PORTLAND, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College women's track & field junior Madeleine Boyle (5,000M) and the 4x400M Relay team each posted victories, to lead women's track & field on Saturday as the team hosted the L&C Electric Forest Open. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Women's track & field posted 19 top-10 finishes and seven marks that ranked in the top-50 in program history - in their first home meet of the 2024-25 season. 
 
Boyle earned the first win of the day for women's track & field in the 5K. She barely edged senior teammate Riley Buese as the duo placed first and second overall. Boyle (18:27.44) topped the eight-woman field with a time of 18:27.44. Buese (18:27.44) ended the race just .04 seconds behind Boyle. First year Talia Tomhave notched a time of 20:32.43 to finish 8^th.
 
Lewis & Clark added their second win of the day in the final event of the meet. The Pioneers quartet of Elsie Chin and Miriam Reside, Callow Soto and Malia Heien finished first out of five teams in the 4x400M Relay. Lewis & Clark posted a time of 4:04.26 to finish 1.21 seconds ahead of NCAA DI Portland State University. The Pioneers' second relay team of Carolyn Mayberry, Maeva Conroy, Melissa Zurla and Mackenzie Olver took fourth place (4:37.61). 
 
The Pioneers posted three third-place finishes and 12 total top-10 marks in the field events. 
 
Junior Nia Pile finished first among NCAA athletes and third out of 11 competitors in the shot put. Pile registered a season-best mark of 10.72M (35-02 Feet) to finish first among five Pioneers in the event. Sophomore Divinity Singleton took fourth overall with a season-best throw of 10.70M (35-01.25 Feet). Junior Piper McCoy Harmon launched the apparatus 9.94M (35-07.50 Feet) to finish in fifth-place. Junior Reilyn Sabado recorded a PR throw of 9.24M (30-03.75 Feet) to take sixth. Her throw moved her into 37^th place in program history. Junior Michèe Brika took ninth place with a season-best launch of 8.87M (29-01.25 Feet). 
 
Sophomore Rose Dinh led a trio of Lewis & Clark jumpers in the long jump. Dinh finished third out of 11 with a leap of 5.03M (16-06.00 Feet). Pile recorded a career-best jump of 4.75M (15-07.00 Feet) to take seventh. Her jump moved her into 34^th-place in program history. Junior Anli Davis notched a season-best leap of 4.52M (14-10.00 Feet) to finish in eight place. 
 
Davis placed third out of seven jumpers in the triple jump. The junior registered a career-best mark of 10.00M (32-09.75 Feet) to finish third out of seven leapers. Her mark moved her up to 24^th place all-time in program history. 
 
Singleton paced four Lewis & Clark throwers in the discus. She finished fourth out of 13 competitors with a PR throw of 35.43M (116-03 Feet). Singleton moved up to 13^th all-time in the event with her best throw. McCoy Harmon finished in fifth place with a heave of 35.06M (115-00 Feet). Sabado recorded a PR throw of 32.01M (105-00 Feet) to finish in seventh place. Her PR moved her into 21^st in program history in the discus. Brika took 13^th overall with a throw of 20.95M (68-08 Feet). 
 
Chin notched the team's sixth top-three finish of the day. The junior finished third out of nine runners in the 400M Hurdles. She crossed the line in a PR time of 1:06.89. Mayberry ended the race in ninth place with a mark of 1:14.50. 
 
Mayberry was Lewis & Clark's lone entrant in the 100M Hurdles. The sophomore ended the race in 10^th place when she finished in a season-best time of 19.00. 
 
Soto notched a sixth-place finish in the 400M. The sophomore posted a career-best time of 1:01.72 to finish sixth out of 13 runners. 
 
Reside led five Lewis & Clark runners in the 800M. She notched a PR mark of 2:23.79 to finish in 26^th place. Sophomore Nadia Cota finished in 15^th place with a time of 2:30.45. Olver registered a PR time of 2:32.97 to finish in 18^th place. Conroy (2:35.62) and Zurla (2:41.76) placed 20^th and 21^st overall. 
 
Senior Tessa Robinson led Lewis & Clark in the 100M and 200M. Robinson took 14^th in the 100M with a season-best time of 13.57. Pile ended the event 20^th overall with a time of 14.24. Robinson posted a mark of 28.71 in the 200M to finish in 17^th place. Junior AJ Schroeder crossed the line in 31.30 to place 21^st overall. 
 
Senior Maggie Martin made her season debut and first appearance in nearly two years in the 1,500M. Martin finished 24^th out of 34 runners in the event with a time of 5:32.48. Junior Ali Kerschner took 30^th overall with a time of 5:55.46. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Pioneers' winning time in the 4x400M Relay (4:04.26) was the sixth-fastest mark in program history. Chin, Soto and Heien combined with assistant coach Macy O'Hara to set the program record last year at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet (3:58.07). 
• Chin added a top-five time in program history in the 400M Hurdles. Her mark of 1:06.89 is fifth all-time in the event. 
• Soto's time of 1:01.72 in the 400M moved her into 17^th place in program history. 
• Reside moved up to 26^th all-time in the 800M with a time of 2:23.79. 
• Lewis & Clark recorded three top-15 marks in NCAA DIII Outdoor this spring. Chin's time in the 400M Hurdles is currently the sixth-fastest. The 4x400M team's time is seventh overall and Singleton ranks 12^th in the discus. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Outdoor track & field will travel to Lane Community College on Saturday for the Lane Open. Senior Riley Buese is set to travel to Rochester, New York to compete in the NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field National Championship Meet on Friday and Saturday.