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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2021 Track & Field Roster

Larry Lawson
Tim Healy

Cayla Seligman

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Issaquah HS
  • Hometown Issaquah, Wash.
  • Prev School Colorado

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Cross Country:

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 7th all-time in the 5,000 meters in races above 4,000 feet - 18:12.5 - Big Sky Cross Country Winter Championships (2/27/21)

Indoor:

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 10th all-time in the 3,000m - 10:17.29 - SPU Final Qualifier (2/29/20)

Outdoor:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2020)

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 3rd all-time in the 5,000m - 16:38.83 - Oregon Relays (4/23/21)
- Ranks 6th all-time in the 10,000m - 35:09.71 - Hayward Premiere (4/2/21)

NCAA Qualifications:

- NCAA West Prelims qualifier in the 5,000m (2016, at Colorado)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

5,000m – 18:12.5 – Big Sky Cross Country Winter Championships (2/27/21)
6,000m – 21:37.0 – Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/13/17)

Indoor:

800m – 2:15.98 – Colorado Open (2/2-4/17)
Mile – 4:55.43 – Colorado Open (2/2-4/17)
3,000m – 9:22.31 – Husky Classic (2/10-11/17)
5,000m – 16:35.85 – MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/26-27/16)

Outdoor:

1,500m – 4:47.91 – Colorado Invitational (4/5-6/19)
5,000m – 16:16.79 – Stanford Twilight (4/22/16; PSU Best: 16:38.83 - Oregon Relays, 4/23/21)
10,000m – 35:06.45 – Pac-12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/14-15/16; PSU Best: 35:09.71 - Hayward Premiere, 4/2/21)
 

2021 OUTDOOR:

Scored for the Vikings with a seventh-place finish in the 5k at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/14-15), finishing the race at elevation in 17:19.05...Ran the second-fastest 5k time since 1987 while moving up to third all-time at Portland State with her finish in 16:38.83 at the Oregon Relays (4/23-24)...Made her outdoor debut at the Hayward Premiere (4/2), finishing the 10k in 35:09.71...Moved up to sixth all-time in the 10,000 meters at Portland State with her time at the Hayward Premiere.
 

2020-21 CROSS COUNTRY:

Led the Vikings at the Big Sky Cross Country Winter Championships (2/27), placing 16th overall in 18:12.5...Moved up to seventh all-time in 5,000-meter races at 4,000 feet or above with her time at the Big Sky meet.
 

2020 INDOOR (AT PORTLAND STATE):

Made her Portland State debut at the SPU Final Qualifier (2/29)...Paced other Viking runners initially, but still finished as the team’s top runner in the 3k, placing 13th in 10:17.29.
 

AT COLORADO (2015-19):

Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 5k as a freshman…Placed fourth in the 5k at the Pac-12 Outdoor Championships as a freshman, placing fourth in a personal-best 16:16.79…Also placed ninth in the 10k at the 2016 Pac-12 Outdoor meet…Placed fifth in the indoor 5k at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference meet as a freshman.
 

ISSAQUAH HIGH SCHOOL:

Broke the junior and senior class records in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters…Helped lead her track & field team to a Washington 4A state title as a senior, when they also won the 4A KingCo Conference and 4A BiDistrict I/II meets…All-state medalist in cross country as a senior, as well as an All-KingCo and All-BiDistrict first-team honoree…Two-time KingCo champion and state medalist in the 3,200 meters.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of David and Heidi Seligman…Father David ran cross country and track & field at Willamette…Has a brother, Jeffrey…Lists hiking and cooking as hobbies/interests.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Senior

    Distances
  • 2021Redshirt Senior

    Distances
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