Portland State Cross Country Meet Notes
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portland state cross country Contact: Andy Jobanek, Assistant Media Relations Director (XC) • Email: [email protected] • Phone: (503) 725-2525 2019 SCHEDULE VIKING RUST BUSTER Sept. 7 | M6K: 9 a.m. (PT); W4K: 9:30 a.m. (PT) September Blue Lake Park | Fairview, Ore. 7 Viking Rust Buster M6K: 9am; W4K: 9:30am MEET SCHEDULE PORTLAND STATE ENTRIES 13 Cougar Classic W6K: 5:15pm; Race Time Women: Hunter Storm, Delaney White, M8K: 5:45pm Women’s 6k 5:15 p.m. (PT) Phoebe Brown, Saville Feist, Phoebe Jacques, Men’s 8k 5:45 p.m. (PT) Zoe Andersen, Sophie Jones, Zoe Eberspech- October er, Monica Salazar, Kristen Walker, Carissa 5 Charles Bowles Invite M8K: 9:30am; Rodriguez W6K: 10:20am Men: Drew Seidel, Josh Snyder, Brandon 19 Bronco Invitational M8K: 8:45am; Hippe, Max Norman, Jason Rae, Zac Witman, W6K: 9:30am Evan Peters, Luke Ramirez, Andy Solano, 19 Warner Pacific Classic TBA Cody Jones, Erik Solano, Andrew Stafford November 2 Big Sky Championships TBA 9 Beaver Classic W6K: 11am; MEET NOTES M8K: 12pm PORTLAND, Ore. — The young runners within the Portland State cross country program got a 15 NCAA West Regional TBA warmup pitch last Saturday at the Viking Rust Buster. Come Friday – only six days after the Rust Buster – the Vikings get a full-speed fastball as they head to the Cougar Classic, hosted by Wash- Bold - Home Meet (at Blue Lake Park) ington State University, in Colfax, Wash. QUICK FACTS It won’t just be a fastball the Vikings face Friday, either, as the Cougar Classic promises the PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY equivalent difficulty of a pitcher with a full complement of pitches. One pitch would be the fact Location _____________________ Portland, Ore. the distances at the Cougar Classic – women run a 6k, men run an 8k – are both 2k longer than Address _____________________930 SW Hall St, the women and men ran at the Viking Rust Buster. Another pitch would be the fact that five _____________________ Portland, OR, 97201 men’s runners and one women’s runner will make their season debuts for the Vikings Friday. Yet Phone / Fax ___(503) 725-4000 / (503) 725-5550 another would be that the Viking freshmen will be traveling to an away meet for the first time Founded ______________ 1946 (4-year in 1955) in college. Enrollment _________________________ 28,407 Nickname __________________________Vikings The final pitch – call it the out pitch – would be the fact that course at the Cougar Classic will be Colors __________________Green (PMS 3435 C), the same course at which the Vikings will run the NCAA West Regional in November. _____________White and Silver (PMS 429 C) Affiliation / Conf. ___NCAA Division I / Big Sky “There’s a lot going on with this meet that you wouldn’t necessarily think about,” head coach Arena (Capacity) ______Viking Pavilion (3,094) David Hepburn said of the Cougar Classic. “But it’s a good time for [our newcomers] to learn. Interim President_____________ Stephen Percy Have them pick the returners brains, and learn how we travel, see a course, and see what a 6k Director of Athletics ___________Valerie Cleary or an 8k is going to feel like.” Associate AD/SWA _________ Dana Cappelucci The distances will be the biggest difference for the Viking freshmen. The high school state meets TEAM INFORMANTION run 5,000-meter races for both the men and women in high school. That means the Vikings’ Head Coach _______________ David Hepburn three freshmen men at the Cougar Classic will be running their first-ever collegiate 8ks, while Year ______________ 3rd as HC / 5th overall the Vikings’ four freshmen women run their first-ever collegiate 6ks. Assistant Coach _________________Josh Seitz Year _______________________________ 4th “It’ll be interesting,” Hepburn said of how the young Vikings will handle the longer distances. Assistant Coach ________ Griffin Humphreys “[Our guys] had some success there with the 6k [at the Viking Rust Buster]. But add the extra Year _______________________________ 3rd 2k on there and we’ll see where everybody’s at. Our young guys looked really good coming Volunteer Asst. Coach _____Colleen Quigley through the finish line at 6k at the Rust Buster, so I think they’re going to be just fine as long as Year _______________________________ 3rd they stay within themselves and put themselves where they need to be. Volunteer Asst. Coach ______Stephanie Ross Year ________________________________ 1st “Ladies might be a little different, from 4 to 6k, because they were falling off a little harder at the end of the race. They were up higher in the standings and were falling off a little harder.” SOCIAL MEDIA The Vikings’ returners will have to step up in case any of the freshmen fall back. Hepburn said Hunter Storm and Delaney White already showed that capability at the Viking Rust Buster, as /psuviksTF & /psuviks they went 1-2 for the Viking women. Phoebe Brown also showed well with a third-place finish in the Vikings’ lineup – her highest finish ever with the ‘A’ team – while Phoebe Jacques will benefit @psuviksTF & @psuviks from a longer distance, considering her 10k training during the outdoor track season. Those four returners along with Zoe Eberspecher also ran the Cougar Classic last year, when @psuviksTF & @psuviks the Viking women upset regionally-ranked Washington State and Idaho to win the meet. The Vikings had never won a meet hosted by a Pac-12 school before, and the win catapulted the /goviks Vikings into the USTFCCCA West Region rankings the following week. Four Viking women placed in the top ten of the Cougar Classic last season, including Storm and 2019 Portland State Vikings Cross Country 1 MEET NOTES COACH HEPBURN BIO 2019 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER David Hepburn was Name Year Hometown Previous School promoted to head coach Jacob Emeterio R-Jr. Arroyo Grande, Calif. Arroyo Grande HS of the Portland State Matthew Frazeur Fr. Sublimity, Ore. Stayton HS cross country and track & Zach Grams Fr. Port Orchard, Wash. South Kitsap HS field programs in August Brandon Hippe Fr. Monument, Colo. Palmer Ridge HS of 2017, after spending Liam Jemison R-Jr. Portland, Ore. Grant HS that past two seasons Cody Jones R-So. Greeley, Colo. Frontier Academy HS as the Vikings’ assistant Jordan Lawrence So. Elk Grove, Calif. Franklin HS coach in charge of field Sam Lingwall Fr. Enumclaw, Wash. Enumclaw HS events and recruiting co- Chase Lovercheck So. Lagrange, Wyo. Southeast HS ordinator. Suleiman Noor Fr. Beaverton, Ore. Aloha HS An expert multi-events coach, Hep- Max Norman So. Forest Grove, Ore. Forest Grove HS burn oversaw the development of Viking Clinton Omondi Sr. Coos Bay, Ore. SW Oregon CC mutli-eventers Donté Robinson and Kristen Matt Palmer So. Phoenix, Ariz. North Canyon HS O’Handley. Robinson finished his Viking career Will Payton Jr. McMinnville, Ore. McMinnville HS as a three-time Big Sky champion in the multi- Evan Peters Fr. Greenacres, Wash. Central Valley HS events, winning the 2018 and 2019 indoor Jason Rae Sr. Portland, Ore. Colorado School of Mines heptathlon titles, as well as the 2018 outdoor Luke Ramirez So. Central Point, Ore. South Medford HS decathlon title. Robinson became only the sec- Jack Rubalcave Jr. Rifle, Colo. Rifle HS ond Big Sky athlete to repeat as conference Drew Seidel So. Wheat Ridge, Colo. Wheat Ridge HS heptathlon champion, joining fellow Viking Kelly Shedd Fr. Eugene, Ore. Sheldon HS Nick Trubachik, who won back-to-back titles Josh Snyder So. Bandon, Ore. Bandon HS in 2009 and 2010. Andy Solano Jr. Portland, Ore. Reynolds HS Hepburn has also led five Vikings to the Erik Solano Jr. Portland, Ore. Reynolds HS NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in his head Andrew Stafford R-Jr. Los Osos, Calif. Morro Bay HS coaching tenure. Sarah Medved became the Mitchell Tolander R-Fr. Eau Claire, Wis. Wayzata HS Vikings’ first-ever qualifier in the steeplechase Garrett Vasta Fr. Riverside, Calif. Martin Luther King HS in 2018, and then repeated the feat as a fifth- Ian Vickstrom So. Corvallis, Ore. Corvallis HS year senior in 2019. Medved also repeated as Zac Witman Fr. Fort Collins, Colo. Loveland HS the Big Sky champion in the steeplechase in 2019, a year after becoming the Vikings’ first- 2019 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER ever conference champion in the event. Name Year Hometown Previous School Kaila Gibson joined Medved at the 2019 Zoe Andersen Fr. Portland, Ore. Wilson HS NCAA West Prelims after she qualified in the Phoebe Brown So. Tillamook, Ore. Tillamook HS women’s 10,000 meters. Gibson qualified after Sammy Burke So. Wanaka, New Zealand Mount Aspiring College running the 10k in 34:12.51 at the Stanford Lina Corrales R-Fr. Castle Rock, Colo. Douglas County HS Invitational, a time that marked a 70-second Zoe Eberspecher So. Bozeman, Mont. Bozeman HS personal best for Gibson and moved her up Saville Feist Fr. Anacortes, Wash. Anacortes HS third all time in the outdoor 10k at Portland Phoebe Jacques So. Bozeman, Mont. Bozeman HS State. Sophie Jones Fr. San Diego, Calif. Mt. Carmel HS Hepburn led the Vikings to their best cross Carissa Rodriguez Fr. Fillmore, Calif. Fillmore HS country season in program history in the fall Monica Salazar So. Hillsboro, Ore. Century HS of 2018, his second year at the helm of the Cayla Seligman Sr. Issaquah, Wash. Colorado program. The Viking women tied their high- Hunter Storm So. Enumclaw, Wash. Enumclaw HS est team finish ever at the Big Sky meet with Hannah Tomeo Jr. Spokane, Wash. Mead Senior HS a fifth-place finish, after being picked to fin- Kristen Walker So. Valencia, Calif. Valencia HS ish in a tie for ninth. Additionally, the Vikings’ Nevaeh Walla Fr.