Track & Field – The Daily Evergreen

Eager places 12 in hammer, Johnson finishes 19 in 110-meter hurdles

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

June 6, 2019

Two WSU athletes competed in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships Wednesday afternoon at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. Two more will compete at 5 p.m. on Friday. Redshirt senior Brock Eager finished 12th in the men’s hammer with the throw of 222-feet 1-inch....

Four Cougs travel to Austin to compete at NCAA championships

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

May 30, 2019

Four WSU athletes advance to compete in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships starting at 4 p.m. CDT on Wednesday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. WSU redshirt senior hammer thrower Brock Eager competed last weekend in the NCAA West Preliminaries and placed second...

Athletes seek to extend their track, field season

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

May 23, 2019

The Cougars' track and field teams will head to Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California this weekend for the 2019 NCAA West Preliminaries. The track and field teams will send 22 athletes to compete in 21 entries this weekend. The competition will begin early this afternoon and finish Saturday night. Athletes...

Cougs compete at conference championships

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter

May 9, 2019

WSU track and field teams will head to Tucson, Arizona to compete in the Pac-12 Championships on Saturday and Sunday at Roy P. Drachman Stadium. The Cougars will send 28 men and 28 women to the Pac-12 Championships, which is the limit per school. After a strong performance at the Pac-12 Multi-Ev...

Track travels to Arizona for Pac-12 Multi-Events Championship

SIGMUND SEROKA, Evergreen reporter

May 3, 2019

WSU will compete in the Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships beginning this Saturday in Tucson, Arizona. The event will run both Saturday and Sunday. The first day of multi-events will begin at 5 p.m. with hurdles and will likely run well into the evening. Sunday will begin at 4 p.m. with different events...

Track and field fights through poor weather conditions at Cougar Invitational

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter

April 28, 2019

WSU track and field battled through wind, rain and hail to capture 24 event victories during the Cougar Invitational on Saturday at Mooberry Track. Wayne Phipps, director of track and field, said the team stepped up and competed even when conditions were not ideal. “The weather didn’t cooperate...

WSU track and field competes in two different meets

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter

April 26, 2019

WSU’s track and field teams will wrap up their regular season over the weekend in Corvallis, Oregon and Pullman. Director of Track and Field Wayne Phipps said most of the athletes will compete in Pullman with the exception of four distance runners who will compete at the Oregon State High Perfor...

Track posts several top-five finishes Friday

RYAN NGO, Evergreen reporter

April 20, 2019

WSU track and field concluded the Beach Invitational at Long Beach State University with four athletes competing in the hammer throw. In the men’s hammer throw, senior Brock Eager finished in fourth place with a best of 71.90 meters out of his six attempts. Senior Amani Brown followed by placing...

WSU heads to Cali for three-meet week

SAM GRANT, Evergreen reporter

April 16, 2019

WSU track and field will travel down to the Los Angeles area to compete in multiple invitational meets this week. The week will include three different venues including the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California, the Mount SAC Relays in Torrance, California, and the Beach Invitational hosted ...

WSU track competes in Cheney starting Friday

SIGMUND SEROKA, Evergreen reporter

April 11, 2019

WSU track and field will travel to Cheney, Washington, to compete in the Pelluer Invitational this Friday. The invitational will be two days long and will be hosted by Eastern Washington University. Track and Field Director Wayne Phipps said this meet will be important for the entire team. “T...

Cougs fall to rival Huskies in dual meet

SIGMUND SEROKA, Evergreen reporter

April 7, 2019

WSU track and field battled rival UW in a dual meet Saturday in Seattle and were unable to take down the Huskies. The UW women defeated the WSU women 108 points to 55 and the Huskies men beat the Cougars men 103 to 60 to secure the dual meet victory. Despite the loss, the Cougars picked up 11 event...

Turning tragedies into personal bests

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter

April 4, 2019

Unwelcome news from doctors left a road of uncertainty for Chrisshnay Brown, following the high of a historic season for the WSU track and field athlete. It started last season when the senior thrower suffered two herniated disks in her back. Brown said this only made things worse when she continued...