SACRAMENTO, Calif. - If Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day, no one would have known it at the Big Sky Championship for Portland State. Senior Karene King set a school-record in the 100-meters and set the conference record in the 200-meters. Juniors Tony Crisofulli and Joenisha Vinson set school-records as well, flying through the 800-meters at 1:49.02 and 13.72 in the 100-meter hurdles, respectively. All three will enter tomorrow's final with the top ranked times.

King, a native of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, recorded her best-ever 100 after teammate Geronne Black ran 11.69 seconds to win the first heat. Minutes later, King surpassed Black's time and set the PSU record with a time of 11.59, .01 seconds shy of the Big Sky Championship record.

An hour and 15 minutes later, King lined up in lane No. 1 for the 200-meters. After a slight delay by a jack rabbit on the track, forcing the runners out of their blocks, King blew away her competition with a staggering wind-aided time of 23.46 seconds, the fastest-time in Big Sky history by .06 seconds and in Portland State history by .31 seconds.

By surpassing the 23.50 barrier, King qualify's for the IAAF World Championships Aug. 27-Sept. 4 in Daegu, South Korea for her home country, the British Virgin Islands. King broke the record set by Anetta Wells of Cal State Northridge in 1999.

One hour before King set the 100-meters record, it was Vinson in the 100-meter hurdles setting the Vikings tone for the day. Winning the silver medal in Wednesday and Thursday's heptathlon, the Phoenix, Ariz., native roasted her own record with a 13.72, defeating her nearest opponent by .11 seconds.

The final record breaker, Crisofulli, started his 800-meters race with a blistering pace, recording a 52 second split after the first lap. Though he showed a slight sign of fatigue, he picked up the pace in the last 120-meters to nearly break 1:49 for the first time in his career. The Vail, Colo., native broke his previous season best by .09 seconds.

Several other Portland State athletes set PR's at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex, highlighted by senior Adrienne Davis, who finished fourth in the shot put. The Portland native threw 46-4.75 on her second throw of the preliminary to enter the final round in third. Montana State's Amanda Murphy surpassed Davis on her final throw and put Davis in fourth at the end of the competition. Davis closes her career No. 2 all-time on the Park Blocks.

Junior J.J. Rosenberg moved up to No. 3 all-time in the men's 400-meter with his time of 48.18 seconds to finish fifth overall and qualify for finals. In the men's 110-meter hurdles, junior DeShawn Shead had the second-fastest time in prelims to qualify for the final at 14.57 seconds. One day removed from his first decathlon, freshman Luke Leddige also qualified for the final in hurdles at 14.96.

Black recorded a PR in the 200-meters at 24.62 seconds to finish eighth in prelims and reach the final round of competition.

In the final race of the day, 10,000-meters, senior Andrew Salg ran a career-best 31:15.55 to finish ninth in the race. He finished less than three seconds behind eighth-place, making his push in the last 200-meters. But Weber State's Chris Burnett finished strong to earn the one team point.

The Vikings will open the final day of the Big Sky Championship at 11 a.m., tomorrow morning, with Jeff Borgerson in the high jump competition., followed by the women's 4x100 relay at 12:15 p.m.