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EUGENE, Ore. — Seasonal bests abounded for the Portland State track & field team Friday, as the Vikings set six seasonal bests between the 200 and 5,000 meters while kicking things off at the Oregon Relays at Hayward Field.
 
Junior Genna Settle led a group of four Vikings in the women's 200 meters, three of which set seasonal bests in the event. Settle placed second in the 200 in 24.14 seconds, .14 seconds better than her previous best this season, set at 24.28 at the Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge.
 
Fellow junior Whitney Diggs also shaved nearly four-tenths of a second off her seasonal best in the 200 Friday, as she finished in 24.65 seconds, moving her up to seventh in the Big Sky this season. Additionally freshman Rachel Vinjamuri finished the 200 in a seasonal-best 25.28 seconds, a tenth of a second better than her time of 25.38 seconds at the Aztec Invitational.
 
Senior Sheldon Prince, meanwhile, posted his own seasonal best in the men's 200 meters, as he ducked under 22 seconds for the first time this season while finishing in 21.97 seconds. Prince's time moves him into a tie for 15th in the Big Sky this season.
 
Redshirt freshman Sarah Medved and junior Cheryn Trapp also set seasonal bests in the 5,000 meters, with Medved leading the pair with a personal-best time of 17:23.95. Trapp nearly matched her personal best with her finish in 17:42.78, but still shaved more than 30 seconds off her seasonal best in the event.
 
Outside of the team's new seasonal bests, Spenser Schmidt cracked 23 feet again in the long jump, as he finished second in the event in 23-02.00 (7.06m). Only three athletes in the Big Sky have cracked 23 feet this season, and Schmidt has done it at every meet he's competed at so far this season. Schmidt had led the Big Sky in the long jump for the first month of the outdoor season, but recently lost his conference lead to Idaho's Arphaxad Carroll earlier this weekend. Schmidt still owns three of the four best marks in the long jump within the Big Sky this season, however. 
 
Senior Sydney Johnson also cracked 140 feet in the discus for the third straight meet, as she finished with a mark of 142-02 (43.34m).
 
The Vikings continue at the Oregon Relays Saturday, with events starting at 12:30 p.m. (PT).
 
PSU BIG SKY QUALIFYING MARKS (18):
Women (10):
Akayla Anderson – 100m Hurdles – 13.98 – Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge (4/2/16)
Amanda Boman – 5,000m – 17:08.25 – Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19/16)*
Amanda Boman – 10,000m – 34:40.09 – Mt. SAC Relays (4/14/16)*
ChaQuinn Cook – Triple Jump – 40-03.25 (12.27m) – Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19/16)
Whitney Diggs – 400m – 55.17 – Aztec Invitational (3/26/16)
Sarah Medved – 10,000m – 36:13.69 – San Francisco State Distance Carnival (4/1/16)*
Ta'mara Richey – Long Jump – 19-02.50 (5.85m) – Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19/16)
Genna Settle – 100m – 11.86 – Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge (4/2/16)
Genna Settle – 200m – 24.14 – Oregon Relays (4/15/16)
Cheryn Trapp – 10,000m – 37:08.87 – San Francisco State Distance Carnival (4/1/16)*
 
Men (8):
Mitchell Gable – 400m – 48.05 – Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge (4/2/16)
Sheldon Prince – 400m – 48.90 – Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge (4/2/16)
Ben Richardson – 800m – 1:52.29 – Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19/16)
Kevin Robinson – Decathlon – 6,274 points – Pacific Combined Events (3/22/16)
Spencer Russell – 800m – 1:52.88 – San Francisco State Distance Carnival (4/1/16)
Spenser Schmidt – Long Jump – 24-03.50 (7.40m) – Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19/16)
Jean-Luc Toku – Triple Jump – 47-07.25 (14.51m) – Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19/16)
Rockwell Tufty – High Jump – 6-08.75 (2.05m) – Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge (4/2/16)
 
*Time cross-qualifies athlete for the 5,000 and 10,000 meters
 
Oregon Relays
Hayward Field
Eugene, Ore.
April 15, 2016
 
Women's Results:
200m: 2. Genna Settle, 24.14; 7. Whitney Diggs, 24.65; 9. Rachel Vinjamuri, 25.28; 10. Dejuanae Toliver, 25.55. 1,500m (B Section): 4. Nyalual Beng, 4:45.74. 5,000m: 15. Sarah Medved, 17:23.95; 17. Cheryn Trapp, 17:42.78. Long Jump: 5. Ta'mara Richey, 18-07.75 (5.68m). Discus: 8. Sydney Johnson, 142-02 (43.34m). Javelin: 11. Raquel Pellecer, 128-08 (39.21m).
 
Men's Results:
200m: 11. Sheldon Prince, 21.97. 1,500m (B Section): 8. Ben Richardson, 4:02.13. 5,000m (B Section): 6. Alex Cisneros, 14:54.98. High Jump: 9. Rockwell Tufty, 6-07.00 (2.01m); 11. Kevin Robinson, 6-03.25 (1.91m); 13. Tyson Stipic, 6-01.25 (1.86m); Donté Robinson, NH. Long Jump: 2. Spenser Schmidt, 23-02.00 (7.06m). Hammer: 12. Tyler Dent, 137-04 (41.85m).