Meet: MPSF Championships
Dates: Friday, February 28, 2020 and Saturday, February 29, 2020
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Stadium: Dempsey Indoor
Live Stats: portlandpilots.com
Video: portlandpilots.com
 
THIS WEEKEND: MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS
• The Portland Pilots men's and women's track and field teams are headed back to Seattle once more on Friday for the MPSF Championships.
• Running first for the Pilots on Friday in Seattle is Maya Murphy-Cook in the 60m dash at 5:00pm.
• First up on Saturday is the women's one mile run at 11:10am, featuring six Pilots.
• Eight Pilots from the men's team will follow in the men's mile at 11:35am.
• Links for live stats and live video for both meets can be found at portlandpilots.com.
 
PILOT ALUMS IN ACTION
This weekend several Pilot alums are also in action in both the US Olympic Team Trials marathon and the Pan American XC Cup. The US Olympic Team Trials marathon will include Lyndy Davis, and Theresa Hailey on the women's side, as well as Scott Fauble and Matt Welch competing for the men's team. Davis and Hailey both graduated from Portland back in 2011. Welch most recently graduated from Portland in 2018. Fauble, a 2014 alum, should be in contention for one of the top three spots at the event. The top three finishers will automatically qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics next summer. Recent graduate Nick Hauger will also be representing team USA at the Pan American XC Cup, a 10K race taking place at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria, BC.
 
LAST WEEKEND: UW LAST CHANCE & PORTLAND INDOOR THREE
• Maya Murphy-Cook posted second best all-time records in both the 60m dash and the 200m dash at the UW Last Chance Meet in Seattle.
• Tara Fuiten had an outstanding weekend, garnering second place all-time in the 400m dash, seventh place all-time in the 60m dash, and eighth place all-time in 200m dash.
• In the men's 800m run, Parker Wilkerson claimed seventh place all-time with a time of 1:54.21, and Konnor Hathaway collected ninth all-time with 1:54.40.
 
THIS SEASON
• In the 5K runs at the Husky Clasic, Anna Pataki and Stella Gillman both landed on the all-time records list for the women, with Pataki in fourth and Gillman in sixth, as well as Evert Silva (second) and Michael-Teran Solano (third) for the men.
• Maya Murphy-Cook made the all-time list in both the 60m dash (fifth) and the 200m dash (second).
• In the men's mile, George Duggan placed second all-time with 4:00.81, and Trent Mazelli finished in 4:01.84 for fifth all-time.
• Tara Fuiten highlighted the Portland Indoor Two with a PR of 59.33 in the 400m dash, a time which puts her in fifth-place in program history.
• Freshman McKenna Smith collected second place overall in the women's 3000 meter run with a new personal record of 10:06.72.
• On the men's side, Peter Allegre led the way for the Pilots in the 3000 meter run, finishing in 8:28.72, and earning himself a 12 second improvement from his previous best in the event.
• The men's mile also contained many improved times for Portland, in which nine Pilots collected new personal bests.• At the UW Invitational, 12 Pilots collected new personal records in the men's mile, including Evert Silva who improved upon his previous time by more than 10 seconds.
• Stella Gillman also posted a new personal best in the women's 3000m run, moving her into ninth-place all-time in school history in the event.
• 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).
• 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 MPSF Championships Schedule of Events (TENTATIVE)
 
Friday, February 28, 2020
Women's 60 Meter Dash 5:00pm
Heat 4: Maya Murphy-Cook
 
Men's 5000 Meter Run 6:20pm
Section 1: Joe Horen, Cole Shugart, Leo Donlea, Riley Osen, Cameron Thompson, Luke Knoblich, Matt Schumann, Clement Leduc, Bradley Peloquin, John Kavulich
Section 2: Evert Silva, Michael Teran-Solano
 
Women's 200 Meter Dash 6:55pm
Section 11: Maya Murphy-Cook
Section 16: Tara Fuiten
 
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Women's 1 Mile Run 11:10am
Section 1: Makenna Cowan, Alexa Hague, Natalie Smith
Section 2: Ellie Erikson
Section 3: Maddy Lyons, Veerle Bakker
 
Men's 1 Mile Run 11:35am
Section 1: Jake Knoblich, Sean Tan, Konner Hathaway, Parker Wilkerson, Kris Braunberger
Section 2: Caleb Webb
Section 3: George Duggan, Trent Mazelli
Women's 400 Meter Dash 11:50am
Section 9: Tara Fuiten
Section 14: Avery Gill
 
Women's 800 Meter Run 1:00pm
Section 2: Lauren Block
Men's 800 Meter Run 1:20pm
Section 1: Aiden Fitzgerald, Parker Wilkerson, Konner Hathaway
 
Women's 3000 Meter Run 1:30pm
Section 1: McKenna Smith, Sofia Castiglioni, Grace Ritchie, Lacey Conner
Section 2: Stella Gillman, Anna Pataki, Veerle Bakker
 
Men's 3000 Meter Run 2:05pm
Section 1: Peter Allegre, John Kavulich, Chris Anderson, Cole Shugart, Cameron Thompson, Sam Lomax, Henry Chapman
Section 2: Riley Osen, Clement Leduc, Michael Teran-Solano, Joe Horen
Section 3: Caleb Webb, Justin Hazell, Evert Silva