Brooks-Johnson
Sixth in Heptathlon at NCAA T&F Championships
From WSU
Sports Info
EUGENE,
Ore. -- Washington State's Alissa Brooks-Johnson captured sixth place in the
women's heptathlon Saturday at the NCAA Track & Field Championships amid
cool temperatures, driving rains and swirling winds at Hayward Field on the
Oregon campus in Eugene.
Brooks-Johnson,
a redshirt senior from Doty, Wash., scored 5,789 points, a mere five points
behind fifth place. Wisconsin senior Georgia Ellenwood won the heptathlon with
6,146 points.
The
three-time Pac-12 heptathlon champion (2015, 2017, and 2018) and 2017
All-American, Brooks-Johnson started Saturday in 11th place. She long jumped
18-feet 9 1/4 inches (5.72m) while running into a 4.0 meters per second
headwind. Her long jump was the 12th-farthest of the day.
She
threw the javelin a season-best 140-7 (42.87m), accomplished on her third and
last attempt which was eighth-best among the remaining 20 competitors.
Brooks-Johnson
was in eighth-place going into the seventh and final event. She ran the 800m in
a time of 2 minutes 15.69 seconds, the fifth-fastest time of the event, to
garner enough points to move up to sixth place.
Brooks-Johnson
placed sixth at the 2017 NCAA Championships.
THEY
SAID:
Wayne
Phipps, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "A gutsy
performance by Alissa today! She has battled with pneumonia for a few weeks and
for her to compete at that level this weekend was amazing. At one point during
the competition she was all the way back in 17th but she continued to compete
hard and was rewarded with back-to-back first team All-America honors."
Alissa
Brooks-Johnson, WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field said, "The
two-day heptathlon competition wasn't what I had envisioned for myself,
performance-wise. The toughest event I had was definitely the high jump.
Hurdles and the 200m were also tough but high jump is such a mental game for
me. I felt very confident leading up to day one of the heptathlon, however fell
a little short. Once I started the heptathlon, I knew it was going to be more
of a mental grind then anything. I am proud of myself for pushing through any
weakness and doubt I had during the competition. Even though my marks and times
weren't what I had expected, I am very proud of my season and
accomplishments."
NOTEWORTHY:
· Brooks-Johnson's 5789 points is her
third-best in her collegiate career of 10 heptathlons
· Brooks-Johnson's All-America honors:
Heptathlon - 2017 and 2018 First Team; 2015 Honorable Mention; 400m Hurdles -
2015 Honorable mention; Indoor Pentathlon - 2018 Second Team
· Thursday, Kaili Keefe placed 16th in
the women's 1500m with a PR of 4:15.39 (second-best in WSU all-time) and
Stephanie Cho placed 20th in the women's 400m hurdles
· Wednesday, Brock Eager placed 14th in
the men's hammer, Sander Moldau placed tied for 17th in the men's pole vault,
and Chandler Teigen finished 24th in the men's 1500m semifinals
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Klay
Thompson ready to tie Gene Conley as Coug w/ most NBA rings
By Barry
Bolton Jun 7, 5:02 PM Cougfan.com
WITH
GOLDEN STATE'S VICTORY over Cleveland on Wednesday, giving the Warriors a 3-0
edge in the best-of-seven NBA championship series, Washington State great Klay
Thompson is within one game of earning his third NBA title ring. If the
Warriors can close out matters, Thompson will tie legendary two-sport phenom
Gene Conley for most NBA titles collected by a Coug.
Thompson
has been a star in the Warriors' rise to league dominance. They have won two of
the last three NBA titles and need just one more win over the Cavs to make it
three of the last four. In Golden State's 20 playoff games this post season,
Thompson is averaging 20.1 points per outing and hitting 42.8 percent of his
shots from downtown. In Game 1 of this Cleveland series, Thompson moved into
sixth place, surpassing Kobe Bryant, on the NBA career list for most
made-three-pointers in the playoffs.
Conley,
who passed away last summer, won three NBA titles in a row with the Boston
Celtics in 1958-59, 1959-60 and 1960-61 as the backup center to hall of famer
Bill Russell, who holds the record most rings by one man (11). Conley also won
a world championship as a starting pitcher for the Braves' World Series title
team of 1957. Conley once played 12 pro seasons over six years -- six in
baseball, six in basketball -- without taking a break. As a Coug, he helped
lead the WSU baseball team to a showdown with Texas in the 1950 College World
Series championship — just four months after he led the Cougar basketball team
in scoring and a date with UCLA for the Pacific Coast Conference title. To read
about his remarkable life and times, click to this article from the CF.C
archives.
Besides
Thompson and Conley, one other Cougar -- Aron Baynes -- has an NBA crown on his
resume. The big Aussie, who now is with the Celtics, was part of the San
Antonio team that won the title in 2014.
The
only other Coug to come close to an NBA title was Craig Ehlo, whose 1985-86
Houston Rockets lost to Boston, 4 games to 2, in the finals. James Donaldson,
another Coug with a long NBA career, advanced to the Western Conference finals
with the Mavericks in 1987-88 but he never made it to the finals.
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Athletics
budget approved by WSU Board of Regents
Department
plans to increase revenue and slow growth of multi-million dollar deficit
Based
on story in Moscow Pullman Daily News
WOODINVILLE,
Wash. -- Washington State University’s Regents
OKed a WSU Athletics budget for the 2019 fiscal year and considered strategies
to reduce operating deficits Friday at its summer retreat.
Board
members voted on a course of action following presentations by athletic
director Pat Chun and chief budget officer Joan King. The proposed plan
includes the approval of money transfers necessary to cover the current year's
athletic deficit.
The
suggested strategy is expected to slow the rate of debt accumulation through
the next four years, which is expected to peak at $85.1 million by the fiscal
year 2022. A large portion of that deficit can be traced back to the
institution's decision to construct a $61 million football complex and pursue
other facility improvements around the same time period. Revenue from a
television deal with the Pac-12 Networks also fell well short of initial
projections, adding to the debt.
The
Cougar athletic department plans to increase revenue by 27 percent by the
fiscal year 2023 - primarily through media-rights fees, improved ticket sales,
corporate sponsorships, and donations to the Cougar Athletic Fund. Student fees
are also being considered as part of the plan, but the Associated Students of
WSU would have to approve a vote on the issue, which would then be decided by
the student body.
Should
the plan proceed, the Washington State athletic department expects to balance
the budget by the fiscal year 2023, while also generating a $200,000 surplus.
Spring
game returns to Martin Stadium
Chun
announced Friday that the university plans to return the annual Crimson and
Gray spring football game to Martin Stadium, beginning next spring.
In
conjunction with the 2019 Crimson and Gray Game, Cougar athletics and WSU
student affairs will organize an initiative known as "Gameday for Mental
Health," to help provide more information surrounding suicide prevention
and mental health awareness.
"The
Crimson and Gray Game will give us a platform to do something unique for our
campus," said Chun. "Bringing more awareness for suicide prevention
and mental health is something very close to our hearts. This day will benefit
our students, faculty, staff and greater community."
Added
WSU vice president for student affairs, Mary Jo Gonzales, "we are all
committed to bringing our Cougar family together to draw attention to the needs
of our students, including our student-athletes."
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