FRIDAY RESULTS - RUNNING | FIELD
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TEAM SCORES
DAY ONE RECAP

CHENEY, Wash. — Senior Jazmin Ratcliff won her third straight Big Sky hurdles title, and the Portland State women's track and field team recorded its third-best finish in program history with a third-place finish at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships Saturday at Roos Field.
 
Ratcliff's title in the 100-meter hurdles led the Viking women to 102 total team points at the meet Saturday, placing them third ahead of Northern Arizona at 97 points, and behind Sacramento State and Montana State at 145.90 and 142.20 points, respectively.
 
The Vikings' third-place finish marks the team's best finish within the Big Sky since a second-place finish in 2013, which tied the Vikings' second-place finish in 2006 for the program's best overall finish at the conference outdoor meet.
 
The Vikings placed third Saturday thanks to scoring in bunches in a couple of different events, including the 100-meter hurdles, which Ratcliff won while sophomores CeCelia Jackson and Akayla Anderson followed with second- and fourth-place finishes. Those three finishes gave the Vikings 23 points in the event, the most points the Vikings scored in a single event at this year's championships.
 
Ratcliff's win in the 100-meter hurdles also makes the senior the undisputed queen of the hurdles within the Big Sky Conference, as it followed titles in last year's outdoor 100-meter hurdles and this year's indoor 60-meter hurdles. Ratcliff set the Portland State, championship and Big Sky records while winning the 100-meter hurdles at last season's Big Sky outdoor meet, and then followed it up with a school-record performance while winning the indoor 60-meter hurdles in February. Ratcliff's win Saturday then marks the senior's third straight hurdles title within the Big Sky, and the senior also stands in good position to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary meet in the 100-meter hurdles for the third straight season.
 
Ratcliff won the 100-meter hurdles Saturday while battling a significant head wind, finishing in 13.94 seconds. Jackson placed second to Ratcliff in 14.05 seconds, while Anderson finished fourth in 14.24 seconds.
 
Meanwhile, outside of the 100-meter hurdles, the Vikings also picked up 17 points in the 100 meters, as the women had four athletes competing in the finals of the event. Senior Jasmine Woods led the Vikings in the 100 meters, as she placed second in 11.81 seconds. Sophomore Genna Settle, sophomore Baileh Simms and Ratcliff then finished fifth, sixth and seventh for the Vikings, respectively.
 
Woods also led the Vikings in the finals of the 200 meters, as she picked up her second All-Big Sky honor of the day with a third-place finish in the event. Runners battled a head wind even more severe than the one during the finals of the 100-meter hurdles, but Woods still finished in 24.43 seconds, just .01 seconds behind Northern Arizona's Shamelle Pless, who finished second in 24.42 seconds. Settle and fellow sophomore Whitney Diggs also placed fifth and eighth for the Vikings in the 200, respectively, giving the PSU women 11 total points in the event.
 
Diggs scored with a sixth-place finish in the finals of the 400 meters earlier in the day, too, as she crossed the line in 55.22 seconds.
 
Additionally, Diggs capped the meet for the Viking women by running the anchor leg of the team's 4x400-meter relay team that placed fifth in a school-record 3:46.96. Diggs joined Woods, freshman Nyalual Beng and junior Kris Tollefson in setting the record, which beat the old record of 3:47.59, set in 2013.
 
Outside of the sprints, senior Camelia Mayfield also scored in her second event of the championships, as she placed seventh in the finals of the 5,000 meters Saturday, after placing fourth in the finals of the 10,000 meters Friday night.
 
In the field, freshman Ta'mara Richey earned All-Big Sky honors with a second-place finish in the women's triple jump, as set a personal-best jump of 39-08.50 (12.10m) at the meet. Junior D'nara Jones also placed seventh in the triple jump for the Vikings, finishing with a mark of 37-06.75 (11.45m).
 
Additionally, Jackson preceded her second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a third-place finish in the women's high jump to start the day. Jackson finished third while setting a new personal best in the event, as she cleared 5-07.00 (1.70m).
 
On the men's side, junior Sheldon Prince scored in the finals of the 400 meters, while the Viking men's 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams also scored to lead the men to an 11th-place finish with 13 total team points.
 
Prince finished seventh in the men's 400 meters in 47.98 seconds, and then came back to anchor the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth in 3:18.49. Additionally, Prince joined freshmen Hunter Pfefferkorn and Spenser Schmidt, as well as sophomore Mitchell Gable on the Vikings' 4x100-meter relay team that placed fifth in 41.79 seconds.
 
Junior Major Oni, meanwhile, just missed out on scoring with a ninth-place finish in the triple jump, but set a new personal best in the event a day after he set a new PR in the men's hammer. Oni capped his unique double at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a jump of 45-07.00 (13.89m), moving him up to seventh in the event at Portland State.
 
The Vikings will now shift their focus to the NCAA West Preliminary meet, which will take place in Austin, Texas, from May 28-30. Qualification for the meet ends at midnight Sunday, and accepted entries will be announced late next week.
 
Big Sky Conference records:
Women:
Baileh Simms – Long Jump – 20-09.25 (6.33m)
 
Big Sky Championship records:
Women:
Baileh Simms – Long Jump – 20-09.25 (6.33m)
 
PSU school records:
Women:
Baileh Simms – Long Jump – 20-09.25 (6.33m)
4x400m Relay (Tollefson, Beng, Woods, Diggs) – 3:46.96
 
Big Sky champions:
Women:
Jazmin Ratcliff – 100m Hurdles – 13.94 seconds
Baileh Simms – Long Jump – 20-09.25 (6.33m)
 
All-Big Sky performers:
Women:
Jazmin Ratcliff – 1st in 100m Hurdles – 13.94 seconds
Baileh Simms – 1st in long jump – 20-09.25 (6.33m)
CeCelia Jackson – 2nd in 100m Hurdles – 14.05 seconds
Ta'mara Richey – 2nd in triple jump – 39-08.50 (12.10m)
Jasmine Woods – 2nd in 100m – 11.81 seconds
CeCelia Jackson – 3rd in high jump – 5-07.00 (1.70m)
Genna Settle – 3rd in long jump – 19-01.50 (5.83m)
Jasmine Woods – 3rd in 200m – 24.43 seconds
 
Big Sky Outdoor Championships
Roos Field
Cheney, Wash.
May 13-16, 2015
 
Women's Results:
100m (prelims): 2. Jasmine Woods, 11.62; 5. Genna Settle, 11.79; T-6. Jazmin Ratcliff, 11.84; T-6. Baileh Simms, 11.84. 100m (finals): 2. Jasmine Woods, 11.81; 5. Genna Settle, 12.02; 6. Baileh Simms, 12.05; 7. Jazmin Ratcliff, 12.14. 200m (prelims): 4. Jasmine Woods, 24.16; 6. Genna Settle, 24.21; 8. Whitney Diggs, 24.40. 200m (finals): 3. Jasmine Woods, 24.43; 5. Genna Settle, 24.65; 8. Whitney Diggs, 25.06. 400m (prelims): 7. Whitney Diggs, 55.42. 400m (finals): 6. Whitney Diggs, 55.22. 800m (prelims): 15. Kris Tollefson, 2:16.34; 16. Nyalual Beng, 2:16.90. 5,000m (finals): 7. Camelia Mayfield, 17:36.07; Cheryn Trapp, DNF. 10,000m (finals): 4. Camelia Mayfield, 36:37.44; 24. Cheryn Trapp, 40:33.93; 25. Maggie Coleman, 40:51.09; 26. Katie Hendricks, 41.18.30. 100m Hurdles (prelims): 1. Jazmin Ratcliff, 13.46; 2. CeCelia Jackson, 13.64; 6. Akayla Anderson, 14.04. 100m Hurdles (finals): 1. Jazmin Ratcliff, 13.94; 2. CeCelia Jackson, 14.05; 4. Akayla Anderson, 14.24. 400m Hurdles (prelims): 11. Roazena Miller, 1:04.59. 4x100m Relay (finals): Portland State 'A' (Ratcliff, Settle, Woods, Simms), DQ. 4x400m Relay (finals): 5. Portland State 'A' (Tollefson, Beng, Woods, Diggs), 3:46.96. High Jump: 3. CeCelia Jackson, 5-07.00 (1.70m). Long Jump: 1. Baileh Simms, 20-09.25 (6.33m); 3. Genna Settle, 19-01.50 (5.83m); 4. Ta'mara Richey, 19-00.75 (5.81m); 19. D'nara Jones, 17-07.50 (5.37m). Triple Jump: 2. Ta'mara Richey, 39-08.50 (12.10m); 7. D'nara Jones, 37-06.75 (11.45m). Discus: 14. Sydney Johnson, 140-10 (42.94m). Javelin: 16. Haley Bell, 118-11 (36.25m).
 
Women's Team Scores:
1. Sacramento State, 145.90 points; 2. Montana State, 142.20 points; 3. Portland State, 102 points; 4. Northern Arizona, 97 points; 5. Eastern Washington, 80 points; 6. North Dakota, 52.50 points; 7. Northern Colorado, 44.20 points; 8. Weber State, 41 points; 9. Montana, 34. 20 points; 10. Idaho State, 32 points; 11. Idaho, 30 points; 12. Southern Utah, 18 points.
 
Men's Results:
200m (prelims): 13. Sheldon Prince, 21.83. 400m (prelims): 6. Sheldon Prince, 48.63; 12. Mitchell Gable, 48.91. 400m (finals): 7. Sheldon Prince, 47.98. 800m (prelims): 9. Ben Richardson, 1:53.01; 10. T-Roy Brown, 1:53.13; 11. Spencer Russell, 1:53.22. 1,500m (finals): 15. T-Roy Brown, 3:59.56; 20. Ben Richardson, 4:04.02. 5,000m (finals): 19. Andrew Landstrom, 15:45.00. 10,000m (finals): 14. Andrew Landstrom, 32:39.23; 17. Jose Macias, 33:37.44; 21. Jake Schwartz, 34:07.98; John Talik, DNF. 4x100m Relay (finals): 5. Portland State 'A' (Pfefferkorn, Schmidt, Prince, Gable), 41.79. 4x400m Relay (finals): 8. Portland State 'A' (Gable, Pfefferkorn, Nixon, Prince), 3:18.49. High Jump: 4. Rockwell Tufty, 6-08.75 (2.05m); 8. Kevin Robinson, 6-05.50 (1.97m); 9. Tyson Stipic, 6-05.50 (1.97m). Long Jump: 16. Spenser Schmidt, 21-06.00 (6.55m). Triple Jump: 9. Major Oni, 45-07.00 (13.89m); 19. Cole Nixon, 41-07.00 (12.67m). Hammer: 15. Major Oni, 164-04 (50.10m).
 
Men's Team Scores:
T-1. Northern Arizona, 157 points; T-1. Sacramento State, 157 points; 3. Montana State, 80 points; 4. Weber State, 78 points; 5. Eastern Washington, 72 points; 6. Idaho State, 63 points; 7. Montana, 56 points; 8. Northern Colorado, 48 points; 9. North Dakota, 44 points; 10. Southern Utah, 41 points; 11. Portland State, 13 points; 12. Idaho, 9 points.