2005 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kasey Harwood
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Polson
- Hometown:
- Polson, Mont.
Returns for senior season ranked sixth all-time for UO in 400-meter hurdles (59.79) - the highest-ranked current Duck in the event. The three-time Pac-10 qualifier matured into an NCAA qualifier and top-five West Regional/Pac-10 placer as a sophomore in 2006. Her indoor 800m best of 2:12.01 from her freshman season in 2005 ranks fifth all-time for UO. As a prep, she won 11 state titles in cross country (2), and track and field (9) in a variety of events (400m, 800m, 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles and triple jump).
2007-08: Pac-10 Qualifier (400m Hurdles). Outdoors, made third Pac-10 trip in the 400m hurdles (15th-prelims, 64.10) after she ran a season best (63.25) in her prior appearance, the California Collegiate Challenge at Berkeley. At season’s end, ranked third on team outdoors in the 400m hurdles (63.25) and second indoors in the 800m (2:14.63). Altogether, competed in 10 individual events outdoors (400m hurdles 6, 800m 2, high jump 1, long jump 1) and four 800m races indoors. Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection. Personal / Season Bests: Outdoors ? 400m Hurdles ? 63.25, California Collegiate Challenge, Berkeley, Calif. (4/28/07); 800m ? 2:13.62, Oregon Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/21/07); 100m Hurdles ? 16.09, Clif Bar ASU Invitational, Tempe, Ariz. (3/24/07). Indoors ? 800m ? 2:14.63, Mountain Pacific Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/24/07).
2005-06: NCAA Qualifier (400m Hurdles): Made NCAA debut outdoors in 400m hurdles in NCAA Championships prelims (27th, 61.40) - one place better than her pre-meet seeding. In May at home in the Pac-10 Championships, broke the 60-second barrier for the first time in her career in the prelims (59.84), then finished third the next day in the final (60.05). Two weeks later in the West Regional, she repeated the feat in the final (fifth, 59.79) and prelims (59.85) to earn her first NCAA invitation with her top-five finish in the final. Entered the May-June stretch run with a 400m hurdle personal best of 60.73 from 2005, and bettered that mark in five of the final six races of the season. Shined in front of the homecrowd in her final regular finale, the Oregon Twilight, in her only 800m race of the season (third, 2:07.81). That regional qualifier time was barely a second from the UO top-10 list (10th was 2:06.39), and 4.20 seconds faster than her indoor personal best from late February in Seattle (2:13.96). Opened the outdoor slate in March with her third career win in the Oregon Preview (400m, first, 62.90). After the Pac-10 Championships in mid-May, ranked first and fourth on the team at season's end in the 400m hurdles and 800m (59.84 / 2:07.81), top-10 nationally in the conference (4th/10th) and top-50 nationally (46th/41st), respectively. Altogether, competed in 18 races during the outdoor (400m-1, 800m-1, 100m hurdles-2, 400m hurdles-9) and and indoor seasons (200m-1, 400m-3, 800m-1). Did not compete in cross country. Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention pick. Personal/Season Bests: Outdoors - 400 meters - 62.90, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/18/06); 800 meters - 2:07.81 (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/5/06); 100-meter Hurdles - 14.91W, w:4.4, Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/8/06), 15.22, w:-0.9, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/5/06); 400-meter Hurdles - 59.79 (PR), NCAA West Regional Championships, Provo, Utah (5/27/06). Indoors - 200m - 26.96, Husky Collegiate Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (2/11/06). 400m - 56.50, United Heritage Invitational, Nampa, Idaho (2/3/06); 800m - 2:13.96 (PR) - Mountain Pacific Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/24/06).
2004-05: Pac-10 Qualifier (400m Hurdles). Outdoors, focused on 400m hurdles and ran three contests before a midseason ankle sprain slowed her in the second half of the season. Jumped to 10th all-time for Ducks in 400m hurdles collegiate debut in Pepsi Team Invitational (first, 61.08). Also won her next appearance the following week in the Golden Bear Invitational in mid-April and moved to eighth all-time for UO (60.73). Made Pac-10 debut in mid-May in 400m hurdles at UCLA (12th-prelims, 62.69). In the Pac-10 combined indoor and outdoor rankings, stood eighth in the 400m hurdles (60.73) and 20th in the 800m (2:12.01). Indoors, raced 800m three times, and her season best from the Holiday Inn Invite (second, 2:12.01) moved her to third all-time indoors for UO. In cross country, ran in Duck sixth and seventh spots in her four cross country races ? seventh in the early season Pier Park Preview (16th, 5K-20:20) and Roy Griak Invitational (219th, 24:38), and sixth in Pre-NCAA Invitational (233rd, 23:59), Pac-10 Champs (72nd, 23:24) and West Regional (135th, 23:26). Personal Bests: Outdoors - 400m Hurdles - 60.73 (PR), Golden Bear Invitational, Berkeley, Calif. (4/16/05). Indoors - 800m - 2:12.01 (PR), Holiday Inn Team Invitational, Nampa, Idaho (2/12/05).
Prep: Was one of Montana's most profilic scorers in recent history in the state class A championships. As a senior she claimed wins in the 400m (58.12), 100 hurdles (15.22), 300m hurdles (44.10) and triple jump (37-6), and added fifth in the 200m (27.26). As a junior, she added wins in the 400m (58.19, 60.43-p), 800m (2:13.00), 300m hurdles (44.25), and 4x400m (4:01.05, 4:09.36-p) and also placed top-four in the triple jump (second, 36-3) and 100m hurdles (second, 14.77, 15.19-p). In cross country, she won the 1A state harrier crown as a senior and sophomore. Altogether, was a four-time all-conference pick (XC), four-time all-state pick (XC), two-time divisional and state champ (XC), and nine-time track and field champ (300m hurdles-4, 400m-2, 800m-1, 100m hurdles-1, triple jump-1). Her squad won state track and field team titles in 2003 and '04. Lettered one year as middle hitter in volleyball. Owned following prep bests - 400m (56.5), 800m (2:12, 2004), 300m Hurdles (44.1, 2004) - and her 3-mile cross country best was 18:15. In 2005, was the second Polson High School product to join the Ducks in as many years after UO shot put record holder and NCAA qualifier Bree Fuqua transferred from the University of Wisconsin the year before. High School (Coach): Thomas (TF)/Harwood (XC).
Personal: Human Physiology major.
Personal Bests
800m - Outdoors - 2:07.81, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., 5/5/06
800m - Indoors - 2:12.01, Holiday Inn Team Invitational, Nampa, Idaho, 2/12/05
400m Hurdles - 59.79, West Regional, Provo, Utah (4,553’ elevation), 5/27/06
NCAA Championships Performances
2006 - 400m Hurdles, 27th, 61.40-prelims
West Regional Performances
2006 - 400m Hurdles, 5th, 59.79 (59.85-prelims)
Pacific-10 Championships Performances
2007 - 400m Hurdles, 15th-prelims, 64.10
2006 - 400m Hurdles, 3rd, 60.05 (59.84-prelims)
2005 - 400m Hurdles, 12th-prelims, 62.69
Harwood's Top Collegiate Performances
400-Meter Hurdles - Outdoors
59.79, 5th, West Regional, 5/27/06
59.84-prelims, 4th, Pac-10 Championships, 5/13/06
59.85-prelims, 4th, West Regional, 5/26/06
60.05, 3rd, Pac-10 Championships, 5/14/06
60.23, 1st, Western Oregon Twilight, 4/28/06
60.73, 1st, Golden Bear Invitational, 4/16/05
61.08, 1st, Pepsi Team Invitational, 4/9/05
61.40-prelims, 27th, NCAA Championships prelims, 6/8/06
800 Meters - Outdoors
2:07.81, 3rd, Oregon Twilight, 5/5/06
800 Meters - Indoors
2:12.01, 2nd, Holiday Inn Invitational, 2/12/05
2:13.10, 14th, UW Invitational, 1/29/05
2:13.92, 4th, UW Last Chance Qualifier, 3/5/05
2:13.96, 12th, Mountain Pacific Championships, 2/24/06
