EUGENE, Ore. – Portland junior Estanis Ruiz cruised to a personal best and school record time of 8:29.00 in Wednesday's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships at Hayward Field. Ruiz finished second in his heat to automatically qualify for Friday's finals, scheduled for 6:24 p.m. on ESPN2.
Ruiz looked comfortable from start-to-finish in the second heat, pacing in the middle of the pack for the first half of the race before pushing to the front down the stretch.
Ruiz is the 64th Pilot to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1992 as Portland has been represented at 31 of the last 32 national meets. He is the 13th runner on The Bluff to qualify in the Steeplechase and first since Riley Osen in 2018.
With his advancement, Ruiz is guaranteed to earn at minimum second team All-America honors and becomes the 36th Pilot to garner NCAA Outdoor Track & Field All-American recognition and first since 2018. A top eight finish on Friday would make him a first team All-American.
2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Eugene, Ore. (Hayward Field)
June 5-8, 2024
Wednesday, June 5
3,000m Steeplechase Semifinals (Heat)
1. James Corrigan (BYU), 8:28.84 Q (2)
2. Estanis Ruiz* (Portland), 8:29.00 Q (2)
3. CJ Singleton (Notre Dame), 8:29.23 Q (2)
4. Yasin Sado (Virginia), 8:30.03 Q (2)
5. Jackson Shorten (Princeton), 8:31.68 Q (2)
6. Tom Seitzer (Notre Dame), 8:32.46 q (2)
7. Abdelhakim Abouzouhir (Eastern Kentucky), 8:32.58 Q (1)
8. Nathan Mountain (Virginia), 8:32.92 Q (1)
9. Parker Stokes (Georgetown), 8:32.95 Q (1)
10. Gable Sieperda (Iowa State), 8:32.96 Q (1)
11. Levi Taylor (Montana State), 8:33.11 Q (1)
12. Alexander Korczynski (Northeastern), 8:33.13 q (1)
13. Rob McManus (Montana State), 8:33.43 (1)
14. Victor Shitsama (Oklahoma State), 8:35.30 (2)
15. Brett Gardner (NC State), 8:37.77 (1)
16. Luke Labatte (North Dakota), 8:41.70 (1)
17. Caleb Jarema (Michigan) 8:41.95 (2)
18. Carlos Santos (Stony Brook), 8:43.07 (2)
19. Kole Mathison (Colorado), 8:51.95 (1)
20. Hayden Harward (Southern Utah), 8:52.35 (2)
21. Kristian Imroth (Eastern Kentucky), 8:52.92 (1)
22. Wyatt Haughton (BYU) 9:00.96 (2)
23. Owen Smith (Montana State), 9:04.23 (1)
24. Victor Kibiego (Texas A&M), DNF (2)
*New School and Personal Record
Friday, June 7
3,000m Steeplechase Finals, 6:24 PM
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