EUGENE, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College outdoor track & field traveled to historic Hayward Field on Friday and Saturday to compete at the University of Oregon Preview. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Lewis & Clark posted six top-12 times in program history across the two days and sophomore Madeleine Boyle won the women's 5,00M B event. The Pioneers faced off against a strong field of NCAA DI, DII and DIII competition in their first meet of Spring Break. 
 
WOMEN'S RECAP 
 
Boyle was the first Pioneer to compete this weekend and posted the team's lone victory. She finished first in a field of 20 runners in the 5,000M B event. Boyle crossed the line with a huge PR time of 17:49.54. She shaved off 33.46 seconds off her career PR and finished 4.10 seconds ahead of the second-place runner from NCAA DII Central Washington University. Her time would have put her in 15^th out of 17 runners in the 5,000M A event. 
 
Senior Riley Buese and junior Malia Heien were the only other women's student-athletes to compete on Friday. Buese finished 35^th out of 61 in the 1,5000M. She turned in a PR time of 4:40.54 to move from fifth-place to fourth all-time in program history. Buese improved her PR by 0.41 seconds. Heien came across in 49^th place with a time of 4:46.55.
 
Junior Elsie Chin added a top-10 mark in program history in the 400M Hurdles. Chin placed fourth out of 16 runners with a PR time of 1:06.08. She shaved off 0.81 off her PR to move from fifth to third all-time in program history. Sophomore Carolyn Mayberry placed 16^th with a time of 1:13.88. 
 
Heien finished top-10 in the 800M. She placed seventh out of 34 competitors when she crossed the line in 2:15.16. 
 
Sophomore Callow Soto posted a time of 1:01.78 to finish 28^th out of 34 runners in the 400M. 
 
In their final race of the meet, Lewis & Clark's 4x400M Relay Team finished fourth out of eight teams. The quartet of Chin, junior Miriam Reside, Soto and Heien registered a time of 4:05.42. 
 
MEN'S RECAP 
 
The men's team added three top-12 marks in program history and saw all seven entrants finish in the top-11 of their events. 
 
Sophomore Harrison Fung posted a top-10 mark in program history in the 400M Hurdles. He registered a third-place finish out of 17 competitors. He notched a PR time of 54.72 to improve his PR time by 2.20 seconds. 
 
Sophomore Quinn Higgins led three Pioneers runners in the 5,000M B race. Higgins finished sixth out of 17 runners with a PR time of 14:56.41. He improved his PR by 3.32 seconds and moved from 12^th place all-time into a tie for 11^th with fellow sophomore Evan Markelz. Sophomore Samuel Garcia (15:04.75) and senior Peter Ford (15:07.00) came across in 10^th and 11^th places. 
 
Sophomore Emil Miller became the first runner in school history to compete in the 2,000M Steeplechase. In an event that typically is 3,000 meters long, Miller finished ninth out of 10 runners with a time of 6:35.93.
 
Sophomore Keegan Zaso earned the ninth and final spot in the triple jump finals. He finished in ninth place after he leaped 13.47M (44-02.50 Feet) on his fifth jump of the day. 
 
In the final event of the day, the 4x400M Relay Team finished eighth out of 11 teams. Junior Jon Fritz, sophomore Jordan Wu, junior Noah Nelson and Fung combined for a time of 3:26.62. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Boyle moved from 12^th to sixth place in program history in the 5K. She has raced the 5,000M twice this outdoor season and won the event both times. 
• Fung moved up from 21^st in program history to seventh all-time in the 400M Hurdles. 
• Chin sits just 2.17 seconds behind Emily Thompson's (2014) program record time of 1:03.91 in the 400M Hurdles.  

WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will compete in two meets next weekend. A small group will travel to California for the Stanford Invitational on Friday night. The rest of the team will compete at Linfield University's Jenn Boyman Memorial Invite on Saturday.