2007 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Bria Wetsch
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Holy Family Catholic
- Hometown:
- Chaska, Minn.
NCAA Cross Country Championships veteran adds depth and experience to the distance corps. Two-time Pac-10 scorer in cross country and once in track. Helped Oregon with its first Pac-10 league title in 17 years with a seventh-place run at 10,000 meters. Scored for cross country team in all five of her championship appearances in 2006 and ’07. As a prep, was a national 2-mile champion, top-10 Foot Locker finisher and five-time Minnesota state track and cross country champion.
2009-10: Outdoors - Opened year with a run at 3,000 meters in the Oregon Preview. Ran in the 5,000 meters at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Was third in the 10,000 meters at the Oregon Relays (35:52.08). Also ran the 1,500 at the Oregon Twilight. Indoors - Season debut was an NCAA provisional qualifier in the 5,000 meters, 16:36.98, at the Husky Classic. That time was also an all-conditions personal best. Capped indoor season by running a personal best 9:39.52 at the MPSF Championships. Cross Country - Made season Oregon debut at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Fourth on the team and seventh overall at the Mike Hodges Invitational. Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 10,000 Meters - 35:52.08, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (5/1/10). Indoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:39.52 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10); 5,000 Meters - 16:36.98 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/12/10).
2008-09: NCAA Cross Country national championships competitor and Pac-10 Track Championships scorer at 10,000 meters. Indoors, ran a personal best 16:38.64 in the 5,000 at the MPSF Championships. Outdoors, ran at every distance between 1,500 and 10,000 meters. Seventh-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the Pac-10 Championships (35:39.86) helped Oregon win its first league title in 17 years. In the fall, was the No. 7 runner for UO’s national runner-up squad at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Also raced in the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Pac-10 Track & Field All-Academic first team. Pac-10 All-Academic Cross Country second team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500 Meters - 4:35.70 (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/4/09); 5,000 Meters - 17:04.75 (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (3/27/09); 10,000 Meters - 35:39.86 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09). Indoors - Mile - 4:57.99 (PR), UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/31/09); 3,000 Meters - 9:50.76, New Balance Invitational, New York, N.Y. (2/7/09); 5,000 Meters - 16:38.64, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/09).
2007-08: Did not see any action in the spring. Redshirted the indoor season. One of the Ducks’ most consistent cross country performers at the championship level, finishing third for the team at the Pac-10 (16th, 20:42) and the West Region (16th, 20:55) championships. Raced to the team’s fourth position in her NCAA Championships debut (76th, 21:24), helping the Ducks bring home the second-place trophy. Also competed in the Bill Dellinger Invitational (21st, 21:02). Pac-10 All-Academic first team selection.
2006-07: Redshirted outdoor season and competed once indoors. In cross country, ranked second for the team in the West Regional (34th, 22:25) and fourth in the Pac-10 Championships (22nd, 21:29). Scored her third, top-20 finish in the USA Junior Cross Country Championships (18th).
Prep: Placed eighth in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships debut in ’05 after she placed fourth in the Midwest Regional. In the state cross country meet, won title as senior in course-record time (13:54.7) and was eighth as a junior. Finished top-10 in the USA Junior Cross Country Championships in 2006 (eighth) and ’05 (10th). On the track, capped senior season with Nike Outdoor Nationals 2-Mile win (10:10.50), a time that was ranked second nationally on the U.S. season best list. Won state 3,200 meter titles as a sophomore, junior and senior. Also won state 1,600 meters as a senior and was second the prior two seasons.
Personal: Accounting major.
Personal Bests
5,000 Meters - 16:36.98 (i),
Husky Classic,
Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10
10,000 Meters - 35:39.86,
Pac-10 Championships,
Eugene, Ore., 5/16/09
3,000 Meters - 9:39.52 (i),
MPSF Championships,
Seattle, Wash, 2/27/10
NCAA Cross Country Championships
2008 - 184th, 21:50.3
2007 - 76th, 21:24
NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2007 - 16th, 20:54.30
2006 - 34th, 22:24.95
Pac-10 Track Championships
2009 - 5,000 Meters - 16th, 17:13.65
2009 - 10,000 Meters - 7th, 35:39.86
Pac-10 Cross Country Championships
2007 - 16th, 20:41.2
2006 - 22nd, 21:28.25
