2019-20 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Foster, Rhesa

Rhesa Foster
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Clovis North
- Hometown:
- Clovis, Calif.
Bio
Pac-12 Long Jump Champion (2017, 2019)
Pan American Junior Championships Qualifier (2017, Long Jump)
2019-20: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (long jump) … second-career appearance at the national meet … became the No. 2 performer in UO history with 6.57m/21-6.75 to win the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 13) … first indoor 21-foot jump of career … added a 6.48m/21-3.25 leap later in the series … won the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31) for a second-consecutive year with a 6.34m/20-9.75 mark … set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles (8.34) at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 28).
2018-19: Indoor – Finished in fifth place (6.31m/20-8.5) in the long jump at the NCAA Championships … moved from ninth to fifth on her final jump of the competition … won the Razorback Invitational with a personal best of 6.36m/20-10.5 … moved to No. 4 on the UO top-10 list … established season bests of 7.61 in the 60 meters and 8.47 in the 60-meter hurdles. Outdoor – Finished seventh in the long jump at the NCAA Championships with a personal best of 6.43m/21-1.25 … became the No. 4 performer in UO history … NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump … Pac-12 champion in the long jump (6.29m/20-7.75) for a second time … also finished in seventh place in the 100-meter hurdles at the conference meet … ran a personal-best 13.62 in the Pac-12 preliminary round … moved to No. 7 in program history … runner-up in the long jump (6.35m/20-10) at the Mt. SAC Relays … posted a wind-aided 13.59 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Desert Heat Classic.
2017-18: Outdoor - Competed in the long jump preliminaries (20-9/6.32m) at the NCAA Championships ... Placed third in the long jump with a wind-aided mark of 20-4 ½ (6.21m) at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Took fourth place in the long jump with a mark of 20-09.25 (6.33m) at the Pac-12 Championships to score five points for the Ducks ... Recorded a personal record in the 100 meter hurdles (14.14) and competed in the 100 meters (12.06) at the Desert Heat Classic ... Placed second in the long jump with a mark of 20-01.50 (6.13m) at the Mt. Sac Relays Collegiate Open ... Took first place in the long jump with a wind-aided mark of 19-06.75 (5.96m) at the Pepsi Invitational ... Competed in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.39 at the Aztec Invitational. Indoor - Won the MPSF title in the long jump (6.25m) at the 2018 MPSF Championships ... Took second place in the long jump (19-10.25/16.05m) at the Columbia Challenge.
2016-17: Outdoor - The Pac-12 long jump champion as a freshman ... Placed second in the long jump at the U.S. Junior Championships to reach the Pan American Junior Championships ... An honorable mention All-American in the long jump after reaching the NCAA Championships ... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the long jump after recording a mark of 20-11.75/6.39m (w +4.6) at the NCAA West Regionals... Won the long jump (20-6.5/6.26m) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Placed seventh in the long jump with a mark of 18-11.75 (5.78m) at the Florida Relays ... Took sixth in the long jump (6.08m) at the Mt.SAC Relays... Finished second in the long jump (19-08.50/6.01m) and fourth in the 100 meter hurdles (14.30) at the OSU High Performance Meet... Indoor - Started her college career by placing first in the 60 meter prelims (8.68) at the UW Indoor Preview... Placed third in the 60 meter finals (8.39) at the Columbia East/West Challenge and placed first in the long jump with a final mark of 20-09.25 (6.33m)... Finished with a mark of 19-10.25 (6.05m) in the long jump at the UNM Don Kirby Indoor.
High School: Won the long jump at the 2016 CIF California State Championships with a mark of 20-7.5 ... Won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2014 Youth Olympics…was the 2014 AAU Junior Olympic National Champion in the long jump, 100 hurdles and 200 meters…third at the California state meet in the long jump as a freshman in 2013…recorded top-10 marks in the country in the long jump as both a freshman (No. 9) and sophomore (No. 5)…her marks were No. 2 in her class both years…injury in volleyball during her junior year limited junior track season… Her father, Robert, is a two-time Olympic hurdler who competed for Jamaica at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics...watch Rhesa win the bronze medal at the Youth Olympics in the long jump ... high school bests: 100H - 14.17; Long Jump - 20-7.5
Personal Bests
Indoor
60 Meters – 7.61 (1/12/19)
60m Hurdles – 8.34 (2/28/20)
Long Jump – 6.57m/21-6.75 (1/31/20)
Outdoor
100 Meters – 11.82 (4/27/19)
100m Hurdles – 13.62 (5/11/19)
Long Jump – 6.43m/21-1.25 (6/8/19)
Pan American Junior Championships Qualifier (2017, Long Jump)
2019-20: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (long jump) … second-career appearance at the national meet … became the No. 2 performer in UO history with 6.57m/21-6.75 to win the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 13) … first indoor 21-foot jump of career … added a 6.48m/21-3.25 leap later in the series … won the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31) for a second-consecutive year with a 6.34m/20-9.75 mark … set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles (8.34) at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 28).
2018-19: Indoor – Finished in fifth place (6.31m/20-8.5) in the long jump at the NCAA Championships … moved from ninth to fifth on her final jump of the competition … won the Razorback Invitational with a personal best of 6.36m/20-10.5 … moved to No. 4 on the UO top-10 list … established season bests of 7.61 in the 60 meters and 8.47 in the 60-meter hurdles. Outdoor – Finished seventh in the long jump at the NCAA Championships with a personal best of 6.43m/21-1.25 … became the No. 4 performer in UO history … NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump … Pac-12 champion in the long jump (6.29m/20-7.75) for a second time … also finished in seventh place in the 100-meter hurdles at the conference meet … ran a personal-best 13.62 in the Pac-12 preliminary round … moved to No. 7 in program history … runner-up in the long jump (6.35m/20-10) at the Mt. SAC Relays … posted a wind-aided 13.59 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Desert Heat Classic.
2017-18: Outdoor - Competed in the long jump preliminaries (20-9/6.32m) at the NCAA Championships ... Placed third in the long jump with a wind-aided mark of 20-4 ½ (6.21m) at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Took fourth place in the long jump with a mark of 20-09.25 (6.33m) at the Pac-12 Championships to score five points for the Ducks ... Recorded a personal record in the 100 meter hurdles (14.14) and competed in the 100 meters (12.06) at the Desert Heat Classic ... Placed second in the long jump with a mark of 20-01.50 (6.13m) at the Mt. Sac Relays Collegiate Open ... Took first place in the long jump with a wind-aided mark of 19-06.75 (5.96m) at the Pepsi Invitational ... Competed in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.39 at the Aztec Invitational. Indoor - Won the MPSF title in the long jump (6.25m) at the 2018 MPSF Championships ... Took second place in the long jump (19-10.25/16.05m) at the Columbia Challenge.
2016-17: Outdoor - The Pac-12 long jump champion as a freshman ... Placed second in the long jump at the U.S. Junior Championships to reach the Pan American Junior Championships ... An honorable mention All-American in the long jump after reaching the NCAA Championships ... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the long jump after recording a mark of 20-11.75/6.39m (w +4.6) at the NCAA West Regionals... Won the long jump (20-6.5/6.26m) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Placed seventh in the long jump with a mark of 18-11.75 (5.78m) at the Florida Relays ... Took sixth in the long jump (6.08m) at the Mt.SAC Relays... Finished second in the long jump (19-08.50/6.01m) and fourth in the 100 meter hurdles (14.30) at the OSU High Performance Meet... Indoor - Started her college career by placing first in the 60 meter prelims (8.68) at the UW Indoor Preview... Placed third in the 60 meter finals (8.39) at the Columbia East/West Challenge and placed first in the long jump with a final mark of 20-09.25 (6.33m)... Finished with a mark of 19-10.25 (6.05m) in the long jump at the UNM Don Kirby Indoor.
High School: Won the long jump at the 2016 CIF California State Championships with a mark of 20-7.5 ... Won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2014 Youth Olympics…was the 2014 AAU Junior Olympic National Champion in the long jump, 100 hurdles and 200 meters…third at the California state meet in the long jump as a freshman in 2013…recorded top-10 marks in the country in the long jump as both a freshman (No. 9) and sophomore (No. 5)…her marks were No. 2 in her class both years…injury in volleyball during her junior year limited junior track season… Her father, Robert, is a two-time Olympic hurdler who competed for Jamaica at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics...watch Rhesa win the bronze medal at the Youth Olympics in the long jump ... high school bests: 100H - 14.17; Long Jump - 20-7.5
Personal Bests
Indoor
60 Meters – 7.61 (1/12/19)
60m Hurdles – 8.34 (2/28/20)
Long Jump – 6.57m/21-6.75 (1/31/20)
Outdoor
100 Meters – 11.82 (4/27/19)
100m Hurdles – 13.62 (5/11/19)
Long Jump – 6.43m/21-1.25 (6/8/19)
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