Meet: Portland Indoor Three
Dates: Saturday, February 5th, 2022
Location: Newberg, Ore. and Portland, Ore.
Stadium: Austin Sports Complex and Chiles Center
Live Results: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: none
 
THIS WEEKEND: PORTLAND INDOOR THREE
• The Pilots men's and women's track and field teams return home to co-host the Portland Indoor Three with George Fox on Saturday February 5th.
• Short sprint and field events will take place at Austin Sports Complex in Newberg beginning at 11 a.m., with running events occurring later at the Chiles Center, starting at 8 p.m.
• Included in the meet schedule is Portland's annual Halftime Mile event, set for the midway break of the Pilots' men's basketball contest against San Francisco on Saturday, which tips off at 5 p.m.
• Spectators will not be permitted into the Chiles Center for the meet.
• Live results from the meet will be available at portlandpilots.com.
 
LAST MEET: UW INVITATIONAL
• Matt Strangio and Parker Wilkerson each notched new school records in the men's mile and men's 800 meter runs, respectively, and Laura Pellicoro took home second-place all-time in the women's mile among several outstanding individual performances from Portland's men's and women's track and field teams at the UW Invite this past weekend.
• In the men's 3000 meter run, Jacob Klemz clocked in at 7:54.83 to claim Portland's fourth-place all-time record in the event, Stan Niesten collected sixth-place all-time at 7:55.92, and Riley Osen shaved off nearly 20 seconds from his previous PR to collect eighth-place all-time at 7:58.95.
 
THIS SEASON
• Six Top-10 program finishes and four individual wins highlighted the Pilots' first home meet, the Portland Indoor Two, held back on Sunday, January 23rd.
• In the men's 600m run, Parker Wilkerson claimed an individual win with the second-best all-time finish in the race (1:21.72), Konnor Hathaway posted the third-best all-time finish in second-place with a time of 1:23.00, and Sully Nordheim and Jake Knoblich landed the fifth and sixth-place all-time finishes in the event with times of 1:23.44 and 1:25.15, respectively.
• Chris Morzenti secured first-place overall in the men's 800m run, clocking in with a time of 1:53.83 to overtake seventh in the all-time UP record books.
• Making her debut appearance in the women's 400m dash, Laura Pellicoro put up the sixth-best all-time finish with a time of 58.74.
• Chris Anderson finished the day with an individual victory in the men's mile, earning a new PR of 4:18.55, and Ellie Erikson earned an overall win in the women's 800 meter run with a time of 2:21.49.
• A combined eight Pilots from the men's and women's track and field teams collected Top-10 program finishes at the UW Preview on January 15th.
• Sophomore Parker Wilkerson notched a new school record in the men's indoor 800 meter run, clocking in with a time of 1:50.98 to overtake the previous record of 1:52.63 set by Cobie Chavez-Killinger back in 2016.
• Veerle Bakker produced yet another outstanding performance, nabbing a new personal best of 9:14.06 in the women's 3000m to land in second-place all-time in the race.
• Konnor Hathaway later claimed the fourth-best program finish in the men's 800m, Matt Strangio nabbed eighth-place all-time debuting in the men's 3000m, and Chris Morzenti locked 10th-place all-time in the men's mile.
• For the women, Laura Pellicoro ran into eighth-place all-time in the 3000m, and Teresa Perez registered the sixth-best program finish in the 600m. Sprinter Tara Fuiten posted the eighth-place all-time best in the 400m.
• Anna Pataki opened the track and field season with a historic performance in Boston back on Saturday, December 4th, setting a new national record for Hungary in the indoor 5K with a time of 15:55.65 while nabbing the third-best Portland all-time finish in the event.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
• Portland heads back to Seattle next weekend for their last appearance at Dempsey Indoor this winter, competing at the UW Husky Classic on Friday, February 11th.
• The Pilots are set to host a final indoor meet with George Fox this season on Sunday, February 13th at the Chiles Center.
• The MPSF Championships are scheduled to take place February 18th -19th in Spokane, Wash., with the NCAA Indoor Championships to follow March 11th-12th in Birmingham, Ala.
 
LAST SEASON
• Neither of Portland's men's or women's track and field teams competed during the 2021 indoor season after the MPSF announced the cancellation of the conference championship meet back in early January.
• The Pilots last competed on the indoor track in 2020, hosting three meets at the Chiles Center before the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Portland Indoor Three Schedule of Events (TENTATIVE)
Saturday, February 5, 2022
 
Austin Sports Complex
Newberg, Ore.
 
Starting at 11 a.m.
60m Hurdles (W/M)
60m (W/M)
Weight Throw (W/M)
Pole Vault (W/M)
Shot Put (W/M)
Triple Jump (W/M)
High Jump (W/M)
 
Chiles Center
Portland, Ore.
 
Halftime Mile 6 p.m.

Pentathlon 800m 7:50 p.m.
Heptathlon 1000m 7:55 p.m.
Women's 3000m 8 p.m.
Men's 3000m 8:30 p.m.
Women's Mile 9:00 p.m.
Men's Mile 9:15 p.m.
Women's 800m 9:30 p.m.
Men's 800m 9:40 p.m.
Women's 600m 10:05 p.m.
Women's 4x400m Relay 10:20 p.m.
Men's 4x400m Relay 10:40 p.m.