Meet: Portland Indoor Two
Dates: Saturday, February 8, 2020 and Sunday, February 9, 2020
Location: Newberg, Ore. (Sat.) and Portland, Ore. (Sun.)
Stadium: Multi-Use Facility (Newberg) and Chiles Center
Live Stats: portlandpilots.com
Video: none
THIS WEEKEND: PORTLAND INDOOR TWO
• The Portland Pilots men's and women's track and field teams are co-hosting with for George Fox the second of three home indoor meets this season.
• Maya Murphy-Cook, Tara Fuiten, Audrey Lewis, and Caitlin Kirk will compete first for the Pilots in the women's 60m dash on Saturday at 11:00am.
• Grace Perkins, McKenna Smith, Natalie Smith, Grace Ritchie, and Ellee Becker kick off the Sunday events with the women's 3000m run beginning at 12:00pm.
• They will be followed by Peter Allegre, Sam Lomax, Matt Schumann, John Kavulich, AJ Reyes, Kai Vickers in the men's 3000m at 12:45.
• The event will take place on Saturday, January 25 at the campus of George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., then continues on Sunday, January 26 at the Chiles Center. The track can be located upstairs in Chiles.
• Links for live stats can be found at portlandpilots.com.
LAST WEEKEND: 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.
THIS SEASON
• 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 Portland Indoor Two Schedule of Events (TENTATIVE)
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Women's 60 Meter Dash 11:00am
Maya Murphy-Cook, Tara Fuiten, Audrey Lewis, Caitlin Kirk
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Women's 3000 Meter Run 12:00pm
Grace Perkins, McKenna Smith, Natalie Smith, Grace Ritchie, Ellee Becker
Men's 3000 Meter Run 12:45pm
Peter Allegre, Sam Lomax, Matt Schumann, John Kavulich, AJ Reyes, Kai Vickers
Women's 1 Mile Run 1:45pm
Lacey Conner, Mckenna Cowan, Alexa Hague
Men's 1 Mile Run 2:10pm
Joe Horen, Aiden Fitzgerald, Chris Anderson, Parker Wilkerson, Cole Shugart, Said Guermali, Konnor Hathaway, Jake Knoblich, Luke Knoblich, Cameron Thompson, Kris Braunberger, Sean Tan, Aaron Letcher
Women's 800 Meter Run 2:45pm
Ellie Erikson, Grace Oswin, Lauren Block
Men's 800 Meter Run 2:55pm
Parker Wilkerson
Women's 400 Meter Dash 3:10pm
Tara Fuiten, Samantha Walsh
Women's 200 Meter Dash 3:45pm
Maya Murphy-Cook, Audrey Lewis, Caitlin Kirk, Avery Gill, Samantha Walsh, Caroline Dolan
Women's 4x400 Meter Relay 4:00pm
Grace Oswin, Lauren Block, Natalie Smith, Ellie Erikson
Tara Fuiten, Caroline Dolan, Avery Gill, Maya Murphy-Cook
