2021 Outdoor Track & Field Meet Notes
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ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS T&F Contact: Devon Lucal • Email: [email protected] • C: 513-720-8488 • O: 509-720-0268 2021 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE 2021 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEET NOTES MARCH 3/19 Whitworth Essential (Spokane) WHITWORTH ESSENTIAL INVITE 3/19 Trojan Invitational (Los Angeles) Friday, March 19 | Spokane, Wash. | Boppell Track 3/20 Trojan Invitational (Los Angeles) Friday Event Start - 1:50 p.m. (PST) 3/25 Whitworth Invite (Spokane) 3/25 Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, NC) 3/26 Whitworth Invite (Spokane) 3/26 Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, NC) TROJAN INVITATIONAL 3/27 Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, NC) Friday-Saturday, March 19-20 | Los Angeles, Calif. 3/27 Bob Larsen Meet (Los Angeles) APRIL Friday Event Start - 12:00 p.m. (PST) (at Long Beach State University)* 4/2 Oregon Meet (Eugen, OR) Saturday Event Start - 11:00 a.m. (PST) (at Loker Stadium)* 4/2 H.I.R. Invite (Walla Walla, WA) 4/3 Oregon Meet (Eugen, OR) 4/9 Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner LAST TIME OUT (NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS) Invitational (Los Angeles) The Washington State University Track and Field program wrapped up competition from the Randal 4/16 Bryan Clay Invitational (Azusa, CA) Tyson Track Center, as two student-athletes competed for the Cougars Saturday afternoon. 4/17 Bryan Clay Invitational (Azusa, CA) 4/17 Sam Adams Classic (Spokane) Charisma Taylor posted a huge day for the Cougars on the final day of action from the NCAA In- 4/30 BUC Scoring (Spokane) door Championships, as she finished fifth overall in the triple jump. Taylor’s mark of 44-feet 8 inches 4/30 West Coast Relays (Fresno, CA) (13.61m) was a personal best, and which also meant breaking her own Washington State triple jump MAY record in the process. Charisma’s mark of 13.61m also sets a Bahamian national record in the event 5/5 Whitworth Twilight (Spokane) 5/7 UW Invitational (Seattle) as well. She went on to earn herself a NCAA First Team All-American selection as well on the day. Colton Johnsen got finished up his second day of competition in the 3000-meter run where he went 5/14 Pac-12 Championships (Los Angeles) 5/15 Pac-12 Championships (Los Angeles) on to place 10th overall with a time of 7:57.38 and earned a second NCAA Second Team All-American 5/16 Pac-12 Championships (Los Angeles selection as well. JUNE 6/9 NCAA Outdoor Championships Sam Brixey got Friday started for the Cougars in the 60-meter hurdles where he placed 11th overall (Eugene, OR) with a time of 7.79. Brixey was just .05 seconds away from qualifying for the finals in the event as well. 6/10 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, OR) Zach Stallings was next up for WSU, as he ran in the mile event, posting a time of 4:09.05 and placing 6/11 NCAA Outdoor Championships 14th overall. Finally Colton Johnsen closed out day one for Washington State in the 5000-meter run, (Eugene, OR) where Colton placed 15th overall with a time of 14:01.86. All three of these competitors earned NCAA 6/12 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, OR) Second Team All-American selections as well. QUICK FACTS COUGARS ENTERED AT WHITWORTH ESSENTIAL - MARCH 19 Founded/Location: 1890/Pullman, Wash. Women Enrollment: 20,286 (Pullman only) 200m: Heaven Burr Colors: Crimson and Gray 400m: Heaven Burr President: Kirk Schulz Faculty Athletic Rep.: Nancy Swanger 800m: Elena Willems Director of Athletics: Patrick Chun Discus: Hannah Aaenson, Audrey Hughes, Julia Parra Deputy Director/SWA: Anne McCoy Hammer: Tara Koonce, Amy Kraemer Conference: Pac-12 Mascot: Cougars High Jump: Giovanna Rhoads Javelin: Hannah Aaenson, Maelyn George Facebook: wsucougartrack Pole Vault: Tayla Beavers Twitter/Instagram: wsucougartf Website: wsucougars.com Shot Put: Audrey Hughes, Julia Parra, Lovely Tukuafu MEN’S WOMEN’S COUGARS ENTERED AT WHITWORTH ESSENTIAL - MARCH 19 USTFCCCA INDOOR USTFCCCA INDOOR Men NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS March 23, 2021 March 23, 2021 100m: Blake Deringer, De’antae Choates, Ryan Davy 200m: Blake Deringer, De’antae Choates, Ryan Davy Rank School Points Rank School Points 110m Hurdles: Seth Andres, Dairus Ballou, Adrian Thomas Discus: Joey Jensen, John Kolb Hammer: Marty Munyon High Jump: Max English, Taino Ferdinand, Daylon Hicks, Beau Sheeran, Colby White Long Jump: Seth Andres, Joseph Heitman Shot Put: Seth Andres, Jerrod Lee COUGARS ENTERED AT TROJAN INVITATIONAL - MARCH 19-20 Women 100m: Skyler Walton, Jordyn Tucker 200m: Jasneet Nijjar, Jordyn Tucker, Elise Unruh-Thomas, Charisma Taylor, Skyler Walton 400m: Elise Unruh-Thomas 800m: Natalie Ackerley 100m Hurdles: Jasneet Nijjar, Charisma Taylor, Mackenzie Fletcher, Peyton Teevens 400m Hurdles: Peyton Teevens, Stephanie Cho, Mackenzie Fletcher High Jump: Peyton Teevens, Kaylee Sowle, Aislinn Overby, Suzy Pace Pole Vault: Tessa Watkins, Emily Coombs Long Jump: Jasneet Nijjar, Lauren Newman, Anna Rodgers Long Jump: Audrey Hughes Discus: Audrey Hughes Hammer: Carolina Ulloa-Daza, Sasha Korolenko Javelin: Peyton Teevens, Kendra Sachse 4x100 Meter Relay: Tucker, Walton, Nijjar, Unruh-Thomas 4x400 Meter Relay: Fletcher, Nijjar, Unruh-Thomas, Cho, Teevens WEST REGION WEST REGION Men MEN - OUTDOOR WOMEN - OUTDOOR 100m: Ja’Maun Charles, RayRay Wells, Blake Deringer, De’antae Choates April 5, 2021 April 5, 2021 200m: RayRay Wells, Ja’Maun Charles, Ethan Willems, Blaker Deringer, De’antae Choates Rank Team Points Rank Team Points 400m: Ethan Willems 110m Hurdles: Sam Brixey 400m Hurdles: Jared McAlvey High Jump: Mitch Jacobson Pole Vault: Jacob Englar Discus: John Kolb Javelin: Gabriel Shouman, Alex Cielo, Josh Farr 4x100 Meter Relay: Brixey, Charles, Willems, Wells, Choates, Deringer Wayne Phipps title and placed sixth at the NCAA Championships earning All-America honors. Director Cross Country/Track & Field (Sixth Year) Eager and intermediate hurdler CJ Allen earned second team All-America honors Phipps moved eight miles west from Moscow, Idaho at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. to Pullman July 1, 2014, to become the 15th coach to During the past three track and field seasons, Phipps and his staff have mentored take the reins of the Cougars men’s program and the student-athletes to school top-ten performances 24 times in the indoor season second coach for the combined men’s and women’s and 47 times in the outdoor season. program at WSU. In December of 2017 Phipps signed a contract to remain the coach through June 2023. Additionally, during Phipps’ tenure at WSU, there have been conference all-ac- All-America ademic honors awarded to WSU student-athletes 51 times in cross country, 88 honors. times in indoor track and 86 times in outdoor track. For the past four consecutive seasons, the WSU Phipps had been the University of Idaho’s Director and Track & Field/Cross Coun- men’s cross country team has received an at-large berth to the NCAA Cham- try from 2010 through 2014, and was a coach with the Vandals program for a total pionships and twice have finished higher than the USTFCCCA national ranking of 19 years. He served as co-head coach from 2000-09, after serving as an as- entering the title meet. The 2016 squad, ranked No. 18 nationally, placed 14th, the sistant coach from 1995-99. During that time, Phipps was honored 14 times as a highest finish by a WSU team in 32 years. In 2017, the No. 27 Cougars finished 24th conference coach of the year and led the Vandals to a record 16 total conference while in 2015 WSU was ranked No. 25 and finished 26th titles. From 2000, Phipps guided an Idaho track and field/cross country program that The 2015 squad was led by junior John Whelan and sophomore Michael Williams was highly successful at the conference level producing seven individual cross who had second and third-place finishes, respectively, at the West Region meet. country champions, 52 indoor track and field champions, and 117 outdoor cham- The WSU team, comprised mostly of freshmen recruited by Phipps, finished pions. The Vandals claimed 23 conference athletes of the year awards, broke 15 fourth in the highly-competitive West Region. The 2016 WSU men harriers took conference records, qualified for the NCAA Championships 79 times, earning 45 fifth place at the West Region meet with Williams, now a junior, and Whelan, NCAA All-American awards including two individual NCAA champions, nine indi- now a senior, taking 17th and 18th places, respectively, and the pair repeated vidual NCAA runner-ups, and six individual third-place finishes. During this time as All-Region honorees. Williams earned All-America honors with his 30th-place Idaho athletes set 30 indoor school records, 23 outdoor records, and at least one finish at the NCAA meet and became the first Cougar since Bernard Lagat and school record has fallen every year during Phipps’ tenure. As a team, Idaho fin- Eric Kamau in 1998 to become an All-American. Williams, a senior finished 12th ished in the top 25 in the nation 11 times in track & field including highs of 16th for and junior Chandler Teigen finished 20th at the West Region meet, both earning the women and 17th for the men; and once in cross country. All-Region honors. During Phipps’ head coaching tenure, the Vandals produced five Olympians, two World Track and Field Championship finalists, and one World Cross Country The 2017 cross country season brought honors to Vallery Korir on the wom- Championship participant. Phipps currently coaches former Vandal All-American en’s team. Korir, a junior who transferred into WSU in January of 2017, earned Angela Whyte, who is a two-time Olympian, six-time World Championship partici- All-America honors with her 33rd-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Korir pant and a two-time World Championship finalist.