VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Laura Pellicoro and Matt Strangio will compete this weekend at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships scheduled for March 14-15 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va. The event will be covered live on ESPN+.
 
Pellicoro is set to compete first in Friday's Indoor Mile Prelims at 12:30 p.m. (PT), entering with the No. 4 qualifying time of 4:25.60. The top four finishers from each heat, along with the next two fastest times, will advance to Saturday's final at 12 p.m. A three-time NCAA Indoor Mile qualifier, Pellicoro previously placed 7th in the 2022 prelims and 6th in the 2024 prelims.

Strangio will represent the Pilots in the men's 3,000-meter run on Saturday at 4 p.m., qualifying with the No. 13 time. This marks his second NCAA Indoor 3,000m appearance, following a 16th-place finish in his previous showing.
 
Live results and streaming will be available below.

• Live Results
• Day 1 Streaming
• Day 2 Women's Streaming
• Day 2 Men's Streaming

Both runners shattered the school records in their respective events. Pellicoro's mile time of 4:25.60 at the 2025 UW Invitational broke her own record by six seconds, set a season ago. Pellicoro also owns the school records in three other races this season, including the 800-meter run (2:00.92), the 100-meter (2:37.04) and previous school records in the 600-meter (1:31.56) and the 3,000-meter (9:00.46).

Strangio recorded a time of 7:40.09 at the Husky Classic's 3,000m event to post No. 15 fastest time in the nation this year. Strangio owns the Portland indoor records in the mile (3:55.53), 3,000-meter (7:39.02) and 5,000-meter (13:31.92).

Portland now has 17 all-time NCAA Indoor Qualifiers and eight NCAA Indoor All-Americans.
Portland NCAA Indoor Qualifiers
Nicole Karr 3,000m (3rd), 1995
Todd Davis Mile (8th), 1998
Bryan Bothwell 5,000m (11th), 2000
Joe Driscoll 5,000m (10th), 2002
Julie Elliott High Jump (9th), 2005
Michael Kilburg 5,000m (6th), 2008
Cori Moore 800m (10th Prelims), 2010
Tansey Lystad 5,000m (14th), 2015
Reid Buchanan 3,000m (15th), 2016
Lauren LaRocco 5,000m (12th), 2017
Taryn Rawlings Mile (4th), 2019
Lauren LaRocco 5,000m (13th), 2019
Laura Pellicoro Mile (7th Prelims), 2022
Matt Strangio 3,000m (16th), 2024
Laura Pellicoro Mile (6th Prelims), 2024
Matt Strangio 3,000m, 2025
Laura Pellicoro Mile, 2025
 
Portland NCAA Indoor All-Americans
Todd Davis Indoor Mile, 1998
Joe Driscoll 5,000-meter, 2002
Michael Kilburg Indoor 5,000m, 2008
Tansey Lystad 5,000m, 2nd Team, 2015
Reid Buchanan 3,000m, 2nd Team, 2016
Lauren LaRocco 5,000, 2nd Team, 2017
Taryn Rawlings Indoor Mile, 1st Team, 2019
Lauren LaRocco 5,000, 2nd Team, 2019
 

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