Raevyn Rogers

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Raevyn Rogers
Raevyn Rogers 2018 USATF Indoor Champs.jpg
Rogers at the 2018 USATF Indoor Champs in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Personal information
Born (1996-09-07) September 7, 1996 (age 27)
Houston, United States
Home townHouston, TX
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Track and field
Event Middle-distance running
College team Oregon Ducks
Team Nike
Turned pro2017
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2020
  • 800 m, Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
World finals
  • 2019
  • 800 m, Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's track and field
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 800 m
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha 800 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Birmingham 4x400 m relay
World Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Donetsk Sprint medley relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Donetsk 800 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Edmonton 800 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Edmonton 4x400 m

Raevyn Rogers (born September 7, 1996) [1] is an American middle-distance athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the fourth fastest woman in U.S. history in the event. [2] At the 2019 World Championships, Rogers came from seventh with 100m remaining in the race to place silver over USA teammate Ajeé Wilson in bronze. She earned a world indoor title as a member of national 4x400 m relay squad that took gold at the 2018 World Indoor Championships.

Contents

Rogers ran on the University of Oregon Ducks women's track and field team until 2017, when she went professional.

Athletic career

High school

Rogers attended The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas, where she competed for the Falcons. She earned a bronze medal in the 800 at the World Youth Championships in 2013, where she also ran on a medley relay that took gold. [3] She still holds individual school records in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m. [4] She graduated in 2014.

University of Oregon

Rogers was a six-time NCAA Division I champion and ten-time All-American at University of Oregon. She won three consecutive outdoor 800 meters NCAA and Pac-12 Conference titles (2015, 2016, 2017) as well as the 2017 Women's Bowerman Award.

Rogers enjoyed a breakthrough season in her first spring with the Ducks. At the 2015 Penn Relays, Rogers ran the 400m leg of the Sprint Medley, which won the race in a time of 3:44.59, narrowly defeating Clemson University. [5] Her win at the NCAA championships contributed 10 points to a total of 59 team points, which won the meet for Oregon for the first time since 1985. [6] She also won the 800 at the 2015 Outdoor U.S. Junior Championships and the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. [7] In winning the 800-meter title at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, her time of 1:59.71 was the fastest ever run by a freshman, and the fourth-fastest run by a Duck.

Rogers produced a collegiate record at 800 meters in her third and final year with the Ducks, setting a time of 1:59.10 that smashed a 27-year-old record.

Subsequent years

She placed 4th in the 800 meters (2:00.75) at 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto.

Rogers placed 2nd in the 800 meters at 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

She placed 1st in the 4 × 400 m (3:30.54 in the prelim) and 5th in the 800 m (2:01.44) at 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Rogers placed 2nd in the 800 meters (2:01.74) behind champion Ajee' Wilson in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Rogers was part of Team USA setting world indoor record in the 4 × 800 m relay February 3 at 2018 Millrose Games in 8:05.89 – Chrishuna Williams (2:05.10), Raevyn Rogers (2:00.45), Charlene Lipsey (2:01.98), Ajee' Wilson (1:58.37). [8] [9]

She competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, running 2:04.78 in the final round to earn fourth place. [10]

Rogers competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, running 2:04.62 in the final round to earn first place.

She competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, running 2:08.01 in the preliminary round to rank No. 22 as a non-qualifying athlete. [11]

Rogers competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics, running 2:03.32 in the final round to earn bronze medal. [12]

Achievements

Rogers (right) at the 2018 USTAF with Ajee Wilson and Ce'Aira Brown Brown and Ajee Wilson Raevyn Rogers at USTAF in 2018 .jpg
Rogers (right) at the 2018 USTAF with Ajeé Wilson and Ce'Aira Brown

International competitions

Information taken from World Athletics profile. [1]

Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan3rd 800 m 1:56.81 PB
Prefontaine Classic Eugene, OR, United States4th 800 m 1:58.01
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar2nd 800 m 1:58.18
Prefontaine Classic Eugene, OR, United States3rd 800 m 1:58.65
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada4th800 m2:00.75
World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom5th800 m2:01.44
1st4x400 m3:30.54 (p)
2016 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador4th800 m2:04.78
Millrose Games New York, NY, United States4th800 m2:00.90
2015 Pan American U20 Championships Edmonton, AB, Canada1st800 m2:04.62
2014 World U20 Championships Eugene, OR, United States22nd 800 m 2:08.01
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine3rd 800 m 2:03.32
1st medley relay 2:05.15 [13]

US Track & Field Championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Nike
2021 USA Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 2nd 800 metres 1:57.66 [14]
2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Des Moines, Iowa 3rd 800 metres 1:58.84 [15]
2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Des Moines, Iowa 2nd 800 metres 1:58.57 [16]
USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 2nd 800 metres 2:01.74 [17]
Representing Oregon Ducks
2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Sacramento, California 4th 800 metres 2:00.18 [18]
2016 USA Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 5th 800 metres 2:00.59 [19]
2015 US Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon 1st 800 metres 2:06.64 [20]
Unattached
2014 US World Junior Trials University of Oregon 1st 800 metres 2:04.40 [21]
2013 US World Youth Trials University of Evansville 1st 800 metres 2:05.33 [22]

University of Oregon

Sources. [23] [24] [25]

Oregon Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Indoor track and field
NCAA
Indoor track and field
Pac-12 Conference
Outdoor Track and Field
NCAA
Outdoor Track and Field
Junior 16–17800: DNF800: 2:01.09 1st800: 2:02.93 1st800: 2:00.02 1st
4x400 meters: 3:27.07 2nd4x400 meters: 3:32.20 2nd4x400 meters: 3:33.13 1st
Sophomore 15–16800: 2:03.13 1st800: 2:02.41 1st800: 2:00.75 1st
4x400 meters: 3:29.77 3rd4x400 meters: DNF
Distance medley relay: 11:05.96 7th
Freshman 14–15800: 2:06.50 6th800: 2:01.67 1st800: 1:59.71 1st
4x400 meters: 3:34.73 2nd4x400 meters: 3:39.07 18th

Personal bests

EventTimeWindYear
200 meters 24.56+3.0 m/s2015
400 meters 52.062018
400m relay split 49.772017
800 meters 1:56.812021
400 m indoor52.242018
600 m indoor1:24.882019
800 m indoor1:59.992018

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Awards
Preceded by The Bowerman (women's winner)
2017
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