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EUGENE, Ore. — The Portland State men's and women's track and field teams set 11 new seasonal bests Friday at the first day of the Oregon Relays at Hayward Field.
 
Four of the Vikings' five runners in the women's 200 set seasonal bests Friday, led by freshman Genna Settle, who bettered her personal best from a week ago while finishing second overall in 24.53 seconds. Behind Settle, junior Jazmin Ratcliff, freshman Whitney Diggs and junior Jasmine Woods finished third, fourth and fifth overall, respectively, while Ratcliff and Woods each set new PSU personal bests in the event. Ratcliff finished in 24.66 seconds to edge her old personal best by .02 seconds, while Woods finished in 24.94 to break her personal best in the 200 for a second straight week.
 
Ratcliff's personal best of 24.66 qualifies her for the Big Sky meet in the 200 meters, and would have moved her up to ninth in the conference going into the weekend. Woods, meanwhile, would have jumped up to 11th in the Big Sky with her time of 24.94.
 
Junior Nettie Wayne also set a new PSU personal best in the race Friday, as she finished 16th overall in 26.05.

Two of the three Vikings' runners in the women's 400-meter hurdles set new seasonal bests as well, led by freshman CeCelia Jackson, who finished fourth overall in 1:01.71. Jackson's time moves her up to No. 2 all-time in the 400-meter hurdles at Portland State, just .19 seconds behind Ashley Frazier's school record of 1:01.52, set during the 2012 outdoor season. Jackson's time would have also ranked her fifth in the Big Sky going into the weekend. Sophomore Shannon Petrina, meanwhile, set a new seasonal best of 1:12.12 in the 400-meter hurdles Friday, while freshman Roazena Miller just missed out on a seasonal best with her time of 1:05.39, only .05 seconds behind the 1:05.34 she ran last week at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge.
 
On the men's side of the sprints, sophomore Sheldon Prince set a new personal best in the 200 meters while finishing third overall in a wind-aided 21.50 seconds. Prince's time moves him up to fourth all-time in the 200 at Portland State, and would have ranked him second in the Big Sky going into the weekend.
 
In the distances, freshman Maggie Coleman set a 40-second personal best in her PSU debut in the 5,000 meters Friday, as she placed eighth in the event in 17:58.79. Fellow freshman Ben Richardson also set a 14-second PR in the men's 1,500 meters with his time of 4:10.16, while sophomore T-Roy Brown won his section of the men's 1,500 meters in 3:58.30.
 
Junior Jake Schwartz and sophomore Jonathan Talik also each set big personal bests in the men's 10,000 meters, with Schwartz finishing second in 32:38.28 and Talik finishing third in 32:56.80. Schwartz's time beat his old personal best by close to two minutes, while Talik's time beat his old PR by over two minutes and seven seconds. Schwartz's time ranks him 10th all-time in the 10,000 meters at Portland State as well, and would have moved him up to sixth in the Big Sky this season in the event, just ahead of Talik, who would have ranked seventh.
 
Freshman Nathan Fleck came close to beating his personal best in the 800 meters, too, as he finished in 1:53.16, just behind the 1:52.85 he ran at the Stanford Invitational earlier this season.
 
Additionally, freshman Baileh Simms cracked 19 feet in the long jump for a second time this season, but just missed out on setting a new personal best. Simms placed second in the event with a jump of 19-02.00 (5.84m), just 2.25 inches behind the 19-04.25 (5.90m) she jumped at the Victor Lopez Classic earlier this season.
 
The Portland State track and field teams return to action at the Oregon Relays tomorrow, Saturday, April 19. The Vikings get under way in the field events with the women's discus at 5 p.m., while track events start for the Vikings with the women's 4x100-meter relay at 5:30 p.m.
 

PSU Big Sky Auto Qualifiers (through Friday, April 18):
Women:
Allison Burkett – Javelin – 135-06.25 (41.30m) – Willamette Invitational (3/29/14)
Maggie Coleman – 10,000m – 37:34.62 – SF State Distance Carnival (4/4/14)
Sarah Dean – 800m – 2:10.61 – Willamette Invitational (3/29/14)
Sarah Dean – 1,500m – 4:28.50 – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/12/14)
Sarah Dean – 10,000m – 34:49.18* – Stanford Invitational (4/4/14)
Whitney Diggs – 200m – 24.60 – Victor Lopez Classic (3/29/14)
Whitney Diggs – 400m – 54.65 – Victor Lopez Classic (3/29/14)
CeCelia Jackson – 100m Hurdles – 13.86 – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/10/14)
CeCelia Jackson – 400m Hurdles – 1:01.71 – Oregon Relays (4/18/14)
CeCelia Jackson – Heptathlon – 4,722 points – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/11/14)
Sydney Johnson – Discus – 147-07 (44.99m) – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/11/14)
Jazmin Ratcliff – 200m – 24.66 – Oregon Relays (4/18/14)
Jazmin Ratcliff – 100m Hurdles – 13.94 – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/12/14)
Genna Settle – 100m – 11.96 – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/12/14)
Genna Settle – 200m – 24.53 – Oregon Relays (4/18/14)
Baileh Simms – 100m – 12.06 – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/12/14)
Baileh Simms – Long Jump – 19-04.25 (5.90m) – Victor Lopez Classic (3/29/14)
Jasmine Woods – 100m – 12.06 – Willamette Invitational (3/29/14)
Men:
Nathan Fleck – 800m – 1:52.85 – Stanford Invitational (4/5/14)
Michael Kubisiak – 100m – 10.72 – Oregon Preview (3/22/14)
Nevin Lewis – Decathlon – 7,268 points – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/11/14)
Sheldon Prince – 200m – 21.50 – Oregon Preview (3/22/14)
Sheldon Prince – 200m – 47.59 – Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/12/14)
Rockwell Tufty – High Jump – 6-07.75 (2.03m) – Willamette Invitational (3/29/14)

* - Time cross-qualifies Dean for the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 meters

 
Oregon Relays
Hayward Field
Eugene, Ore.
April 18, 2014

Women's Results:
200m: 2. Genna Settle, 24.53; 3. Jazmin Ratcliff, 24.66; 4. Whitney Diggs, 24.86; 5. Jasmine Woods, 24.94; 16. Nettie Wayne, 26.05. 5,000m: 8. Maggie Coleman, 17:58.79. 400m Hurdles: 4. CeCelia Jackson, 1:01.71; 10. Roazena Miller, 1:05.39; 15. Shannon Petrina, 1:12.12. Long Jump: 2. Baileh Simms, 19-02.00 (5.84m).

Men's Results:
200m: 3. Sheldon Prince, 21.50; 15. Mitchell Gable, 22.57. 800m: 12. Nathan Fleck, 1:53.16. 1,500m (Section C): 1. T-Roy Brown, 3:58.30; 7. Neil Seibert, 4:03.56; 10. Ben Richardson, 4:10.16. 10,000m: 2. Jake Schwartz, 32:38.28; 3. Jonathan Talik, 32:56.80. High Jump: Rockwell Tufty, NH. Long Jump: 9. Gifton Okoronkwo, 19-10.75 (6.06m).