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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2020 Track & Field Roster

Spencer Farrin
Larry Lawson

Liam Jemison

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Highschool Grant HS
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • Prev School Grant HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Cross Country:

Awards:

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

Indoor:

Awards:

- Two-time Academic All-Big Sky (2017, 2020)

Outdoor:

Awards:

- Three-time Academic All-Big Sky (2017, 2019, 2020)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

6,000m - 20:00.5 - Viking 'Rust-Buster (9/1/18)
8,000m - 26:38.1 - Warner Pacific XC Classic (10/13/18)

Indoor:

800m - 2:00.67 - UW Indoor Open (2/12/17)
Mile - 4:23.09 - Portland Indoor Two (2/9/20)
3,000m - 9:09.12 - Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/11/20)

Outdoor:

800m - 1:57 - Prep (PSU Best: 2:01.40 - John Knight Twilight, 4/5/19)
1,500m - 4:03 - Prep (PSU Best: 4:03.99)
3,000m - 9:00.90 - Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13/19)
 

2020 INDOOR:

Competed in the mile at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/27-29), finishing 19th in 4:27.11...Shaved another four seconds off his personal best in the mile while finishing in 4:23.09 at the Portland Indoor Two (2/8-9)...Knocked 14 seconds off his personal best in the indoor mile, finishing in 4:27.33 at the Portland Indoor One (1/25-26)...Shaved 18 seconds off his personal best in the 3,000 meters while finishing in 9:09.12 at the Vandal Open and Lauren McCluskey Multi (1/11/20).
 

2019 CROSS COUNTRY:

Ran a seasonal-best 26:58.1 in the 8k at the Charles Bowles Invitational (10/5)...Opened his season with a time of 20:24.5 in the 6k at the Viking Rust Buster (9/7).
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/7     Viking Rust Buster (6k) 8th 36th 20:24.5
10/5 Charles Bowles Invitational (8k) 12th 78th 26:58.1
10/19 Warner Pacific XC Classic (8k) 6th 59th 27:51.5
11/9 Beaver Classic (8k) 6th 13th 27:36.3
 

2019 OUTDOOR:

Ran his first 3,000-meter race as a Viking at the Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13), finishing in 9:00.90...Set a new PSU personal best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.40 at the John Knight Twilight (4/5)...Lowered his seasonal best in the 1,500 meters by five seconds with a finish in 4:05.23 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/29)...Shaved more than two seconds off his seasonal best in the 1,500 meters with a finish in 4:10.98 at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16)...Opened his outdoor season with a time of 4:13.29 in the 1,500 meters at the Willamette Opener (3/2).
 

2019 INDOOR:

Ran the 3,000 meters in 9:27.43 at the season-opening Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12).
 

2018 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set an 8k personal best with his finish in 26:38.1 at the Warner Pacific XC Classic (10/13)...Set a 6k personal best with his finish in 20:00.5 at the season-opening Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1).
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/1 Viking 'Rust-Buster' (6k) 5th 14th 20:00.5
9/29 Charles Bowles Invitational (8k) 10th 96th 26:59.6
10/13 Warner Pacific XC Classic (8k) 4th 34th 26:38.1
10/20 Beaver Classic (8k) 4th 14th 27:45.6
 

2018 OUTDOOR:

Did not compete during the season.
 

2018 INDOOR:

Did not compete during the season.
 

2017 CROSS COUNTRY:

Did not compete during the season.
 

2017 OUTDOOR:

Finished the 1,500 meters in 4:04.98 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/28-29)...Set a new Portland State personal best in the 1,500 meters with his finish in 4:03.99 at the Triton Invitational (4/22)...Ran the 800 meters in 2:01.77 at the John Knight Twilight (4/7)...Shaved close to seven seconds off his PSU best in the 1,500 meters with his finish in 4:05.83 at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival (3/31)...Opened his outdoor season with a time of 4:12.75 in the 1,500 meters at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/17-18).
 

2017 INDOOR:

Competed in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Championships (2/23-25), placing 12th in 10:57.64...Finished the 800 meters in 2:00.67 at the UW Indoor Open (2/12), knocking almost a full second off his personal best in the event...Ran the mile in 4:41.13 at the Cougar Indoor Invitational (2/4)...Made his indoor track debut in the 800 meters at the Idaho Duals (2/3), finishing in 2:01.63.
 

2016 CROSS COUNTRY:

Competed at two meets during the season in the John Frank Oregon State Invitational (9/3) and Charles Bowles Invitational (10/1).
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/3 John Frank Oregon State Invitational (6k) 9th 48th 21:08.0
10/1 Charles Bowles Invitational (8k) 9th 100th 27:14.6
 

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL:

Competed in cross country and track & field during all four years of high school…Earned letters in cross country and track during three of his four years in high school.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Maureen and William Jemison…Has a brother, Fischer Jemison…Plans on majoring in mathematics with a minor in computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Distances
  • 2018Sophomore

    Distances
  • 2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Distances
  • 2020Redshirt Junior

    Distances
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