach Smith (junior, Bremerton, Wash.) taking third in a time of 10.86. Charles led a one-two-three sweep of the 200m dash with a time of 21.53 followed by Smith's 22.25 and Ethan Gardner (sophomore, Walla Walla, Wash.) with a time of 22.31. Smith, Charles, Sam Brixey, and Allen ran the 4x100m relay in a season-best time of 40.66 but finished second.
 
Ray Littles (sophomore, Issaquah, Wash.) had a gutty finish for second place in the 400m dash, running a time of 48.83 and racing past Washington's Michael Thomas' 49.12.
 
WSU swept the men's 110m hurdles with Sam Brixey (freshman, Boise, Idaho) winning in a time of 14.47, Abu Kamara (redshirt junior, Kent, Wash.) second in a time of 14.51, and Nick Johnson (freshman, Spokane, Wash.) third in a time of 14.59. CJ Allen (senior, Allyn, Wash.) gave a tutorial in winning the 400m hurdles with a time of 50.50 as Christapherson Grant (sophomore, Lynnwood, Wash.) ran a PR time of 54.55 for second place.
 
Paul Ryan (redshirt freshman, Moscow, Idaho) sprinted down the final 80 meters for second place points in the men's 1500m. Ryan's time was 3:51.33, nudging UW's Johnathan Stevens' who ran a time of 3:51.35. In another rundown finish, Sam Levora (junior, Sandpoint, Idaho) edged UW's Mahoud Moussa in the final 10 meters for second place points in the 3000m as Levora ran a PR time of 8:21.16 to Moussa's 8:21.27.
 
Kyler Little (sophomore, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) won the steeplechase with a time of 9:10.70 with freshman Kennan Schrag (Issaquah, Wash.) scoring in third place with a time of 9:23.09.
 
The Cougar men started the meet with a one-two finish in the hammer with Brock Eager (redshirt sophomore, Renton, Wash.) winning with a throw of 206-feet 7 inches (62.97m) and Travis Pickett (redshirt senior, Snohomish, Wash.) was second with a mark of 193-8 (59.03m). Cole Smith (redshirt senior, Hoquiam, Wash.) took third place in the javelin with a throw of 207-1 (63.12m). Jake Callaghan (junior, Yakima, Wash.) won the men's shot put with a three-foot PR toss of 57-3 3/4 (17.47m). Tyler Jackson (redshirt junior, Richland, Wash.) took third place in the discus with a throw of 153-7 (46.81m).
 
Cougar men swept the high jump scoring with the top three all clearing 6-7 1/2 (2.02m). Peyton Fredrickson (sophomore, Ridgefield, Wash.) won with a season-best clearance while Keelan Halligan (sophomore, Bothell, Wash.) took second place, and Max English (freshman, Kingston, Wash.) claimed third.
 
In the women's meet, WSU swept the high jump with Kiana Davis (senior, Chehalis, Wash.) winning and Alissa Brooks-Johnson (redshirt junior, Doty, Wash.) second place, both clearing 5-7 (1.70m), with Lateah Holmes (senior, Fife, Wash.) took third place after clearing 5-5 (1.65m). Davis also won the triple jump with a leap of 40-9 1/2 (12.43m) with Greer Alsop (redshirt junior, Invercargill, New Zealand) second with a mark of 38-1 1/4 (11.61m). Additionally, Davis scored with a third-place long jump finish after leaping 18-4 1/2 (5.60m).
 
Regyn Gaffney (sophomore, Chehalis, Wash.) cruised to a 100m dash victory in a time of 11.90 but didn't have much left later in the day for the 200m with her third-place time of 26.55. Tierney Silliman (redshirt freshman, Yakima, Wash.) took second in a time of 25.83. Marlow Schulz (junior, Whitefish, Mont.) scored at third in the 400m dash with a time of 56.14. The 4x100m relay of Jordyn Tucker, Gaffney, Silliman, and Danielle Darden finished second with a time of 46.43.
 
After a second place finish in the 100m hurdles (14.36), Brooks-Johnson came on strong in the last 100 meters to win the women's 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.11. Liz Harper (senior, Missoula, Mont.) took third in the 100m hurdles in 14.43 but scratched from the 400m hurdles race. The WSU 4x400m relay of Schulz, Brooks-Johnson, Grace Victor and Harper ran a time of 3:53.97 for second place.
 
Devon Bortfeld (junior, Sammamish, Wash.) won the women's steeplechase with a time of 10:28.33 with Emily Dwyer (redshirt senior, Sammamish, Wash.) taking second in a time of 10:42.86.
 
Vallery Korir (junior, Iten, Kenya) was one of three women to break the Husky Track record in the women's 3000m. Korir's time of 9:30.98 was second place Sunday and seventh-best in WSU all-time records. Natalie Ackerley (redshirt freshman, Bainbridge, Wash.) claimed third place points in the 800m with a PR time of 2:11.04.
 
Atina Kamasi (freshman, Novi Sad, Serbia) won the javelin with a PR and fourth-best in WSU history throw of 164-11 (50.28m). Fellow WSU freshman Kelsey Kehl (Baldwin City, Kan.) placed second with a toss of 149-10 (45.66m). Katie Wardsworth and Aoife Martin finished second and third, respectively, in the hammer with throws of 175-1 (53.36m) and 167-9 (51.13m). Chrisshnay Brown (sophomore, Lompoc, Calif.) scored with a third place finish in the discus with a toss of 139-5 (42.50m). Kaitlin Krouse (sophomore, Chewelah, Wash.) finished third in the shot put with a toss of 40-8 1/4 (12.40m).
 
Kristine Felix (redshirt senior, Wailuki, Hawai'i) pole vaulted a season-best height of 12-11 3/4 (3.96m) for second place.

"I was extremely proud of the way our teams competed today. It would have been great to get the win, especially with it being so close on the men's side, but absolutely no fault of the effort put forth today; our athletes were awesome," WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Wayne Phipps said. "We had a number of outstanding performances in less than ideal conditions. We swept a number of events and had a number of people who really rose to the occasion. Big final stretch finishes by Paul Ryan, Sam Levora, Chris Grant and Ray Littles put us in a great position to win. Alissa Brooks-Johnson and Kiana Davis were everywhere for us today; and Atina Kamasi had a huge throw in the javelin. Ja'Maun Charles had an impressive double win, as well as running awesome legs in both the 4x1 and 4x4. We are excited to compete at home next weekend and then finalize our preparation for the championship portion of our season."
  
Washington State hosts the 17th Annual Cougar Invitational meet Saturday, April 29, at Mooberry Track.