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Lewis & Clark College

2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Steve Gibbons and Ella Ruark
Steve Gibbons
Steve Gibbons
Jordan Wu
Steve Gibbons

Evan Markelz

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Mountain View, Calif.
  • High School Mountain View
  • Events Distance
  • Major Biology, Environmental Studies

Biography

TFRRS BIO PAGE: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/8599932/Lewis__Clark/Evan_Markelz.html

2024-25 Awards 
 
All-Region: Mile Indoors (5th in West) 
All-Conference: 10,000M (3rd Place)
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Dell-Smith Scholar Athlete of the Year (Male Scholar-Athlete) – Bronze Medal 
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2025 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:06.43, Willamette T&F Invitational, March 29 
5,000M: 14:42.55 – Portland Twilight, May 10 – 6th in program history
10,000M: 30:42.08 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 26 – 4th in program history

2025 Indoor Season Best Marks

 
Mile: 4:17.44 – Portland Indoor #2, February 9 – 3rd in program history

NOTABLES 
  • Earned his first career track & field All-Conference honors and posted top-six marks in program history in three of his four events 
  • Competed in nine meets during his sophomore season 
  • Placed top-11 in all 10 of his races and sixth or better nine times 
  • Finished fourth overall and ran a PR time in the Mile (4:17.44) at the Portland Indoor #2 Meet
  • Recorded a second-place finish in the 5K (15:13.16) at the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invite 
  • Placed third overall in the 10K (30:42.08) to earn All-Conference honors at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet
  • Added a fourth-place finish in the 5K (14:48.37) at NWCs to finish the meet with 11 points across two races 
2023-24 Awards 
 
Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Rookie of the Year on a Men's Team
Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Team 

2024 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:03.29 – L&C Larry Byerly Invite, April 13  - 42nd in program history
5,00M: 14:56.41 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 16 – 11th in program history

2023-24 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
5,000M: 14:52.57 – 2023 Spokane Invitational, December 9 - 2nd in program history

NOTABLES 
  • Competed in six meets during his first track & field season 
  • Made his collegiate track & field debut on December 9 when he ran the second-fastest indoor 5K time in program history and took first place with a time of 14:52.57 at the 2023 Spokane Invitational 
  • Raced in outdoor track for the first time on March 30 at the Pacific Open when he crossed the line in 4:09.18 in the 1,500M 
  • Placed sixth at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet in the 5K (14:56.41) to earn points for the Pioneers
At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Earth Systems Science ... Member of the cross country team.

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Mountain View High School … Named the Male Athlete of the Year for his high school as a senior … Earned the Track & Field MVP award as a junior and senior and the Cross Country MVP as a senior … Won the Coaches Award for cross country as a junior … Both his mother and father ran cross country and track & field at Trinity College. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark because I felt comfortable when I visited campus. It felt like the perfect distance from home and had the kind of academic and athletic environment I was looking for.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"