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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2023 Cross Country Roster

Larry Lawson

Sophie Jones

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Mt. Carmel HS
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Connect Sophie Jones

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- 10-time Academic All-Big Sky (4x cross country; 2x indoor; 4x outdoor)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m - 15:52.5 - Viking Rust Buster (9/3/21)
3 Mile - 17:57.9 - Prep (2017)
5,000m - 19:22.9 - Prep (2017; PSU Best: 19:26.2 - Charles Bowles Invitational, 10/1/22)
6,000m - 22:48.3 - L&C Invite (10/16/21)

Indoor:

800m - 2:26.38 - Portland Indoor Four (2/13/22)
Mile - 5:16.31 - Portland Indoor Three (2/23/20)

Outdoor:

800m - 2:20.95 - OSU High Performance Meet (4/29/23)
1,500m - 4:47.69 - Larry Byerly L&C Invite (4/15/23)
5,000m - 18:23.02 - NW Distance Jamboree (4/3/21)
 

2023 CROSS COUNTRY:

Placed 30th overall while running the 6k in 24:03.3 at the Oak Knoll Loop Run (9/16) where the Vikings won the team race by a single point...Finished 7th in the Vikings' lineup while placing 63rd overall at the Linfield Harrier Classic (9/1), running the 4k in 16:14.8.
 

2023 OUTDOOR:

Ran the 1,500 meters in 5:06.95 at the Portland Track Festival (6/3-4)...Competed at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/12-13), running the 1,500 meters in 4:58.02...Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:50.63 at the Portland Twilight (5/6)...Shaved more than two seconds off her personal best in the 800 meters while finishing in 2:20.95 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/28-29)...Set a new personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Larry Byerly L&C Invite (4/14-15), finishing in 4:47.69...Competed in the 800 (2:27.40) and ran a leg on one of the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay teams (4:18.50) at the Pacific Open (4/1)...Set a new personal best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:23.03 at the season-opening L&C Spring Break Open (3/17-18)...Also part of the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay team that won the event in 4:12.32.
 

2023 INDOOR:

Opened her season at the Portland Indoor Two (2/5), finishing in the 800 meters in 2:27.20.
 

2022 CROSS COUNTRY:

Finished 77th out of 261 runners at the L&C Invite (10/15), crossing the line in the 6k in 23:50.2...Placed 46th overall in the 5k at the Charles Bowles Invitational (10/1) in a time of 19:26.2...Finished 33rd overall at the Viking Rust Buster (9/2), crossing the line in the women's 5k in 21:30.3.

2022 OUTDOOR:

Set a new personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Portland Distance Carnival (5/14), finishing in 4:47.82 in her final race of the season...Followed up a new seasonal best in the 1,500 meters (4:54.70) with a new personal best in the 800 meters (2:23.75) the following day of the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29-30)...Ran her first 1,500-meter race of the season at the L&C Invite (4/16), finishing in 5:03.10...Shaved 3.5 seconds off her seasonal best in the 800 meters at the NW Distance Jamboree (4/2), finishing in 2:32.88...Made her outdoor debut at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/19), running the 800 meters in 2:36.23.
 

2022 INDOOR:

Shaved six seconds off her 800-meter personal best while finishing in 2;26.38 at the Portland Indoor Four (2/13)...Made her season debut at the Portland Indoor Three (2/5), finishing the mile in 5:55.30.
 

2021 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set a new personal best in the 6k while finishing in 22:48.3 and 31st overall at the L&C Invite (10/16)...Improved her time in the 6k from the Mike Johnson Classic (9/24) by more than a full minute at the L&C Invite...Ran the 4k at the Viking Rust Buster (9/3) in 15:52.5, finishing 44th overall.
 

2021 OUTDOOR:

Finished the 1,500 in 4:57.07 at the Portland Distance Carnival (5/14-15)...Ran the 1,500 meters at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/30-5/1), finishing in 5:04.92...Ran her first 5k as a Viking, finishing in 18:23.02 at the NW Distance Jamboree (4/3)...Set a new 1,500-meter personal best while placing third in a time of 4:48.55 at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Classic (3/20).
 

2020-21 CROSS COUNTRY:

Placed 52nd overall as the Vikings' fifth runner at the Big Sky Cross Country Winter Championships (2/27), finishing in 19:36.7.
 

2020 INDOOR:

Ran the mile in 5:33.30, placing 10th in her section at the SPU Final Qualifier (2/29)...Knocked another nine seconds off her personal best in the mile while placing fifth in 5:16.31 at the Portland Indoor Three (2/22-23)...Shaved close to eight seconds off her previous best in the mile while finishing in 5:25.31 at the Portland Indoor Two (2/8-9)...Placed 11th while running the 800 meters in 2:32.98 at the Portland Indoor One (1/25-26)...Opened her season at the Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10-11), finishing the mile in 5:33.18. 
 

2019 CROSS COUNTRY:

Placed as the Vikings' seventh runner at the Big Sky Championships (11/2) and NCAA West Regional (11/15)...Made her Viking debut at the Cougar Classic (9/13), finishing the 6k in 23:13.8.
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/13 Cougar Classic (6k) 6th 58th 23:13.8
11/2 Big Sky Championships (5k) 7th 73rd 21:43.7
11/15 NCAA West Regional (6k) 7th 219th 23:27.3
 

MT. CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL:

State meet qualifier in cross country in 2017…First-team All-Palomar league and second-team CIF honoree during the 2017 cross country season…2017 sportsmanship award recipient from her cross country team…Voted Most Improved on her 2016 cross country team…Helped her cross country team win the Palomar league title and the CIF Division II title during their 2016 season…Three-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field…Also played soccer during her freshman and sophomore years.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Heather and Chris Jones…Has a younger brother, Gavin Jones…Lists reading John Grisham books, thrift shopping, going to the beach and taking naps with her dog as hobbies/interests…Majoring in sociology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

  • 2023Redshirt Senior

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