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- Year:
- So
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- Hometown:
- Douglass, KS
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- High School:
- Douglass High School
Bio
Four-time state qualifier and three-time state placer at Douglass High School. He holds the Douglass High School record in the pole vault.
News mentions
After 18 years in charge of the Cowley College track and field programs and more than 30 plus years of coaching, Mark Phillips took part in his last meet while guiding the Lady Tiger track and field team to a 14th place finish and the Tiger men’s team to a 25th place finish at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Levelland, TX.
Finishing just behind Fort Scott Community College in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division, the Cowley College men and women’s outdoor track and field teams placed second in the conference and fourth in the region at the Jayhawk Conference/Region Championships held Thursday through Saturday in Arkansas City, KS.
Preparing to host the Jayhawk Conference/Region Championships Thursday through Saturday in Arkansas City, the No. 7-ranked Cowley College men’s track and field team had two new national qualifiers Saturday at the Tabor Invite in Hillsboro, KS.
With both the Cowley College men and women’s outdoor track and field teams ranked in the top-10, the Tiger track and field teams got record breaking performances at the Wichita State University K.T. Woodman Classic.
The No. 7-ranked Cowley College men’s track and field team and No. 9-ranked Cowley College women’s squad combined to break three school records over the weekend while competing at Friends University and Wichita State University.
Hosting the Tiger Heptathlon/Decathlon March 31-April 1 in Arkansas City, the nationally ranked Cowley College men and women’s track and field teams were well represented. Although their were not many schools at the meet, Cowley got solid performances from its five athletes that competed.
Holding the 18th annual Tiger Invite Saturday in Arkansas City, the Cowley College men and women’s outdoor track and field teams had four national qualifiers.
With sophomore Adrian Diaz-Lopez being the national champion in the 3,000-meter run and Lubna Suied earning All-American honors in three events, the Cowley College men and women’s track and field teams garnered top-10 finishes at the NJCAA National Indoor Championship held Friday and Saturday in Pittsburg, KS.
In his final season as head coach of the Cowley College men and women’s track and field teams, Mark Phillips is leaving coaching on top as he helped guide the Tiger men to its first Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division Indoor Championship in eight years. For his efforts at the Conference/Region Indoor Championships held Saturday and Sunday in Pittsburg, KS, Phillips was named the Men’s Indoor Coach of the Year.
With both Cowley College’s men and women’s indoor track and field teams currently ranked sixth in the latest poll, the teams hosted four other Jayhawk Conference schools in a meet in Arkansas City on Saturday.