ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS T&F Contact: Devon Lucal • Email: [email protected] • C: 513-720-8488 • O: 509-720-0268 2019 INDOOR SCHEDULE 2019 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEET NOTES JANUARY WSU INDOOR 1/12 Bronco Invite (Nampa, Idaho) Friday, Jan. 18 | Pullman, Wash. | WSU Indoor Practice Facility 1/12 UW Indoor Preview (Seattle, Wash.) Field Events Start - 4:00 p.m. (PT) 1/18 WSU Indoor (Pullman, Wash.) 1/19 WSU Indoor (Pullman, Wash.) 1/20 WSU Indoor Open (Pullman, Wash.) Saturday, Jan. 19 | Pullman, Wash. | WSU Indoor Practice Facility 1/25 UW Invitational (Seattle, Wash.) Field Events Start - 10:00 a.m. (PT) 1/26 UW Invitational (Seattle, Wash.) Running Events Start - 10:00 a.m. (PT) 1/26 New Mexico Invite (Albuquerque, N.M.) FEBRUARY 2/1 Cougar Indoor (Pullman, Wash.) WSU TO HOST INDOOR MEET THIS WEEKEND 2/2 Cougar Indoor (Pullman, Wash.) >> Washington State returns to action this week at the WSU Indoor Track & Field Meet, which will be held on the Pullman campus of Washington State inside the Indoor Practice Facility. The event will 2/8 Don Kirby Elite (Albuquerque, N.M.) begin Friday, January 18 and run through Saturday, January 19, and there will be an open meet day 2/8 Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.) Sunday, January 20 as well. The Cougars will look to keep the early success of the 2019 indoor sesaon 2/9 Don Kirby Elite (Albuquerque, N.M.) rolling as WSU competes on their home turf this coming weekend. 2/9 Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.) COUGARS SEE IMPRESSIVE START TO 2019 AT BRONCO INVITE 2/15 Last Chance College Elite (Seattle, Wash.) >> The WSU women saw a first, second and third place finish in the finals of the 60m dash as Jordyn 2/22 MPSF Championships (Seattle, Wash.) Tucker (7.58 seconds), Regyn Gaffney (7.64), and Lauren Newman (7.77) led the way in the event. Cha- 2/23 MPSF Championships (Seattle, Wash.) risma Taylor won the 200m dash after posting a time of 25.34, and teammate Tierney Silliman placed right behind Taylor in third overall at 25.82 seconds. MARCH 3/8 (Birmingham, Ala.) NCAA Championships >> The Washington State dominance continued in the 400m dash as Ronna Iverson topped the race 3/9 NCAA Championships (Birmingham, Ala.) with an overall time of 57.24. The women’s 4x400m relay also saw Cougs taking first place in the event as the team of Mackenzie Fletcher, Ronna Iverson, Kristina Schreiber, and Lindsey Schauble posted QUICK FACTS an overall time of 3:57.20 for the win. Finally WSU picked up two additional first place finishes as Charisma Taylor won the long jump at 19-feet 4 3/4 inches (5.91m) and Aoife Martin won the weight Founded/Location: 1890/Pullman, Wash. throw at 56-feet 8 inches (17.27m) as well. Enrollment: 20,286 (Pullman only) Colors: Crimson and Gray >> The WSU men saw success as well on the day in Idaho, starting with Emmanuel Wells Jr. winning President: Kirk Schulz the 60m dash at 6.72 seconds. Fellow Cougs Charles Johnson (7.00), and Ethan Gardner (7.00) placed Faculty Athletic Rep.: Nancy Swanger in a tie for third overall as well. Wells continued to see success as he won the 200m dash also with a Dir. of Athletics: Patrick Chun time of 21.42 overall. The 400m dash belonged to Washington State as Jake Ulrich placed first overall Deputy Dir./SWA: Anne McCoy with a time of 47.54 in the race. Conference: Pac-12 T&F Conference: MPSF T&F STARTS 2019 INDOOR SEASON AT UW PREVIEW Mascot: Cougars >> Washington State from the women’s side saw great runs from Natalie Ackerley and Zorana Gru- Facebook: wsucougartrack jic in the 800m event as Ackerley posted a third place finish with Grujic close behind finishing fifth Twitter/Instagram: wsucougartf overall. The Cougars saw another top five finish in the 4x400m relay as Jelena Grujic, Grace Victor, Website: wsucougars.com Ackerley, and Zorana placed fifth overall with a time of 3:55.62. Head Coach: Wayne Phipps (Fifth year) >> The WSU men were led by Peyton Fredrickson in the high jump as he claimed the top spot in the Alma Mater: British Columbia, 1991 event at 6-feet 10 3/4 inches (2.10m). Fellow teammate Mitch Jacobson followed up in the event in second overall at 6-feet 8 3/4 inches (2.05m). The Cougars saw a pair of top ten finishes in the pole Home Venue: Mooberry Track vault event as well as Troy Gingerich placed eighth at 16-feet 3/4 inches (4.90m), and Jacob Englar Indoor All-Americans: M-108; W-24 finished ninth at 15-feet 7 inches (4.75m). USTFCCCA RANKINGS >>The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released pre-season rankings Thursday, January 10, and will release the official week one national and regional rankings beginning Monday, January 21. MEN’S WOMEN’S USTFCCCA NATIONAL RANKINGS USTFCCCA NATIONAL RANKINGS Jan. 10, 2019 Jan. 10, 2019 Rank School Points Rank School Points 1 Texas Tech 167.45 1 Arkansas 149.55 NCAA DESCENDING ORDER LISTS 2 Florida 127.20 2 Florida State 110.46 The NCAA uses national descending order lists to determine the compet- 3 Florida State 122.32 3 Texas A&M 110.11 itors for the 2019 Indoor Championships...these lists can be viewed at the 4 Texas 96.46 4 USC 98.11 United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTF- 5 Georgia 91.27 5 Oregon 93.31 CCCA) Track & Field Results Reporting System website (www.tfrrs.org)... 6 Houston 85.93 6 Florida 83.11 the top 16 individuals and 12 relays will move on to compete at the NCAA 7 Alabama 65.45 7 LSU 80.83 Indoor Championships March 9-10 in College Station, Texas (Texas A&M 8 Arkansas 60.97 8 Georgia 74.48 host school)...best marks for the Cougars throughout the 2019 indoor sea- 9 Kansas 59.64 9 New Mexico 74.24 son can be found at www.wsucougars.com. 10 BYU 58.20 10 Kentucky 67.49 11 Indiana 56.33 11 Washington 66.21 12 Oregon 50.48 12 Texas 62.77 COUGARS ENTERED IN WSU INDOOR, JAN. 18-19, (PULLMAN): 13 Stanford 48.82 13 Alabama 62.05 14 Penn State 47.08 14 South Carolina 57.46 15 Colorado 44.50 15 Baylor 46.98 WOMEN 16 Wisconsin 43.18 16 Stanford 45.60 60m - Regyn Gaffney, Lauren Newman, Tierney Silliman, Jordyn Tucker, Charisma Taylor, 17 LSU 42.82 17 Tennessee 44.11 Mackenzie Fltcher 18 North Carolina A&T 42.73 18 Boise State 41.97 200m - Ronna Iverson, Kristina Schreiber 19 Texas A&M 42.06 19 Ohio State 41.74 20 Illinois 39.30 20 NC State 39.62 400m - Ronna Iverson, Kristina Schreiber 21 Arizona 38.91 21 Louisville 38.59 800m - Lindsey Schauble, Breya Wynne 22 North Dakota State 38.68 22 Georgia Tech 38.03 3000m - Samantha King-Shaw, Alexis Redfield, Pia Richards 23 Campbell 37.79 23 Penn State 37.73 60m Hurdles - Mackenzie Fletcher, Lindsey Schauble 24 Kansas State 37.09 24 Colorado 37.22 High Jump - Madison Hagfors, Madison Peffers, Suzy Pace 25 Ohio State 34.96 25 Miami (Fla.) 37.05 26 Iowa 32.10 26 Texas Tech 36.46 Long Jump - Charisma Davis, Brianna Kaminski, Lauren Newman, Charisma Taylor, 27 TCU 31.79 27 Kansas 30.62 Lindsey Schauble 28 California 29.57 28 Kansas State 29.49 Triple Jump - Charisma Davis, Charisma Taylor 29 Kentucky 27.48 29 Virginia Tech 28.22 Shot Put - Chrisshnay Brown, Lindsey Schauble, Lovely Tukuafu, Lita Forse 30 Washington 27.39 30 UCLA 27.42 Wt. Throw - Stacia Bell, Amy Kraemer, Aoife Martin, Lovely Tukuafu Pole Vault - Tayla Beavers, Katelyn Frost, Molly Scharmann, Emily Coombs MEN 60m - Brandon Bains, Ethan Gardner, Emmanuel Wells Jr., Tony Pizzillo, Corey Allen, Jake Nienhuis, Charles Johnson WEST REGION WEEK 1 WEST REGION WEEK 1 200m - Charles Johnson, Jake Nienhuis, Tony Pizzillo, Carson Brown 2019 MEN 2019 WOMEN 400m - Tony Pizzillo, Carson Brown, Matthew Howard Jan. 21, 2019 Jan. 21, 2019 60m Hurdles - Sam Brixey, Christapherson Grant, Nick Johnson, Matthew Howard, 1. 1. Joseph Heitman, Seth Andres 2. 2. Long Jump - Sam Brixey, Robby Flores, Joseph Heitman 3. 3. Triple Jump - Robby Flores 4. 4. High Jump - Peyton Fredrickson, Beau Sheeran, Max English, Mitch Jacobson, 5. 5. 6. Keelan Halligan 6. 7. 7. Shot Put - Drew Norvell 8. 8. Wt. Throw - Amani Brown, Silas Hurst 9. 9. Pole Vault - Sander Moldau, Trevor Bushman, Troy Gingerich, Jacob Englar 10. 10. 11. 11. 12. 12. 13. 13. 14. 14. 15. 15. WSU WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD ROSTER WSU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD ROSTER NAME YEAR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL / LAST SCHOOL) NAME YEAR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL / LAST SCHOOL) Hannah Aaenson Fr. Granite Falls, Wash. (Lake Stevens HS) Amir Ado So. Spokane, Wash. (Ferris HS) Natalie Ackerley RS-Sr. Bainbridge, Wash. (Bainbridge HS) Corey Allen Jr. Allyn, Wash. (North Mason HS) Oyinlola Akinlosotu So. Federal Way, Wash. (Federal Way HS) Seth Andres Jr. Klamath Falls, Ore. (Henley HS) Alsatta Bakana Fr. Cheney, Wash. (Cheney HS) Brandon Bains So. Mountain View, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Kiyena Beatty So. Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS) Sam Brixey Jr. Boise, Idaho (Capital HS) Tayla Beavers Fr. Kelso, Wash. (Kelso HS) Amani Brown RS-Sr. Seattle, Wash. (Mt. Rainier HS) Carson Brown Fr. Cheney, Wash. (Cheney HS) Stacia Bell Jr. White Salmon, Wash. (Columbia HS) Trevor Bushman So. Union, Wash. (Union HS) Adreonia Bradley RS-Sr.