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Raevyn Rogers
Rogers at the 2018 USATF Indoor Champs in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Personal information
Born (1996-09-07) September 7, 1996 (age 28)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Home townHouston, Texas, U.S.
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
EventMiddle-distance running
College teamOregon Ducks
TeamNike
Turned pro2017
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2020
  • 800 m,  Bronze
World finals
  • 2019
  • 800 m,  Silver
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's track and field
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 800 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 800 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Birmingham 4x400 m relay
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Donetsk Sprint medley relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Donetsk 800 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Edmonton 800 m
Gold medal – first place 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.

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

Athletic career

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High school

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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

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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

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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

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Rogers (right) at the 2018 USTAF with Ajeé Wilson and Ce'Aira Brown

International competitions

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Information taken from World Athletics profile.[1]

Representing the  United States
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2023 World Athletics Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th 800 m 1:57.45
2022 World Athletics Championships Eugene, OR, United States 6th 800 m 1:58.26
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd 800 m 1:56.81 PB
Prefontaine Classic Eugene, OR, United States 4th 800 m 1:58.01
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 800 m 1:58.18
Prefontaine Classic Eugene, OR, United States 3rd 800 m 1:58.65
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 4th 800 m 2:00.75
World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th 800 m 2:01.44
1st 4x400 m 3:30.54 (p)
2016 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 4th 800 m 2:04.78
Millrose Games New York, NY, United States 4th 800 m 2:00.90
2015 Pan American U20 Championships Edmonton, AB, Canada 1st 800 m 2:04.62
2014 World U20 Championships Eugene, OR, United States 22nd 800 m 2:08.01
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 3rd 800 m 2:03.32
1st medley relay 2:05.15 [13]

US Track & Field Championships

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing Nike
2024 USA Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 7th 800 metres 2:01.12
2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd 800 metres 1:59.83
2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 3rd 800 metres 1:57.96
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

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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 16–17 800: DNF 800: 2:01.09 1st 800: 2:02.93 1st 800: 2:00.02 1st
4x400 meters: 3:27.07 2nd 4x400 meters: 3:32.20 2nd 4x400 meters: 3:33.13 1st
Sophomore 15–16 800: 2:03.13 1st 800: 2:02.41 1st 800: 2:00.75 1st
4x400 meters: 3:29.77 3rd 4x400 meters: DNF
Distance medley relay: 11:05.96 7th
Freshman 14–15 800: 2:06.50 6th 800: 2:01.67 1st 800: 1:59.71 1st
4x400 meters: 3:34.73 2nd 4x400 meters: 3:39.07 18th

Personal bests

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Event Time Wind Year
200 meters 24.56 +3.0 m/s 2015
400 meters 52.06 2018
400m relay split 49.77 2017
800 meters 1:56.81 2021
400 m indoor 52.24 2018
600 m indoor 1:24.88 2019
800 m indoor 1:59.99 2018

References

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  1. ^ a b "Raevyn ROGERS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "All-time Women's 800m list – United States | until 2021-08-03". World Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "IAAF World Youth Championships – News – Team USA wins 17 medals at World Youth Championships – USA Track and Field". RunnerSpace.com.
  4. ^ "Raevyn Rogers '14 Penn Relays Champion".
  5. ^ "The Oregon Ducks bring home two victories at the Penn Relays". OregonLive.com. April 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Raevyn Rogers set goals last August, accomplished them in June with 800 win". OregonLive.com. June 14, 2015.
  7. ^ 2015 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships results
  8. ^ "American Relay Sets Indoor World Record at the Millrose Games". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "American women set 4x800 world record at Millrose Games". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics 800 Metres Women – Final". TimerHub. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  11. ^ "SUMMARY 800 Metres Women – Round 1" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  12. ^ "2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics 800 Metres Women – Final". IAAF. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  13. ^ IAAF World Youth Championships Results Donetsk (UKR) 10–14 July 2013 – Medley Relay Girls – Final IAAF
  14. ^ "2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) Complete Results". USATF.org.
  15. ^ "Results_Outdoors2019".
  16. ^ "2018 USA Track & Field – USATF Outdoor Championships Results – 6/21/2018 to 6/24/2018 Drake Stadium". USATF.org. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  17. ^ "2018 USA Track & Field – USATF Indoor Championships Results – 2/16/2018 to 2/18/2018 Albuquerque Convention Center". USATF.org. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  18. ^ "2017 USA Track & Field – Results – FULL USATF Championships – 6/22/2017 to 6/25/2017 Hornets Stadium, Sacramento Results". USATF.org. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  19. ^ "2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) Complete Results". USATF.org. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  20. ^ "2015 US Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships Complete Results". USATF.org. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  21. ^ "2014 US Track & Field World Junior Trials Complete Results". USATF.org. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  22. ^ "2013 US Track & Field World Youth Trials Results 800 Meter Run Women". USATF.org. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  23. ^ "Raevyn Rogers – Articles". Texas MileSplit.
  24. ^ "Raevyn Rogers Kinkaid HS Houston, Texas results". Athletic.net.
  25. ^ "Raevyn Rogers University of Oregon results". TFRRS.
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