Meet: UW Invitational
Dates: Friday, January 31, 2020 and Sunday, February 1, 2020
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Stadium: Dempsey Indoor
Live Stats: portlandpilots.com
Video ($): portlandpilots.com
THIS WEEKEND: PORTLAND INDOOR ONE
• The Portland Pilots men's and women's track and field teams will send select runners to the UW Invitational held at the University of Washington in Seattle.
• Sophia Castiglioni will compete first in the women's 5K on Friday, with a start time of 3:40pm.
• First for the men is Chris Anderson and Cole Shugart in the men's 5K, set to follow at 4:20pm.
• The first event on Saturday will be the women's mile at 10:20am, featuring Ellie Erikson and Jasmine Fehr.
• Links for live stats can be found at portlandpilots.com.
LAST WEEKEND
• Senior Maya Murphy-Cook collected PRs in two events at the Portland Indoor One and moved into third-place in program history in the indoor 200m dash, and fifth-place all-time in the 60m dash.
• Sophomore Tara Fuiten also landed in eighth-place all-time in the indoor 400 with her PR of 59.70.
• On the men's side, the Pilots claimed the top five spots in the men's 3000m race, with Thomas Salas winning it in 8:34.74. He was followed by teammates Chris Anderson (8:36.55), Matt Schumann (8:37.77), John Kavulich (8:38.08), and Cole Shugart (8:38.95).
THIS SEASON
• To open the indoor season at the UW Preview in Seattle, a combined 21 Pilots earned personal bests by either competing in an event for the first time or improving upon their previous time, and included eight top-10 all-time records.
• Sophomore Tara Fuiten was first into the record books with her performance in the women's 600m race (1:36.24), which lands her in second place all-time in the event.
• On the men's side, Said Guermali ran the men's 1000m in 2:30.06, while collecting the third best time in Portland history in the event.
• Then in the men's mile, newcomer George Duggan's time of 4:04.49 and recent cross country All-American Caleb Webb's time of 4:06.43 were both good for record breaking times, of seventh and 10thplaces all-time, respectively.
LAST SEASON
• Lauren LaRocco (15:33.20) broke the UP 5000m Indoor school record, which she had previously held, by 17 seconds.
• Taryn Rawlings jumped into to the all-time records at third all-time.
• Logan 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.
2020 UW Invitational Schedule of Events (TENTATIVE)
Friday, January 31, 2020
Women's 5000 Meter Run 3:40pm
Section 1: Sofia Castiglioni
Men's 5000 Meter Run 4:20pm
Section 1: Chris Anderson, Cole Shugart
Men's Distance Medley 7:00pm
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Women's 1 Mile Run 10:20am
Section 2: Ellie Erikson
Section 5: Jasmine Fehr
Men's 1 Mile Run 10:55am
Section 1: Henry Chapman
Section 2: Clement Leduc, Riley Osen, Justin Hazell, Bradley Peloquin, Michael Teran-Solano
Section 3: Trent Mazelli
Section 4: Evert Silva
Men's 800 Meter Run 1:30pm
Section 2: Aiden Fitzgerald, Said Guermalli
Women's 3000 Meter Run 1:45pm
Section 2: Anna Pataki, Veerle Bakker, Stella Gillman
Men's 3000 Meter Run 2:25pm
Section 2: George Duggan
Section 4: Caleb Webb
