PORTLAND, Ore.—Noah Nelson (800M) and the 4x400M Relay each finished second overall, to lead Lewis & Clark College men's track & field at the L&C Larry Byerly Invite on Friday and Saturday.  

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
In their final regular-season meet of the year, the Pioneers posted four top-50 performances in program history and six top-10 finishes, at their second home meet of the year. The event also marked Lewis & Clark College's Senior Day Meet. 
 
At the conclusion of the meet, Lewis & Clark track & field honored their 11 graduating student-athletes: Madeleine Boyle, Riley Buese, Will Dennis, Peter Ford, Maggie Martin, Piper McCoy Harmon, Aidan Ridderhof, Tessa Robinson, Alex Sandoval, Kenzie Stewart and JT Willis. 
 
In the final track event of the weekend, the Pioneers finished second out of 12 teams in the 4x400M Relay. The quartet of Harrison Fung, Jordan Wu, Jordan Lahusky and Noah Nelson posted a season-best time of 3:23.45 to finish second behind only Clark University (3:23.15). Lewis & Clark's time moved them into 50^th all-time in school history. 
 
Nelson posted his second-place finish in the 800M. He placed second out of 58 runners and finished behind a runner from NCAA DI Portland State University. Nelson closed in 1:53.29 to finish just 0.57 seconds out first place. Wu took 29^th overall with a mark of 2:02.93. Sophomore Baba Cisse and Ridderhof ran together in heat six. Cisse (2:10.87) edged Ridderhof (2:12.76) in both runner's first race of the Outdoor season. 
 
Sophomore Quinn Higgins led six Pioneers competitors in the 1,500M. Higgins placed ninth in a field of 74 runners when he crossed the line in a PR time of 3:56.70. Sophomore Samuel Garcia added a PR time of his own, as he closed in 4:00.53 to finish 18^th. Ford was just behind Garcia in 19^th place with a time of 4:00.58. Sophomore Emil Miller (4:12.96) ran a PR time to place 42^nd. Sophomore John Blockhus (4:17.80) and junior Theron Plumb (4:19.09) came in 47^th and 50^th overall. Plumb turned in a season-best time in the event. 
 
Junior Jon Fritz finished in eighth out of 13 in the 100M Hurdles. He crossed the line in 16.72. 
 
Lahusky added a top-10 showing in the 400M. The junior finished ninth out of 38 runners with a time of 50.62. 
 
Fung recorded a PR in the 200M to place 17^th overall. He finished 17^th out of 71 runners with a mark of 22.67.
 
Junior Zaren Crockett posted a PR time of 11.95 to finish 65^th in the 100M. 
 
Willis registered the top-finish of any Pioneers field competitor. He placed fifth out of 23 competitors in the javelin. He launched the implement 50.80M (166-08 Feet).
Sophomore Liam Stanley competed in three throwing events over the weekend. He finished 31^st in the hammer with a heave of 28.93M (94-11 Feet). Stanley finished 32^nd in the discus with a throw of 30.52M (100-01 Feet). In the shot put, the sophomore finished in 34^th place with a mark of 8.41M (27-07.25 Feet). 
 
In the final event of the weekend to finish, first year Kris Adams placed 12^th out of 17 competitors in the triple jump. Adams turned in a PR leap of 12.22M (40-01.25 Feet). 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Lewis & Clarks' 4x400M Relay team moved into the top-100 in NCAA DIII this year with their time. They sit 97^th overall and second in the NWC.  
• Higgins (tied for 13^th) and Garcia (29^th) both posted top-30 times in program history in the 1,500M. 
• Fung moved into 35^th in school history in the 200M with a PR by 0.47 seconds. 
• Higgins turned in the eighth-fastest time in the NWC this season in the 1,500M. Adams turned in the 13^th-best jump in the conference in the triple jump. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will host the 2025 Northwest Conference Championship on Saturday and Sunday. The meet will start at 10 a.m. on both days.