Complete meet notes (PDF)

PORTLAND, Ore. – With the Big Sky Championships looming on Halloween, the Portland State cross country teams are set to run in one last tune-up race. The Viking men and women will be competing in Saturday's Emerald City Open at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle, hosted by Seattle University.
 
The Portland State women are coming off their best race of the season in which they won the 17-team Charles Bowles Invitational in Salem on Oct. 3. Senior Amanda Boman won the individual race and was one of three Vikings to finish in the top 10. The team win was the Vikings' best-ever finish at the storied Charles Bowles Invitational, while Boman became just the second Viking women's runner to win the individual race, joining Amber Rozcicha, who won in 2012.
 
The Viking men will be back on the course for the first time in almost a month. The Emerald City Open will provide them with a measuring stick for how they progressed during the long layoff and how prepared they are for the conference championship meet.
 
The women's 6,000-meter race will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the men's 8,000-meter run following at 11:15. Awards will be presented at the finish line at approximately 12:15 p.m.
 
MEET INFORMATION
LOCATION: Lower Woodland Park
                      1000 N 50^th Street, Seattle, Wash.
 
SCHEDULE:
10:30 a.m. – Women's 6,000-meter race
11:15 a.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race
12:15 p.m. – Awards presentation at start/finish line
 
PSU ENTRIES:
Women: Amanda Boman (Sr.), Maggie Coleman (Jr.), Nevina De Luca (Fr.), Kaila Ann Gibson (Fr.), Katie Hendricks (Sr.), Kennedy Martin (Jr.), Sarah Medved (So.), Jocelyn Reynolds (Fr.) Cheryn Trapp (Jr.)
 
Men: Aaron Campbell (Sr.), Alex Cisneros (So.), Ethan Cotton (So.), Ben Richardson (Jr.), Spencer Russell (Sr.), Neil Seibert (Sr.), John Talik (Sr.), Justin Wikler (So.)
 
TEAMS COMPETING:
Women's 6,000-meter: Seattle, Portland State, Olympic College, Green River Community College and Central Washington
 
Men's 8,000-meter: Seattle, Portland State, Olympic College, Green River Community College and Portland
 
PSU'S HISTORY AT THE EMERALD CITY OPEN:
Portland State last competed in the Emerald City Open in 2013. The top-finishing Viking in the women's race was Camelia Mayfield who placed 10th. Current Portland State junior Cheryn Trapp ran well as a freshman that year, finishing 14th out of 84 runners (22:55.2). She was followed by Keikoanne Hollins in 21st place and Katie Hendricks in 25th. Kennedy Martin placed 31st.
 
In the 2013 men's race, Portland State was led by Andrew Landstrom in seventh place. A trio of current Vikings performed nicely as sophomores in the 8,000-meter run. T-Roy Brown finished 13th (out of 86) at 26:19.5, Neil Seibert took 19th (26:39.2) and John Talik came across in 21st place (26:41.5).
 
Collectively, the Portland State men and women each finished second behind host Seattle.
 
DIRECTIONS TO THE COURSE:
Take Interstate-5 North for Seattle and take exit 169 toward NE 50^th St. Turn left onto NE 50^th St. and go straight for one mile. Turn right onto Woodland Park Ave N and Lower Woodland Park will be on the left.
 
THE COURSE:
The course takes runners through Lower Woodland Park in Seattle's Greenlake neighborhood. It is a rolling path around playgrounds, picnic tables and soccer fields. The course is set at 2,000 meters per loop, meaning the women will complete three laps while the men will run four.
 
LOOKING AHEAD:
At the conclusion of the Emerald City Open, the Vikings will immediately turn their attention to the Big Sky Championships. The conference title meet is being hosted by Southern Utah on Oct. 31 in Cedar City, Utah. The Vikings will then compete at the NCAA West Regional in Seattle, Wash. on Nov. 13.