PORTLAND, Ore.—Sophomore
Harrison Fung earned his first career title and junior
Noah Nelson and sophomore
Keegan Zaso added All-Conference performances, to lead Lewis & Clark College men's track & field on Day Two of the 2025 Northwest Conference Track & Field Championship Meet.
THE BASICS
Men's Track & Field – 7
th out of 9 Teams – 49 Points
HOW IT HAPPENED
Fung finished first in the 400M Hurdles to become the fourth NWC Champion in the event in program history. He came into the weekend seeded first overall and finished second in Saturday's prelims. In the Finals, Fung went over the final hurdle in a near three-way tie with defending NWC Champion Grady Lemma (Pacific Lutheran) and Saturday's top qualifier Myles Crandall (Willamette). Fung outsprinted the duo to the line to win in 54.42. He beat Lemma by 0.27 seconds and Crandall by 0.29. The sophomore's PR time moved him into sixth in program history in the event.
Fung added his second All-Conference honor of the meet, and the third of his career, in the 400M. He finished second to the University of Puget Sound's Avery Keith with a PR time of 49.15.
Nelson finished third overall in the 800M, to earn his second career All-Conference accolades in the event. The junior surged into first place after 500M but was passed with under 100M to go. He crossed the line in 1:54.72.
Zaso picked up his second-straight All-Conference award in the triple jump. The sophomore sat fourth after the prelims in the event. On his first throw of the finals (fourth overall), he leapt 13.68M (44-10.75 Feet) to move up to second overall. Zaso would clear 13 meters on each of his final two jumps but would not improve upon his fourth mark. First year
Kris Adams placed 12
th in the event with a leap of 12.35M (40-06.25 Feet).
Sophomore
Evan Markelz led a quartet of Pioneers runners in the 5,000M. Markelz was sitting 11
th after the opening 3,000M. He moved up from 11
th to fourth over the next lap and would never dip lower than fifth the rest of the way. The sophomore closed in 14:48.36 to place fourth overall. Sophomore
Quinn Higgins finished in 13
th overall with a time of 15:03.37. Senior
Peter Ford registered a time of 15:20.06 to place 18
th. Sophomore
Emil Miller recorded a PR time of 15:25.80 to finish in 24
th place.
Higgins recorded four points for Lewis & Clark in the 1,500M. The sophomore sat sixth overall through the first 700 meters. He moved into fourth over the next lap and placed fifth overall with a time of 3:57.27.
On Saturday night, senior
JT Willis and sophomore
Jon Fritz competed in the javelin. Willis made the Finals in his first time competing in an NWC Championship event. The senior placed ninth overall with a PR throw of 54.16M (177-08 Feet). Junior
Jon Fritz added a PR of his own. Fritz launched the javelin 51.37M (168-06) to place 11
th in the event.
The Pioneers competed in a pair of relay events on Sunday.
In the 4x100M, the quartet of Fritz, Willis, Adams and
Zaren Crockett posted a season-best time of 46.16 to finish eighth overall. The Pioneers also placed eighth in the 4x400M. Fritz,
Jordan Wu, Fung and Nelson combined to cross the line in 3:27.93.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Fung joins Rick Feregesen (1977), Kodie Artner (2013 and 2016) and Nicholas Stade (2023) as Pioneer men's student-athletes who have won the 400M Hurdles at NWCs.
- Miller moved into 45th in program history with his time in the 5,000M.
- Fung's time in the 400M Hurdles is the 40th-best mark in NCAA DIII this season. He also moved up to #10 overall in program history in the 400M.
- Willis (32nd) and Fritz (39th) both posted top-40 marks in program history in the javelin. Willis' mark also moved him into the top-100 in NCAA DIII this season (#87 overall).
WHAT'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will be off this upcoming weekend, before competing in a pair of meets the following weekend. Lewis & Clark is scheduled to travel to the Oregon Twilight Meet in Eugene on Friday, May 9. The Pioneers will also have a contingent of athletes compete at their home facility on Saturday, May 10
th at the Portland Twilight Meet.
