PORTLAND, Ore. – A good contingent of Portland track and field runners competed Saturday at the Portland Distance Carnival hosted at Lewis and Clark's Griswold Stadium. Ten runners established new personal bests, while Veerle Bakker (1,500m) and Tara Fuiten (400m) won their respective races in meet record time.
Bakker continued to rise on the Pilot Top 10 list by besting her previous 1,500m time by nearly two seconds. She crossed the line at 4:19.56 for the fifth best time in program history. Fuiten recorded a time of 58:84 in the 400m to win the meet in record fashion.