CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- 2x All-Big Sky in the outdoor 800m (3rd in 2019; 2nd in 2022)
- Big Sky Track Athlete of the Week (4/25/22)
- Two-time Academic All-Big Sky (1x indoor; 1x outdoor)

NCAA Qualifications:

- NCAA West Prelims qualifier (800m in 2022)

All-time PSU rankings:

Indoor:

- Ranks 2nd all time in the 600m - 1:19.73 - Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open (1/21/23)
- Ranks 3rd all time in the 1,000m - 2:29.88 - UW Indoor Preview (1/14/23)
- Ranks 6th all time in the 800m - 1:52.78 - Husky Classic (2/11/23)
- Ranks 10th all time in the 400m - 49.72 - Portland Indoor Two (2/5/23)
- Part of 5th-ranked Distance Medley Relay team - 10:18.24 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/25/22)

Outdoor:

- Ranks 3rd all time in the 800m - 1:49.51 - Portland Track Festival (6/11/22)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

6,000m - 20:08.8 - Viking Rust Buster (9/3/21)
8,000m - 28:08.6 - Charles Bowles Invitational (10/5/19)

Indoor:

400m - 49.72 - Portland Indoor Two (2/5/23)
600m - 1:19.73 - Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open (1/21/23)
800m - 1:52.78 - Husky Classic (2/11/23)
1,000m - 2:29.88 - UW Indoor Preview (1/14/23)

Outdoor:

400m - 49.9 - Prep (PSU Best: 51.34 - John Knight Twilight, 4/5/19)
800m - 1:49.51 - Portland Track Festival (6/11/22)
1,500m - 4:10.50 - L&C Spring Break Open (3/19/22)
 

2023 INDOOR:

Ran the 800 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23-25), finishing in 1:54.13 in the prelims...Set an indoor best in the 800 while moving up to sixth all time in the event with his finish in 1:52.78 at the Husky Classic (2/10-11)...Moved up to 10th all time in the 400 meters while finishing in 49.72 seconds at the Portland Indoor Two (2/5)...Ran his first 800-meter race of the season at the WSU Open (2/3-4), finishing in 1:56.09...Became just the second Viking ever to crack 80 seconds in the 600 meters, finishing in 1:19.73 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open (1/21)...Set personal bests in the 600 and 1,000 meters while competing in both events in less than two hours at the UW Indoor Preview (1/14)...Set a 3.5-second personal best with his time of 2:29.88 in the 1,000 meters, then shaved a quarter of a second off his 600-meter personal best with his time of 1:22.86.
 

2022 OUTDOOR:

Cracked 1:50 officially with a personal best of 1:49.51 at the Portland Track Festival (6/11)...Became just the third Viking ever to qualify for the NCAA West Prelims in the 800 meters...Placed 39th overall in the first round of the men's 800 meters at the NCAA West Prelims (5/25), finishing in 1:52.01...Earned All-Big Sky honors while placing second in the 800 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11-14)...Moved up to third all time in the 800 meters at Portland State while finishing in 1:50.24 at the Big Sky meet...Bettered his three-year-old personal best while moving up to fourth all-time in the 800 meters while finishing in 1:50.56 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29-30)...Named Big Sky Athlete of the Week after winning the open section of the 800 meters at the Oregon Relays (4/22-23) -- his second straight heat win -- while finishing in 1:51.63...Ran his second-best 800-meter time as a Viking at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/14-15) while winning his heat by a second and a half in 1:51.40...Finished third in his heat of the open 800 meters at the Hayward Premiere (4/1-2), crossing the line in 1:54.65...Shaved five seconds off his personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:10.50 at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/19).
 

2022 INDOOR:

Helped the Vikings place sixth in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/25-26), their highest finish since 2012...Ran the 800-meter leg of the Vikings' DMR team that finished in 10:18.24...Won his section of the 800 meters in 1:55.18 at the Husky Classic (2/11-12)...Shaved just under a second off his personal best in the 600 meters while finishing in 1:23.19 at the Portland Indoor Three (2/5)...Not far off his indoor best while finishing his first 800-meter race of the season in 1:54.99 at the UW Invitational (1/28-29)...Made his season debut at the UW Indoor Preview (1/15), finishing a second off his personal best in the 1,000 meters while crossing the line in 2:34.29.
 

2021 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set a new 6k personal best at the Viking Rust Buster (9/3), where he finished 22nd overall in 20:08.8.
 

2021 OUTDOOR:

Shaved a second and a half off his seasonal best in his final race of the year, finishing in 1:51.93 at the Stumptown Twilight (6/3)...Set a seasonal best while placing second in his heat of the 800 meters with his time of 1:53.51 at the Portland Track Festival (5/29)...Placed 23rd in the prelims of the 800 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, finishing in 1:56.95...Ran the 400 and 800 meters at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/30-5/1), shaving another second off her 800-meter seasonal best with a time of 1:53.95...Shaved a second off his seasonal best in the 800 meters, finishing in 1:56.02 at the Oregon Relays (4/24/21)...Made his season debut at the Lewis & Clark Invite (4/17), running the 800 meters in 1:57.05.
 

2020 INDOOR:

Scored for the Vikings with a sixth-place finish in the 800 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/27-29)...Set a new indoor best in the prelims of the 800 meters at the Big Sky meet, finishing in 1:54.27...Ran the 800 meters in 1:55.47 at the Husky Classic (2/14-15)...Moved into the all-time top 10 in the 800 meters while setting a new personal best of 1:54.80 at the UW Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Doubled in the 600 and 1,000 meters at the UW Indoor Preview (1/18)...Moved up to third in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:33.29, then moved up to sixth in the 600 meters while finishing in 1:24.15 less than three hours after his 1,000-meter race...Opened his season at the Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10-11), running the 800 meters in 1:56.64...Also ran a leg on the Vikings’ 4x400-meter relay team that finished in 3:32.03.
 

2019 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set a new 6k personal best with a finish in 20:34.8 at the Viking Rust Buster (9/7)...Set a new 8k personal best with a finish in 28:08.6 at the Charles Bowles Invitational (10/5).
 

Date	Meet (Distance)	PSU Finish	Overall Finish	Time
9/7	Viking Rust Buster (6k)	9th	39th	20:34.8
10/5	Charles Bowles Invitational (8k)	14th	114th	28:08.6

 

2019 OUTDOOR:

Earned All-Big Sky honors with a third-place finish in the 800 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11) despite coming into the meet ranked 18th in the event...Finished the finals of the 800 meters at the Big Sky meet in 1:50.92, the best time by a Viking freshman in the event in the past 16 years by more than a second...Moved up to fifth all time in the outdoor men’s 800 meters with his time at the Big Sky meet...Originally set a 1.5-second personal best while finishing the prelims of the 800 in 1:52.98 at the Big Sky meet...Placed second in his section of the 800 meters at the OSU High Performance meet (4/26-27), while setting a new personal best for the second straight week with his finish in 1:54.56...Shaved a second and a half off his 800-meter personal best while finishing in 1:54.95 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (4/18)...Ran the 800 again a day after the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17-19), and finished in 1:57.17...Ran his first 400-meter race outdoors at the John Knight Twilight (4/5), finishing in 51.34 seconds...Won the 800 meters with a new personal best of 1:56.33 at the Pacific Open (3/30)...Made his outdoor debut at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16), finishing the 1,500 meters in 4:15.12.
 

2019 INDOOR:

Competed in the 800 meters, 4x400-meter relay and distance medley relay at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/21-23)...Scored for the Vikings as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed eighth in a time of 10:41.95...Lowered his personal best in the 800 meters by close to three seconds with his finish in 1:54.94 at the D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1)...Made his indoor track debut with a time of 1:57.42 in the 800 meters at the season-opening Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12).
 

2018 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set a 6k personal best with his finish in 21:26.8 at the season-opening Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1)...Set an 8k personal best with his finish in 28:12.8 at the Charles Bowles Invitational (9/29).
 

Date	Meet (Distance)	PSU Finish	Overall Finish	Time
9/1	Viking 'Rust-Buster' (6k)	13th	30th	21:26.8
9/29	Charles Bowles Invitational (8k)	13th	139th	28:12.8
10/20	Beaver Classic (8k)	6th	22nd	29:27.1

 

SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL:

Four-sport letterwinner in high school, earning letters in football, wrestling, track & field and baseball during all four years of high school…Two-time Conference Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2017, 2018)…All-state honoree in track & field as a sophomore, junior and senior…Won two state titles as a member of his 4x400-meter relay team in 2017, and his 4x800-meter relay team in 2018…All-state and all-conference honoree in football as a senior in 2017…Four-time all-conference honoree in wrestling (2015-18) and track & field (2015-18).
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Brenda and Justin Lovercheck…Has a sister, Kelci Lovercheck…Honor Roll student during all four years of high school…Student Body Vice President…National Honors Society President at his high school…Played for the Westco club baseball team from 2016-18…Lists hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking and playing video games as hobbies/interests…Hopes to work in web or game development in his career…Majoring in public health studies: pre-clinical.