Rogers Named Athlete of the Week
NEW ORLEANS – Oregon sophomore Raevyn Rogers was named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division I women’s athlete of the week, Tuesday, after a record-breaking 600 over the weekend.
Rogers ran a blistering 1:26.34 over 600 meters at the Washington Invitational – faster than any collegian in history has run over that distance and the second-fastest only to Alysia Montano in US indoor history on all tracks. Because the time was run on Washington’s oversized track, the USTFCCCA will not recognize it as a collegiate record, but that does not make the feat any less impressive. She surpassed Delisa Floyd’s record of 1:26.56A from 1981 by nearly a quarter of a second.
The race was Rogers’ 2016 debut after a remarkable 2015 season where she won the NCAA 800-Meter Outdoor title while becoming the fourth collegiate woman to break the two-minute barrier.
Rogers ran a blistering 1:26.34 over 600 meters at the Washington Invitational – faster than any collegian in history has run over that distance and the second-fastest only to Alysia Montano in US indoor history on all tracks. Because the time was run on Washington’s oversized track, the USTFCCCA will not recognize it as a collegiate record, but that does not make the feat any less impressive. She surpassed Delisa Floyd’s record of 1:26.56A from 1981 by nearly a quarter of a second.
The race was Rogers’ 2016 debut after a remarkable 2015 season where she won the NCAA 800-Meter Outdoor title while becoming the fourth collegiate woman to break the two-minute barrier.
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