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Six-Time NCAA Champion Rogers Turns Pro
Less than three months after
anchoring the Women of Oregon to the first-ever Triple Crown in women’s
NCAA Division I history, six-time NCAA champion Raevyn Rogers announced
on Friday her decision to forgo her senior season at Oregon and turn
professional.
EUGENE, Ore. – Less than three months after
anchoring the Women of Oregon to the first-ever Triple Crown in women's
NCAA Division I history, six-time NCAA champion Raevyn Rogers announced on Friday her decision to forgo her senior season at Oregon and turn professional.
Rogers' announcement follows star sprinter Deajah Stevens' decision to join the professional ranks last month. She will represent Nike as she begins her professional career .
Rogers, a finalist for the 2017 Bowerman award, the most prestigious honor in collegiate track and field, ends an extremely decorated Oregon career. She won five straight NCAA titles at 800meters ,
including three outdoor championships in three tries, and claimed her
sixth NCAA title with her historic anchor leg in the 4x400 relay at the
2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships to clinch the team national title and
Triple Crown for the Women of Oregon.
Rogers was an eight-time all-American as a Duck, and she won three straight Pac-12 titles in the 800 meters from 2015-17.
Rogers also played a part in rewriting the collegiate record books during her final season at Oregon. On April 15 at the Mt. SAC Relays, she ran a blazing 1:59.10 to break the 27-year-old collegiate record in the 800 meters. Prior to that, she helped the Women of Oregon break the collegiate record in the indoor distance medley relay in 10:48.80, as well as the outdoor sprint-medley relay. To cap her Oregon career, Rogers' final leg of the 4x400 at Hayward Field in June helped the Ducks break the collegiate record in 3:23.13 while making history with the national title and Triple Crown.
While Rogers now turns her attention to her professional career, she remains a finalist for The Bowerman, which will be awarded on December 15 at the annual USTFCCCA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona. Rogers won the online fan vote in June.
Rogers, a finalist for the 2017 Bowerman award, the most prestigious honor in collegiate track and field, ends an extremely decorated Oregon career. She won five straight NCAA titles at 800
Rogers was an eight-time all-American as a Duck, and she won three straight Pac-12 titles in the 800 meters from 2015-17.
Rogers also played a part in rewriting the collegiate record books during her final season at Oregon. On April 15 at the Mt. SAC Relays, she ran a blazing 1:59.10 to break the 27-year-old collegiate record in the 800 meters. Prior to that, she helped the Women of Oregon break the collegiate record in the indoor distance medley relay in 10:48.80, as well as the outdoor sprint-medley relay. To cap her Oregon career, Rogers' final leg of the 4x400 at Hayward Field in June helped the Ducks break the collegiate record in 3:23.13 while making history with the national title and Triple Crown.
While Rogers now turns her attention to her professional career, she remains a finalist for The Bowerman, which will be awarded on December 15 at the annual USTFCCCA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona. Rogers won the online fan vote in June.
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