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PORTLAND, Ore. — Donté Robinson would like some company this time around.
 
Robinson was the Vikings' lone Big Sky champion at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in February, after breaking through for his first conference title in the heptathlon, and should be a contender again in the decathlon at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, May 8-11, this week in Moscow, Idaho.
 
Fortunately for the Vikings, Robinson isn't the only Viking heading into the Big Sky meet with the conference lead in an event. Sarah Medved leads the Big Sky in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on the back of her finish at the Mt. SAC Relays, where she broke the school record for the second time this season with her time of 10:21.56.
 
Medved edged out Montana State's Patricia Carlson by seven-hundredths of a second for the win at the Mt. SAC Relays, and the two rank 1-2 in the conference going into the Big Sky meet this week. Carlson's Montana State teammate Anna French ranks third in the conference at just over a second back from Medved, while Eastern Washington's Paula Gil-Echevarria ranks fourth with her finish in 10:27.41 at the Mt. SAC Relays.
 
The Vikings have never had a Big Sky champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase – men or women – while no Viking female runner has even scored a point for the Vikings in the steeplechase at the Big Sky outdoor meet.
 
Medved could be the Vikings' first Big Sky champion in the steeplechase, then, as well as the Vikings' first regional qualifier in the steeplechase. Medved currently ranks 24th in the NCAA west region, putting her comfortably within the top 48 of the region that will advance to the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds at the end of the month.
 
Robinson will also go into the Big Sky meet as the conference leader in his primary event, the decathlon. Robinson has led the conference pretty much throughout the outdoor season, as he sports the two best scores of the season between his totals of 6,868 and 6,908 points at the Boxer Combined Event and Bryan Clay Invitational, respectively.
 
Robinson's main competition for the decathlon title should be a familiar face in Sacramento State's Max Jette. Jette won the decathlon title with 6,960 points last season, with Robinson placing second with a then-personal best of 6,852 points. Robinson got his revenge at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, however, as the two went into the final event of the competition – the 1,000 meters – tied atop the standings before Robinson out-kicked Jette for the title.
 
Jette only completed one decathlon during the outdoor season, which came on the first weekend of the season at Hornet Invitational. Jette scored only 6,093 points at the meet as he no-heighted in the high jump.
 
If Robinson can pull off the heptathlon-decathlon sweep, he will join former NCAA All-American Nick Trubachik as the only two Vikings to pull off the double on the men's side. Joenisha Vinson also swept the indoor and outdoor multi-events on the women's side in 2013.
 
The rest of the Vikings will have to outperform the form charts if they hope to join Medved and Robinson as potential Big Sky champions later this week.
 
Kaila Gibson should add some fireworks for the Viking distance crew at the meet, regardless of whether she can pull off an upset and win a conference title or not. Gibson has had a breakout 2017-18 season between leading the Viking women at every meet during the cross country season, to breaking the school record in the indoor 5,000 meters at the UW Invitational in January.
 
Gibson is entered in the women's 5,000 and 10,000 meters this week at the Big Sky meet. Gibson moved up to fifth all time in the outdoor 5,000 meters with a personal-best finish of 16:47.04 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 19 – a mark that ranks her seventh in the Big Sky going into the conference meet.
 
Meanwhile, Gibson has never run a 10,000-meter race before as a Viking, which means she could be a wildcard when the race gets underway Thursday at 7:05 p.m.
 
Alex Cisneros will be another wildcard for the Vikings as he runs in a crowded 5,000-meter field at 5:25 p.m. Friday. Cisneros broke a 34-year old school record in the 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, but will not run the distance at the Big Sky meet. Cisneros hasn't run a 5,000-meter race since the first weekend of the season, when he became the first Viking to crack the top 10 in the outdoor 5,000 since 2005. Cisneros won the 5,000 in 14:28.96 that weekend despite running through a driving rain.
 
Ta'mara Richey ranks highest of any Viking in an individual event besides Medved and Robinson, as she ranks fourth in the women's long jump. Richey set her seasonal best in the long jump at the Pelluer Invitational, where she jumped 19-03.50 (5.88m).
 
Robinson will open the meet for the Vikings with the first day of the decathlon at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Katie Baxter and Kristen O'Handley will also be in action Tuesday, as they compete on the first day of the heptathlon, starting at 10:30 a.m.
 
MEET INFO:
May 8-11 – Big Sky Outdoor Championships – Moscow, Idaho (Dan O'Brien Outdoor Track Complex)
 
LIVE RESULTS:
Live results will be available from all days of the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Fans can find the link to live results on the track & field schedule page on GoViks.com.
 
LIVE VIDEO:
Live video will be available from all days of the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Fans can find the link to live results on the track & field schedule page on GoViks.com.
 
BIG SKY OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, May 8
Multi Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
10 a.m.                 Decathlon (Robinson)
10:30 a.m.            Heptathlon (Baxter, O'Handley)
 
Wednesday, May 9
Multi Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
10 a.m.                 Decathlon (Robinson)
10:30 a.m.            Heptathlon (Baxter, O'Handley)
 
Thursday, May 10
Field Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
12 p.m.                 Women's High Jump (Dunleavy, Elliott, O'Handley)
1:30 p.m.              Women's Discus (Flight 1 – Mumford)
1:30 p.m.              Women's Long Jump (Flight 1 – Terry, Williams; Flight 2 – Richey)
2:30 p.m.              Men's Pole Vault (Moen)
4:45 p.m.              Men's Javelin (Flight 1 – Robinson, Rwandika)
4:45 p.m.              Men's Long Jump (Flight 1 – Barrow, Toku, Whitehurst)
 
Running Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
2:10 p.m.              Men's 110-Meter Hurdles – Prelims (Heat 3 – Golaube)
2:30 p.m.              Women's 100-Meter Hurdles – Prelims (Heat 1 – O'Handley; Heat 2 – Buckhaults)
3:05 p.m.              Women's 400 Meters – Prelims (Heat 1 – Jackson, Shulman)
3:25 p.m.              Men's 100 Meters – Prelims (Heat 1 – Desaki)
3:40 p.m.              Women's 100 Meters – Prelims (Heat 1 – Cummings; Heat 2 – Powdrell)
4 p.m.                   Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase – Final (Emeterio)
4:20 p.m.              Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase – Final (Chaplin, Medved)
4:40 p.m.              Men's 800 Meters – Prelims (Section 2 – Hvidsten, Payton)
5:15 p.m.              Men's 400-Meter Hurdles – Prelims (Heat 2 – Golaube; Heat 3 – Robinson)
5:30 p.m.              Women's 400-Meter Hurdles – Prelims (Heat 1 – Baxter)
5:50 p.m.              Men's 200 Meters – Prelims (Heat 1 – Davis; Heat 2 – Desaki)
6:05 p.m.              Women's 200 Meters – Prelims (Heat 1 – Cummings; Heat 2 – O'Handley, Powdrell)
6:25 p.m.              Men's 10,000 Meters – Final (Wikler)
7:05 p.m.              Women's 10,000 Meters – Final (Gibson, Karp)
 
Friday, May 11
Field Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
11 a.m.                 Men's High Jump (Robinson)
11:30 a.m.            Women's Shot Put (Flight 1 – Mumford)
12:30 p.m.            Women's Triple Jump (Flight 1 – Buckhaults; Flight 2 – Richey)
2:45 p.m.              Men's Triple Jump (Flight 1 – Barrow, Luyamba, Toku; Flight 2 – Whitehurst)
3:45 p.m.              Women's Javelin (Flight 1 – Cornett)
 
Running Events
Start (PT)              Events (PSU entries)
2 p.m.                   Men's 4x100-Meter Relay – Final (Section 1 – Portland State 'A' – Park, Desaki, Golaube, Robinson)
2:15 p.m.              Women's 4x100-Meter Relay – Final (Section 2 – Portland State 'A' – Powdrell, O'Handley, Richey, Cummings)
3:05 p.m.              Men's 110-Meter Hurdles – Final
3:15 p.m.              Women's 100-Meter Hurdles – Final
3:35 p.m.              Women's 400 Meters – Final
3:45 p.m.              Men's 100 Meters – Final
3:50 p.m.              Women's 100 Meters – Final
4 p.m.                   Men's 800 Meters – Final
4:20 p.m.              Men's 400-Meter Hurdles – Final
4:30 p.m.              Women's 400-Meter Hurdles – Final
4:45 p.m.              Men's 200 Meters – Final
4:50 p.m.              Women's 200 Meters – Final
5 p.m.                   Men's 5,000 Meters – Final (Cisneros, Rae)
5:25 p.m.              Women's 5,000 Meters – Final (Chaplin, Gibson)
When all other events are done:
                              Men's 4x400-Meter Relay – Final (Section 1 – Portland State 'A' – Payton, Golaube, Robinson, Davis)
                              Women's 4x400-Meter Relay – Final (Section 1 – Portland State 'A' – Baxter, O'Handley, Powdrell, Shulman)
 
UPCOMING:
The Vikings who finish in the top 48 in the NCAA west region of their respective events will advance to the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, May 24-26, in Sacramento, Calif.
 
BIG SKY OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The Big Sky Conference eliminated qualifying standards for the Big Sky Outdoor Championships last season, and will continue in that mold this season. Roster sizes will be capped at 28 athletes (men and women), leaving it up to coaches to determine how to maximize their scoring potential at the meet. The Big Sky Outdoor Championships take place, May 8-11, in Moscow, Idaho.
 
NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION:
Unlike the NCAA Indoor Championships, the path to the NCAA Outdoor Championships runs through a regional stage, giving the Vikings a better chance of qualifying for the national meet. Indoors, the Vikings could only qualify for the national meet if they finished in the top 16 in each individual event, but outdoors, the Vikings only need to finish in the top 48 of the NCAA west region to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, May 24-26, in Sacramento, Calif. The top 12 in each event at the NCAA West and East Preliminary Rounds then advance onto the NCAA Outdoor Championships, June 6-9, in Eugene, Ore. The qualification procedure differs a bit for the relay events, as only the top 24 relay teams qualify for the regional stage. Qualifying for the multi-events also differs, as they skip the regional stage and instead advance the top 24 in the nation in the heptathlon and decathlon directly to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
OREGON TWILIGHT RECAP:
Viktor Moen was the lone Viking to compete at the Oregon Twilight, May 4, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and placed third in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-01.00 (4.60m).
 
OSU HIGH PERFORMANCE MEET RECAP:
The Vikings set or bettered five top 10 marks during both days of the OSU High Performance meet, April 27-28, at the Whyte Track & Field Center in Corvallis, Ore. The Viking distance runners set three of the five top 10 marks on the first day of the meet Friday, between Kaila Gibson in the women's 1,500 meters and Alana Chaplin and Jacob Emeterio in the women's and men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, respectively. Gibson shaved close to 10 seconds off her personal best in the 1,500 meters as she finished in 4:31.96 to move up to eighth all time. Chaplin knocked more than 11 seconds off her personal best in the steeplechase while finishing in 11:20.05, moving her up to third all time in the event at Portland State. Emeterio topped both of them, however, as he beat his previous best in the steeplechase by just under 47 seconds while finishing in 9:20.74. Emeterio moved up to fifth all time in the steeplechase as a result, and now holds the best time by a Viking in the event since 2014. Ceil Dunleavy and Kamal-Craig Golaube tacked on two more top 10 marks on the second day of the meet, between the women's high jump and men's 110-meter hurdles. Dunleavy won the women's high jump with a clearance of 5-05.75 (1.67m), moving her out of a four-way tie and into eighth place all time on her own. Golaube, meanwhile, shaved four-hundredths of a second off his previous PSU personal best in the 110-meter hurdles while finishing in 14.81 seconds. That bettered the time Golaube set last season that moved him up to eighth all time in the event as a freshman.
 
PACIFIC TWILIGHT INVITATIONAL RECAP:
The Vikings set a number of PSU or overall personal bests at the Pacific Twilight Invitational, April 27, at Hanson Stadium in Forest Grove, Ore. Alexis Buckhaults and Natalie Cummings provided two of the Vikings' PSU personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles and 100 meters, respectively. Buckhaults finished the 100 hurdles in 15.16 seconds while Cummings placed second in the 100 meters in 12.59 seconds. Cummings also won the 200 meters in 26.47 seconds, while Buckhaults, Cummings, Kameron Smith and Nicole Terry all competed on the Vikings' winning 4x100-meter relay team that finished in 50.00 seconds. Justin Desaki added two more PSU personal bests in the men's sprints, as he set seasonal bests in the 100 and 200 meters with his finishes in 11.33 and 23.04 seconds, respectively. Three more Vikings set PSU or overall personal bests in the men's 5,000 meters in Elmer Shelevy, Andy Solano and Cody Jones, while Alana Baldwin-Joiner won the women's 5,000 meters while setting an overall personal best of 18:44.88. Jean Rwandika did not set a PSU or overall personal bests in the javelin, but still won the event with a throw of 165-06 (50.45m).
 
COUGAR OPEN RECAP:
Viktor Moen won the men's pole vault to lead a small group of three Vikings at the Cougar Open, April 21, at Canby High School in Canby, Ore. Moen cleared 15-01.00 (4.60m) in his win, while Griffen Johnson set a PSU personal best with his clearance of 13-01.50 (4.00m). Maya Jackson, meanwhile, ran the women's 200 and 400 meters in 26.40 and 58.34 seconds, respectively.
 
MT. SAC RELAYS RECAP:
Sarah Medved and Alex Cisneros made history while breaking the school records in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's 10,000 meters, respectively, at the Mt. SAC Relays, April 19, at Murdock Stadium in Torrance, Calif. Both Medved and Cisneros put themselves in strong contention to qualify for the NCAA west regional in their respective events, which would make them the first Vikings in program history to qualify regionally in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's 10,000 meters. Medved set the 3,000-meter steeplechase record after beating out an elite field in the event with her finish in 10:21.56. Medved has now competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase twice as a Viking, and has broken the school record both times. Medved shaved more than 36 seconds off her debut time in the event, and now stands more than 50 seconds clear of the old record that Mandy Peterson set at 11:11.60 in 2003. Medved out-kicked Montana State's Patricia Carlson for the win, as she beat Carlson by seven-hundredths of a second after trailing going into the bell lap. Cisneros, meanwhile, broke a 34-year-old school record in the men's 10,000 meters with his finish in 29:25.74. Cisneros beat Dave Henderson's old record of 29:30.04 by over four seconds, which Henderson set in 1984. Cisneros' time puts him in good position to become the first Viking to qualify regionally in an event longer than 800 meters. The final qualifying time in the 10,000 meters last season was 29:39.95, more than 14 seconds slower than the time Cisneros ran at the Mt. SAC Relays. Cisneros moved up to 35th in the NCAA west region after his performance at the Mt. SAC Relays, well within the top 48 that qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds at the end of May.
 
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Donté Robinson and Kaila Gibson set personal bests in the decathlon and women's 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational, April 18-19, at the Cougar Athletic Stadium in Azusa, Calif. Robinson set his second personal best in as many attempts in the decathlon this season, as he scored 6,908 points to move up to fifth all time in the event at Portland State. Robinson set decathlon personal bests in the 110-meter hurdles and javelin on the second day of the competition, and wasn't far off his personal bests in the pole vault and 1,500 meters. Robinson was similarly close to his decathlon personal bests in the shot put, high jump and 400 meters on the first day of the competition, and set an outdoor personal best in the long jump. Gibson, meanwhile, shaved more than 36 seconds off her personal best in the outdoor 5,000 meters, as she finished in 16:47.04. Gibson crushed her previous seasonal best in the 5,000 meters, which she set at 17:24.46 three weeks ago at the SF State Distance Carnival. Gibson moved up to fifth all time in the outdoor 5,000 meters with her finish at the meet.
 
PELLUER INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Saraia Collmer broke the school record in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 11-03.00 (3.43m) as the Viking jumpers led the team at the Pelluer Invitational, April 13-14, at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. Collmer broke the record Lynae Newby set with a clearance of 10-11.75 (3.35m) in 2004, and now holds both the indoor and outdoor school records in the women's pole vault. Ta'mara Richey placed second in the women's long jump with a mark of 19-03.50 (5.88m), beating her previous seasonal best of 18-11.25 (5.77m) by more than four inches. Richey's mark put her right on her progression in the long jump last season, as she jumped 19-04.25 (5.90m) at the Texas Invitational on the same weekend last year. Freshman Taylor Elliott moved into a tie for eighth all time in the women's high jump at the meet, matching her classmate Ceil Dunleavy. Elliott cleared 5-05.00 (1.65m) Saturday, tying her with Dunleavy, Damaris Tucker (2006) and Erin Kinney (2007) in the all-time ranks. Junior Jaron Barrow nearly moved into the top 10 all time in the men's long jump, as he placed fourth in the competition with a best jump of 22-11.75 (7.00m) – a centimeter behind the current 10th-best mark of 23-00.00 (7.01m). Jean-Luc Toku placed second in the men's triple jump, ahead of Barrow, with a seasonal-best mark of 46-08.75 (14.24m). The Vikings also set seasonal bests in both the men's and women's 4x100-meter relays, while Kamal-Craig Golaube set seasonal or personal bests in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles. Golaube narrowly missed the top 10 all time in the 400-meter hurdles, as he finished in 56.89 seconds – less than four-tenths of a second behind the current No. 10 time of 56.89 seconds.
 
JOHN KNIGHT TWILIGHT RECAP:
Maya Jackson shaved seven-tenths of a second off her seasonal best in the 400 meters while finishing in 57.86 seconds at the John Knight Twilight, April 6, at McArthur Field in Monmouth, Ore. Meggie Karp and McKenna Martin provided two more seasonal bests in the women's 1,500 meters, as they finished in 4:52.35 and 4:58.97, respectively. Erik Solano beat his prep personal best in the 5,000 meters while leading a group of three Vikings in the event with his finish in 16:04.87.
 
PACIFIC OPEN RECAP:
Alana Baldwin-Joiner shaved close to 25 seconds off her personal best in the 5,000 meters while leading a small group of Vikings at the Pacific Open, March 31, at Hanson Stadium in Forest Grove, Ore. Cody Jones, meanwhile, set a new personal best in the men's 5,000 meters, as he finished in 16:15.69 to beat the PR he came into Portland State with of 16:18. 
 
AL MANUEL NORTHWEST DUAL INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Nia Powdrell swept the women's 100 and 200 meters at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual Invitational, March 30-31, at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Mont., extending her unbeaten streak in the sprint events to open the season. Powdrell improved to 5-0 in the 100 or 200 meters while winning both events by three-tenths and nine-tenths of a second, respectively. Powdrell also ran a leg on the Vikings' 4x100-meter relay, which finished in a seasonal-best 47.71 seconds. Powdrell would have added a fourth win to her meet resume in the women's long jump if not for her teammate, Ta'mara Richey. Richey and Powdrell finished 1-2 in the long jump, while the Vikings went 1-2-3-4 in the men's triple jump. Chance Whitehurst beat out teammates Jaron Barrow, Kevin Luyamba and Jean-Luc Toku for the event win while moving up to third all time at Portland State with a mark of 47-08.00 (14.53m). Whitehurst was also the Vikings' top finisher in the men's long jump, as he placed third with a personal-best jump of 22-05.75 (6.85m). Katie Baxter and Ceil Dunleavy won the women's 400-meter hurdles and high jump, respectively, with Dunleavy moving into a tie for eighth all time in the event with her clearance of 5-05.00 (1.65m). Megan Cornett also moved into the top 10 all time in the women's javelin, as she finished with a best throw of 132-08 (40.43m) to move up to eighth all time in the event.
 
SF STATE DISTANCE CARNIVAL RECAP:
Alex Cisneros became the first Viking to crack 30 minutes in the 10,000 meters since 1984 at the SF State Distance Carnival, March 30-31, at the Chabot College Track in Hayward, Calif. Cisneros finished in 29:54.96, moving him up to third all time in the event behind Dave Henderson and Seppo Matela, who stand 1-2 with times of 29:30.04 and 29:34.60, respectively. Sarah Medved, meanwhile, won her section of the women's 5,000 meters while finishing in 17:21.25. Alana Chaplin shaved 16 seconds off her personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and moved up to ninth all time with her finish in 11:31.34. Justin Wikler also set a personal best in the fourth section of the men's 10,000 meters, as he finished in 33:10.20. Austen Hvidsten shaved close to three seconds off his personal best in the men's 800 meters while finishing in 1:55.67 on the second day of the meet.
 
BOXER COMBINED EVENT RECAP:
Donté Robinson improved to 3-for-3 in multi-event competitions this season while winning the decathlon at the Boxer Combined Event, March 27-28, in Forest Grove, Ore. Robinson won by close to 500 points while setting a new personal-best score of 6,868 points. Robinson didn't finish lower than third in any individual event, and set overall or decathlon personal bests in three of the five events on the second day of the competition. Robinson cleared 14-03.25 (4.35m) in the pole vault, moving him up to seventh all time in the event at Portland State. Katie Baxter placed third in the heptathlon with 4,354 points at the Boxer Combined Event, while freshman Kristen O'Handley – the first-day leader – placed fourth with 4,226 points. Baxter's best event came in the javelin, where she placed second overall with a best throw of 110-09 (33.76m). O'Handley dropped from the top spot because of a poor mark in the javelin, but had won the 200 meters and long jump earlier in the competition, and placed second in the 100-meter hurdles. Freshman Savanna Milroy also competed in the heptathlon for the Vikings, placing tied for 11th with 2,976 points.
 
WILLAMETTE INVITATIONAL RECAP:
Sophomores Angela Mumford and Nia Powdrell led the Vikings in their sophomore outdoor meet of the 2018 season, the Willamette Invitational, March 24, in Salem Ore. Mumford competed in the shot put, discus and hammer for the Vikings, but her best mark came in the hammer, where she set a new personal best of 141-03.50 (43.06m) while moving up to seventh all time at Portland State. Mumford became the first Viking to enter the top 10 all time in the hammer since 2009. Powdrell, meanwhile, swept the 100 and 200 meters, and improved to 3-0 in individual sprint races during the outdoor season. Freshmen Megan Cornett and Taylor Matsuzaki made their Portland State debuts at the meet while competing in the javelin. Cornett, who is also a player for the Portland State women's soccer team, nearly entered the top 10 all time in the javelin while uncorking a throw of 126-07.50 (38.59m) on her second attempt of the day. Matsuzaki set her best mark on her third attempt of the day, as she finished with a top throw of 107-04 (32.71m). Junior Jaron Barrow highlighted the day for the Viking men, as he entered the top 10 all time in the triple jump with a best mark of 45-10.50 (13.98m). Barrow set the mark on his first attempt of the day, moving him up to seventh all time in the event at Portland State.
 
L&C SPRING BREAK OPEN RECAP:
The Viking distance crew headlined the team's season-opening meet at the L&C Spring Break Open, March 16-17 in Portland, Ore. Sarah Medved broke the school record in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase on the first day of the meet, Friday. Medved set the record in her debut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in 10:58.17 to become the first Viking women to crack 11 minutes in the event. Medved beat the old record of 11:11.60 that Mandy Peterson set 15 years ago in 2003. Alex Cisneros followed Medved with the Viking men's first top 10 mark in the 5,000 meters in 13 years Saturday despite running through rainy conditions. Cisneros won the 5,000 meters in 14:28.96, moving him up to sixth all time in the event. No Viking had entered the top 10 in the outdoor men's 5,000 since Blake Flanders in 2005, who Cisneros ironically knocked out of the top 10 with his time Saturday. Medved and Cisneros were also just two of several event winners for the Vikings at the meet. Jaron Barrow and Ta'mara Richey won the men's and women's long jump, respectively, Friday, while the Vikings won seven events Saturday. Nia Powdrell and Kristen O'Handley swept the women's 100 and 200 meters, while both also joined Richey and Natalie Cummings to win the 4x100-meter relay for the Vikings. Josh Pikes won the men's 200 meters, and was part of the Vikings' winning 4x400-meter relay team along with Zack Davis, Justin Desaki and Will Payton. Viktor Moen and Jean-Luc Toku, meanwhile, added event wins in the field for the Viking men, as they swept the pole vault and triple jump, respectively. The Viking women beat out Oregon State for first place in the team competition, finishing with 122 points to the Beavers' 115. The Viking men placed second with 102 team points, 21 points behind Western Oregon, which won the men's competition with 123.
 
TEDDY TWILIGHT RECAP:
Alana Chaplin broke the school record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Teddy Twilight on March 3. Chaplin finished in 7:36 to break Keikoanne Hollins' old record of 7:43.56 that she set in 2012. McKenna Martin also moved up to fourth all time in the 2,000-meter steeplechase with her finish in 7:52. Jacob Emeterio and Jayson Maule also competed in the men's 2,000-meter steeplechase and moved up to third and fifth all time with their finishes in 6:20 and 6:44, respectively.
 
2018 INDOOR SEASON RECAP:
Donté Robinson out-kicked Sacramento State's Max Jette in the final event of the heptathlon – the 1,000 meters – at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, giving the redshirt junior his first Big Sky title. Robinson and Jette were tied through the first six events of the heptathlon, but Robinson passed Jette with a lap to go in the 1,000 meters and didn't look back, finishing in 2:51.65 to beat Jette by three-and-a-half seconds. Robinson became the Vikings' first Big Sky champion in the heptathlon since former NCAA first-team All-American Nick Trubachik won the event in 2010. Robinson won the event with a personal-best score of 5,248 points, and set personal bests in four of the seven events during the competition. Besides Robinson, the Vikings set five school records during the season, including two for Alex Cisneros. Cisneros broke his own school record in the 5,000 meters at the UW Invitational, finishing in 14:19.95 – 23 seconds faster than the time he ran at the same meet last season. Cisneros also broke the school record in the 3,000 meters at the UW Indoor Open, finishing in 8:16.45 to beat the old record of 8:21.04 by more than four seconds. Kaila Gibson joined Cisneros in a sweep of the men's and women's 5,000-meter records at the UW Invite, as she set the women's record with her finish in 16:53.60. Saraia Collmer, meanwhile, broke the school record in the women's pole vault in back-to-back meets during the season. Collmer first broke the record with a clearance of 11-05.25 (3.49m) at the Idaho Duals, and then broke it again a week later with a clearance of 11-07.25 (3.54m) at the UW Indoor Open. Kamal-Craig Golaube also broke the school record in the men's 60-meter hurdles twice, as he broke the record in the prelims and then the finals of the Big Sky Indoor Championships. Golaube finished the prelims of the 60 hurdles in 8.19 seconds, and then finished the finals in 8.14 seconds.