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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2018 Track & Field Roster

Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Spencer Farrin

Nia Powdrell

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Rio Rancho, N.M.
  • Prev School Cleveland HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Indoor:
All-time PSU rankings:
- Part of 6th-ranked 4x400m relay - 3:50.99 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/25/17)
- Ranks 6th all time in the 200m - 24.45 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
- Ranks T-7th all time in the 60m - 7.54 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
Outdoor:
Awards:
- All-Big Sky in the 100m - 2nd in 2018
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 5th all time in the 100m - 11.64 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11/18)
- Ranks 7th all time in the 200m - 24.06 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11/18)

PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor:
60m - 7.54 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
200m - 24.45 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23/18)
Long Jump - 18-06.00 (5.64m) - Idaho Duals (2/3/17)
Outdoor:
100m - 11.64 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11/18)
200m - 24.06 - Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/11/18)
Long Jump - 19-03.75 (5.88m) - Prep (PSU Best: 18-04.50 (5.60m) - L&C Spring Break Open, 3/16/18)

2018 OUTDOOR:
Came within three-thousandths of a second of winning the Big Sky title in the 100 meters while placing second in 11.64 seconds at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11)...Moved up to fifth all time in the 100 meters with her finish at the Big Sky meet...Also scored for the Vikings with a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters at the Big Sky meet...Moved up to seventh all time at PSU in the 200 meters with her finish in 24.06 seconds at the Big Sky meet...Part of the Vikings’ winning 4x100-meter relay team that set a seasonal best in 46.87 seconds at the Pelluer Invitational (4/13-14)...Won three of her four events at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual Invite (3/31) between the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay, and placed second in her fourth event, the long jump...Set a new PSU personal best in the 200 meters her finish in 24.70 seconds at the Al Manuel meet...Swept the 100 and 200 meters at the Willamette Invitational (3/24), finishing in 12.40 and 25.51 seconds, respectively...Won the 100 meters in 12.17 seconds at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16-17)...Also part of the Vikings’ winning 4x100-meter relay, which finished in 47.86 seconds at the L&C meet.

2018 INDOOR:
Scored nine points for the Vikings at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/22-24) behind her fourth-place finish in the finals of the 60 meters and her fifth-place finish in the finals of the 200 meters...Set personal bests in the prelims of the 60 and 200 meters at the Big Sky meet, finishing in 7.54 and 24.45 seconds, respectively...Moved up to sixth all time in the 200 meters at Portland State with her finish at the Big Sky meet...Moved into a tie for seventh all time in the 60 meters with her finish at the Big Sky meet...Set a seasonal best in the 200 meters with her finish in 25.15 seconds at the Idaho Duals (2/2)...Part of the Vikings’ 4x400-meter relay team that finished in a seasonal-best 3:56.68 at the UW Invitational (1/26-27)...Set a new personal best while placing third in the 60 meters in 7.77 seconds at the Vandal Invitational and Multi Events (1/13/18).

2017 OUTDOOR:
Ran the 100 meters at the season-opening Trojan Invitational (3/18), finishing in 12.41 seconds...Did not compete after the Trojan Invitational.

2017 INDOOR:
Competed in the 60, 200, long jump and 4x400-meter relay at the Big Sky Championships (2/23-25)...Scored for the Vikings as a member of the 4x400-meter relay, placing seventh in 3:50.99...Moved up to sixth all-time in the 4x400-meter relay with her team’s time at the Big Sky meet...Set a new personal best in the 200 meters at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (2/10-11), finishing in a personal-best 24.91 seconds...Matched her personal best in the long jump at the Don Kirby Elite Invite with her mark of 18-06.00 (5.64m) at the meet...Recorded two podium finishes at the Idaho Duals (2/3) with a second-place finish in the long jump and third-place finish in the 200 meters, and nearly had a third as she placed fourth in the 60 meters...Set a then-personal best in the 200 meters with her time of 25.53 seconds at the Idaho Duals...Set a new personal best in the long jump at the Idaho Duals with her mark of 18-06.00 (5.64m)...Set a then-personal best in the 200 meters with her time of 25.67 seconds at the UW Invitational (1/27-28)...Part of the 4x400-meter relay team at the UW Invite that shaved more than eight seconds of its time from its season opener two weeks ago...Made her PSU debut at the UW Indoor Preview (1/14), competing in the 60, 200 and 4x400-meter relay...Advanced to the prelims of the 60 meters with her time of 7.80 seconds in the qualifying round.
 
CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL:
2016 New Mexico State Championship High-Point Female Athlete of the Meet, scoring 24 points...Won four state titles for the second straight year as a senior, winning individual titles in the 100 and 200 meters, while also anchoring her school's title-winning 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams...Won her state titles in the relay while breaking the state record in each event that she helped se thte year before...Placed second in the long jump at the 2016 state meet...Also swept the distict titles in the 100 and 200 meters...Won four state titles as a junior in 2015, winning the 100 and 200 meters while also anchoring her team's wins in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays…Set New Mexico State records (which she'd later break) with her wins in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay in 2015…Also placed second in the state in the long jump in 2015…Named the Athlete of the Meet as the highest scorer at the 2015 state meet…The State flag of New Mexico was flown in her honor on June 30, 2015, after her performance at the state meet, while New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez presented her with a certificate of congratulations for "accomplishments leading up to, and culminating at the 2015 State Track and Field Championships"…Led her team to the state team title in 2015…Also placed second and third in the state with her team during her sophomore and freshman seasons, respectively…Has anchored three-straight state-title winning 4x100-meter relay teams for her high school from her freshman to her junior year (2013-15)…Athlete of the Meet at the city championships as a junior in 2015… Placed second in the state in the 200 meters as a sophomore in 2014, and also finished second after running the anchor of the school's 4x200-meter relay team… Placed second in the 200 meters and third in the 100 meters at the 2013 state meet, and also anchored her team's second-place 4x200-meter relay team…Named Athlete of the Meet at the 5A district championships as well as the city championships as a freshman in 2013…Five-year letterwinner in track and field at Cleveland High School, as she also competed as an eighth grader…Named the Rio Rancho High School Varsity Track and Field Athlete of the Year as an eighth grader in 2012…Also ran for the Duke City Track Club from 2010-11…Won a USATF regional championship in the 200 meters in 2011.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Natatura Powdrell-Moore and Bryant Moore…Has a twin sister, Naomi, and an older sister, Nick…Lists painting, drawing, running and singing as hobbies…Member of the Cleveland High School Black Student Union…Volunteered at homeless shelters, serving food during high school…Hopes to become an occupational therapist to help children with developmental disabilities…Intends to major in kinesiology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

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  • 2018Sophomore

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