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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2020 Track & Field Roster

Spencer Farrin
Josh Lavallee
Josh Lavallee
Josh Lavallee
Josh Lavallee
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Spencer Farrin
Spencer Farrin
Larry Lawson

Kristen O'Handley

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Kaiser HS
  • Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Prev School Kaiser HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Indoor:

Awards:

- Two-time Academic All-Big Sky (2018, 2019)

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 4th all time in the high jump - 5-06.50 (1.69m) - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
- Ranks 4th all time in the pentathlon - 3,595 points - Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10/20)
- Ranks 6th all time in the 400m - 57.02 - Ed Jacoby Invitational (1/25/20)
- Ranks 9th all time in the 60m hurdles - 8.88 - UW Indoor Preview (1/18/20)
- Part of 9th-ranked Distance Medley Relay team - 12:30.73 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/19)

Outdoor:

Awards:

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

All-time PSU rankings:

- Ranks 4th all time in the heptathlon - 5,029 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/19)
- Ranks 8th all time in the 200m - 24.23 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/19)
- Ranks T-9th all time in the high jump - 5-05.00 (1.65m) - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/19)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Indoor (P - Mark set during pentathlon):

60m - 7.72 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
200m - 25.29 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
400m - 57.02 - Ed Jacoby Invitational (1/25/20)
800m - 2:24.90P - Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/11/19)
60H - 8.88 - UW Indoor Preview (1/18/20)
High Jump - 5-06.50 (1.69m) - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
Long Jump - 17-07.50 (5.37m)P - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
Shot Put - 33-05.25 (10.19m)P - Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10/20)
Pentathlon - 3,595 points - Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10/20)

Pentathlon PRs:

    60H - 9.04 - 902 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
    High Jump - 5-04.50 (1.64m) - 783 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/21/19)
    Shot Put - 33-05.25 (10.19m) - 542 points - Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10/20)
    Long Jump - 17-07.50 (5.37m) - 663 points - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22/18)
    800m - 2:24.90 - 758 points - Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/11/19)

Outdoor (H - Mark set during heptathlon):

100m - 12.04 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/10/19)
200m - 24.23H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/19)
400m - 58.01 - Prep
800m - 2:20.49H - Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18/19)
100H - 14.70 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/10/18)
High Jump - 5-05.00 (1.65m)H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/19)
Long Jump - 17-08.00 (5.38m)H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/19)
Shot Put - 33-07.50 (10.25m)H - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
Javelin - 106-01 (32.33m) - Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13/19)
Heptathlon - 5,029 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/19)

Heptathlon PRs:

    100H - 14.76 - 874 points - Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17/19)
    High Jump - 5-05.00 (1.65m) - 795 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/19)
    Shot Put - 33-07.50 (10.25m) - 546 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/18)
    200m - 24.23 - 959 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8/19)
    Long Jump - 17-08.00 (5.38m) - 665 points - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/9/19)
    Javelin - 94-04 (28.76m) - 453 points - Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18/19)
    800m - 2:20.49 - 817 points - Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18/19)
 

2020 INDOOR:

Missed the last five weeks of the season due to an injury...Shaved a second off her overall best in the 400 meters while finishing in 57.02 seconds at the Ed Jacoby Invitational (1/24-25)...Set a new personal best in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing in 8.88 seconds at the UW Indoor Preview (1/18)...Won the pentathlon with a personal best of 3,595 points at the Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/10-11)...Won three of the five events in the pentathlon at the Vandal Open...Tied a pentathlon best in the high jump and set an overall indoors best in the shot put during the pentathlon...Also won the 60-meter hurdles and 200 meters at the meet.
 

2019 OUTDOOR:

Scored nine points for the Vikings at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11) between a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters and a  fifth-place finish in the heptathlon...Set a new personal best while finishing in 12.04 seconds in the prelims of the 100 meters at the Big Sky meet...Broke the 5,000-point barrier for the first time in the heptathlon at the Big Sky meet while finishing with a personal-best score of 5,029 points...Moved up to fourth all time in the heptathlon at Portland State with her score at the Big Sky meet...Set lifetime bests in the high jump (5-05.00, 1.65m), 200 meters (24.23) and long jump (17-08.00, 5.38m) during the Big Sky heptathlon...Moved up to eighth all time at Portland State in the 200 meters, and tied for ninth all time in the high jump with her marks during the heptathlon...Her time of 24.23 seconds in the heptathlon 200 meters was the best by a Viking multi-eventer in the event in the past 15 years...Set a new personal best in the 100 meters while finishing in 12.17 seconds at the OSU High Performance meet (4/26-27)...Improved her personal best in the heptathlon by close to 300 points while finishing with a score of 4,871 points at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17-19)...Set heptathlon bests in five of the seven events at the Bryan Clay Invite, including a 33-foot improvement in the javelin and a nine-second PR in the 800 meters...Finished the 800 meters in 2:20.49, the fastest heptathlon 800 meters by a Viking since multi-event records date back through the 2004 season...Set a PSU best in the 100 meters and a personal best in the javelin at the Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13)...Improved her personal best in the javelin by over 17 feet at the Jay Hammer Invite...Set seasonal bests in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump at the John Knight Twilight (4/5), finishing with marks of 14.98 seconds and 17-04.00 (5.28m), respectively...Won the 200 meters in a new personal-best 24.77 seconds at the Pacific Open (3/30)...Also set a new personal best in the javelin for the second straight meet with a throw of 88-11 (27.12m) at the Pacific Open...Won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.04 seconds at the Rich Allen Classic (3/16)...Also placed second in the long jump with a mark of 17-03.25 (5.26m), and set a new personal best in the javelin with a throw of 88-09 (27.06m) at the Rich Allen Classic.
 

2019 INDOOR:

Scored for the Vikings while running a leg of the team’s distance medley relay that placed eighth in 12:30.73 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/21-23)...Moved up to ninth all time in the DMR with her team’s time at the Big Sky meet...Also competed in the pentathlon, 200 meters, 60-meter hurdles and high jump at the Big Sky meet...Set a pentathlon best in the high jump while clearing 5-04.50 (1.64m) during the pentathlon at the Big Sky meet...Finished with a score of 3,386 points in the pentathlon at the UW Invitational (1/25-26)...Tied her personal best in the shot put with a mark of 32-08.50 (9.97m) at the UW Invite...Won the 60 and 200 meters at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/11-12), and finished second in the pentathlon with a new personal-best score of 3,529 points.
 

2018 OUTDOOR:

Scored for the Vikings with a sixth-place finish in the heptathlon at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11)...Moved up to seventh all time in the heptathlon with her score at the Big Sky meet...Matched her personal best in the 200 meters with her finish in 25.20 seconds at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/27-28)...Set PSU personal bests in the 100 meters and high jump at the Pelluer Invitational (4/13-14)...Part of the Vikings’ 4x100-meter relay team that won the event in a seasonal-best 46.87 seconds at the Pelluer Invite...Part of the Vikings’ winning 4x100-meter relay team at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual Invite (3/31), which finished in 47.71 seconds...Held the first-day lead in the heptathlon at the Boxer Combined Event (3/27-28), but finished fourth with 4,226 points...Competed in the 200 meters, 100-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and long jump at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16-17)...Set a personal best in the 200 meters at the L&C meet, finishing in 25.20 seconds...Part of the Vikings’ winning 4x100-meter relay team at the L&C meet.
 

2018 INDOOR:

Scored nine points for the Vikings at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22-24) between a fourth-place finish in the pentathlon and a fifth-place finish in the high jump...Set personal bests in the pentathlon, 60 meters, 200 meters, 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800 meters at the Big Sky meet...Moved up to third all time in the high jump at Potland State while clearing 5-06.50 (1.69m) during the general competition at the Big Sky meet...Moved up to fifth all time in the pentathlon with her score of 3,526 points at the Big Sky meet...Moved up to ninth all time in the 60-meter hurdles with a finish in 8.90 seconds in the prelims of the Big Sky meet...Set personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles, high jump and long jump at the Idaho Duals (2/2)...Moved into a tie for eighth all time in the high jump with her personal-best clearance of 5-04.25 (1.63m) at the Idaho Duals...Part of the Vikings’ 4x400-meter relay team that finished in a seasonal-best 3:56.68 at the UW Invitational (1/26-27)...Advanced to the finals of the 60 meters at the Bronco Invitational (1/20), after finishing in a personal-best 7.80 seconds in the prelims...Also set a personal best in the 200 meters at the Bronco Invite, finishing in 26.04 seconds...Moved up to eighth all time in the pentathlon with a score of 3,218 points at the Vandal Invitational and Multi Events (1/12-13)...Cleared 5-03.75 (1.62m) in the high jump at the Vandal Invite, moving her into a tie for ninth all time in the event at Portland State...Also part of the Vikings’ winning 4x400-meter relay team at the Vandal Invite.
 

KAISER HIGH SCHOOL:

2016 All-State Athlete for the 100, 200 and 4x400-meter relay…Helped her team win the Hawaii state title in 2015…Helped her team finish as the Hawaii state runner up in 2016…2016 Yamamoto Invitational Most Outstanding Female Athlete…Set the Yamamoto Invitational meet record in the high jump…2016 Punahou Relays Most Outstanding Female Performer…MVP of her track team in 2016…2015 Quarterback Club Athlete of the Month…Also competed in cross country in high school…Also competed for the Godspeed Track Club in 2016, along with Kameron Smith.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Colleen and Brad O'Handley…Has two sisters, Hailey and Stephanie O'Handley…2016 Most Outstanding Zoology student…2016 CTE Performance Based Assessment Certificate…CTE Diploma Recipient…2013-16 Principles List Award…Lists drawing, painting, diving, swimming and hiking as hobbies/interests…Plans on majoring in business marketing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Combined Events
  • 2019Sophomore

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  • 2020Junior

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