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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2019 Track & Field Roster

Spencer Farrin

Linnaea Kavulich

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Scappoose HS
  • Hometown Scappoose, Ore.
  • Prev School Scappoose HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Cross Country:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2018)

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 6th all time in the 4,000 meters - 14:34.1 - Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1/18)

Indoor:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2019)

All-time PSU rankings:

- Part of 9th-ranked Distance Medley Relay team - 12:30.73 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/19)

Outdoor:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2019)

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 3rd all time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase - 11:13.66 - OSU High Performance Meet (4/26/19)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m - 14:34.1 - Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1/18)
5,000m - 17:46.8 - Big Sky Championships (10/27/18)
6,000m - 21:45.9 - NCAA West Regional (11/9/18)

Indoor:

800m - 2:18.60 - D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1/19)
Mile - 5:11.55 - Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12/19)

Outdoor:

800m - 2:19.32 - Prep (PSU Best: 2:21.22 - John Knight Twilight, 4/5/19)
1,500m - 4:39.83 - Prep (2018)
3,000m - 10:05.46 - Prep (2018)
5,000m - 18:02.87 - L&C Spring Break Open (3/16/19)
3,000m Steeplechase - 11:13.66 - OSU High Performance Meet (4/26/19)
 

2019 OUTDOOR:

Ran the 1,500 meters for the Vikings at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11), placing 15th in the prelims in 4:44.10...Knocked 1.33 seconds off her previous time in the steeplechase, finishing in 11:13.66 at the OSU High Performance meet (4/26-27)...Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:40.95 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17-19)...Placed second in the 800 meters at the John Knight Twilight (4/5), finishing in 2:21.22...Moved up to third all time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while finishing her debut race in the event in 11:14.99 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/28)...Also finished the 1,500 meters in 4:40.74 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic...Finished third in the 5,000 meters at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16), crossing the line in 18:02.87.
 

2019 INDOOR:

Scored for the Vikings while running a leg of the team’s distance medley relay that placed eighth in 12:30.73 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/21-23)...Moved up to ninth all time in the DMR with her team’s time at the Big Sky meet...Also ran the mile at the Big Sky meet, finishing 19th in 5:19.78...Placed third in the 800 meters at the D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1), finishing in 2:18.60...Won the mile with a time of 5:11.55 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12).
 

2018 CROSS COUNTRY:

Placed fifth or higher in the Vikings' lineup at four of the six meets at which she competed...Placed as the Vikings' fourth runner at the Big Sky Championships (10/27) and NCAA West Regional (11/9)...Set a 5k personal best with a finish in 17:46.8 at the Big Sky Championships (10/27), placing 39th overall...Set a 6k personal best with her time of 21:45.9 at the NCAA West Regional (11/9) while placing 114th overall...Moved up to sixth all time in the 4k with her finish in 14:34.1 at the season-opening Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1).
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/1 Viking 'Rust-Buster' (4k) 4th 11th 14:34.1
9/14 Cougar Classic (6k) 5th 11th 22:01
9/29 Charles Bowles Invitational (5k) 6th 38th 18:20.6
10/13 Pre-Nationals (6k) 7th 200th 23:01.6
10/27 Big Sky Championships (5k) 4th 39th 17:46.8
11/9 NCAA West Regional (6k) 4th 114th 21:45.9
 

SCAPPOOSE HIGH SCHOOL:

Two-time state champion in the 3,000 meters, winning as a junior and senior…State champion in the 1,500 meters as a senior…Four-time all-league honoree in cross country…Broke her high school’s records in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters…Named Most Outstanding Athlete on her track & field team during all four years of high school…Named Most Outstanding Athlete on her cross country team during all four years of high school…Lettered in cross country and track & field during all four years of high school.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Debbie Humphrey and Jack Kavulich…Has a brother, John Kavulich…Class valedictorian in high school…Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper…Lists nutrition, knitting and musicals as hobbies/interests…Hopes to become a physical therapist…Plans on majoring in pre-physical therapy with minors in Spanish and journalism.
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