2018 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Katie Rainsberger
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Air Academy
- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
Two-time Cross Country All-Pac-12 First-Team (2016, 2017)
Pac-12 Cross Country Freshman of the Year (2016)
Honda Award Finalist for Cross Country (2016)
Springfield Golf Club Course Record-Holder - Cross Country (18:47.6, 6K)
2018: Outdoor - Competed in the 1,500 meter semi-finals (4:22.47) at the NCAA West Preliminaries ... Placed fifth in the 1,500 meters (4:26.98) to score Oregon four points and placed eleventh in the 5,000 meters (16:43) at the PAC-12 Championships ... Finished the 1,500 meters in 4:23.03 at the Oregon Twilight ... Competed in the 5,000 meters (16:48.11) at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
2017-18: Cross Country - An all-American and first-team all-Pac-12 selection who led the Ducks in every meet throughout the season, earning a top-five finish four times and a top-20 finish in every meet ... Earned all-American honors with a 16th place finish at the NCAA Championships in 19:50.6 ... Was the Ducks' first finisher and fifth overall finisher (19:30.9) at the NCAA West Regional ... Finished first for the Ducks and second overall with a time of 18:58.5 at the Pac-12 Championships, earning first-team all-Pac-12 honors for the second year in a row ... Led the Ducks with an overall fourth place finish (19:42.02) at the Pre-Nationals Invitational ... Dominated the Bell Dellinger Invitational, shattering the previous course record by 37 seconds with a time of 18:47.6 and leading the Ducks to a 1-2-3 finish.
2016-17: Outdoor - Earned first-team all-American honors in the 1,500 meters... Took fourth in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships with a time of 4:14.20... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 1,500 meters after posting a time of 4:28.74 at the NCAA West Regionals... Finished second in the 1,500 meters (4:23.07) and third in the 5,000 meters (16:13.53) at the Pac-12 Championships... Set a new NCAA leading time in the 1,500 meters at the Mt.SAC Relays with a time of 4:13.25... Finished the 800 meters at the Beach Invitational in 2:08.36... Finished the 800 meters in 2:05.20 at the OSU High Performance Meet... Took third place and set a new personal record in the 1,500 meters (4:11.5) at the Oregon Twilight. Indoor - Placed third in the 3,000m in 9:09.87 and was a member of the third-place DMR team at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning a pair of all-America honors ... Helped her team take first and break the collegiate record in the distance medley relay (10:48.8) at the Columbia East/West Challenge... Took over the NCAA lead and set a new personal record in the 3,000 meters (09:01.2) at the Husky Classic... Finished first and set a new personal record in the mile (4:35.6) at the MPSF Championships. Cross Country - Led Oregon to the 2016 NCAA title with her fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships (19:51.1), earning all-America status ... Was the top freshman finisher at the national meet ... Named a 2016 Honda Award finalist for cross country ... Finished second for the Ducks and 11th overall at the NCAA West Regionals (19:52.5) ... Top freshman in the Pac-12 Championships, finishing fifth overall with a time of 20:30.6 ... Named Pac-12 freshman of the year as well as first-team all-Pac-12 ... Finished first for the Ducks (sixth overall) at the 2016 ISU Pre-National Invitational with a time of 20:19.1 ... Finished second (19:42.90) in her Oregon debut at the Washington Invitational, scoring points for the Ducks.
Prep: Was the 2015 national Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year and was the Colorado Gatorade state winner for both track and field and cross county as a senior at Air Academy High School in 2015-16 … Won 10 state titles in cross country and track and field … Was undefeated at distance as a senior … Won the national title at the Nike Cross Nationals Final, breaking the tape in 16:56.8 … Was also the NXN Southwest Regional champion in a time of 17:07 after taking individual cross country medalist honors at the Class 4A state championships to lead Air Academy to the 2015 state title … Set the course record of 17:39 at the state meet … In track and field, swept the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the 2016 Colorado state meet for the second straight season … Clocked the No. 6 all-time prep time in the 1,500 meters at the 2016 Portland Track Festival, where she ran 4:12.62 … As a junior, won the state cross country title to earn her first Gatorade Colorado Cross Country Athlete of the Year award, and then on the track claimed state titles at 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters … Also notched the No. 5 prep mile time (4:40.92) to earn 2015 Track and Field News All-America honors. Prep Bests: 800 Meters, 2:08.87, 2015; 1,500 Meters, 4:12.62. 2016; 1,600 Meters, 4:44.31, 2016; Mile, 4:40.92, 2015; 3,200 Meters – 10:23.24, 2016.
Personal: Major is undecided. Her mother Lisa Larsen (Weidenbach) Rainsberger won the 1985 Boston Marathon and is the last American woman to win the race.
Personal Bests
800 Meters - 02:05.20,
OSU High Performance Meet,
Corvallis, Ore., 4/29/17
1500 Meters - 4:11.53,
Oregon Twilight,
Eugene, Ore., 5/5/2017
Mile - 4:35.60
MPSF Indoor Championships,
Seattle, Wash., 2/25/2017
3,000 Meters - 09:01.20,
2017 Husky Classic,
Seattle, Wash., 2/11/2017
DMR - 10:48.8,
Columbia East/West Challenge,
New York, NY, 1/28/17
NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2017 - 1,500, 4th, 4:14.20
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
2017 - 3,000, 3rd, 9:09.87
2017 - DMR, 3rd, 11:00.68
Pac-12 Track and Field Championships
2018 - 1,500, 5th, 4:26.98
2018 - 5,000, 11th, 16:43.56
2017 - 1,500, 2nd, 4:23.07
2017 - 5,000, 3rd, 16:13.53
NCAA Cross Country Championships
2017 - 16th, 19:50.6
2016 - 4th, 19:51.1
NCAA Cross Country West Regionals
2017 - 5th, 19:30.9
2016- 11th, 19:52.5
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2017 - 2nd, 18:58.5
2016 - 5th, 20:30.6
