PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots men's and women's track and field teams will compete this Friday and Saturday at the MPSF Championships at the Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle, Wash.
 
"The MPSF meet is what we point toward as a program during the indoor season," said men's head coach Rob Conner. "It is a great opportunity for everyone on the team to run a personal best in their primary event."
 
Established in 1992 to serve the competitive needs of member institutions from conferences on the west coast, along with other selected universities in the western United States, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation provides Division-I competition to schools whose primary conferences do not sponsor championships in selected sports.
 
15 men's teams and 20 women's teams representing the West's top track and field programs will participate in MPSF Championships, with members from the Big West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conferences making this weekend's championship the largest the meet has ever been.
 
Portland senior Madison Leek and junior Taryn Rawlings have each broken school records earlier this season in the 200m and the mile, respectively. This weekend Leek will compete in the 60m and 400m, while Rawlings will attempt to break her previous school record (4:43.14) in the mile. Rawlings will also run in the 3000m while in Seattle and ranks seventh all-time at UP.
 
Redshirt sophomore and three-time All-American Lauren LaRocco and seniors Anna Farello, Anne Luijten, and Parkes Kendrick will continue to knock at the door of the UP all-time records in the 3000m on Saturday. LaRocco already holds the overall record (9:16.66) at UP in the event, while Luijten ranks just behind in second (9:22.07), followed by Farello in fourth (9:27.16) and Kendrick at ninth all-time (9:38.47).
 
"We're excited for the MPSF meet and all of our top people are ready to compete," said women's head coach Ian Solof. "To be in a conference that includes the entire Pac-12 plus BYU makes for unbelievably competitive distance races, so this is an awesome opportunity for us."
 
On the men's side, junior Jeff Thies (8:06.52) and senior Brady Johnson (8:07.23) rank seventh and ninth all-time at Portland in the 3000m, and they will also look to set new personal records this weekend. Thies and Johnson will compete in the 5000m on Friday as well.
 
Sophomore Trent Mazelli ranks seventh all-time at Portland in the 800m, and he will attempt to continue to climb the career charts in the 800m this weekend. On Saturday he will shift his focus to the mile.
 
The meet will be streamed live on FloTrack and live results will be provided here. 
 
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24
5:00 p.m. – Women's 60m Dash
Courtney Vacek (Heat 2)
Pauline Reiley (Heat 3)
Madison Leek (Heat 5)
Skye Chen-Johnson (Heat 7)
Maya Murphy-Cook (Heat 8)
Maria Montt (Heat 9)
 
5:30 p.m. Women's Long Jump
Maya Murphy-Cook (Flight 1)
Pauline Reiley (Flight 1)
 
5:40 p.m. – Women's 5000m Run
Mathilde Sagnes (Section 1)
Grace McConnochie (Section 1)
 
6:00 p.m. – Men's 5000m Run
Danny Martinez (Section 1)
Gabriel Haughey (Section 1)
Jeff Thies (Section 1)
Sam Lomax (Section 1)
Tristan Peloquin (Section 1)
Alex Dillard (Section 1)
Joe Horen (Section 1)
Brady Johnson (Section 1)
Tim Ball (Section 1)
Reuben Kiprono (Section 1)
Keegan Symmes (Section 1)
 
6:20 p.m. – Women's 200m Dash
Maria Montt (Section 15)
Grace Bley (Section 16)
Michal Jones (Section 16)
Skye Chen-Johnson (Section 17)
Maya Murphy-Cook (Section 17)
Dani Castillo (Section 17)
Mariela Martinez (Section 18)
Pauline Reiley (Section 18)
 
7:15 p.m. – Women's Distance Medley
Anne Luijten, Madison Leek, Taryn Rawlings, Lauren LaRocco (Section 1)
 
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25
11:00 a.m. – Women's 1 Mile Run
Mathilde Sagnes (Section 1)
Maddy Lyons (Section 2)
Anne Luijten (Section 3)
Parkes Kendrick (Section 3)
Taryn Rawlings (Section 4)
 
11:25 a.m. – Men's 1 Mile Run
Brent Knutzen (Section 1)
Danny Martinez (Section 1)
Trent Mazelli (Section 1)
Malcolm Roux (Section 1)
Cater Aebi (Section 2)
 
11:50 a.m. – Women's 400m Dash
Madison Leek (Section 8)
Grace Bley (Section 11)
Dani Castillo (Section 11)
Michal Jones (Section 13)
 
12:50 p.m. – Women's 800m Run
Maddy Lyons (Section 1)
Parkes Kendrick (Section 2)
 
1:10 p.m. – Men's 800m Run
Brent Knutzen (Section 1)
Jack Welch (Section 1)
Trent Mazelli (Section 2)
Malcolm Roux (Section 2)
 
1:25 p.m. – Women's 3000m Run
Taryn Rawlings (Section 1)
Parkes Kendrick (Section 1)
Lacey Conner (Section 1)
Anne Luijten (Section 1)
Lauren LaRocco (Section 2)
Anna Farello (Section 2)
 
1:45 p.m. – Men's 3000m Run
Tim Ball (Section 1)
Noah Schutte (Section 1)
Danny Martinez (Section 1)
Tristan Peloquin (Section 1)
Joseph Horen (Section 1)
Keegan Symmes (Section 1)
Gabriel Haughey (Section 1)
Sam Lomax (Section 1)
Carter Aebi (Section 1)
Alex Dillard (Section 1)
Michael Murphy (Section 1)
Jeff Thies (Section 2)
Brady Johnson (Section 2)