PORTLAND, Ore.—Senior Miriam Reside ran a top-100 time in NCAA DIII this season to set the program record in the 600M, to lead Lewis & Clark College women's track & field in their 2026 season opener. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
 
Reside led the River Otters in the 600M and helped the River Otters' top 4x400M Relay Team add a top-10 time in program history on Sunday at the Portland Indoor #1 Meet. 
 
Reside finished eighth out of 28 runners in the 600M when she crossed the line in 1:44.15. Her time broke the program record in the event by over eight seconds. 
 
Junior Carolyn Mayberry finished 18^th overall and posted the second-fastest time in program history (1:52.50). Sophomore Maeva Conroy tacked on the fourth-fastest time in program history when she posted a time of 1:53.30 to place 19^th. Junior Mackenzie Olver came across in 1:54.03 to place 21^st. First year Katherine Scannell placed 22^nd overall and posted the fifth-fastest time in program history (1:54.72). 
 
Sophomore Talia Tomhave led Lewis & Clark in the Mile. Tomhave crossed the line in a PR time of 5:59.04 to finish in 32^nd. Senior Emogene Lutz came across in 36^th overall with a mark of 6:03.92. Fellow senior Ali Kerschner registered a PR time of 6:07.30 to place 38^th. First year Tesla Curtis came in 47^th place with a time of 6:41.64. 
 
Junior Rose Dinh and senior Anli Davis represented Lewis & Clark in the 200M. Dinh finished in 24^th place with a time of 29.76. Davis placed 34^th in the event, when she registered a time of 31.73. 
 
Lewis & Clark entered three relay teams in the 4x400M Relay. 
 
The River Otters "A" team of Olver, Reside, first year Sofia Figueroa and Mayberry combined to post the sixth-fastest time in school history. The quartet came across in 4:36.37 to finish in seventh place. 
 
Davis, Dinh, Conroy and Scannell finished second on the team and ninth overall. They turned in a mark of 4:51.45 to move to ninth in program history. Curtis, Kerschner, Lutz and Tomhave placed 10^th with a time of 5:09.89. Their time moved them into 10^th all-time in the event. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• Figueroa made her collegiate debut on Sunday when she ran the third leg of the 4x400M Relay. 
• Reside's time in the 600M puts her 94^th in NCAA DIII this season. 
• Scannell and Curtis each made their collegiate track debuts on Saturday. 
• Lewis & Clark posted seven top-10 marks in program history at the University of Portland.  

WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will return to action in two weeks when they take part in two meets. The River Otters will race at the George Fox Indoor #1 Meet on Saturday, February 7^th and the Portland Indoor #2 Meet on Sunday, February 8^th.