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Lewis & Clark College

2024-25 Track and Field Roster

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Ella Ruark

Malia Heien

  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Denver, Colo.
  • High School Northfield
  • Events Distance
  • Major Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Biography

TFRRS BIO PAGE: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/8236945/Lewis__Clark/Malia_Heien.html

2024-25 Awards 
 
All-Region: 800M Outdoors (2nd in West) 
All-Conference: 800M (2nd Place)
All-Conference: 1,500M (2nd Place)
All-Conference: 4x400M Relay (3rd Place) 
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete 
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2025 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
400M: 59.16 – Willamette T&F Invitational, March 29 – 8th in program history
800M: 2:11.27 – Portland Twilight, May 10  – 1st in program history
1,500M: 4:38.57 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 27 – 3rd in program history
5,000M: 18:28.73 – Portland Twilight, May 10 – 15th in program history

2025 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
Mile: 5:13.80 – Portland Indoor #1, January 26 – 3rd in program history  

NOTABLES 
  • Enjoyed one of the best seasons of her career as a junior 
  • Notched top-15 marks in program history in all five events she competed in and registered top-eight times in four events 
  • Competed in 11 meets during her junior campaign 
  • Opened the season by winning the Mile in a PR time of 5:13.80 (third in program history) and helping the 4x400M Relay (4:34.45) finish third overall at the Portland Indoor #1 Meet 
  • Won the 800M (2:17.01) and helped the 4x400M Relay (4:07.62) place third overall at the Ed Boitano Invitational 
  • Earned All-Conference honors in all three events (800M, 1,500M, 4x400M) she competed in at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet 
  • Recorded a PR time in the 1,500M (4:38.57) at NWCs to finish second overall 
  • Helped the 4x400M Relay Team (3:58.35) run the second-fastest time in program history at NWCs
  • Broke her own program record in the 800M (2:11.17) and set a PR in the 5K (18:28.73) at the Portland Twilight Meet on May 10 
  • Enters her senior season as a nine-time All-Region selection and 11 All-Conference honoree
2023-24 Awards 
 
All-Region (Indoor T&F): 800M
All-Conference: 4x400M Relay (2nd Place), 800M (3rd Place), 1,500M (3rd Place) 
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete    

2024 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
400M: 1:01.78 – Ed Boitano Invitational, March 2 
800M: 2:13.31 – Oregon Twilight, May 3 – 1st in program history
1,500M: 4:38.80 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 16 – 2nd in program history
Long Jump: 4.66M (15-03.50 Feet) – Ed Boitano Invitational, March 2  

2024 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
800M: 2:16.73 – Whitworth Indoor Invitational, February 9-10- 1st in program history
Mile: 5:15.40 – Portland Indoor #2, February 4 – 2nd in program history

NOTABLES 
  • Put together a fantastic sophomore season that saw her finish the Northwest Conference Championship Meet as the only Pioneer to earn All-Conference accolades in three events 
  • Set the program record in two individual events and was a part of three relay teams that registered program-record times 
  • Posted program-record times indoors in the 800M (2:16.73), 4x400M Relay (4:07.08) and Distance Medley Relay (12:30.02) over the two-day Whitworth Indoor Invitational
  • Finished the indoor season 49th in the country in the 800M and first in the West Region 
  • Defeated a field of 40 athletes in the 800M (2:15.63) at the L&C Larry Byerly Invitational on April 13 
  • Finished in the top-three in all three of her events at the NWC Championship Meet including helping break a 37-year program record in the 4x400M Relay (3:58.07) 
  • Broke the 800M outdoor record that had stood for 18 years, when she ran a 2:13.31 at the Oregon Twilight Meet to finish third overall 
  • Enters her junior season as a seven-time All-Conference and All-Region honoree between cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field 
2022-23 Awards 
 
All-Region (Outdoor T&F): 800M and Heptathlon  
All-Region (Indoor T&F): 800M and Distance Medley Relay
All-Conference: 800M (2nd Place) and Heptathlon (3rd Place)  
Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Mary Hunter Multi-Sport Athlete (Women's Team) Award
 
2023 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
200M: 27.43 – Pacific Multi, March 30-31 – 27th in program history
400M: 59.28 – L&C Larry Byerly Invite, April 15 – 7th in program history
800M: 2:16.28 – Portland Distance Carnival, May 13 – 4th in program history
1,500M: 4:50.79 – Portland Twilight, May 6 – 14th in program history
100M Hurdles: 17.18 – NWC Multi Event Championship, April 10-11 – 27th in program history
High Jump: 1.49M (4-10.50) - Pacific Multi Meet, March 30-31 – 17th in program history
Long Jump: 5.10M (16-08.75) – NWC Multi Event Championship, April 10-11 – 11th in program history
Shot Put: 9.31M (30-06.50) – Pacific Multi Meet, March 30-31 – 34th in program history
Javelin: 22.55M (74-00) - NWC Multi Event Championship, April 10-11 – 46th in program history
Heptathlon: 4,051 Points - NWC Multi Event Championship, April 10-11 – 4th in program history
 
2023 Indoor Season Best Marks 
 
800M: 2:17.94 – Ken Shannon Invitational, February 25 – 1st in program history
Mile: 5:27.54 – Portland Indoor #1, January 22 – 2nd in program history
 
NOTABLES 
  • Made her collegiate track & field debut on January 22 at the Portland Indoor #1 Meet
  • Set the program record for indoor track & field in the 4x400M relay (4:19.80) and the Distance Medley Relay (12:39.09) 
  • Earned All-Conference honors in both the 800M (2nd place) and heptathlon (3rd place) 
  • Posted a top-50 mark in all 12 events she competed in during her freshman campaign 
  • Finished the outdoor track & field season 55th in NCAA DIII in the heptathlon and 78th in the 800M 
At Lewis & Clark: Member of the cross country team ... Worked as a Rogers Research Summer Intern over the summer of her junior year and serves as a tutor for Cellular Biology and Molecular Biology. 

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Northfield High School … Competed for the Hustle Track Club … Named the cross country Team MVP as a sophomore and senior … Earned All-City honors in cross country as a junior and senior and qualified for the State Championship meet two times (sophomore and senior year) … Led her team to a track & field League Championship … Won the League Title in the 400M twice (junior and senior), the high jump (junior year), triple jump and sprint medley relay (senior year) … Qualified for the State Championship Meet in six events including twice for the 400M and high jump … Member of the National Honors Society, National Arts Honors Society and Principal's Honor Roll. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark because I liked the smaller class sizes, liberal arts approach to education, and the beautiful campus.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023First Year

    Distance
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance