EUGENE, Ore. -- Washington State's Brock Eager won the men's hammer throw, the first contested event Saturday, amid chilly temperatures and occasional downpours at the Pac-12 Championships at Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene. In team scoring, the WSU women's team is tied for third and the Cougar men's team is seventh after Saturday's events were added to the combined events points from last weekend.
 
Eager, a redshirt sophomore from Renton, Wash., won the men's hammer throw with a mark of 221- feet, 1 inch (67.39m), just below his PR of 225-3 (68.66m). Eager's winning toss was the second throw of his six attempts and all his throws were between 212 and 221 feet except for his fouled final attempt. In Eager's previous Pac-12 Championships, he scored in eighth place in 2015 and redshirted the 2016 season. Eager's win is the first for a Cougar in the men's hammer since 1988 when Stefan Jonsson won his second consecutive conference hammer title. WSU's Wyatt Meyring (redshirt junior, Edmonds, Wash.) scored in fourth place with a throw of 194-8 (59.35m), just four inches off his PR distance. Travis Pickett and Amani Brown finished 10th and 11th, respectively.
 
"I knew coming in that I wanted to start this meet strong and try to put away the meet in the first round," Eager said. "I didn't quite do that but going into finals I had the meet secured. I'm very proud of how I competed today."
 
In the women's javelin, freshmen Kelsey Kehl and Atina Kamasi scored for the Cougars. Kehl (Baldwin City, Kan.) finished third with a PR throw of 160-0 (48.76m), a mark that is ninth-best in WSU all-time. Kamasi (Novi Sad, Serbia) took fifth with a throw of 156-11 (47.84m). Alissa Brooks-Johnson, winner of the heptathlon last weekend, threw a season-best 142-1 (43.32m) for 11th place while Kristen McDonnell's 123-11 (37.77m) was 20th.
 
In one of the most competitive men's 10,000m races in recent conference history, Michael Williams (junior, Richland, Wash.) claimed fourth place with a time of 29 minutes 22.87 seconds and Sam Levora (junior, Sandpoint, Idaho), making his debut at this distance on the track, finished fifth with a time of 29:22.90. Oregon's Edward Cheserek won his second consecutive 10k in a time of 29:11.76 and the difference between first place and the final scoring eighth place was 22 seconds.
 
In the men's high jump final, Keelan Halligan and Payton Fredrickson scored with fifth and sixth-place finishes. Both cleared 6-8 3/4 (2.05m) with Halligan (sophomore, Bothell, Wash.) fifth and Fredrickson tied for sixth. Cole Smith (redshirt senior, Hoquiam, Wash.) scored with an eighth-place finish in the javelin with his throw of 208-4 (63.51m) and Brad Stevens was 12th with a throw of 192-0 (58.52m). Later in the day, Smith high jumped 6-4 3/4 (1.95m) which tied him at 13th.
 
Devon Bortfeld (junior, Sammamish, Wash.) and Emily Dwyer (redshirt senior, Sammamish, Wash.) both scored in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Bortfeld's time of 10:29.24 was sixth while Dwyer's time of 10:33.08 was seventh place.
 
Other Cougars in finals Saturday included Anden Lewis who cleared the opening pole vault height of 15-0 (4.57m) for 10th place. Jake Callaghan threw the shot put a distance of 54-7 1/2 (16.65m) to finish 13th. In the men's 3000m steeplechase, Kyler Little finished ninth with a time of 9:10.07 while Kennan Schrag was 13th in a time of 9:23.96. Vallery Korir placed 13th in the women's 10k (35:06.73) and Morgan Willson was 19th (37:23.23). Chrisshnay Brown (sophomore, Lompoc, Calif.) threw the women's shot put 44-3 1/4 (13.49m), just below her PR mark of 44-7 1/4 but Saturday was 14th place in the conference. Greer Alsop and Lauren Newman finished out of the scoring in the women's long jump with Alsop leaping a wind-aided 17-9 1/2 (5.42m) for 18th while Newman leaped a wind-aided 17-4 3/4 (4.34m) for 21st.
 
WSU women advancing to Sunday finals included the 4x100m relay of Jordyn Tucker, Regyn Gaffney, Tierney Silliman and Danielle Darden with the fifth-fastest time of the prelims of 45.99. Liz Harper (senior, Missoula, Mont.) will run in the 400m hurdles final after her prelim time of 1:01.19 was the best time not to finish first or second in a heat.
 
Cougar men who qualified to compete Sunday were the 4x100m relay of Zach Smith, Ja'Maun Charles, Sam Brixey and CJ Allen which had the fifth-best time in the prelims of 40.58. Charles also advanced to the 100m dash final with his prelim time of 10.50, the last qualifying time of the day but just missed qualifying in the 200m dash with a time of 21.21 which was ninth. Allen came back later in the afternoon to run the fastest 400m hurdles prelim time of 50.83. Nick Johnson (freshman, Spokane, Wash.) and Christapherson Grant (sophomore, Lynnwood, Wash.) will run in the 110m hurdles final. Johnson ran a wind-aided PR time of 14.24, sixth-fastest in the prelims while Grant's time was a PR of 14.35, eight-best in the prelims. Matthew Swanson and Justin Janke finished one-two in the first heat of the 800m prelims and were automatic qualifiers for the Sunday final. Swanson (redshirt senior, North Vancouver, B.C. Canada) won the heat and had the fastest time of the field in a season-best time of 1:50.51 while Janke (freshman, Spokane) was second in the heat and fifth-fastest in the field in a time of 1:51.57. Chandler Teigen (sophomore, Anatone, Wash.) ran a time of 1:52.35 for 12th.
 
Cougar men competing Saturday but not advancing were: Paul Ryan, 1500m (3:51.46 - 17th), Zach Smith, 100m (10.98 - 22nd), Abu Kamara, 110m hurdles (14.61 - 12th), and Sam Brixey, 110m hurdles (14.96 - 14th). WSU women who competed but did not advance to finals were: Gaffney, 100m (11.68 - 9th), Silliman, 100m (12.15w - 16th), Tucker, 100m (12.17 - 18th), Darden, 100m (12.42 - 21st), Marlow Schulz, 800m (PR 2:09.09 - 9th), Natalie Ackerley, 800m (2:10.87 - 17th), Grace Victor, 800m (2:15.38 - 22nd), Alissa Brooks-Johnson, 400m hurdles (1:01.42 - 10th), Lindsey Schauble, 400m hurdles (1:02.53 - 13th), and Stephanie Cho, 400m hurdles (1:03.11 - 14th).

"A great number of awesome performances in less than awesome conditions!" WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Wayne Phipps said. "Leading the way was Brock Eager who had a great series of throws to capture the Pac-12 Championship. He was followed by another incredible performance, this time by Wyatt Meyring who was ranked 11th coming in and ended up fourth (and became somewhat of an internet celebrity in the process). We had several others who moved up in the rankings to score, including Devon and Emily in the steeplechase, Keelan and Peyton in the high jump, Cole Smith in the javelin, and Kelsey Kehl who finished third in the javelin as a true freshman. In one of the most exciting races and at times in the worst conditions of the day Michael Williams ran a gutsy race to finish fourth and right behind him in his first 10k ever was Sam Levora in fifth. We have set-up ourselves very well for tomorrow by advancing several people to the finals including both 4x100m relays."
 
In team scoring after nine of 21 events for men, No. 7 Oregon leads with 69 points followed by No. 20 UCLA 56, California 36, No. 8 USC 34.5, Washington 33, Arizona State 32, Washington State 31.5, Stanford 26, Arizona 20, and Colorado 13. In women's team scoring after six of 21 events completed, Colorado leads with 44 points followed by UCLA 37, No. 17 Stanford and Washington State tied with 25, No. 3 USC and No. 2 Oregon tied at 24, Oregon State 16, No. 20 Arizona State 15, Utah 10, No. 23 Washington 7, California 6, and Arizona 1.
 
The Pac-12 Track & Field Championships will conclude Sunday, May 14 in Eugene, with the first event starting at 1 p.m. and the Pac-12 Network broadcasting live starting at 3 p.m.