Meet: UW Husky Classic
Dates: Friday, February 11th, 2022 and Saturday, February 12th, 2022
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Stadium: Dempsey Indoor
Live Results: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: portlandpilots.com
 
Meet: Portland Indoor Four
Dates: Sunday, February 13th, 2022
Location: Portland, Ore.
Stadium: Chiles Center
Live Results: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: none
 
THIS WEEKEND: UW HUSKY CLASSIC AND PORTLAND INDOOR FOUR
• The Pilots men's and women's track and field teams have a two-meet weekend ahead of them, heading back to Seattle for the UW Husky Classic on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12, before returning home to host the Portland Indoor Four on Sunday, Feb. 13.
• Spectators will not be permitted into the Chiles Center for the home event.
• Live results for both meets will be available at portlandpilots.com, and live video will be provided for the Husky Classic with a RunnerSpace +PLUS subscription.
 
LAST MEET: PORTLAND INDOOR THREE
• The Pilots claimed four individual wins on their home track this past Saturday: Konnor Hathaway in the men's 600m, Grace Oswin in the women's 600m, Chris Morzenti in the men's 800m, and Ellie Erikson in the women's 800m.
• Chris Anderson placed third overall with a time of 4:12.15 in the return of the Halftime Mile at the Chiles Center.
• The women's 4x400 team of Avery Gill, Ella Parker, Ellie Erikson and Tara Fuiten secured first place in the event with a time of 3:55.59--nearly breaking the school record of 3:54.14 which was set back in 2016.
 
THIS SEASON
• At the UW Invitational on January 29th, 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.
• In the men's 3000 meter run at the same meet, 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.
• 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.
 
Schedule of Events (TENTATIVE)
 
UW Husky Invitational
Seattle, Wash.
February 11-12, 2022
 
Women's 800 Meter Run
Laura Pellicoro
 
Women's Mile Run
Veerle Bakker, Ellie Erikson, Laura Pellicoro
 
Women's 3000 Meter Run
Veerle Bakker
 
Women's 5000 Meter Run
Claire Fagan, Mie Nielsen
 
Men's 800 Meter Run
Konnor Hathaway, Jake Knoblich, Sully Nordheim, Parker Wilkerson
 
Men's Mile Run
Chris Anderson, Justin Hazell, Jacob Klemz, Chris Morzenti, Riley Osen, Bradley Peloquin, Matt Strangio,
Cameron Thompson
 
Men's 3000 Meter Run
Chris Anderson, Justin Hazell, Jacob Klemz, Riley Osen, Bradley Peloquin, Matt Strangio, Cameron Thompson
 
Men's 5000 Meter Run
Stan Niesten
 
Portland Indoor Four
Portland, Ore.
February 13, 2022
 
Starting at 11 a.m.
Women's 3000 Meter Run
Men's 3000 Meter Run
Women's Mile Run
Men's Mile Run
Women's 800 Meter Run
Men's 800 Meter Run
Women's 200 Meter Run
Men's 200 Meter Run
Women's 4x400 Meter Relay
Men's 4x400 Meter Relay