Complete Meet Notes (PDF)

PORTLAND, Ore. — If things go well for the Vikings at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds later this week, then the meet will be exactly that: preliminary.
 
Alex Cisneros, Kamal-Craig Golaube and Sarah Medved will all compete for the Vikings at the meet with the chance to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, June 6-9, in Eugene, Ore. The top 12 athletes in each event at the end of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds advance to Eugene, though Cisneros, Golaube and Medved will all face different paths in their quests to get there.
 
Cisneros has the simplest path of all the Vikings, as only one division of the men's 10,000 meters will be run at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds with the top 12 finishers advancing to Eugene.
 
Cisneros finished the regular season ranked 39th in the NCAA west region in the men's 10,000 meters, and holds the 35th-best time in the 10,000-meter field going into the meet. Cisneros set his qualifying time at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 19, when he beat a 34-year-old school record with his finish in 29:25.74.
 
The performance came as the latest in a string of historic performances for Cisneros this season. In addition to the 10,000-meter record, Cisneros also set the school records in the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meters, and became the first Viking since 2005 to crack the top 10 all time in the outdoor 5,000 meters. Cisneros added another historic feat to his resume with his qualification for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the men's 10,000 meters, as he became the first Viking men's runner to qualify in any event longer than 800 meters.
 
Cisneros will be the first of the three Vikings to compete at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, as he'll run in the 10,000 meters at 9 p.m. Thursday.
 
Golaube will be next up, as he opens the first round of the men's 110-meter hurdles at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Unlike Cisneros, Golaube faces two rounds of competition if he hopes to make it to Eugene. The top three runners in the six heats of the men's 110-meter hurdles – as well as the next six fastest times – all advance to the quarterfinals at 7:05 p.m. Saturday. The top three from each quarterfinal as well as the next three fastest times will then advance to Eugene.
 
Golaube finished the regular season tied for 57th in the NCAA West region and wasn't among the initial 48 entries announced initially last Thursday. Golaube got the word he was a late addition Monday, however, making him only the second Viking to ever qualify for the NCAA West Prelims in the men's 110-meter hurdles, and the first since school record-holder Keith Gill made the meet in 2004.
 
Golaube set his qualifying time in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Golaube finished in a personal-best 14.34 seconds, moving him up to second behind Gill in the Vikings' record books.
 
Medved, like Cisneros, only faces one round of competition at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds as she competes in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Unlike Cisneros in the 10,000 meters, however, there will be three heats of the women's steeplechase with the top three from each heat and the next three fastest times advancing to Eugene.
 
Medved will run in the first heat of the women's steeplechase at 9 p.m. Friday – putting her at a bit of a disadvantage as later heats will know what times to shoot for in order to qualify on time.
 
Medved may not know her ceiling in the steeplechase yet, though, as she has still only run three steeplechase races as a Viking. She's done wonders in those three races, as she broke the school record after her first two attempts, and then won the Big Sky title on her third. Medved opened her outdoor season with a time of 10:58.17 at the L&C Spring Break Open, and then shaved nearly 37 seconds off that time with her finish in 10:21.56 at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 19.
 
Medved qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds on the back of her time at the Mt. SAC Relays, as she finished the regular season ranked 27th in the NCAA west region. Medved became the first Viking – man or woman – to ever qualify for the NCAA West Prelims in the steeplechase, just as she was the first Viking – man or woman – to win the Big Sky title in the event.
 
There's no reason to expect Medved to stop there, and if she continues making history by qualifying for Eugene, then it will have all just been preliminary. 
 
MEET INFO:
May 24-26 – NCAA West Preliminary Rounds – Sacramento, Calif. (Hornet Stadium)
 
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NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY ROUNDS SCHEDULE:
Thursday, May 24
Running Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
9 p.m.                   Men's 10,000 Meters – Semifinal (Cisneros)
 
Friday, May 25
Running Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
4:30 p.m.              Men's 110-Meter Hurdles – First Round (Heat 6 – Golaube)
9 p.m.                   Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase – Quarterfinal (Heat 1 – Medved)
 
Saturday, May 26
Running Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
7:05 p.m.              Men's 110-Meter Hurdles – Quarterfinal
 
UPCOMING:
If any of the Vikings finish in the top 12 of their respective events at the end of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, they'll advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., June 6-9.
 
BIG SKY OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP:
Donté Robinson and Sarah Medved won the Big Sky titles in the decathlon and women's steeplechase, respectively, while Nia Powdrell and Viktor Moen earned All-Big Sky honors in the women's 100 meters and men's pole vault to lead the Vikings at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, May 8-11, at the Dan O'Brien Outdoor Track Complex in Moscow, Idaho. Robinson started things for the Vikings with his win in the decathlon. Robinson trailed Montana State's Mason Storm for the first eight events of the decathlon, but surged into the lead with a huge mark in the javelin. Robinson finished the javelin with a best throw of 203-08 (62.08m) – 80 feet better than Storm's throw – turning a 241-point deficit into a 112-point lead for Robinson. Robinson then closed things out in the 1,500 meters, finishing with a personal-best decathlon score of 7,307 points. Robinson also won the Big Sky heptathlon title, making him only the second Viking to sweep the heptathlon and decathlon titles in one year, and the first since Nick Trubachik swept the awards in 2010. Medved became the Vikings' first-ever winner in the men's OR women's steeplechase, as she passed Montana State's Patricia Carlson down the stretch for the win. Medved trailed Carlson going into the final water jump, but passed her coming out of the water and then out-kicked her on the home straightaway, winning by two seconds – 10:30.35 to 10:32.56. Nia Powdrell nearly added a third conference title to the Vikings' total, as she upset the form chart while placing second in the 100 meters by three-thousandths of a second. Powdrell came into the meet ranked 11th in the Big Sky in the 100 meters, but finished just behind Eastern Washington's Rebecca Tarbert in 11.635 seconds. Powdrell and Tarbert ran at each other's hip throughout the race, but Tarbert edged Powdrell at the line to win in 11.632 seconds. Viktor Moen also earned All-Big Sky honors while placing third in the men's pole vault. Moen became the first Viking – man or woman – to earn All-Big Sky honors in the pole vault, and did so while clearing a PSU-best 15-05.50 (4.71m). Chance Whitehurst broke the school record in the men's triple jump while placing fifth in the event with a PSU-best jump of 48-11.75 (14.93m). Whitehurst set the record on his sixth and final attempt of the competition, after sneaking into the final following fouls on his first two attempts of the day.
 
OREGON TWILIGHT RECAP:
Viktor Moen was the lone Viking to compete at the Oregon Twilight, May 4, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and placed third in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-01.00 (4.60m).
 
OSU HIGH PERFORMANCE MEET RECAP:
The Vikings set or bettered five top 10 marks during both days of the OSU High Performance meet, April 27-28, at the Whyte Track & Field Center in Corvallis, Ore. The Viking distance runners set three of the five top 10 marks on the first day of the meet Friday, between Kaila Gibson in the women's 1,500 meters and Alana Chaplin and Jacob Emeterio in the women's and men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, respectively. Gibson shaved close to 10 seconds off her personal best in the 1,500 meters as she finished in 4:31.96 to move up to eighth all time. Chaplin knocked more than 11 seconds off her personal best in the steeplechase while finishing in 11:20.05, moving her up to third all time in the event at Portland State. Emeterio topped both of them, however, as he beat his previous best in the steeplechase by just under 47 seconds while finishing in 9:20.74. Emeterio moved up to fifth all time in the steeplechase as a result, and now holds the best time by a Viking in the event since 2014. Ceil Dunleavy and Kamal-Craig Golaube tacked on two more top 10 marks on the second day of the meet, between the women's high jump and men's 110-meter hurdles. Dunleavy won the women's high jump with a clearance of 5-05.75 (1.67m), moving her out of a four-way tie and into eighth place all time on her own. Golaube, meanwhile, shaved four-hundredths of a second off his previous PSU personal best in the 110-meter hurdles while finishing in 14.81 seconds. That bettered the time Golaube set last season that moved him up to eighth all time in the event as a freshman.
 
PACIFIC TWILIGHT INVITATIONAL RECAP:
The Vikings set a number of PSU or overall personal bests at the Pacific Twilight Invitational, April 27, at Hanson Stadium in Forest Grove, Ore. Alexis Buckhaults and Natalie Cummings provided two of the Vikings' PSU personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles and 100 meters, respectively. Buckhaults finished the 100 hurdles in 15.16 seconds while Cummings placed second in the 100 meters in 12.59 seconds. Cummings also won the 200 meters in 26.47 seconds, while Buckhaults, Cummings, Kameron Smith and Nicole Terry all competed on the Vikings' winning 4x100-meter relay team that finished in 50.00 seconds. Justin Desaki added two more PSU personal bests in the men's sprints, as he set seasonal bests in the 100 and 200 meters with his finishes in 11.33 and 23.04 seconds, respectively. Three more Vikings set PSU or overall personal bests in the men's 5,000 meters in Elmer Shelevy, Andy Solano and Cody Jones, while Alana Baldwin-Joiner won the women's 5,000 meters while setting an overall personal best of 18:44.88. Jean Rwandika did not set a PSU or overall personal bests in the javelin, but still won the event with a throw of 165-06 (50.45m).
 
COUGAR OPEN RECAP:
Viktor Moen won the men's pole vault to lead a small group of three Vikings at the Cougar Open, April 21, at Canby High School in Canby, Ore. Moen cleared 15-01.00 (4.60m) in his win, while Griffen Johnson set a PSU personal best with his clearance of 13-01.50 (4.00m). Maya Jackson, meanwhile, ran the women's 200 and 400 meters in 26.40 and 58.34 seconds, respectively.
 
MT. SAC RELAYS RECAP:
Sarah Medved and Alex Cisneros made history while breaking the school records in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's 10,000 meters, respectively, at the Mt. SAC Relays, April 19, at Murdock Stadium in Torrance, Calif. Both Medved and Cisneros put themselves in strong contention to qualify for the NCAA west regional in their respective events, which would make them the first Vikings in program history to qualify regionally in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's 10,000 meters. Medved set the 3,000-meter steeplechase record after beating out an elite field in the event with her finish in 10:21.56. Medved has now competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase twice as a Viking, and has broken the school record both times. Medved shaved more than 36 seconds off her debut time in the event, and now stands more than 50 seconds clear of the old record that Mandy Peterson set at 11:11.60 in 2003. Medved out-kicked Montana State's Patricia Carlson for the win, as she beat Carlson by seven-hundredths of a second after trailing going into the bell lap. Cisneros, meanwhile, broke a 34-year-old school record in the men's 10,000 meters with his finish in 29:25.74. Cisneros beat Dave Henderson's old record of 29:30.04 by over four seconds, which Henderson set in 1984. Cisneros' time puts him in good position to become the first Viking to qualify regionally in an event longer than 800 meters. The final qualifying time in the 10,000 meters last season was 29:39.95, more than 14 seconds slower than the time Cisneros ran at the Mt. SAC Relays. Cisneros moved up to 35th in the NCAA west region after his performance at the Mt. SAC Relays, well within the top 48 that qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds at the end of May.
 
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Donté Robinson and Kaila Gibson set personal bests in the decathlon and women's 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational, April 18-19, at the Cougar Athletic Stadium in Azusa, Calif. Robinson set his second personal best in as many attempts in the decathlon this season, as he scored 6,908 points to move up to fifth all time in the event at Portland State. Robinson set decathlon personal bests in the 110-meter hurdles and javelin on the second day of the competition, and wasn't far off his personal bests in the pole vault and 1,500 meters. Robinson was similarly close to his decathlon personal bests in the shot put, high jump and 400 meters on the first day of the competition, and set an outdoor personal best in the long jump. Gibson, meanwhile, shaved more than 36 seconds off her personal best in the outdoor 5,000 meters, as she finished in 16:47.04. Gibson crushed her previous seasonal best in the 5,000 meters, which she set at 17:24.46 three weeks ago at the SF State Distance Carnival. Gibson moved up to fifth all time in the outdoor 5,000 meters with her finish at the meet.
 
PELLUER INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Saraia Collmer broke the school record in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 11-03.00 (3.43m) as the Viking jumpers led the team at the Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. Collmer broke the record Lynae Newby set with a clearance of 10-11.75 (3.35m) in 2004, and now holds both the indoor and outdoor school records in the women's pole vault. Ta'mara Richey placed second in the women's long jump with a mark of 19-03.50 (5.88m), beating her previous seasonal best of 18-11.25 (5.77m) by more than four inches. Richey's mark put her right on her progression in the long jump last season, as she jumped 19-04.25 (5.90m) at the Texas Invitational on the same weekend last year. Freshman Taylor Elliott moved into a tie for eighth all time in the women's high jump at the meet, matching her classmate Ceil Dunleavy. Elliott cleared 5-05.00 (1.65m) Saturday, tying her with Dunleavy, Damaris Tucker (2006) and Erin Kinney (2007) in the all-time ranks. Junior Jaron Barrow nearly moved into the top 10 all time in the men's long jump, as he placed fourth in the competition with a best jump of 22-11.75 (7.00m) – a centimeter behind the current 10th-best mark of 23-00.00 (7.01m). Jean-Luc Toku placed second in the men's triple jump, ahead of Barrow, with a seasonal-best mark of 46-08.75 (14.24m). The Vikings also set seasonal bests in both the men's and women's 4x100-meter relays, while Kamal-Craig Golaube set seasonal or personal bests in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles. Golaube narrowly missed the top 10 all time in the 400-meter hurdles, as he finished in 56.89 seconds – less than four-tenths of a second behind the current No. 10 time of 56.89 seconds.
 
JOHN KNIGHT TWILIGHT RECAP:
Maya Jackson shaved seven-tenths of a second off her seasonal best in the 400 meters while finishing in 57.86 seconds at the John Knight Twilight, April 6, at McArthur Field in Monmouth, Ore. Meggie Karp and McKenna Martin provided two more seasonal bests in the women's 1,500 meters, as they finished in 4:52.35 and 4:58.97, respectively. Erik Solano beat his prep personal best in the 5,000 meters while leading a group of three Vikings in the event with his finish in 16:04.87.
 
PACIFIC OPEN RECAP:
Alana Baldwin-Joiner shaved close to 25 seconds off her personal best in the 5,000 meters while leading a small group of Vikings at the Pacific Open, March 31, at Hanson Stadium in Forest Grove, Ore. Cody Jones, meanwhile, set a new personal best in the men's 5,000 meters, as he finished in 16:15.69 to beat the PR he came into Portland State with of 16:18. 
 
AL MANUEL NORTHWEST DUAL INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Nia Powdrell swept the women's 100 and 200 meters at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual Invitational, March 30-31, at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Mont., extending her unbeaten streak in the sprint events to open the season. Powdrell improved to 5-0 in the 100 or 200 meters while winning both events by three-tenths and nine-tenths of a second, respectively. Powdrell also ran a leg on the Vikings' 4x100-meter relay, which finished in a seasonal-best 47.71 seconds. Powdrell would have added a fourth win to her meet resume in the women's long jump if not for her teammate, Ta'mara Richey. Richey and Powdrell finished 1-2 in the long jump, while the Vikings went 1-2-3-4 in the men's triple jump. Chance Whitehurst beat out teammates Jaron Barrow, Kevin Luyamba and Jean-Luc Toku for the event win while moving up to third all time at Portland State with a mark of 47-08.00 (14.53m). Whitehurst was also the Vikings' top finisher in the men's long jump, as he placed third with a personal-best jump of 22-05.75 (6.85m). Katie Baxter and Ceil Dunleavy won the women's 400-meter hurdles and high jump, respectively, with Dunleavy moving into a tie for eighth all time in the event with her clearance of 5-05.00 (1.65m). Megan Cornett also moved into the top 10 all time in the women's javelin, as she finished with a best throw of 132-08 (40.43m) to move up to eighth all time in the event.
 
SF STATE DISTANCE CARNIVAL RECAP:
Alex Cisneros became the first Viking to crack 30 minutes in the 10,000 meters since 1984 at the SF State Distance Carnival, March 30-31, at the Chabot College Track in Hayward, Calif. Cisneros finished in 29:54.96, moving him up to third all time in the event behind Dave Henderson and Seppo Matela, who stand 1-2 with times of 29:30.04 and 29:34.60, respectively. Sarah Medved, meanwhile, won her section of the women's 5,000 meters while finishing in 17:21.25. Alana Chaplin shaved 16 seconds off her personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and moved up to ninth all time with her finish in 11:31.34. Justin Wikler also set a personal best in the fourth section of the men's 10,000 meters, as he finished in 33:10.20. Austen Hvidsten shaved close to three seconds off his personal best in the men's 800 meters while finishing in 1:55.67 on the second day of the meet.
 
BOXER COMBINED EVENT RECAP:
Donté Robinson improved to 3-for-3 in multi-event competitions this season while winning the decathlon at the Boxer Combined Event, March 27-28, in Forest Grove, Ore. Robinson won by close to 500 points while setting a new personal-best score of 6,868 points. Robinson didn't finish lower than third in any individual event, and set overall or decathlon personal bests in three of the five events on the second day of the competition. Robinson cleared 14-03.25 (4.35m) in the pole vault, moving him up to seventh all time in the event at Portland State. Katie Baxter placed third in the heptathlon with 4,354 points at the Boxer Combined Event, while freshman Kristen O'Handley – the first-day leader – placed fourth with 4,226 points. Baxter's best event came in the javelin, where she placed second overall with a best throw of 110-09 (33.76m). O'Handley dropped from the top spot because of a poor mark in the javelin, but had won the 200 meters and long jump earlier in the competition, and placed second in the 100-meter hurdles. Freshman Savanna Milroy also competed in the heptathlon for the Vikings, placing tied for 11th with 2,976 points.
 
WILLAMETTE INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Sophomores Angela Mumford and Nia Powdrell led the Vikings in their sophomore outdoor meet of the 2018 season, the Willamette Invitational, March 24, in Salem Ore. Mumford competed in the shot put, discus and hammer for the Vikings, but her best mark came in the hammer, where she set a new personal best of 141-03.50 (43.06m) while moving up to seventh all time at Portland State. Mumford became the first Viking to enter the top 10 all time in the hammer since 2009. Powdrell, meanwhile, swept the 100 and 200 meters, and improved to 3-0 in individual sprint races during the outdoor season. Freshmen Megan Cornett and Taylor Matsuzaki made their Portland State debuts at the meet while competing in the javelin. Cornett, who is also a player for the Portland State women's soccer team, nearly entered the top 10 all time in the javelin while uncorking a throw of 126-07.50 (38.59m) on her second attempt of the day. Matsuzaki set her best mark on her third attempt of the day, as she finished with a top throw of 107-04 (32.71m). Junior Jaron Barrow highlighted the day for the Viking men, as he entered the top 10 all time in the triple jump with a best mark of 45-10.50 (13.98m). Barrow set the mark on his first attempt of the day, moving him up to seventh all time in the event at Portland State.
 
L&C SPRING BREAK OPEN RECAP:
The Viking distance crew headlined the team's season-opening meet at the L&C Spring Break Open, March 16-17 in Portland, Ore. Sarah Medved broke the school record in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase on the first day of the meet, Friday. Medved set the record in her debut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in 10:58.17 to become the first Viking women to crack 11 minutes in the event. Medved beat the old record of 11:11.60 that Mandy Peterson set 15 years ago in 2003. Alex Cisneros followed Medved with the Viking men's first top 10 mark in the 5,000 meters in 13 years Saturday despite running through rainy conditions. Cisneros won the 5,000 meters in 14:28.96, moving him up to sixth all time in the event. No Viking had entered the top 10 in the outdoor men's 5,000 since Blake Flanders in 2005, who Cisneros ironically knocked out of the top 10 with his time Saturday. Medved and Cisneros were also just two of several event winners for the Vikings at the meet. Jaron Barrow and Ta'mara Richey won the men's and women's long jump, respectively, Friday, while the Vikings won seven events Saturday. Nia Powdrell and Kristen O'Handley swept the women's 100 and 200 meters, while both also joined Richey and Natalie Cummings to win the 4x100-meter relay for the Vikings. Josh Pikes won the men's 200 meters, and was part of the Vikings' winning 4x400-meter relay team along with Zack Davis, Justin Desaki and Will Payton. Viktor Moen and Jean-Luc Toku, meanwhile, added event wins in the field for the Viking men, as they swept the pole vault and triple jump, respectively. The Viking women beat out Oregon State for first place in the team competition, finishing with 122 points to the Beavers' 115. The Viking men placed second with 102 team points, 21 points behind Western Oregon, which won the men's competition with 123.
 
TEDDY TWILIGHT RECAP:
Alana Chaplin broke the school record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Teddy Twilight on March 3. Chaplin finished in 7:36 to break Keikoanne Hollins' old record of 7:43.56 that she set in 2012. McKenna Martin also moved up to fourth all time in the 2,000-meter steeplechase with her finish in 7:52. Jacob Emeterio and Jayson Maule also competed in the men's 2,000-meter steeplechase and moved up to third and fifth all time with their finishes in 6:20 and 6:44, respectively.
 
2018 INDOOR SEASON RECAP:
Donté Robinson out-kicked Sacramento State's Max Jette in the final event of the heptathlon – the 1,000 meters – at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, giving the redshirt junior his first Big Sky title. Robinson and Jette were tied through the first six events of the heptathlon, but Robinson passed Jette with a lap to go in the 1,000 meters and didn't look back, finishing in 2:51.65 to beat Jette by three-and-a-half seconds. Robinson became the Vikings' first Big Sky champion in the heptathlon since former NCAA first-team All-American Nick Trubachik won the event in 2010. Robinson won the event with a personal-best score of 5,248 points, and set personal bests in four of the seven events during the competition. Besides Robinson, the Vikings set five school records during the season, including two for Alex Cisneros. Cisneros broke his own school record in the 5,000 meters at the UW Invitational, finishing in 14:19.95 – 23 seconds faster than the time he ran at the same meet last season. Cisneros also broke the school record in the 3,000 meters at the UW Indoor Open, finishing in 8:16.45 to beat the old record of 8:21.04 by more than four seconds. Kaila Gibson joined Cisneros in a sweep of the men's and women's 5,000-meter records at the UW Invite, as she set the women's record with her finish in 16:53.60. Saraia Collmer, meanwhile, broke the school record in the women's pole vault in back-to-back meets during the season. Collmer first broke the record with a clearance of 11-05.25 (3.49m) at the Idaho Duals, and then broke it again a week later with a clearance of 11-07.25 (3.54m) at the UW Indoor Open. Kamal-Craig Golaube also broke the school record in the men's 60-meter hurdles twice, as he broke the record in the prelims and then the finals of the Big Sky Indoor Championships. Golaube finished the prelims of the 60 hurdles in 8.19 seconds, and then finished the finals in 8.14 seconds.