Meet: MPSF Championships
Dates: February 22-23, 2019
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Stadium: Dempsey Indoor
Live Stats: GoHuskies.com
Video: FloTrack
 
LAST MEET: HUSKY CLASSIC
• Taryn Rawlings moved up to second all-time in the UP indoor records with a new 3000m personal record of 9:20.05.
• In the women's 5000m, junior Aoibhe Richardson moved up to fourth all-time in the UP record books with a new personal best of 16.16.98.
• Senior Michael Somers led Portland with an impressive 11th place overall finish and a time of 13:47.87, breaking into the indoor records at second all-time.
 
THIS WEEKEND: MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS
• 22 of the West's top track and field programs participate in MPSF Championships competition in indoor track and field. The group is comprised of members of the Big West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conferences, and includes all twelve Pac-12 indoor track and field programs.
• This meet marks the final chance for student-athletes to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
• Logan Orndorf currently has a qualifying time in the men's 3000m (7:52.33), holding the 15th fastest time in the nation.
• Lauren LaRocco has the ninth fastest time nationally in the 5000m, and currently also qualifies for a trip to Indoor Nationals.
• Portland will compete on both days of the MPSF Championships. Live video of the meet will be provided by FloTrack and you can find live stats on GoHuskies.com
 
THIS SEASON
• Redshirt seniors LaRocco and Rawlings opened the Indoor track and field season in December with both Pilots competing in the Indoor 5000m.
• LaRocco (15:33.20) broke the UP 5000m Indoor school record, which she had previously held, by 17 seconds.
• Rawlings jumped into to the all-time records at third all-time.
• Orndorf (3:59.94) produced a historic race at the UW Indoor Preview, becoming the first Pilot in UP history to run a sub-four minute mile. He surpassed Portland alum Ryan Poland (4:01.28) who last set the record for the indoor mile in 2014.
• The Pilots produced several record book worthy performances at the UW Invite, with redshirt Rawlings highlighting the day on the women's side, with a new UP indoor mile record, besting her previous time of 4:40.78 to 4:36.92.
 • Orndorf again posted an incredible performance to move up to second all-time in the indoor 3000m, finishing sixth in his heat with a time of 7:52.33.
• Junior Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse was right behind him in the fastest heat of the 3000m, crossing the line ninth overall in 7:55.05. Roudolff-Levisse records a new PR in the indoor 3000m, but remains at fourth all-time in the UP records.
 • Redshirt junior Caleb Webb also ran an exceptional 3000m, winning his heat, posting a new personal best of 8:04.73, and breaking into the indoor records at ninth all-time.
• Sophomore Evert Silva came close to winning the heat, for a second-place finish. Silva also posted a new personal best of 8:04.91 to clinch the 10th spot on the UP all-time records list.
• In the women's 3000m, Richardson led the women with a second-place finish in her heat to break into the women's 3000m records at eighth all-time.
 
LAST SEASON
• Five Pilots earned All-American Honors at the 2018 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships.
• Then-redshirt freshman Riley Osen finished eighth among an elite field in the final race of the 3000m steeplechase at Historic Hayward Field, garnering the first All-American (first team) honors of  his career.
• Then-junior Taryn Rawlings finished sixth in the women's 1500m final to conclude the final day of the 2018 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Rawlings crossed the finish line at 4:11.37 to break her UP school record, again, and claim first-team All-American honors with her podium finish.
• Then-junior Lauren LaRocco finished 15th overall in the 10,000m final, marking her fifth All-American honor (honorable mention) of her career.
• Then-Senior Matt Welch and then-sophomore Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse also competed in a strong 10,000m final, with Welch and Roudolff-Levisse holding strong through a challenging race to finish 17th and 20th, respectively. Both Pilots ended the meet by earning All-American honorable mention.


MPSF Championships
TENTATIVE Schedule
January 22-23
Seattle, Wash.

* FRIDAY (UPDATED 1.22.19)
4:30 PM - Women's 60m Hurdles (Prelims)
Heat 4 - Maya Murphy-Cook 

5:00 PM - Women's 60m (Prelims)
Heat 9 - Maya Murphy-Cook

5:45 PM - Women's 5000m
Section 1 - Virag Weiler, Sophia Noto, Stella Gillman

6:05 PM - Men's 5000m
Section 1 - Emmanuel Rouolff-Levisse, Justin Hazell, Cole Shugart

6:25 PM - Women's 200m (Final)
Section 18 - Michal Jones

7:55 PM - Men's Distance Medley
Section 1 - Caleb Webb, Jack Welch, Malcolm Roux, Noah Schutte

*Saturday
11:00 AM - Women's 60m Hurdles (Final) 
TBD - Maya Murphy-Cook

11:10 AM - Women's Mile
Section 1 - Emily Peterson
Section 2 - Maddy Lyons, Ellie Erikson, Natalie Smith,
Section 4 - Taryn Rawlings

11:40 AM - Men's Mile (Final)
Section 1 - Malcolm Roux, James Parker, Ryan Clarke
Section 2 - Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse

11:55 AM - Women's 400m (Final)
Section 12 - Michal Jones
Section 13 - Tara Fruiten

12:30 PM - Men's 400m  (Final)
Section 9 - Jack Welch

12:55 PM - Women's 60m (Final)
TBD - Maya Murphy-Cook

1:05 PM - Women's 800m (Final)
Section 1 -  Maddy Lyons, Ellie Erikson, Emily Bechen, Natalie Smith

2:00 PM - Women's 3000m (Final)
Section 1 - Becca Howard, Sophia Noto, Stella Gillman, Grace Perkins, Grace Ritchie, Sofia Castiglioni, Virag Weiler, Dylan Hite
Section 2 - Aoibhe Richardson, Courtney Cox
Section 3 - Lauren LaRocco, Taryn Rawlings

2:35 PM - Men's 3000m
Section 1 - Noah Schutte, Justin Hazell, Peter Allegre, Matt Schumann, Devin Wulff, Henry Hayes, Thomas Salas, Cole Shugart, Michael Teran-Solono 
Section 2 -  Caleb Webb, Evert Silva