In his outdoor season debut, Portland State junior sprinter Kenneth Mackins won the 100-meter dash in a Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship qualifying time of 10.91-seconds at the Oregon Preview Saturday. Mackins?€™ performance headlined a total of seven qualifying marks on the day for the Vikings.

Sophomore Emily Phillips qualified for two events Saturday, making the Big Sky Outdoor event in both the 100m and 400m hurdles. The Spokane, Wash., native finished third in the shorter of the two races with a time of 14.73, just behind senior Kerry-Ann Blackwood, who also qualified with a second place, 14.62 performance. Phillips took second in the 400m hurdles after crossing the line in 1:03.88.

Middle distance stars Amanda Kamm and Staci Bielenberg will also make their way to the championship meet in May as both athletes finished six seconds past the conference qualifying standard with 4:34. 66 and 4:34.82 marks.

Junior thrower Judith Burnett met qualifying standards for the second time this season in the shot put after throwing a second place toss of 43?€™3?€ť. Burnett first met standard at last weekend?€™s Mt. Hood Open, where she threw 43?€™4.5?€ť.