Luke Houser

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Luke Houser
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born Bellevue, Washington
Alma mater University of Washington
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres, Mile, 3000 metres
University team University of Washington Huskies
Club Brooks Beasts
Turned proJune 2024
Coached byDanny Mackay (2024–), Julian Florez (2024–), Andy Powell (2019–2024)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking77th (1500 metres), 222nd (5000 meters)

Luke Houser is an American middle- and long-distance runner who formerly competed professionally for Brooks. [1] Running collegiately for the University of Washington, he was a four-time first-team all-American and won two consecutive NCAA DI Indoor national mile titles in 2023 and 2024. [2]

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Early life and background

Houser was born in Bellevue, Washington to parents Carolyn and Chris Houser. [2]

Prep career

Houser began his prep career at Woodinville High School with a 25th-place finish at the 4A Washington State cross-country meet his first year. [3] His second year he improved to 11th. Houser made his outdoor track state meet debut as a junior taking 4th in the 1600 metres and 6th in the 3200 metres. [4] In his senior season, Houser set new personal bests in the 800 metres, 1600 metres, and 3200 metres, as well as a new highest placing of 4th at state cross-country. [3] [4] At state track, he took 3rd in the 1600 metres behind future University of Washington teammates Daniel Maton and Joe Waskom, as well as second in the 3200 metres this time falling only to Waskom. [2] [4] Both results were personal best performances [4] and his 4:08.17 in the 1600 metres was the 11th-best in the US for high schoolers that year. [2]

Collegiate career

Houser only competed in indoor track his first year at Washington, but set a new personal best and school freshman record in the 3000 metres in a time of 7:58.96. [2] [5]

As a sophomore in his first NCAA cross-country season, Houser placed 10th at the 2020 Pac-12 conference meet and 51st at nationals. [5] During the following outdoor season in 2021, he ran a new personal best 5000 metre time of 13:43.33 which qualified him for the NCAA DI West Regional Championships where he placed 45th overall in the 5000. [2] [5]

Houser broke the 4-minute mile barrier during the 2022 indoor season in a time of 3:57.17. [5] Later that year he claimed his first NCAA DI first-team all-American honors taking 7th in the distance medley relay alongside teammates Joe Waskom, Anthony Smith, and Cass Elliott at the 2022 NCAA DI Indoor Track and Field Championships. [5] That outdoor season, his junior year, Houser broke onto the national scene taking 2nd at the 2022 Pac-12 Conference Track and Field Championships 1500 metres and went on to take 5th at the NCAA national meet, his second first-team all-American placement. [5] [2] Both of those races were won by teammate Joe Waskom. [5]

As a senior in fall 2022, Houser placed 42nd at the NCAA DI Cross-Country Championships. [5] At the 2023 NCAA DI Indoor Track and Field Championships, he won the mile, taking first-team all-American honors and becoming the first University of Washington athlete to do so. [2] [5] At the NCAA outdoor meet later that year, Houser took 10th in the 1500 meters earning second-team all-American honors.

In Houser's fifth year at Washington, he again won the NCAA indoor mile title. [5] As part of another University of Washington distance medley relay earlier in the year, this time with teammates Joe Waskom, Daniel Gaik, and Nathan Green, Houser set an American record in the event with a mark of 9:18.81. [5] [6] He also picked up second-team all-American honors outdoors placing 12th in the 1500 metres at NCAA outdoors. [5]

Professional career

Houser signed a professional contract with Brooks in June 2024 and joined their flagship training group the Brooks Beasts based in Seattle, Washington. [1] [7]

Personal bests [6]

SurfaceEventMarkDateVenue
Indoor1500m3:37.51February 26, 2023 Boston University Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA
Mile3:52.87February 26, 2023 Boston University Track & Tennis Center, Boston MA
3000m8:08.03March 9, 2024 The Track at New Balance, Boston, MA
DMR9:18.81February 16, 2024Randal Tyson Indoor Center, Fayetteville, AR
Outdoor800m1:49.75May 11, 2024Potts Field, Boulder, CO
1500m3:35.24June 21, 2024 Heyward Field, Eugene, OR
Mile3:51.73January 27, 2024Dempsey Indoor, Seattle, WA
3000m7:40.40January 13, 2024Dempsey Indoor, Seattle, WA
5000m13:43.33April 30, 2021Veterans Memorial Stadium, Clovis, CA

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