THE STARTING BLOCKS
The Portland State men and women's track and field teams head back to a familiar site this weekend when they travel to Seattle, Wash., to compete at the UW Invitational, scheduled for Jan. 25-26. This will be the second of three events, hosted by the University of Washington that PSU will attend. The Viks most recently competed at the Dempsey Indoor Track on Jan. 1 at the UW Preview.
 
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LAST TIME OUT
The Portland State women's track and field team had another record-setting weekend at the Cherry and Silver invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., last weekend. Seniors Geronne Black and Joenisha Vinson both set new program records in their respective events as Black set the new PSU and Big Sky standard in the 60m (7.34) and Vinson recorded a time of 8.46 in the 60m hurdles, a new Viking best. Anaiah Rhodes also had a strong weekend as she set multiple personal bests in several events and qualified for the Big Sky Championship in the 200m. Hanna Johnson narrowly missed setting a new school record in the shot put, recording a mark of 14.12m.
 
While the men didn't mirror the women's record-setting, they did get strong performances out of J.J. Rosenberg, Jake Ovgard and Sean MacKelvie. Rosenberg who has been arguably the team's best sprinter through three meets, impressed once again with marks of 49.28 in the 400-meter event and 22.25 in the 200m. Ovgard also competed for the Vikings in 60-meter and 200-meter events with marks of 7.16 and 23.32, respectively. Sean MacKelvie highlighted the men's field events qualifying for the Big Sky Championship in the triple jump with a distance of 13.96m (45-09.75) while also competing in the long jump and registering a mark of 6.45m.

NOTABLE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Several Portland female athletes crank among the nation's elite in several events. Below is a listing of PSU's national rankings:

Geronne Black               60m                 7.36                        6th 
Amber Rozcicha            3,000m            9:36.83                  20^th
Joenisha Vinson         60m Hurdles     8.48                       34^th
 
DÉJÀ VU
Senior Geronne Black has been impressive through the indoor season so far and the Big Sky has taken notice, awarding her two-consecutive Big Sky Female Track Athlete of the week, with the most recent award coming this past Monday. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native received her latest honor for her performance at the Cherry and Silver Invitational hosted by New Mexico last weekend. Black set the new PSU and Big Sky standard for the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.34.
 

THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
With three meets in the books, 10 Vikings have qualified for Big Sky Championship events. Below is a list of Portland State conference qualifiers:
 
Men's Team
NAME                                     EVENT             QUALIFYING TIME                  ACTUAL MARK
Rockwell Tufty            High Jump           2.00 meters                            2.00 meters
Sean MacKelvie         Triple Jump         13.70m                                    13.96 meters          
 
 
Women's Team
NAME                                    EVENT             QUALIFYING TIME                  ACTUAL MARK
Geronne Black                 55m                       7.23                                                        6.92*
Anaiah Rhodes               55m                       7.23                                                        7.11*
Sierra Brooks                   55m                       7.23                                                        7.13*
Jazmin Ratcliff                 55m                       7.23                                                        7.17*
Dominique Maloney       55m                       7.23                                                        7.20*
Joenisha Vinson             55mH                    8.18                                                        8.05*
Cassandra Sidner          55mH                    8.18                                                        8.14
Jazmin Ratcliff                 55mH                    8.18                                                        8.17
Dominqiue Maloney       400m                    57.10                                                      55.83      
Amber Rozcicha             3,000m                 10:04.00                                                 9:36.83         
Hanna Johnson              Shotput                13.40m                                                   13.67
              
*converted from the 60m or 60mH