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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2026 Track & Field Roster

Shayda Zarrin

  • Position Distances
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Denver, Colo.
  • High School Mountain Vista HS
  • Prev School Santa Clara

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

5,000m - 17:55.9 - Running Lane Cross Country Championships (11/21/20)
6,000m - 22:05.9 - Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/15/22)

Indoor:

Mile - 5:20.03 - Riverfront Invitational (2/1-3/24; PSU Best: 5:23.43 - Portland Indoor 2, 2/8/26)
3,000m - 10:42.56 - Whitworth Indoor Invitational (2/9-10/24)

Outdoor:

800m - 2:29.52 - Mustang Invitational (4/21/23)
1,500m - 4:52.54 - Fresno State Invite (4/28-29/23)
3,000m - 10:39.49 - WCCAA Meet (3/11/23)
5,000m - 18:17.11 - Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/30-4/1/23)
 

2026 INDOOR:

Placed 24th in the mile while finishing in 5:34.21 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/27-28)...Set a seasonal best in the mile for the second straight meet while finishing in 5:23.43 at the Portland Indoor 2 (2/8)...Shaved four and a half seconds off her seasonal best in the mile with a time of 5:27.79 at the Inland Northwest Invitational (1/31)...Made her PSU debut at the Portland Indoor 1 (1/25), running the mile in 5:32.22.
 

BEFORE PORTLAND STATE:

Competed at Santa Clara University from 2022-25…Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “Bronze” honors during 2022-23 school year…Women’s Leadership Alliance Scholarship winner in 2025 for finance…Earned All-state honors in cross country, track & field and swimming in high school…Won a state title with her Mountain Vista High School cross country team in 2018.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Afsoun Haghighat and Allen Zarrin…Has a brother, Shayn Zarrin, who competed in track and field at Oklahoma State…Current full-time employee at LPL Financial, a Fortune 500 company…Pursuing her master’s in finance.
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