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Action photo of Portland State track & field runner Rashid Muse running at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Classic.
Larry Lawson

Track & Field Andy Jobanek

Five 800s, Five PBs as Rashid Muse Completes Perfect Season at Portland Distance Carnival

RESULTS

SHERWOOD, Ore. — 
A perfect track season may mean different things to different people. Rashid Muse, though, definitely had a perfect season. The freshman ran five 800-meter races for the Vikings in 2021, and set a new personal best all five times.
 
Muse closed his season Sunday with his latest personal best, finishing in 1:57.21 at the Portland Distance Carnival at Sherwood High School. Muse's time Sunday completed a 10-second improvement from his season opener at the NW Distance Jamboree six weeks earlier on April 3. Muse ran 2:07.22 at the NW Distance Jamboree, but cracked two minutes just four weeks later at the OSU High Performance Meet, where he set his previous personal best at 1:57.49.
 
Jack Rubalcave also set a personal best in his final race of the season, finishing the men's 1,500 meters in 4:08.94. Kelly Shedd finished just off his own personal best in the 1,500 while running in 4:03.34 Sunday. That's just a half-second slower than the personal best he set at 4:02.75 at the Lewis & Clark Invite earlier this season.
 
Sophie Jones ran on the women's side of the 1,500 meters Sunday, cracking five minutes for the second time this season with her time of 4:57.07. Zach Grams and Erik Solano ran for the Vikings in the men's 5,000 meters, finishing in 16:17.63 and 16:25.73, respectively.
 
The Vikings will next compete at the NCAA West Prelims, which gets underway on May 26 at College Station, Texas.
 
Portland Distance Carnival
Sherwood High School
Sherwood, Ore.
May 16, 2021
 
Women's Results:
1,500m: 19. Sophie Jones, 4:57.07.
 
Men's Results:
800m: 5. Rashid Muse, 1:57.21. 1,500m: 26. Kelly Shedd, 4:03.34; 30. Jack Rubalcave, 4:08.94. 5,000m: 20. Zach Grams, 16:17.63; 21. Erik Solano, 16:25.73. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Jack Rubalcave

Jack Rubalcave

Distances
Redshirt Sophomore
Erik Solano

Erik Solano

Distances
Junior
Zach Grams

Zach Grams

Distances
Freshman
Sophie Jones

Sophie Jones

Distances
Freshman
Kelly Shedd

Kelly Shedd

Distances
Freshman
Rashid Muse

Rashid Muse

Mid-Distances
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jack Rubalcave

Jack Rubalcave

Redshirt Sophomore
Distances
Erik Solano

Erik Solano

Junior
Distances
Zach Grams

Zach Grams

Freshman
Distances
Sophie Jones

Sophie Jones

Freshman
Distances
Kelly Shedd

Kelly Shedd

Freshman
Distances
Rashid Muse

Rashid Muse

Freshman
Mid-Distances
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