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Nationality | United States | |||||||||||
Born | Kenai, Alaska, U.S. | December 24, 1996|||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m, 3000 m steeplechase, 5000 m, cross country, 10,000 m, mountain running | |||||||||||
College team | Boise State | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 2019 | |||||||||||
Coached by | Corey Ihmels 15-19 Danny Mackey July 2019-2021 David Roche 2023-Present YouTube information | |||||||||||
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Subscribers | 85.5 thousand [1] (January 2025) | |||||||||||
Total views | 32.6 million [1] (January 2025) | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 1500 m : 4:14.76 (2019) Mile : 4:33.5 (2019) 5000m : 15:16.38 (2018) 10,000m : 32:06.71 (2019) 3000 metres steeplechase : 9:21.82 (2024) | |||||||||||
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Allison "Allie" Ostrander (born December 24, 1996) is an American long-distance runner. She was the NCAA Division I steeplechase champion in 2017, 2018 and 2019, competing for the Boise State University Broncos. In July 2019, Ostrander announced her plans to forgo her final season of NCAA eligibility and begin running professionally. [2]
Ostrander was born in Kenai, Alaska in 1996, the daughter of Teri and Paul Ostrander.[ citation needed ] Ostrander graduated from Kenai Central High School in 2015 and matriculated to Boise State University. [3]
In high school, Ostrander competed on the basketball team alongside with running, where she was coached by her mother. Ostrander ran cross country, hurdles, and distance events. [4] She won her first state 4A (large school) championship as a sophomore. In 2013, as a junior, Ostrander finished second to Alexa Efraimson, clocking 10:03.66 in the Arcadia Invitational 3200m in California. In 2014, her senior year, she won the Nike Cross Nationals. [5]
Ostrander competed for the Boise State Broncos at the NCAA Division I level. [3]
In September 2015, Ostrander won the U20 World Mountain Running Championships in Betws-y-Coed, Wales, UK. [6] Later that month, she finished second in the 6 km Roy Griak Invitational cross country race. On October 16, she won the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational 6 km in 19:19.5. Two weeks later, she won her Mountain West Conference championship, followed in another two weeks by an NCAA Division I West Region victory. On November 21, she finished as the runner up in the 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in 19:33.6. [7]
In January, Ostrander set a personal best in the 5000 m, running 15:21.85 at the University of Washington Invitational.[ citation needed ] At the Husky Classic in February, she set a new personal best of 8:54.27 for 3000 meters.[ citation needed ] Later that month, she anchored her Broncos distance medley team to a first-place finish at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships.[ citation needed ] In July she finished in 8th place in the 5000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials. [8]
Ostrander won the Stanford invitational 3000 m steeplechase in 9:55.61.[ when? ][ citation needed ] In May, at the Mountain West Championships, she won the 10000 m in a personal best time of 35:51.2.[ citation needed ] In June, she won the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships steeplechase title, in 9:41.31.[ citation needed ] In November, Ostrander finished second in the 6 kilometers in the NCAA West Region Championships, with a career best time of 19:16.5.[ citation needed ] She later finished fourth at the NCAA Championships on November 18. [9]
Running as a redshirt sophomore at the Mountain West Indoor Championships in February, she set a personal best for the mile run in 4:46.06, finished second in the 3,000 meters, and anchored Boise State's winning distance medley relay. On May 10, Ostrander finished less than a second behind Karissa Schweizer in the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships at 3000 meters, running 8:54.35. [10] On March 29, she won the Stanford Invitational 3000m steeplechase, with a new personal best of 9:38.57. [11] At the Bryan Clay Invitational, she ran a new 1500 m personal best of 4:15.06.[ citation needed ] At the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, she won the 5000 meters and finished second in the 1500 m.[ citation needed ] On May 25, Ostrander qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships by running 9:40.20 in winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in Sacramento, California. A day later, she qualified for the 5000 meters as well, by finishing second in her heat in 15:27.46. [12] In a repeat performance at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, she posted the fastest time in the steeplechase preliminary heats, winning the final after running easily with the leaders for six laps, then leaving the other medalists five seconds behind. In the 5000 meter race, a little over an hour later, she ran with the leaders until the last 200 meters, finishing eighth, less than five seconds behind first place. [13]
On November 9, Ostrander won the NCAA Division I West Region Cross Country Championships, winning by 13.5 seconds in a personal best of 19:09.0. The Broncos finished second overall, four points behind Oregon. [14] On November 17, along with Anna Rohrer, she led the tightly packed leaders through the first 4 kilometers of the NCAA Championships. She faded slightly toward the end, finishing sixth to Colorado's Dani Jones in 19:56.9. [15] [16] On December 1, she ran a personal best in the 5,000 meters of 15:16.38 at Boston University. [17]
On January 26, Ostrander broke the Boise State school record for the mile at the University of Washington Indoor Meet, running 4:35.79. Her distance medley team also set a school record, where Ostrander was the 1600 meter leg. [18] At the Stanford Invitational on March 29, Ostrander competed in the 10,000m, finishing third in 32.06.7. [19] On May 2, she returned to the steeple at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, California, to win 0.05 seconds ahead of New Mexico State's Adva Cohen. [20] On June 8, as a redshirt junior, Ostrander repeated her NCAA 3000m steeplechase win, winning in a new personal best of 9:37.73, marking the first-ever woman to win the event three times in a row. [21] On June 30, at the Prefontaine Classic, Ostrander ran a new 3000m steeplechase personal best of 9:31.44.[ citation needed ]
Ostrander finished her collegiate running career as Boise State's most-decorated student-athlete. She was inducted into the Boise State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024. [22]
After the 2019 Prefontaine Classic, Ostrander decided to forego her last seasons of collegiate eligibility to go professional. She signed contracts with agent Ray Flynn [23] and with Brooks Running to become a member of the Brooks Beasts Track Club, under Danny Mackey. [24] [25]
On July 28, Ostrander finished fourth in the steeplechase at the 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, in a time of 9:38.52. Because Emma Coburn, who ran 9:25.63, was the defending World Champion from 2017, and consequently was an automatic qualifier to the 2019 World Championships, Ostrander qualified to compete at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. [26]
On September 8, Ostrander competed in New York City's Fifth Avenue Mile, running 4:33.5 to finish 16th. [27] In February 2020, she won the 3000 meters at the Millrose Games, in a personal best of 8:48.94, despite an achilles injury. [25] At the 2019 World Championships, in the 3000m steeplechase, Ostrander ran a new personal best of 9:30.85 in her heat, barely missing the final. [25]
On April 2, 2020, Ostrander received platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy to help accelerate the healing of her torn achilles tendon. She trained at altitude in New Mexico during this time. [25] The same year, Ostrander began a volunteer coaching position with the NCAA DII distance running program at Seattle Pacific University. [28] [29] [30]
In 2021, Ostrander ended her contract with Brooks in order to step away from professional running. [31]
In February 2023, Ostrander signed a contract with NNormal. [32] On August 25, 2023, Ostrander was suspended for 4 months by the USADA after testing positive for canrenone, a banned substance, on March 30, 2023. Ostrander was exposed to the substance through a prescription acne medicine, which she had not obtained a Therapeutic Use Exemption to use. [33] During this year, Ostrander began to be coached by David Roche. [34]
In January 2024, she got 4th at the 2024 USA Cross Country Championships allowing her to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[ citation needed ]
Ostrander won the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Portland Track Festival in June 2024, running a new personal best of 9:24.70. [35] A few weeks later, she competed at the US Olympic Trials, finishing 7th in the 3000 meter steeplechase final, setting a new personal best of 9:21.82. [36]
In January 2025, Ostrander announced that she had signed a contract with Oiselle, and would continue to compete in track, road, and trail competitions. [37]
In 2018, NCAA commentator Jill Montgomery referred to Ostrander as the "baby-faced assassin", and said she looked like she still played with "Barbie Dolls". Dwight Stones said, "She may look like she was just playing with her 'Barbies,' but she's the reigning National Champ." [49]
In 2019, Ostrander wrote, "This year, the commentators found it necessary to state (incorrectly I might add) my height and weight multiple times. Not only were these comments objectifying and unnecessary, they drew attention away from the real focus of the event. People attend this event and listen to the commentary because they want to see what we're capable of, not what we look like we're capable of. So why do the commentators insist on providing information that has nothing to do with the sport? In a sport where eating disorders and body dysmorphia are so common, the media has an opportunity to help women (and men) feel capable and powerful and worthy, but by focusing on appearance and body proportions, this opportunity is missed." [49]
ESPN subsequently responded with a statement regarding the comments in question, saying: "We greatly appreciate Allie bringing this important conversation to light. Commentary about height & weight was not broadcast on ESPN." [49]
Ostrander has an older sister, Taylor, who was a runner at NCAA Division III Willamette University. [50]
Ostrander frequently competes in the Mount Marathon Race in Seward, Alaska, which she began running in grade school. She won the half-distance, junior version of the race six consecutive times from 2009 to 2014. [51] In 2015, in her first senior race, Ostrander finished under the standing 25-year-old female record, but was beaten by world skyrunning champion Emelie Forsberg. [52] [53] In 2017, Ostrander won with her best time to date, 49:19. [54]
In 2021, Ostrander was hospitalized for treatment of an unspecified eating disorder. She had previously run in the 2021 Olympic Trials, setting a personal best of 9:26.96 for the 3000m steeplechase while finishing in 8th place in the finals. [42]
Her domestic partner is Spencer Brown, a former Brooks Beasts middle-distance runner and host of YouTube channel The Athlete Special. [55]
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