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PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland State track teams will compete this Friday and Saturday at the Pacific Twilight meet hosted by Pacific University at Lincoln Park Stadium in Forest Grove, Ore. Along with member competing at the Pacific Twilight, junior sprinter Geronne Black will head to the Brutus Hamilton Open/Invitational on Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.
 
Former Vikings Karene King will compete at the Penn Relays on Saturday as part of the British Virgin Islands' Sr. Women's 4x100-meter relay team. The race will begin at 1:15 p.m. EDT. King will compete against the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago as well as the USA Red and USA Blue teams.
 
MEET INFORMATION:
The Pacific Twilight is a two day event with men and women's javelin, hammer and triple jump field events as well as steeplechase, 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000-meter running events on Friday beginning at 4 p.m. PDT. The rest of the events will be on Saturday with field events beginning at 10 a.m. and running events beginning at 10:30 a.m.
 
Black will run in the preliminaries of the women's 100-meter dash at the Brutus Hamilton at 12:55 p.m. with the top eight finishers advancing to the event finals at 2:15 p.m.
 
LAST YEAR AT THE PACIFIC TWILIGHT:
The Vikings took three events at last year's Pacific Twilight event with John Lawrence taking the 3,000-meter steeplechase while Black and King won the 100 and 200-meter races respectively.
 
Lawrence won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:33.35 while King set the track record with a time of 24.54 in the 200-meters breaking former Viking Jernise Saunders' mark by 0.10 seconds.
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Sierra Brooks tied her career-best of 24.67 in the women's 200-meter dash to finish sixth overall for the event. She was one of five top 10 finishers on the first day of competition at the Oregon Relays. Dominique Maloney finished 10th overall in the event with a personal-best time of 25.00.  
 
In the men's 200-meter dash, Jake Ovgard posted a career-best time of 22.30 to finish fourth in his heat and 11th overall. Lawrence finished his men's 1,500-meter race with a career-best time of 3:56.32.
 
Amber Rozcicha improved on her fourth all-time mark in the women's 1,500-meters with a career-best time of 4:34.76 to finish fourth in her heat.
 
TAKING OVER THE RECORD BOOKS:
Junior sprinter Geronne Black continues to make an impact in the Portland State record books. Black broke the Portland State all-time record for the women's outdoor 100-meter dash at the MONDO Mid-Major Challenge with a time of 11.58. With the Portland State record out of the way, she now sets her eyes on the Big Sky all-time record of 11.55 set by Joyce Rainwater of Eastern Washington in 1995. Along with her outdoor 100-meters record, she holds the Portland State and Big Sky Conference all-time record in the indoor 60-meter dash. 
 
WEST REGIONAL RANKINGS:
Portland State currently has one individual and one relay team listed on the NCAA Division I West Outdoor Qualifying List's top-48, the qualifying standard for most events at the championship, held May 24-26 in Austin, Texas. Portland State has sent as many as nine athletes to the regional (2006) and sent six last season. Listed below are the Vikings who rank amongst the region's best:
 
NAME – EVENT (RANK)
Geronne Black – 100-meters (23rd)
Sierra Brooks, Geronne Black, Anaiah Rhodes, Jazmin Ratcliff – 4x100-meter Relay (38th)
 
CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
Nineteen Vikings have qualified for the Big Sky Outdoor Championships May 9-12 in Bozeman, Mont. Listed below are the qualifiers and their events.
 
Women's Qualifiers
Name – Event(s)
Geronne Black – 100-meters*/200-meters/4x100-meter relay*
Sierra Brooks – 100-meters/200-meters/4x100-meter relay*
Brandy Castillo – 5,000-meters
Brittany Castillo – 5,000-meters
P'Lar Dorsett – 100-meters/100-meter hurdles
Ashley Frazier – 400-meter hurdles/4x400-meter relay
Sarah Hanchett – 1,500-meters
Hanna Johnson – Shot Put
Mandy Keifer – Heptathlon
Dominique Maloney – 200-meters/400-meters/4x400-meter relay
Montaisha Moore – Triple Jump
Jazmin Ratcliff – 100-meters/200-meters/4x100-meter relay
Anaiah Rhodes – 100-meters/200-meters/4x100-meter relay*
Amber Rozcicha – 1,500-meters/5,000-meters
Cassandra Sidner – 100-meters/100-meter hurdles
Dejuanae Toliver – 4x400-meter relay
 
Men's Qualifiers
Name – Event(s)
John Lawrence – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Sean Mackelvie – Javelin*
Jake Ovgard – 100-meters/200-meters
* - Indicates the top-time or mark in the Big Sky this season.
 
NEXT UP:
The Vikings return to Heyward Field on Saturday May 5 for the Oregon Twilight in their final meet before heading to Bozeman, Mont. for the 2012 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship May 9-12.