Meet: Husky Classic
Dates: January 8-9, 2018
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Stadium: Dempsey Indoor
Live Stats: GoHuskies.com
Video: Flotrack
 
LAST MEET: UW INVITE
• The Pilots produced several record book worthy performances at the UW Invite.
• Redshirt Senior Taryn Rawlings highlighted the day on the women's side, breaking her own UP indoor mile record, besting her previous time of 4:40.78 to 4:36.92.
 • Senior Logan 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, redshirt Aoibhe Richardson led the women with a second-place finish in her heat to break into the women's 3000m records at eighth all-time.
 
THIS WEEKEND: HUSKY CLASSIC
• Both men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the Husky Classic on Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 8-9) at the Dempsey Indoor.
• The Pilots will first compete on Friday in the women's 5000m at 5:05PM, with the last race for Portland being the men's 5000m invitational heat at 8:30pm
• The meet will be streamed live on FloTrack and live stats can be found on GoHuskies.com.
 
THIS SEASON
• Redshirt seniors Lauren 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. Orndorf surpassed Portland alum Ryan Poland (4:01.28) who last set the record for the indoor mile in 2014.
 
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.
 
Husky Classic
Seattle, Wash.
Jan 8-9
TENTATIVE Schedule
 
FRIDAY
Women's 3000m
1:55 PM - Section 4: Lauren LaRocco, Taryn Rawlings

Women's 5000m
2:45 PM - Section 3: Aoibhe Richardson
 
Men's 5000m
3:25 PM - Section 3: Noah Schutte, Evert Silva, Caleb Webb
                 Section 4: Michael Somers, Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse