2007 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Rebekah Noble
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Rogers
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
The four-time All-American in the 800 meters is one of Oregon's most accomplished national level performers after her first two collegiate seasons, and continues to build off a record-breaking high school career. In June 2006, became first collegiate freshman to win the NCAA 800m women's outdoor title with her personal best (2:02.07), and her time ranks fifth all-time among U.S. juniors and fourth on the Duck all-time list behind a trio of fellow top-two NCAA finishers (including two Olympians and a U.S. champion). In Beijing, China in August 2006, won USA's first medal in the World Junior Championships women's 800m (third, 2:04.72) after she won her second straight U.S. junior title that summer. Indoors, is a two-time NCAA runner-up and ranks second all-time for UO in the 800m with her time from the latter collegiate finale (2:04.70). Has also run on UO's two fastest distance medley relays (11:16.05, 11:18.29). In cross country has ranked top seven for UO in all four of her cross country races in 2005 and '06. As a prep, was a high school All-American and five-time Washington state track and field champion (400-3, 800-2), and a two-time top-10 state cross country finisher. Her 800m high school best from the 2005 U.S. Junior Championships (first, 2:03.73) ranked ninth all-time on the U.S. high school list and was the fastest clocking in more than 20 years.
2006-07: NCAA Indoor Runner-up (800m) / Outdoor All-American (800m). Outdoors, repeated All-America honors in NCAA 800m (eighth, 2:04.79) in one of the fastest, deepest NCAA fields in history. During regular season led team in 800m and 1,500m and ranked top-10 nationally outdoors in both (third, 2:03.22; ninth, 4:17.43). Was an NCAA outdoor automatic qualifier thanks to her West Regional runner-up 800m finish (2:04.95). Early in campaign, logged a breakthrough 7.06-personal best in the 1,500m in the Stanford Invitational in March. Indoors, repeated runner-up honors in NCAA Championships 800m thanks to her personal best (2:04.70) ? and placed four places better than her pre-meet seeding. Earlier in season, added an 800m leg on indoor distance medley relay that moved to second all-time for UO (11:18.29) and won Mountain Pacific Championships and ranked 17th on NCAA provisional qualifying list. Also ran legs on indoor 4x400m relays in the Mountain Pacific Championships (second overall, 3:37.48) and Tyson Invitational (third overall, 3:38.92) that ranked first and second in school history. Combined on another 4x400m relay outdoors that won the Pepsi Team Invitational (3:36.07) and moved to third all-time for UO and was the Ducks' fastest since 1995. Altogether in individual action, competed in 16 races indoors and outdoors (Outdoors - 800m 8; 1,500m 3; Indoors - 800m 4; Mile 1). Among those races, broke 2:05.00 in six 800m outdoor contests, and also did so twice indoors. Claimed three wins in the 800m and another in the 1,500m during outdoor regular season. Raced twice for UO in cross country and stood top six on unit in Pac-10 Championships (42nd, 22:04) and West Regional (49th, 22:44). Personal/Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 meters - 2:03.22, Oregon Invitational, Eugene (4/21/07); 1,500 meters - 4:17.43 (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford (3/31/07). Indoors - 800 meters - 2:04.70 (PR), NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. (3/10/07); Mile - 5:07.22, UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/27/07).
2005-06: NCAA Champion (800 meters-Outdoors) / NCAA Runner-up (800 meters-Indoors). Maximized her performances in various middle distance events from start to finish in a lengthy, eight-month racing cycle from January-August. Ended outdoor season with classic come-from-behind win in NCAA final for a .78-second personal best (2:02.07). In weeks prior, won 800m titles in Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional Championships (2:05.81 / 2:06.45), and also ran 1,500m for Ducks in Pac-10 Championships (ninth, 4:30.19). At the end of the collegiate season, Noble was part of a trio of freshmen that included Michigan's Geena Gall and Minnesota's Dorniden that ranked first, second (2:02.73) and third (2:02.77) on the season best list. Indoors, Noble fought through traffic in the final lap of the NCAA Championships 800m to finish second by only .08 seconds (2:05.72) to Dorniden. In late January, ran her indoor best to win the University of Washington Invitational (2:04.72) - a mark that was the fastest on the collegiate season best list. Altogether, competed in 17 individual races outdoors (400m-1, 800m-13, 1,500m-3), and five 800m races indoors and three indoor distance medley relays (800m leg - 2 / 1,600m leg - 1)). Not including prelims races, she won all five of her outdoor 800m races during the collegiate outdoor season, and won three of her four indoor contests. In cross country, she started her fall training later than the rest of the squad after a long summer track season, and raced in the cross country team’s top seven the second half of the season. Ranked sixth on unit in NCAA West Regional (63rd, 21:57) as team took fourth. Made collegiate harrier debut in Pac-10 Championships as UO’s seventh of 10 finishers (59th, 23:16) as Ducks placed third. Personal/Season Bests: Outdoors - 400 meters - 55.74, Oregon Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/22/06); 800 meters - 2:02.07 (PR), NCAA Championships, Sacramento, Calif. (6/10/06); 1,500 meters - 4:24.49 (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (4/1/06); Indoors - 800 meters - 2:04.72 (PR), University of Washington Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/28/06).
Prep: During her high school career, successfully moved up from the sprints to the middle distances as she got older. As a senior in 2005, stepped into prep national record books with her three-second 800m personal best winning time from the USA Junior Championships in Carson Calif., in late June (2:03.73) - a time that ranked her ninth all-time on the U.S. high school list. Five weeks later in the Pan-American Championships in Windsor, Ontario, she won the 800m by .05 seconds (2:04.07), over her runner-up American teammate. In late May, won the 400m and 800m in the Washington 4A state championships with meet records of 54.14 and 2:08.61, respectively. Her season and personal bests of 53.3 and 2:03.73 ranked her first and ninth on the U.S. high school list in 2005 - improvements over her impressive pre-senior bests of 24.48 (200m), 53.64 (400m) and 2:12.2 (800m). As a junior in 2004, she ranked in a tie for 10th nationally in the 400m (53.64) and finished top-four in the 4A state 100m (fourth, 12.33), 200m (first, 25.12, 24.74p) and 400m (first, 54.31). As a sophomore she went top-five in the state 200m (fifth, 25.55) and 400m (first, 54.90), and placed likewise as a freshman in the 400m (fourth, 58.24). In 4A Washington cross country finals, she took third as senior in 2004 (18:39), ninth as a junior (ninth, 19:01) and 40th as a sophomore (40th, 19:53). On the postseason harrier circuit, she competed in the Foot Locker West Regional as a senior (54th, 20:02) and junior (90th, 20:19) and in the Oregon-Washington Border Clash as a senior (11th, 17:07) and junior (10th, 16:48).
Personal Bests
200 meters - Outdoors - 24.48, 2004 (Prep)
400 meters - Outdoors - 53.3, District Meet, May 2005 (Prep)
800 meters - Indoors - 2:04.70, NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark., March 10, 2007
800 meters - Outdoors - 2:02.07, NCAA Championships, Sacramento, Calif., June 10, 2006
1,500 meters - Outdoors - 4:17.49, Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif., March 31, 2007
NCAA Outdoor Championships Performances
2007 - 800m, 8th, 2:04.79 (prelims - 2:06.05, semifinal - 2:04.02)
2006 - 800m, 1st, 2:02.07 (prelims - 2:05.49, semifinal - 2:05.49)
NCAA Indoor Championships Performances
2007 - 800m, 2nd, 2:04.70 (prelims - 2:07.22)
2006 - 800m, 2nd, 2:05.72 (prelims - 2:05.72)
NCAA West Regional Performances
2007 - 800m, 2nd, 2:04.95 (prelims 2:07.10)
2006 - 800m, 1st, 2:06.45 (prelims - 2:08.23)
Pac-10 Championships Performances
2006 - 800m, 1st, 2:05.81 (prelims - 2:08.89)
2006 - 1,500m, 9th, 4:30.19 (prelims - 4:28.75)
USA Junior Outdoor Championships Performances
2006 - 800m, 1st, 2:05.05 (prelims - 2:08.44)
2005 - 800m, 1st, 2:03.73 (prelims - 2:09.66) (High School)
All-Time U.S. Junior List - 800 meters (as of 8-10-06)
*Courtesy of USA Track & Field Annual
2:00.07 Kim Gallagher (Upper Dublin HS, Ft Washington, Pa.) 1982
2:00.73 Kathy Weston (Will's Spikettes, Reno, Nv.) 1976
2:01.6 Madeline Manning (Tennessee State), 1967
2:01.93 Delisa Walton (Tennessee), 1980
2:02.07 Rebekah Noble (Oregon), 2006
2:02.29 **Mary Decker (Blue Angels, Orange, Ca) 1974
2:02.58 Leann Warren (Oregon) 1980
2:02.5 ***Robin Campbell (Eastern HS, Washington, DC) 1974
2:03.0 Louise Romo (California) 1982
2:03.03 Wendy Koening (Park HS, Estes Park, Co) 1973
2:03.45 Joetta Clark (Tennessee) 1981
All-Time U.S. High School List - 800 meters (as of 8-28-05)
*Courtesy of www.TrackandFieldNews.com
2:00.07 Kim Gallagher (Upper Dublin, Ft Washington, Pa) 1982
2:01.7+i **Mary Decker (Orange, Ca) 1974
2:02.40 ***Robin Campbell (Eastern, Washington, DC) 1974
2:02.9 .Kathy Weston (Reno, Nv) 1975
2:03.02 Leann Warren (Crescent Valley, Corvallis, Or) 1979
2:03.03 Wendy Koenig (Park, Estes Park, Co) 1973
2:03.54 *Joetta Clark (Columbia, Maplewood, NJ) 1979
2:03.7 Diana Richburg (Lansingburgh, Troy, NY) 1982
2:03.73, Rebekah Noble (Rogers, Spokane, Wash) 2005
2:03.8 .Charlette Cooke (Compton, Ca) 1966
2:04.37 **Ann Regan (Camden, San Jos?, Ca) 1977
