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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION - TRACK & FIELD RELEASEDIRECTOR: Bill Stevens ASST. DIRS: Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson, Jessica Schmick, Joe NickellContact: Linda Chalich ([email protected]) (509) 335-COUG; Direct Line (509) 335-0268January 28, 2009
Cougar Track & Field Hosts Cougar Indoor Meet
WSU Indoor Track & Field
2009 Schedule
Jan. 23-24 WSU Open, Pullman
Jan. 30-31 Cougar Indoor, Pullman
(EWU, Idaho, Sacramento St., Utah St.)
Feb. 6 Vandal Indoor, Moscow
Feb. 7 Runners Soul Open, Moscow
Feb. 14 Husky Classic, Seattle
Feb. 21 Vandal Collegiate, Moscow
Feb. 27-28 Mtn. Pacific Sports
Fed. Championships, Seattle
March 7 NCAA Last Chance, Seattle
March 14-15 NCAA Indoor Champs,
College Station, Texas
COUGARS HOST FOUR TEAMS FOR INDOOR TEAM SCORING
MEET: Washington State University’s indoor track and field teams will meet
teams from Eastern Washington, Idaho, Sacramento State and Utah State this
Friday and Saturday at the Cougar Indoor Meet…competition starts Friday,
Jan. 30 with the women’s pentathlon (2:30 p.m.) and men’s heptathlon (3:30
p.m.)…the women’s long jump, men’s and women’s weight throws also take
place Friday…combined events continue Saturday morning at 9 a.m. with the
rest of the meet commencing at 10 a.m…the final event of the day, the 1600m
relays, begin at 3:10 p.m…the meet program listing competitors for each event
will be posted on www.wsucougars.com…complete results will be posted on
the following the meet’s completion on the same site.
TEAM SCORING FORMAT: The Cougar Indoor Meet will be a team
scoring meet with dual meet scoring of 5-3-1 points for first through third place
and 5-0 points for first place in the relays…each team will compete against all
others in the meet but will choose to count only three of the dual meet scores
for NCAA competition requirements.
ABOUT THE IPF: The WSU Indoor Facility has a Mondo track with aneight-lane 60m straightaway, throwers’ cage, long/triple jump pit, pole vaultand high jump inside the six-lane 200m oval.
ABOUT THE COUGAR COACHES: Head coach Rick Sloan is in his 36th season with the Cougar track program;
15th year as a head coach, 14th year as mentor to the combined men’s and women’s program...he is joined by
associate coach Debra Farwell, and assistant coaches Jason Drake (Head Coach Cross Country), Mark Macdonald,
Ellannee Richardson and Matt McGee…former decathlete Rickey Moody joins Megan Johnson and Kyle Chandler.
TRACK AND FIELD REUNION: The Gray “W” Varsity Club and Track and Field Team will host the a Track and
Field Reunion Friday, May 1, 2009, at the Big Picture in Redmond, Wash…the Cougar -Husky Dual Meet will take
place the next day, Saturday, May 2, at Husky Stadium…for more information, please contact Gray W coordinator
Willie Jude via the email [email protected] and update your information to ensure that you are not left out…also stay
current with information through the Facebook group, WSU Track Reunion.
COUGAR HIGHLIGHTS FROM WSU OPEN INDOOR: Trent Arrivey (junior, Woodinville, Wash.) reached an
NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark winning the high jump with the bar at 7-0 1/4 (2.14m)…Moreno Zapata (senior,
Lakewood, Wash.) tied the meet record with his winning triple jump of 50- 1/2 (15.25m)…Robert Williams (senior,
Riverside, Calif.) edged out All-American teammate Jeshua Anderson (sophomore, Woodland Hills, Calif.) to win the
60m hurdles…Williams ran a PR time of 7.95 seconds and Anderson also PRd in a time of 8.00 in the final…other
WSU men winning events were Marlon Murray (60m dash in 6.86 after running 6.85 PR in prelim), Joe Abbott (400m
dash in 49.93), David Hickerson (800m in 1:57.0), and Justin Englund (mile in 4:24.26)…Abbott and Englund are
freshmen…WSU women seeing wins Jan. 24 included Brianne Brown (400m dash, 1:01.09), All-American Anna
Layman (800m, 2:14.42), Amanda Stewart (high jump, PR 5-7/1.70m), and Jessica Yates (triple jump, 37-2 1/2,
11.34m).
NATIONAL POLLS: The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)
preseason poll for 2009 lists Oregon as the top men’s team and Texas A&M as the top women’s team…individual
events where WSU is nationally listed are: Jeshua Anderson, 400m dash (t6th), men’s 4x400m relay of Leavitt,
Anderson, Follett, Woods (15th), and Trent Arrivey, high jump (11th).
ANDERSON MAKES TRACKSHARK TOP 12 SPRINTERS/HURDLERS TO WATCH IN 2009 LIST : WSU
sophomore Jeshua Anderson was named to the TrackShark.com Top 12 Sprinters/Hurdlers to watch in
2009…Anderson won the men’s 400m hurdles at the Pac-10 Conference, NCAA, USA Junior and World Junior
Championship meets in 2008.
COUGARS AND THE MPSF INDOOR HISTORY: Because the Pacific-10 Conference does not sponsor indoor
track and field competition, Washington State University competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for an
indoor track conference title, joining teams from the Pac-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic, West Coast and Big
West Conferences...at the 2008 MPSF Indoor Championships, the women’s team finish order was: 1. Arizona State
(154.5), 2. Stanford (141), 3. Oregon (72), 4. California (65.5), 5. Washington (61.5), 6. Arizona (57.5), 7.
Washington State (49), 8. Cal St. Northridge (38.5), 9. UCLA (14.5), and 10. Long Beach State (6)…placing for the
men’s teams were: 1. Oregon (90), 2. California (84.5), 3. Stanford (83), 4. Arizona State (77), 5. Washington (66.5),
6. UCLA (64.5), 7. Arizona (58) and Washington State (58), 9. Cal St. Northridge (49), and 10. Long Beach State
(28.5)…2009 MPSF Championships are slated for February 27-28, at Washington’s Dempsey Indoor Facility.
WSU COMPETITORS ENTERED AT COUGAR INDOOR MEET, JAN. 30-31, PULLMAN:
WSU Women
60m - Braidy Bates, Morgan Clem, Princess Joy Griffey
200m - Braidy Bates, Brianne Brown, Caroline Hedel, Jacki Hill
400m - Brianne Brown, Brittnay Crabb, Veronica Elseroad-Wall, Jacki Hill, Lorraine King
800m - Anna Layman, Mietra Smollack
Mile - Amanda Andrews, Michelly Foley, Marisa Sandoval, Stephanie Sipes
3000m - Sarah Dunn, Lisa Egami, Emily Farrar, Ashlee Wall
60m Hurdles - Brittnay Crabb, Angelica Flynn, Caroline Hedel, Lorraine King, Jalisa Williams
4x400m Relay - A - King, Elseroad-Wall, Layman, Crabb
B - Griffey, Williams, Hedel, Smollack
High Jump - Maria Creech, Amanda Stewart
Pole Vault - Mandi Dionne, Alexa Huestis, Kendall Mays, Hilary Moore, Loreah Winlow
Long Jump - Jade Langston
Triple Jump - Sarah Burns, Jessica Yates
Shot Put - Anna Albrecht, Jennifer Hamilton, Kjirsten Jensen, Ashley Kenney
Weight Throw - Jennifer Hamilton, Kjirsten Jensen, Ashley Kenney, Cassie Whitfield
Pentathlon - Angela Jensen, Courtney Kirkwood
WSU Men
60m - Marlon Murray, Justin Woods
200m - Trevor Habberstad, J Hopkins
400m - Reny Follett, Trevor Habberstad, J Hopkins
800m - Jeshua Anderson, Evan Blanshan, Luke Lemenager, Ian Smith
Mile - Joe Abbott, Sam Ahlbeck, David Hickerson, Jono Lafler, Peter Miller
3000m - Justin Englund, Mark Moeller, Drew Polley
60m Hurdles - Jeshua Anderson, Trevor Habberstad, J Hopkins, Barry Leavitt, Robert Williams
4x400m Relay - Follett, Murray, Habberstad, Abbott
High Jump - Trent Arrivey, Ryan Deese, Shawn Swartz
Pole Vault - Jake Baertlein, Trevor Sodorff
Long Jump - Christian Crain, Devin Timpson, Sean Wilson
Triple Jump - Devin Timpson, Moreno Zapata
Shot Put - Steven Ayers, Joe Bartlett, Matt Lamb, Phil MacArthur
Weight Throw - Phil MacArthur
Heptathlon - Sean Harris
2009 COUGAR INDOOR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS at the Indoor Facility
FRIDAY:
2:30 p.m. 60 H (Pentathlon - W)
2:45 p.m. 35 # Weight (M)
3:10 p.m. High Jump (Pentathlon - W)
3:30 p.m. 60m (Heptathlon - M)
4:10 p.m. Long Jump (Heptathlon - M)
4:30 p.m. Shot Put (Pentathlon - W)
5:30 p.m. Shot Put (Heptathlon - M)
5:40 p.m. Long Jump (Pentathlon - W)
6:30 p.m. High Jump (Heptathlon - M)
20 # Weight (W)
6:50 p.m. 800m (Pentathlon - W)
7:00 p.m. Long Jump (M)
SATURDAY:
9:00 a.m. 60 HH (Heptathlon - M)
9:40 a.m. Pole Vault (Heptathlon - M)
10:00 a.m. Long Jump (W)
11:00 a.m. High Jump (M)
Shot Put (M)
11:30 a.m. Pole Vault (M)
1000m (Heptathlon - M)
12:00 p.m. Triple Jump (M)
60 HH (W) Prelim
12:10 p.m. 60 H (M) Prelim
12:25 p.m. 60 HH (W) Final
12:30 p.m. 60mH (M) Final
12:40 p.m. Mile (W)
12:45 p.m. Mile (M)
12:55 p.m. 60m (W) Prelim
1:05 p.m. 60m (M) Prelim
1:20 p.m. 60m (W) Final
1:25 p.m. 60m (M) Final
1:30 p.m. High Jump (W)
Shot Put (W)
1:35 p.m. 400m (W)
1:50 p.m. 400m (M)
2:00 p.m. Pole Vault (W)
Triple Jump (W)
2:05 p.m. 800m (W)
2:10 p.m. 800m (M)
2:20 p.m. 200m (W)
2:30 p.m. 200m (M)
2:40 p.m. 3000m (W)
2:55 p.m. 3000m (M)
3:10 p.m. 1600m Relay (W)
3:20 p.m. 1600m Relay (M)
Cougar Indoor Track Meet Collegiate Records
MEN60m - 6.69 James McSwain (WSU) 2006200m - 21.59 Darren Woods (California) 2005400m - 48.66 Nick Karren (Utah State) 2008800m - 1:52.82 Alex McClary (California) 2005Mile - 4:15.79 Justin Ireland (WSU) 20063000m - 8:20.31 Mike Nielson (Utah State) 200560m Hurdles - 7.89 Justin Wickard (Utah State) 20054x400m Relay - 3:17.09 California (D. Woods, Karl, C. Woods, Wright) 2004
High Jump - 2.20m/7-2 1/2 Teak Wilburn (California) 2004Pole Vault - 5.25m/17-2 3/4 Tyson Byers (WSU) 2007Long Jump - 7.40m/24-3 1/2 Jason Romero (CS Northridge) 2004Triple Jump - 15.41m/50-6 3/4 Jamil Smith (WSU) 2005Shot Put - 19.68m/64-7 Russ Winger (Idaho) 2007
Weight Throw - 21.26m/69-9 Matthew Wauters (Idaho) 20076Heptathlon - 5788 points Phil McMullen (Nike) 2004
WOMEN60m - 7.33 Virginia Powell (USC) 2006200m - 24.34 Carol Rodriguez (USC) 2006400m - 55.78 Carol Rodriquez (USC) 2008800m - 2:12.51 Jill Steele (Utah State) 20061000m - 2:54.37 Daniela Pogorzelski (Idaho) 2003Mile - 4:51.53 Dee Olson (Idaho) 20063000m - 10:01.60 Stacie Lifferth (Utah State) 200760m Hurdles - 8.06 Virginia Powell (USC) 20064x400m Relay - 3:47.30 USC (Treani Swain, Carol Rodriguez, Alexis Weatherspoon, Talia Stewart)
High Jump - 1.70m/5-8 Tassie Souhrada (Idaho), Natoya Woods (CS Northridge) 2004, Robin Mikesh (WSU) 2006Pole Vault - 4.20m/13-9 1/4 Ebbie Metzinger (Unattached) 2005Long Jump - 5.94m/19-6 Michelle Sanford (USC) 2006Triple Jump - 12.49m/40-11 3/4 Michelle Sanford (USC) 2006Shot Put - 16.13m/52-11 Karen Freeberg (USC) 2006Weight Throw - 18.00m/59-0 3/4 Marie Muai (WSU) 2004Pentathlon - 4260 points Diana Pickler (WSU) 2007
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