Portland State Magazine Spring 2016

28 pORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE SPRING 2016 VIKINGS JUMPED high and far to take home trophies and school records at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in February. Freshman ChaQuinn Cook (above) won the Big Sky title in the women’s triple jump with a personal-best of 40-01.50 (forty feet and one and a half inches), a full foot ahead of her nearest competitor. She also claimed the Big Sky title in the indoor long jump, becoming the first Viking female athlete to win the title since 2005. Sophomore Spenser Schmidt (right) won the men’s long jump at 24-07.00 —the first time a male athlete has won the Big Sky title since 2003. The jump also gave Schmidt the school record. Senior Rockwell Tufty—while he didn’t win at the championships—broke the PSU school record in the men’s high jump at the indoor meet with a clearance of 6-09.50. He also holds the Portland State record in the outdoor high jump. Photos by Christopher Oertell and Sepp Jannotta.  Winning by leaps and bounds Athletics