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NAMPA, Idaho­­ — These kids are alright.
 
Freshmen triple jumpers Jean-Luc Toku and ChaQuinn Cook shined for the Portland State track & field team, as the pair each hit the Big Sky auto qualifying marks in the men's and women's triple jump.
 
Toku surpassed 47 feet in the men's triple jump, finishing with a mark of 47-00.75 (14.34m). Toku's jump beats his outdoor prep personal best by over a foot, and moves him up to third all-time in the event at Portland State, just one meet into his collegiate career. Toku also inserted himself into the conference picture with his jump Saturday, as his mark moved him to fourth in the Big Sky in the triple jump this season.
 
Cook, meanwhile, took over the Big Sky lead in the women's triple jump with her mark of 38-00.25 (11.59m) Saturday. Cook showed vast improvement over last week with her mark at the Bronco Invitational, as she jumped over a foot farther than she did at the UW Indoor Preview last Saturday.
 
Besides the two triple jumpers, junior sprinter Genna Settle also had a strong day on the track, as she hit the Big Sky auto mark in the 200 meters, and won the finals of the 60 meters over Boise State's Chassity Love.
 
Settle finished second to Love in the 200 meters, but ducked under the Big Sky qualifying time in the event with her finish in 24.48 seconds. That time moves Settle up to second in the Big Sky this season, behind only North Dakota's Natasha Brown, who set the conference-leading time at 24.39 seconds at the Bison Classic last week.
 
Settle also nearly hit the qualifying mark in the 60 meters, as her time of 7.67 seconds in the finals fell just .02 seconds short of meeting the standard. Settle still posted a dominant day in the event, however, as she had the top qualifying time of anybody in the preliminary heats, and then won the event over Love in the finals.
 
Saturday's meet also afforded several members of the Vikings' distance crew their chance to make their debut, and nobody did it better than redshirt freshman Alex Cisneros, who placed second in the 3,000 meters in 8:33.15. That time moves Cisneros up to seventh all-time in the event after only one race at Portland State, and ranks him in the top 10 in the event within the Big Sky this season.
 
Redshirt freshman Sarah Medved and true freshman Jocelyn Reynolds also made their PSU debuts in the women's 3,000 meters, and finished in 10:31.54 and 11:11.63, respectively.
 
Additionally, freshmen Kaila Ann Gibson and Nevina De Luca made their PSU debuts in the women's mile, finishing in 5:19.19 and 5:29.69, respectively.
 
Junior Ben Richardson also shaved three seconds off his personal best while placing second overall in the men's mile, crossing the line in 4:20.13.
 
Outside of the distance crew, freshman sprinter Rachel Vinjamuri led the Vikings in the women's 400 meters for the second straight week, as she saved a few ticks off the personal best she set last week, and also set a new personal best in the indoor 200 meters. Vinjamuri finished the 400 in 57.28 seconds, moving her up to fifth in the conference in the event, and followed it up with her time of 25.37 seconds in the 200 meters.
 
Junior Roazena Miller had the more impressive personal performance in the 400 meters, however, as she shaved close to two full seconds off her previous personal best in the event, finishing in 57.92 seconds to blow away her old best of 59.57 seconds. Miller now ranks 10th all-time in the 400 meters at Portland State, and ranks in the top 10 in the conference for the first time this season.
 
Sophomore Spenser Schmidt also beat his personal best in the men's 200 meters, finishing in 22.39 seconds, while senior heptathlete Kevin Robinson set a new personal best in the men's 60-meter hurdles while finishing in 8.53 seconds.
 
The Vikings will now move onto the UW Invitational, Jan. 29-30, at the Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle, Wash., which will mark the midway point of the indoor regular season for the Vikings.
 
Portland State Auto Marks
Women:
Genna Settle – 200m – 24.48 – Bronco Invitational (1/23/16)
ChaQuinn Cook – Triple Jump – 38-00.25 (11.59m) – Bronco Invitational (1/23/16)
 
Men:
Sheldon Prince – 400m – 48.84 – UW Indoor Preview (1/16/16)
Jean-Luc Toku – Triple Jump – 47-00.75 (14.34m)
 
Bronco Invitational
Jacksons Indoor Track
Nampa, Idaho
Jan. 23, 2016
 
Women's Results:
60m (prelims): 1. Genna Settle, 7.74; 13. Adia White, 8.09. 60m (finals): 1. Genna Settle, 7.67. 200m: 2. Genna Settle, 24.48; 3. Whitney Diggs, 25.00; 6. Rachel Vinjamuri, 25.37; 25. Adia White, 27.08. 400m: 2. Rachel Vinjamuri, 57.28; 4. Roazena Miller, 57.92; 13. Nyalual Beng, 1:00.35; 23. Kris Tollefson, 1:02.10. Mile: 11. Kaila Ann Gibson, 5:19.19; 17. Nevina De Luca, 5:29.69. 3,000m: 4. Sarah Medved, 10:31.54; 7. Cheryn Trapp, 10:41.20; 11. Maggie Coleman, 11:06.65; 12. Kennedy Martin, 11:08.10; 13. Jocelyn Reynolds, 11:11.63; 16. Katie Hendricks, 12:06.80. 4x400m Relay: 1. Portland State 'A' (Miller, Tollefson, Vinjamuri, Diggs), 3:52.38. High Jump: T-11. Hannah Garrity, 5-01.25 (1.56m). Long Jump: 4. Brandi Williams, 18-01.00 (5.51m); 8. Ta'mara Richey, 17-09.50 (5.42m); 17. ChaQuinn Cook, 16-07.25 (5.07m). Triple Jump: 3. ChaQuinn Cook, 38-00.25 (11.59m); 7. Ta'mara Richey, 36-04.75 (11.09m)
 
Men's Results:
60m (prelims): 9. Spenser Schmidt, 7.10. 200m: 10. Sheldon Prince, 22.38; 11. Spenser Schmidt, 22.39; 27. Christian Wood, 23.09. 400m: 2. Mitchell Gable, 49.22; 16. Christian Wood, 51.78. Mile: 2. Ben Richardson, 4:20.13; 14. Spencer Russell, 4:33.57. 3,000m: 2. Alex Cisneros, 8:33.15; 10. Justin Wikler, 9:14.63; 14. Neil Seibert, 9:22.10; 18. Jacob Hicks, 9:34.86; 21. Ethan Cotton, 9:45.22. 60m Hurdles (prelims): 8. Kevin Robinson, 8.58. 60m Hurdles (finals): 7. Kevin Robinson, 8.53. 4x400m Relay: 4. Portland State 'A' (Gable, Russell, Robinson, Schmidt), 3:23.18. High Jump: 5. Rockwell Tufty, 6-06.75 (2.00m); T-7. Kevin Robinson, 6-02.75 (1.90m); T-7. Donté Robinson, 6-02.75 (1.90m). Long Jump: 5. Jean-Luc Toku, 21-07.25 (6.58m); 11. Donté Robinson, 20-03.50 (6.18m). Triple Jump: 3. Jean-Luc Toku, 47-00.75 (14.34m). Weight Throw: 14. Tyler Dent, 44-06.75 (13.58m).