PORTLAND, Ore.—Sophomores Evan Markelz and Emil Miller both ran top-25 times in program history on Saturday, to lead Lewis & Clark College men's track & field at the Portland Twilight Meet. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Markelz and Miller both posted top-25 marks in distance events and first year Kris Adams added a pair of top-five finishes in sprinting events. 
 
Markelz led six Lewis & Clark runners in the 5K. He finished 11^th out of nearly 50 competitors in the event. The sophomore crossed the line in 14:42.55 to beat his PR in the event by nearly six seconds.  
 
Sophomore Quinn Higgins finished second on the team in the 5K. He posted a time of 14:58.77 to place 22^ndoverall. Sophomore Jordan Wu ended the race in 16:05.35 to take 43^rd place. Sophomore Jordan Blockhus (16:15.85) and junior Theron Plumb (16:19.86 – season-best) finished back-to-back in 46^th and 47^th places. Junior Rigo Castellanos came across in 17:04.86 to finish 49^th overall. 
 
Miller finished 10th overall in the 3,000M Steeplechase. He registered a career-best mark in the event with a time of 9:44.51. 
 
Junior Joseph Naylor led Lewis & Clark in the 1,500M. He placed 52^nd in the event with a time of 4:27.62. 
 
Adams led Lewis & Clark in a pair of events. 
 
In the 100M, he ran a PR time of 11.61 to finish fourth overall. Junior Jon Fritz crossed the line in fifth place with a time of 11.71. Junior Zaren Crockett placed seventh overall with a mark of 12.07. 
 
Adams also led the team in the 200M. He came across in 23.33 to finish second overall. Fritz ran a PR time of 23.41 to finish third overall.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Markelz's time in the 5,000M moved him up to sixth in program history in the event. 
• Miller now sits 22^nd overall in program history in the 3,000M Steeplechase. 
• Markelz moved up to 129^th in NCAA DIII in the 5,000M with his PR time. 

WHAT'S NEXT 

Lewis & Clark will send a group of student-athletes to the George Fox University Last Chance Meet on Thursday.