PORTLAND, Ore.—Four Lewis & Clark College men's track & field student-athletes posted PRs on Saturday, as part of a strong showing by the Pioneers at their final home event of the season at Eldon Fix Track. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Despite extremely warm temperatures, Lewis & Clark rose to the occasion against a field of Division I runners and some of the top Division III runners in the region. 
 
Freshman Noah Nelson posted a top-10 mark in program history in the 800m. The freshman ran in the fastest heat of the 800m and ran a PR time of 1:53.19. His time was a PR by 0.06 seconds and helped him finish in 12^th place. 
 
Sophomore Paul Biaggi added a PR of his own in the 200m. He crossed the line in 23.89 seconds to finish in 11^th. 
 
Juniors Miles Voenell and Nate Bay each posted PRs in the 1,500m. Voenell crossed the line in 4:08.24 to finish in 37^th place. Bay was just behind him in 46^th with a mark of 4:13.74. 
 
Sophomore Max Aldrich was the final Pioneer on the track on Saturday night. Aldrich ran in the lead pack of the 5,000m for the entire race, before finishing in 8^th place with a time of 14:26.27. 
 
THE BASICS

• Nelson's time was the sixth-fastest mark in program history in the 800m. 
• Voenell's time in the 1,500m was a PR by 1.27 seconds. Bay improved his time by nearly 6.5 seconds in the 1,500m. 
• Biaggi posted a PR time by 0.46 seconds in the 200m. 
• Aldrich's mark in the 5,000m was the third-fastest of his career and one of the fastest marks in program history. 
• With one meet to go, Aldrich sits 23^rd in Division III in the 5,000m (14:15.18) and 59th in the 10K (30:46.21). Nelson is tied for 78^th in D3 in the 800m (1:53.19).  

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark may send a small contingent to George Fox University on Thursday for the George Fox Final Qualifier Meet.