Dominique Maloney headlined the group on the final day. The senior took full advantage of her final conference meet, medaling in almost every event she participated in. She kicked it off with the 4x100m relay to give the Vikings 10-team points to start off the day. She then set personal-bests in the 200m and 400m events. Maloney took third in the 400m with a time of 54.44, while she ran to second-place in the 200m with a time of 24.27. Photo: Supplied/File

The Vikings' runner-up finish is the best it has had since 2006, when that edition of PSU also took second.

Portland State received strong performances from likely sources as Virgin Islander Dominique Maloney headlined the group on the final day. The senior took full advantage of her final conference meet, medaling in almost every event she participated in. She kicked it off with the 4x100-meter relay teaming with Sierra Brooks, Geronne Black and Jazmin Ratcliff, giving the Vikings 10-team points to start off the day.

She then set personal-bests in the 200-metre and 400-metre events. Maloney took third in the 400m with a time of 54.44, while she ran to second-place in the 200m with a time of 24.27.

With the Vikings in a dead-heat with Sacramento State for the top spot in the conference, they were bolstered by a strong 1500-metre run by the distance duo of Bianca Martin and Amber Rozcicha. The two runners took second and third, respectively, with times of 4:24.63 and 4:25.52.

The Vikings also received points from Ratcliff, Joenisha Vinson and Cassandra Sidner, as Ratcliff placed third (13.79) in the 100-meter hurdles, Vinson took fourth (13.95) and Sidner sixth (14.57).

The Vikings then medaled both Black and Brooks in the 100-meter dash as the senior from Brooklyn, N.Y., tallied a time of 11.57 with a first-place finish, while Brooks took bronze with a time of 11.85. Ratcliff also recorded a point with a time of 12.04.

PSU received some big points from Sydney Johnson in the discus event later in the day, as she threw for a distance of 45.02 (147-08) and five team points.

The Portland State women's team pulled within two of the Hornets, however, a dominating performance in the 800-metre event by Sacramento State all-but sunk first-place aspirations as the Vikings finished the event in second-place, with 110 points. The Hornets finished first with 155.5 and Northern Arizona concluded the meet in third with 93 points.

Maloney and the Vikings wrap up another Big Sky outdoor championship, the first ever hosted by Portland State, and now turn their attention to the NCAA regionals and nationals as several PSU competitors will compete in the events.