Meet: 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates: Friday March 8 - Saturday March 9, 2019
Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Stadium: Birmingham Crossplex
Live Stats: NCAA.org
Video: ESPN3
 
THIS WEEKEND: NCAA INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
• The Portland Pilots women's track and field team will send seniors Taryn Rawlings and Lauren LaRocco to the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The event will take place on Friday March 8 and Saturday March 9.
• LaRocco qualified for the 5000m with the ninth best time in her field (15:33.20), while Rawlings secured the 14th spot in the mile preliminary race (4:36.00).
• This is the first time in UP History that the women's track and field team will send two Pilots to compete at the Championships.
• LaRocco posted her 5000m qualifying time in her first indoor race of the 2018-2019 season at the Boston Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in December.
• Rawlings finished 4:36.00 on the second day of the UW Invite, breaking her previous UP Indoor mile record by almost four seconds.
• Rawlings will race first on Friday at 3:35 PM (PST) in the mile semifinal. LaRocco will compete later that day at 6:07 PM (PST) in the 5000m.
• If Rawlings advances to the final race, she will compete again on Saturday March 9 at 2:10 PM.
• Live stats can be found on PortlandPilots.com or NCAA.org and the meet will be broadcasted live on ESPN3.
 
LAST MEET: LINFIELD ICEBREAKER, WILLAMETTE OPENER, & TEDDY TWILIGHT
• Junior Cole Shugart took first place in the 10,000m at Linfield to start off the season, leading the pack with a time of 30:65.91 for a new PR.
• In Salem at the Willamette Opener, sophomore Evert Silva led the Pilots with a first place finish in the 1500m at the Willamette Opener.
• At Willamette, juniors Emily Peterson and Maya Murphy-Cook highlighted the day with first place finishes in their respective events, while several Pilots ran their first track and field competitions wearing the purple jersey. Murphy-Cook won the 100m dash in 12.59 and the 200m in 26.28. Peterson crossed the finish line first in the 1500m in 4:54.32.
• At Roosevelt High, sophomore Lacey Conner took first in the 2k steeplechase in 7:05. Senior Dylan Hite finished just behind the sophomore in second place in 7:21.
 
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.
• Taryn Rawlings moved up to second all-time in the UP indoor records at the Husky Invite, 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.
• Rawlings placed third overall on the final day of the MPSF Championships in the women's mile to record a new personal record of 4:36.00, besting her previous school record time.
• Richardson (9:21.97) finished 16th overall in the women's 5000m to move up to third all-time in the UP records, followed by Howard who placed 23rd for a 9th all-time finish
 
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.