Meet: BU Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener
Dates: Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022
Time: 3:10 p.m. PST
Location: Boston, Mass. 
Stadium: Boston University Track and Tennis Center
Live Results: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: portlandpilots.com

THIS WEEKEND: BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
• The Pilot men are back in action to compete at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
• Each of the competing Pilots will be in the 5,000-meter event, slated to start at 3:10 p.m. PST on Saturday, Dec. 3.
• Competing for the Pilot men will be Daniel Abdala, Teddy Buckley, Jonas Gertsen, Nolan Hosbein, Henry Mong, Bradley Peloquin, Matt Strangio and Estanis Ruiz.
• Live results from the meet will be available at portlandpilots.com, and live video will be accessible with a Flotrack subscription.

LAST MEET: NCAA CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Laura Pellicoro competed at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country National Championships in Stillwater, Okla. hosted by Oklahoma State University. Pellicoro finished 25th overall to secure her first All-American status in cross country. She was also the top WCC finisher in the race.

2022 LOOK AHEAD
• The Pilots will host two home meets during the 2023 indoor season, set for Sunday, Jan. 22 and Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Chiles Center.
• Portland will compete in Seattle for three indoor meets at Dempsey Indoor later this winter: the UW Preview on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2022, the UW Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, and the Husky Classic on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11.
• The MPSF Championships are scheduled to take place Feb. 17 -18 in Spokane, Wash., with the NCAA Indoor Championships to follow on Mar. 10-11 in Albuquerque, N.M.
• Pilot school record holders Pellicoro, Strangio, and Wilkerson are returning to the oval this season ready to compete, as well as many others who cracked top-10 lists last season.

LAST SEASON
• The Pilots competed in eight indoor meets during the 2021-22 track season. A strong combination of both returning athletes and newcomers made it one of the most successful years in history for the Pilots.
• Dozens of athletes recorded personal best marks, while both records and top-10 All-time positions were rewritten in multiple events.
• Laura Pellicoro also represented the Pilots at the NCAA Indoor Track National Championships in Birmingham, Ala. where she placed 11th overall in the mile.
• Parker Wilkerson (1:21.72), Konnor Hathaway (1:21.93) and Sully Nordheim (1:22.19) ran the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 marks all-time in the 600-meter event. • In the 800-meter event, Parker Wilkerson (1:49.85) and Konnor Hathaway (1:52.33) both broke the existing school record to take the top two spots on the all-time list. Wilkerson broke the record on two separate occasions, the UW Preview and the UW Invitational. Chris Morzenti also recorded the No. 7 time in school history with a time of 1:53.83.
• In the mile, Matt Strangio broke the school record running a time of 3:59.19 at the UW Invitational. Chris Morzenti also recorded the No. 7 time in school history running 4:02.02.
• In the 3,000-meter event, Jacob Klemz (7:51.95), Stan Niesten (7:55.92) and Riley Osen (7:57.82) ran the No. 2, No. 6 and No. 8 times in school history.
• The women had equal amounts of success, with many records and top-10 marks falling throughout the season.
• In the women's 200-meter, Ella Parker ran the No. 3 mark in school history with a time of 25.78 seconds.
• In the women's 400-meter, Ella Parker (58.11), Avery Gill (58.63) and Laura Pellicoro (58.74) ran the No. 4, No. 6 and No. 7 marks in school history.
• Laura Pellicoro ran the No. 3 time in school history for the women's 800-meter with a time of 2:07.48.
• Laura Pellicoro (4:34.45) and Veerle Bakker (4:43.38) ran the No. 1 and No. 3 times in school history for the mile. Pellicoro's mark also qualified her for the NCAA Indoor National Championships.
• In the women's 3,000-meter event, Veerle Bakker broke the school record with a time of 9:11.90, while Laura Pellicoro recorded the #9 mark all-time with 9:24.54.
• Anna Pataki ran the No. 3 time in school history for the 5,000-meter discipline with a time of 15:55.65. It was also a Hungarian national record. Claire Fagan ran the No. 8 time in school history with a mark of 16:32.08.
• The women's 4x400 meter relay record was broken with a time of 3:51.19. The team was composed of Parker, Fuiten, Gill and Pellicoro.

BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener Schedule of Events (TENTATIVE)
Saturday, Dec. 03, 2022

Men's 5,000 Meter 3:10 p.m. PST
Daniel Abdala, Teddy Buckley, Jonas Gertsen, Nolan Hosbein, Henry Mong, Bradley Peloquin, Matt Strangio and Estanis Ruiz. 
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