The Pacific men and women's track teams competed in the University of Portland Indoor #1 meet on Sunday, participating in the 200-meter, 600, 800, and mile races. It was a strong start for the team, as more top ten performances were seen.

Top Performers

Freshman Zaccarius Barnett-Grizzell started the day strong, finishing third overall in the men's 200 race in a time of 23.33 seconds. This was his first race as a Boxer and he posted the sixth best time for the indoor men's 200 in school history. 

Senior Courtney Tiernan ran a solid 600 race with a time of 1:52.24, an unconventional distance as she ran the fourth best time all-time for Pacific. Sophomores Lauren Ortega and Ananda O'Neill also landed themselves on the All-Time Top 10 list for the women's and men's 800 races, both taking the seventh spot of the list with times of 2:29.93 and 2:05.55 respectively.

The day ended with the mile race. Junior Morgan Boddy finished ninth in a time of 5:27.82, the seventh fastest all-time Pacific.

"We had a lot of solid performances today," said head coach Ryan Huntersimms. "We are very pleased with this rust buster as a coaching staff. We're excited to have some fun next weekend in Spokane and carry this success forward."

All-Time Top 10 List

Men's 200m

Zaccarius Barnett-Grizzell, #6 All-Time, 23.33

Women's 600m

Courtney Tiernan, #4 All-Time, 1:52.24

Women's 800m

Lauren Ortega, #7 All-Time, 2:29.93

Men's 800m

Ananda O'Neill, #7 All-Time, 2:05.55

Women's Mile

Morgan Boddy, #7 All-Time, 5:27.82

Up Next

The Boxers will be traveling up to Spokane, Washington to compete at Inland Northwest Invitational hosted by Whitworth University at The Podium on Saturday, January 31st.

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