2009 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Claire Michel
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Clackamas
- Hometown:
- Clackamas, Ore.
Pac-10 Champion (Steeplechase)
School Record (Steeplechase)
All-American
Pac-10 champion, NCAA Championships scorer and school record-holder in the 3,000 meter steeplechase returns for one last fall in cross country. Broke her own school record in the steeplechase three times in 2011. Was the Pac-10 steeplechase runner-up in 2011 after winning in 2010. Also an NCAA scorer in cross country in 2010. Four-time Pac-10 scorer in the steeple. Strong 2009 cross country season that included a 12th-place Pac-10 finish. Named a District 8 and Pac-10 all-academic first team selection. Former Oregon 4A prep state champion both on the track (3,000 meters) and in cross country. Was additionally a two-time cross country state runner-up state and four-time Border Clash veteran.
2011-12: Cross Country - Wrapped Oregon career with a great run at the NCAA Championships to help the Ducks take fifth, their highest finish in three years. Was Oregon's No. 2 runner and 72nd overall in 20:48.8 (6,000 meters). Posted top career NCAA West Regional finish - 21st - to help Oregon advance to the NCAA Championships. Ran 20:51 over 6,000 meters as Oregon's No. 3 runner. Had one of the best races of her career at the Pac-12 championships, placing 15th as Oregon's No. 2 runner in 20:26 (6,000 meters). Stepped up as the Ducks' No. 2 runner (48th overall) as Oregon placed eighth at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (20:53.8/6,000 meters). Was Oregon's No. 4 runner and sixth overall (16:51.97/5,000 meters) to help the team win the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Opened season by winning the dual meet versus Gonzaga (16:45.1/5,000 meters). Pac-12 all-academic first team.
2010-11: All-American (3,000 meters steeplechase). Outdoors - Put exclamation point on senior season by capturing her first career All-America award. At the NCAA Championships, was fourth in her semifinal heat in 10:06.63 to advance to the final, where she put on a late charge to finish eighth in 10:10.27 and score a point for the national runners-up. Established her third school record of the year in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary meet by running 10:02.55 to advance to the NCAA Championships. Was the runner-up in the steeplechase at the Pac-10 Championships in 10:26.05. Came back the next night to pick up another team point in the 5,000 meters by finishing eighth in 16:54.44. Set school steeplechase record for the second time this season by running 10:04.65 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational. That was the fifth-fastest time nationally. Broke her own school record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational by running 10:11.64. Was the top collegian at Stanford and third overall. Nearly matched that time at the Pepsi Team Invitational (10:13.11). Ran the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Preview. Following the college season, ran 10:06.55 in the semifinals of the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the USA Championships, and just missed the final. CoSIDA District 8 All-Academic second team. Pac-10 all-academic first team. Indoors - Season debut in the mile at the Husky Classic. Was fifth in the 5,000 meters (16:30.31) at the MPSF meet for the league champions. Also ran the 3,000 meters. Cross Country - Made season debut at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, where she finished 10th in 20:37.91 (6,000 meters). Was 40th at the Pac-10 Championships in 21:12.60 (6,000 meters). Continued good late-season effort at the NCAA West Regional, where she was 48th in 21:10.22 (6,000 meters). Was Ducks' No. 4 scorer at the NCAA Championships, running 21:54.0 (6,000 meters). Pac-10 all-academic second team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:02.55 (PR), NCAA West Preliminary Meet, Eugene, Ore. (5/27/11). Indoors - 5,000 Meters - 16:30.31, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/25/11).
2009-10: Outdoors - Ranked 13th nationally in the steeplechase. Became Oregon's first-ever Pac-10 champion in the 3,000 meter steeplechase by running a then-school record of 10:11.70. Was second in the steeplechase at the Penn Relays (10:18.22). Ran a personal-best 16:18.18 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays. Was less than :02 off her own school record in a fourth place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational (10:14.84). Followed that by winning the steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invitational in 10:14.28 to help Oregon win the meet. Time was less than :01 off her school mark. Ran meet record in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the season-opening Oregon Preview (6:44.08). Foot injury led to a disappointing end of the season at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran 10:48.24. A District 8 and Pac-10 all-academic first team selection. Indoors - An NCAA provisional qualifier at 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Opened season with a PR in the mile (4:49.01) at the Texas A&M Challenge. Hit the NCAA provisional standard in the 3,000 meters, a personal-best 9:29.20, at the Husky Classic. Helped Oregon win its first MPSF crown by taking third in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best 16:28.03. That mark was also an NCAA provisional time. Cross Country - Ran third at the season-opening Pre’s Trail Pre-View, her first cross country race in two years. Was Oregon’s No. 4 scorer, placing 13th overall (17:02.53, 5,000 meters), in helping the Ducks to a second-place finish at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Took 26th overall as the Ducks’ No. 3 runner at the Pre-National Invitational (21:15.1, 6,000 meters). Scored the best Pac-10 finish of her career, 12th (20:22.39), to help Oregon finish second at the league meet. In her first NCAA West Regional appearance, closed out the scoring for Oregon by taking 26th in 21:40.51. Capped fall with her first NCAA Championships appearance. Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 5,000 Meters - 16:18.18 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/30/10); 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:11.70, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10). Indoors - Mile - 4:49.01 (PR), Texas A&M Challenge, College Station, Texas (1/30/10); 3,000 Meters - 9:29.20 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10); 5,000 Meters - 16:28.03 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10).
2008-09: NCAA Championships finalist and Pac-10 scorer who broke her own 3,000 meter steeplechase record twice during the season. After racing twice indoors, got outdoor season off to a strong start by running a school-record 10:23.14 at the Stanford Invitational. Won the event at the Oregon Relays in 10:28.92. Helped Oregon win its first Pac-10 championship since 1992 with a sixth-place finish in 10:27.29. Just missed her own school record at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran 10:23.21 to finish fifth and earn her first bid to the NCAA Championships. In the preliminaries at Fayetteville, ran a blistering :10 PR (10:13.56) to shatter her own school record and advance to the final where she placed 12th (10:29.16). Redshirted the cross country season. Pac-10 Track & Field All-Academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:13.56, NCAA Championships (preliminary), Fayetteville, Ark. (6/10/09). Indoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:35.69, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09).
2007-08: Over the course of her freshman season, shaved more than 30 seconds off her first 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invite (10:57.86) to establish the school record in the event in her last race of the season at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran seventh in 10:26.62. Finished seventh in the steeplechase (10:36.83) to score for Oregon at the Pac-10 Championships. Had a good race versus a strong steeple field at the Oregon Twilight, where she finished sixth in 10:36.68, setting the stage for a 10-second PR at the NCAA West Regional. Indoors, ran twice at 3,000 meters, include an eighth-place finish at the Husky Classic in 9:49.35. In the fall, ranked top-eight on the cross country team in four of her five races. Scored as team’s second finisher in the Beaver Classic (fourth, 21:30). Capped season with Pac-10 Championships debut. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:26.62, NCAA West Regional, Northridge, Calif. (5/31/08). Indoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:49.35, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/16/08).
Prep: Won the Oregon 4A state title in the 3,000 meters as a junior and also made state appearances as a senior (3,000 meters, fifth), sophomore (1,500 meters, eighth) and freshman (3,000 meters, fifth). In cross country, won the state championship as a junior, and placed second as a senior and sophomore. Competed in the Foot Locker West Regional in 2005 (11th) and ’06 (28th) and ran the Oregon-Washington Border Clash all four seasons (11th-’06; third-’05; second-’04; 19th-’03).
Personal: Romance languages and international studies double major.
Personal Bests
5,000 Meters - 16:18.18,
Oregon Relays,
Eugene. Ore., 4/30/10
3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:02.55,
NCAA West Preliminary Meet,
Eugene, Ore., 5/27/11
3,000 Meters - 9:29.20 (i),
Husky Classic,
Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10
NCAA Outdoor Track Championships
2011 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 8th, 10:10.27
2009 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 12th, 10:29.16
NCAA Cross Country Championships
2011 - 72nd, 20:48.8
2010 - 168th, 21:54.0
2009 - 87th, 21:12.6
NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2011 - 21st, 20:51
2010 - 48th, 21:10.22
2009 - 26th, 21:40.51
Pac-10 Track Championships
2011 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 2nd, 10:26.05
2011 - 5,000 Meters, 8th, 16:54.44
2010 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 1st, 10:11.70
2009 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 6th, 10:27.29
2009 - 5,000 Meters, 14th, 17:06.55
2008 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 7th, 10:36.83
2008 - 5,000 Meters, 14th, 17:31.97
Pac-10 Cross Country Championships
2011 - 15th, 20:26 (Pac-12)
2010 - 40th, 21:12.60
2009 - 12th, 20:22.39
2007 - 45th, 21:32.8
