University of Portland Athletics

PERSONAL RECORDS:
1500m – 3:47.88
Mile – 4:09.87
3000m – 8:07.89
5000m – 14:10.95
3000m steeple – 8:50.99
 
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2010-11:
(Cross Country): WCC All-Conference First Team … WCC All-Academic honorable mention … placed seventh at the WCC Championships with a time of 25:20 … posted times of 25:20 in the other two races he participated in, helping UP win the Charles Bowles Invitational.
(Track & Field): Opened the season with a second place finish at the Pilot Indoor meet in the mile run with a time of 4:13.32 … posted the fastest time in the 3000m steeplechase (8:51.64) at the West Coast Invitational … recorded a time of 14:10.95 at the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays for a first place finish in the 5000m race … came in second in the 1500m race at the Oregon Twilight, posting a time of 3:47.88 ... won the Halftime Mile event with a time of 4:11.38.

UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2009-10: 
(Cross Country): WCC All-Conference First Team after helping the Pilots win the WCC Championships with a time of 25:27 and an eighth overall finish … posted a season-best time of 24:44.98 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational.
(Track & Field): Finished the 1500m in 3:57.69 at the Oregon Preview on March 20 … recorded a time of 9:19.06 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Willamette Invitational on April 2-3 … posted a 3:54.30 in the 1500m at the John Knight Twilight on April 9 … finished 5th in his section (9:05.06) in the 3000m steeplechase on May 1 … placed 26th overall in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Austin, Texas on May 28 … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
 
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND 2008-09: 
(Cross Country): Competed unattached at the Charles Bowles Invitational (25:42.24).
(Track & Field): Won the 1500m at the Willamette Opener on March 3 in 4:02.78 … finished 4th in the 3000m run at the Husky Classic in 8:24.00 on Feb. 14.

MARSHFIELD HS: Four-time letterwinner in track & field, also lettering four times in cross country … helped team to win district championships in his junior year and the state championships as a senior … All-State selection in cross-country in his sophomore and junior seasons … All-State selection in track & field as a junior and senior … selected as First Team All-Midwestern League in both track & field and cross-country as a sophomore, junior and senior … individually, he was state champion and district champion in cross-country as a junior … district champion in track & field for the 1500m and 3000m events in both his junior and senior seasons … placed second at the state championship 3000m event as a junior and senior, second in the 1500m event as a senior and fifth as a junior … personal best of 15:29 in 5k set when a junior … 8:41 in 3k set as a senior … 3:55 in 1500m set as a senior … 2007 Northwest Cross-country Classic Champion, 2007 Brooks Cross-country Invitational Champion, Prefontaine Coast Invite 3,000m Champion and record holder (8:51) … team rookie of the year as a freshman … team MVP in cross-country three straight years as a sophomore, junior and senior … won school’s outstanding freshman, sophomore and junior award … awarded the Prefontaine Memorial Award as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born May 6th, 1990 in Coos Bay, Ore. … parents are Scott and Ellen Bassett ... sister is Allison … mother Ellen played volleyball and basketball for Southwestern Oregon Community College … major is nursing.