GRESHAM, Ore. — Before this week's Big Sky Outdoor Championships, a search for Ocean Rideout's name in the Portland State record books would mostly come up under the Vikings' soccer program. That's understandable. Rideout came to the Vikings as a soccer player and earned All-Big Sky honorable mention in the sport this past season.
 
But that was at the start of the week. Since then, it's a different story as Rideout continues to expand her legacy for the Portland State track & field program. Thursday, it was with a seventh-place finish in the heptathlon, making her the first Viking to score in the event since 2019. Friday, she snapped a nine-year dry spell in the women's long jump, scoring for the Vikings again with a fifth-place finish in the event.
 
Call it an Olimpico. But a new definition of the term that Rideout is writing this week at Mt Hood Community College's Earl L. Klapstein Stadium.
 
Rideout placed fifth in the long jump Friday with a best mark of 18-09.75 (5.73m). That came on her opening attempt, as she won the opening flight and then held on for fifth. All three of her preliminary jumps went past the personal best she came into the meet with, though they didn't match her overall best of 18-10.75 (5.76m) from Thursday's heptathlon long jump.
 
Rideout has now scored six points for the Vikings at this year's championships. That's the most by a Viking woman since Bára Stýblová totaled seven points at the 2023 Big Sky Outdoor Championships.
 
But what could Stýblová do on the soccer field?
 
A trio of other Vikings set themselves up for potential historic finishes Saturday. Emma Stolte, Isaiah Cadengo and Jack Macdonald all qualified for the finals in the women's 1,500 and men's 400 and 200 meters, respectively.
 
Stolte advanced to the final in the 1,500 meters while posting the fastest qualifying time of the day across both preliminary heats, finishing in 4:30.29. Stolte can now become the first Viking to score in the 1,500 meters at back-to-back Big Sky Outdoor Championships since Amanda Kamm in 2006 and 2007 if she finishes in the top eight tomorrow (11:50 a.m.). She placed seventh in the 1,500 at last year's Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Sacramento.
 
Stolte also has a scoring opportunity in the 5k, which gets underway at 2:20 p.m. Saturday.
 
Cadengo, meanwhile, set himself up to be the Viking men's first scorer in the 400 meters since Mitchell Gable in 2017 with his qualification Friday. Cadengo placed second in his heat but qualified on time with his finish in 47.76 seconds. The finish marked Cadengo's second-best mark of the season, trailing only his time of 47.60 seconds when he won the 400 meters two weeks ago at the OSU High Performance Meet.
 
Cadengo will race in the finals of the 400 meters at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow.
 
Macdonald will follow in the finals of the 200 meters at 2:10 p.m. He advanced to the final after taking care of business in Friday's prelims. Ranked third in the Big Sky in the 200 meters coming into the meet, Macdonald secured an auto-qualifying spot with a heat win in 21.43 seconds.
 
With a clean finish tomorrow, he'll be the Viking men's first scorer in the 200 meters since Sheldon Prince placed seventh in 2014.
 
Some of the rest of the Vikings set their own personal history Friday, even if they didn't advance to Saturday's finals.
 
Freshman Norhan Abdel Halim moved up two spots in the freshman top 10 for the women's 400 meters with a personal best of 1:00.00. She now ranks eighth in the freshman record book as a result.
 
James Timmins, meanwhile, shaved one-hundredth of a second off his personal best in the 400-meter hurdles while finishing in 55.68 seconds in Friday's prelims.
 
Ashley Peterson nearly matched him with a personal best on the women's side of the 400-meter hurdles. She finished in 1:03.38 for her second-best mark ever. Peterson was also unlucky not to qualify as she placed 10th overall, two spots out of the final.
 
Saturday's final day of the Big Sky Outdoor Championships gets underway at 10 a.m. with the start of four field events between the men's discus, men's high jump, women's triple jump and women's shot put. Track events get underway with the women's 4x100-meter relay at 11:30 a.m.
 
And who's in the relay pool for the Vikings in that event? Rideout. Expect more history to be made, then. By an All-Big Sky honorable mention soccer player and her teammates.
 
Big Sky Outdoor Championships
Earl L. Klapstein Stadium
Gresham, Ore.
May 13-15, 2026
 
Women's Results:
100m (Prelims): 16. Ocean Rideout, 12.43; 19. Olivia Jolivette, 12.59; 20. Sienna Rosario, 12.73. 200m (Prelims): 22. Sienna Rosario, 25.79. 400m (Prelims): 17. Norhan Abdel Halim, 1:00.00. 800m (Prelims): 18. Irina López, 2:14.60; 22. Hannah Butterfield, 2:17.19. 1,500m (Prelims): 1. Emma Stolte, 4:30.29; 16. Taylor Nichols, 4:51.15. 100H (Prelims): 17. Savannah Beasley, 15.25. 400H (Prelims): 10. Ashley Peterson, 1:03.38; 13. Savannah Beasley, 1:04.58. Long Jump: 5. Ocean Rideout, 18-09.75 (5.73m); 21. Akanesi Latu-Alves, 16-11.25 (5.16m). Hammer: 23. Princess Fletcher, 140-07 (42.85m); 24. Avonlea Edwards, 139-11 (42.66m). Heptathlon: 7. Ocean Rideout, 4,498 points (100H: 16. 16.25, 684 points; HJ: 7. 5-00.50 (1.54m), 666 points; SP: 15. 26-05.00 (8.05m), 403 points; 200m: 6. 25.82, 813 points; LJ: 3. 18-10.75 (5.76m), 777 points; Javelin: 8. 94-05 (28.79m), 454 points; 800m: 7. 2:29.37, 701 points).
 
Men's Results:
100m (Prelims): 11. Jack Macdonald, 10.74. 200m (Prelims): 5. Jack Macdonald, 21.43; 21. Isaiah Cadengo, 22.71. 400m (Prelims): 6. Isaiah Cadengo, 47.76; 23. Zach Payne, 50.41. 800m (Prelims): 19. Ari Smith, 1:53.78; 22. Amir Ahmed, 1:55.59; 24. JD Arthur, 1:57.14; 26. Abdinajib Abade, 1:58.99. 10,000m: 13. Luke Gillingham, 33:11.77. 110H (Prelims): 10. Aidan Sweeney, 15.14; 12. Carson Schall, 16.07. 400H (Prelims): 12. James Timmins, 55.68. Long Jump: 13. Jackson Mathers, 21-00.50 (6.41m); Edward Niyongere, ND; Damien Parrow, ND. Javelin: 10. Henry Glad, 179-06 (54.73m); 12. Carter Green, 144-09 (44.14m).