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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2023 Track & Field Roster

Paul Beaven

  • Position Distances
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • High School Franklin HS
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Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

All-time PSU rankings:

Indoor:

- Ranks fifth all time in the 5,000m - 14:49.26 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/24/23)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

5,000m - 15:42.0 - L&C Invite (10/16/21)

Indoor:

Mile - 4:27.55 - Portland Indoor One (1/22/23)
3,000m - 8:32.36 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/25/23)
5,000m - 14:49.26 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/24/23)

Outdoor:

800m - 2:02.58 - The Willamette Falls Invitational (4/23/22)
1,500m - 4:02.65 - Chehalem Field and Track Classic (4/15/22)
Mile - 4:21.33 - Portland Track Festival (6/11/22)
3,000m - 8:29.72 - OSAA 6A State Championships (5/21/22)
 

2023 INDOOR:

Set the PSU freshman record in the 5k while also moving up to fifth all time in the event with his finish in 14:49.26 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/23-25)...Also moved up to second in the freshman record book for the 3k with his time of 8:32.36 at the Big Sky meet...Moved up to third in the freshman record books in the 3k while finishing in 8:35.95 at the Portland Indoor Two (2/5)...Shaved more than 30 seconds off his indoor best in the mile with a time of 4:27.55 at the Portland Indoor One (1/22).
 

FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL:

Earned first-team all-PIL honors with a sixth-place finish at the 6A-1 Portland Interscholastic League (PIL) Championships as a senior…Finished 30th at the OSAA 6A State Championships as a senior…Finished third in the outdoor 3,000 meters at the 6A-1 Portland Interscholastic League Championships as a senior…Qualified for the OSAA 6A State Championships in the 3,000 meters as a senior…Helped his cross country team win the OSAA 6A State team title as a sophomore in 2019.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Ruth Mullen and Steve Beaven…Has a brother, Thomas Beaven.
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