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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2023 Track & Field Roster

Josh Jarpey

  • Position Distances
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ham Lake, Minn.
  • High School Centennial HS
  • Prev School Winona State University
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Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2022 cross country)

All-time PSU rankings:

Cross Country:

- Ranks 5th all time in the 10,000m - 30:24.3 - NCAA West Regional (11/11/22)
- Ranks 10th all time in the 6,000m - 19:05.39 - Viking Rust Buster (9/2/22)

Indoor:

- Ranks 3rd all time in the 5,000m - 14:33.14 - Husky Classic (2/10/23)
- Ranks 5th all time in the 3,000m - 8:18.43 - UW Invitational (1/28/23)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

6,000m - 19:00.3 - Vic Godfrey Open (9/3/21; PSU Best: 19:05.39 - Viking Rust Buster, 9/2/22)
8,000m - 24:37.6 - Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/23/22)
10,000m - 30:03.9 - NCAA Division II Central Regional (11/6/21; PSU Best: 30:24.3 - NCAA West Regional, 11/11/22)

Indoor:

400m - 1:08.12 - Portland Indoor Two (2/5/23)
3,000m - 8:18.43 - UW Invitational (1/28/23)
5,000m - 14:33.14 - Husky Classic (2/10/23)

Outdoor:

1,500m - 4:06.81 - Phil Esten Challenge (4/18-19/19)
5,000m - 15:25.74 - Saint Mary’s Open (4/25/19)
 

2023 INDOOR:

Ran the 5k at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23-25), finishing 13th overall in 14:46.28...Moved up to third all time in the 5k while finishing in 14:33.14 at the Husky Classic (2/10-11)...Ran his first 400-meter race at the Portland Indoor Two (2/5), finishing in 1:08.12...Moved up to fifth all time in the men's 3k, finishing in 8:18.43 while making his season debut at the UW Invitational (1/27-28).
 

2022 CROSS COUNTRY:

One of six Vikings to finish in the top 100 at the NCAA West Regional (11/11) -- a program record -- as he placed 96th overall at the team's fifth runner...Moved up to fifth all time in the cross country 10k with his time of 30:24.3 at the NCAA West Regional...Finished as the team's seventh runner and 36th overall at the Big Sky Championships (10/28), crossing the line in 25:10.3...Placed 57th overall as the Vikings' third runner at Pre-Nationals (10/15), finishing the 8k in 24:38.0...Shaved 40 seconds off his 8k personal best with his time of 24:37.6 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/23) where he placed 39th overall...Made his Viking debut while placing in the top 10 at the Viking Rust Buster (9/2)...Finished ninth overall at the Rust Buster while running the six-kilometer course in 19:05.39.
 

AT WINONA STATE (2018-21):

Qualified as an individual for the 2021 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships where he placed 48th overall in 31:43.2…Earned his spot at NCAA D2 nationals after placing ninth at the NCAA Division II Central Regional in a personal-best 30:03.9…Also earned all-region honors with his finish at the Central Regional…Two-time first-team all-conference runner after placing seventh in 2021 and ninth in 2019 at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships…Academic All-American (2021)…Two-time academic all-region (2019, 2021)…Named Newcomer of the Year at Winona State at the conclusion of his freshman season in 2019…Four-time Presidential Scholar Athlete (2018-21)…Part of the men’s cross country team at Winona State that earned three straight Academic Team of Excellence awards from 2019-21…Four-year Dean’s List member…Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Winona State.
 

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL:

Individual state qualifier in cross country…All-conference honoree as a senior in 2017…Also competed in swimming and tennis in high school in addition to cross country and track & field.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of William and Sharon Jarpey…Mother, Sharon, played women’s tennis at Bemidji State University…Has a sister, Anna Jarpey…Lists the outdoors and disc golf as hobbies/interests…Hopes to work for a major running shoe company in his future…Entering the Portland State MBA program.
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