By: Washington State Athletic Communications
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.