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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2026 Track & Field Roster

JD Arthur (He/Him)

  • Position Distances
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Silverton, Ore.
  • High School Silverton HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

All-time PSU Rankings:

Cross Country:

- Ranks 4th all-time in the 5k - 16:01.07 - Lewis & Clark Opener (8/29/25)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

5,000m - 15:40.8 - The Happy Hustle (10/23/24; PSU Best: 16:01.07 - Lewis & Clark Opener, 8/29/25)
6,000m - 19:48.6 - Ash Creek Festival (9/12/25)
8,000m - 28-08.5 - Homer Classic (8/7/22)

Indoor:

800m - 1:58.17 - STCU West Coast Championships (2/23/25)
Mile - 4:28.39 - Spokane HS Invitational (1/26/25)

Outdoor:

800m - 1:54.94 - Mid-Willamette Conference Championship (5/11/24)
1,500m - 4:00.92 - Portland Track Festival (6/9/24)
3,000m - 8:58.90 - Vic Downs Mac Invite (4/11/25)
 

2025 CROSS COUNTRY:

Finished 24th overall at the Ash Creek Festival (9/12), running the 6k in 19:48.6...Placed 22nd overall as the Vikings' fourth runner at the Lewis & Clark Opener (8/29), running the 5k in 16:01.07.
 

SILVERTON HIGH SCHOOL:

Finished as runner-up in the 800 meters at the 2024 OSAA 5A State Championship, after placing sixth the year earlier as a sophomore…Voted Team MVP of his cross country team for three straight years (2022-24), after earning Most Outstanding Freshman in 2021…Twice voted Most Outstanding on his track team (2023, 2024)…Also ran for the Resolute Track Club (2024-25) in high school.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Jesse and Michelle Arthur…Has a brother, Ryan Arthur…Four-time Academic Excellence Award recipient (2022-25)…English Department Student of the Year (2024)…Willamette Valley Road Runners Scholarship Award (2025)…Douglas Strom Alumni Association Scholarship Award (2025)…Rotary Scholarship Award (2025)…Lists running, lifting and spending time with those he’s close to as hobbies/interests…Hopes to work in real estate…Plans on majoring in marketing.
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