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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2021 Track & Field Roster

Larry Lawson
Spencer Farrin

Alexis Buckhaults

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Canon City HS
  • Hometown Canon City, Colo.
  • Prev School Canon City HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Indoor:
Awards:

- Three-time Academic All-Big Sky (2018, 2019, 2020)

Outdoor:

Awards:

- Three-time Academic All-Big Sky (2018, 2019, 2020)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Indoor:

60m - 8.32 - Bronco Invitational (1/20/18)
60H - 8.96 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
Triple Jump - 35-09.25 (10.90m) - D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1/19)

Outdoor:

100m - 13.07 - Prep
100H - 14.38 - Prep (PSU Best: 14.87 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships, 5/10/18)
400H - 1:14.27 - L&C Spring Break Open (3/17/18)
Triple Jump - 36-08.50 (11.19m) - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11/18)
 

2020 INDOOR:

Competed in the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles at the SPU Final Qualifier (2/29), finishing in 8.72 and 9.33 seconds, respectively...Won the 60-meter hurdles in a seasonal-best 9.24 seconds at the Portland Indoor One (1/25-26)...Also ran a seasonal-best 8.59 seconds in the 60 meters at the Portland Indoor One...Finished the qualifying heats of the 60-meter hurdles in 9.28 seconds at the UW Indoor Preview (1/18)...Ran the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles at the Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10-11), finishing in 8.74 and 9.34 seconds, respectively.
 

2019 OUTDOOR:

Ran the 100-meter hurdles in 15.04 seconds at the OSU High Performance meet (4/26-27)...Recorded her second straight win in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.08 seconds at the Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13)...Won the 100-meter hurdles in a seasonal-best time of 14.90 seconds at the John Knight Twilight (4/5)...Placed third in the 100-meter hurdles at the Rich Allen Classic (3/16), finishing in 15.28 seconds...Placed fifth in the triple jump at the Rich Allen Classic, finishing with a mark of 35-00.50 (10.68m).
 

2019 INDOOR:

Competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/21-23), finishing 17th in the prelims in a seasonal-best time of 9.05 seconds...Placed fifth in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles in 9.15 seconds at the D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1)...Set a new personal best in the triple jump with her mark of 35-09.25 (10.90m) at the D1 Invite...Ran the 60-meter hurdles at the UW Invitational (1/25-26), finishing the prelims 27th in 9.32 seconds...Placed second in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12) in a time of 9.15 seconds...Also competed in the triple jump at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial, finishing with a mark of 34-07.50 (10.55m).
 

2018 OUTDOOR:

Bettered her PSU and overall personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles and triple jump, respectively, at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11)...Jumped 36-08.50 (11.19m) in the triple jump at the Big Sky meet...Set PSU personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles and triple jump at the Pacific Twilight Invitational (4/27), and was part of the Vikings’ winning 4x100-meter relay...Set a new PSU personal best in the 100-meter hurdles while finishing in 15.43 seconds at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual Invite (3/31)...Ran the 100- and 400-meter hurdles, as well as the 4x100-meter relay at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16-17).
 

2018 INDOOR:

Set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles while finishing in 8.96 seconds in the prelims at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22-24)...Placed fourth in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the Idaho Duals (2/2), finishing in 9.19 seconds...Knocked two-tenths of a second off her personal best in the 60-meter hurdles while placing third in 9.14 seconds at the Bronco Invitational (1/20)...Made her PSU debut at the Vandal Invitational and Multi Events (1/12-13) where she placed third in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles in 9.44 seconds.
 

CANON CITY HIGH SCHOOL:

2016 4A state champion in the 100-meter hurdles…Two-time all-state first team in track & field…Three-time all-league first team in track & field…2016 all-area first team in track & field, and 2015 all-area honorable mention…Also competed in soccer and volleyball in high school…Made the state tournament in soccer as a sophomore in 2015…All-league first-team selection in soccer in 2015…Earned all-state and all-area first-team honors in volleyball in 2016.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Ginger and Chris Buckhaults…Has a sister, Montana Buckhaults…Will graduate with Summa Cum Laude honors in Academic Honors and honors for excellence in career/technology…National Honor Society member…Three-year member of the Principal's Honor Roll…Two-time CHSAA Academic All-State First Team Athlete Award…2016 Junior Escort…Plans on pursuing a career in computer engineering with hopes of working with artificial intelligence…Plans on majoring in computer engineering with a minor in business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2019Sophomore

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  • 2020Junior

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  • 2021Senior

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