Morgan Anderson

Height:
5-3
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Silverton HS
Hometown:
Scotts Mills, Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS

800m: 2:11.54
Bulldog Invitational
Fresno, Calif., 4/23/16
1,500m: 4:21.84
Pac-12 CHampionships
Eugene, Ore., 5/13/16
Mile: 4:47.32 (i)
Husky Classic
Seattle, Wash., 2/14/15
3,000m: 9:43.11 (i)
MPSF Championships
Seattle, Wash., 2/24/17
5,000m: 16:17.50
High Performance Meet
Corvallis, Ore., 4/28/17
4,000m distance medley relay: 11:24.59 (i)
MPSF Championships
Seattle, Wash., 2/24/17

NCAA Track and Field West Preliminary Championships
2017: 5000m, 38th, 17:27.01
2016: 1500m, 28th, 4:28.56
2015: 1500m, 28th, 4:28.77

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2017: 1500m, 10th, 4:27.86
2016: 3000m, 12th,16:31.09
2016: 1500m, 15th, 4:25.44
2015: 1500m, 16th, 4:26.31
2014: 1500m, 13th, 4:28.37

Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2016: 69th, 21:35 (6,000m)
2015: 75th, 22:21 (6,000m)
2014: 70th, 21:56 (6,000m)

NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2016: 94th, 21:35 (6,000m)
2015: 194th, 23:40 (6,000m)
2014: 100th, 22:08 (6,000m)

TRACK AND FIELD

2017
Outdoor: Pac-12 Academic First Team member ... Ran second-fastest 5,000m in school history (16:17.50) at High Performance meet ... Improved own No. 2 all-time clocking in 1500m to 4:21.87 at Pac-12 meet ... Advanced to NCAA West Regional meet. Indoor: Competed in three meets ... Placed ninth at MPSF meet in 3,000 in 9:43.11, No. 4 time in school history ... Ran anchor leg on 4,000 distance medley relay team that took fifth with fastest time in school history (11:24.59) ... Earned MPSF all-academic honors. Season Bests: Outdoor - 800m, 2:12.00, Lewis & Clark Spring Preview, Portland, Ore. (3/18/17); 1,500m, 4:21.87, Pac-12 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/13/17); 5,000m, 16:17.50, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/28/17). Indoor - Mile, 4:50.65, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/11/17); 3,000m, 9:43.11, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/4/17); distance medley relay, 11:24.59, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/24/17).

2016
Outdoor: Set PRs in 800, 1500 and 3000; posted No. 5 all-time clocking in 800 (2:11.54); No. 2 in 1500 (4:22.94) and No. 3 in 5000 (16:31.09) ... Second-team Pac-12 all-academic, USTFCCCA All-All-Academic team. Indoor: Competed in four meets ... Placed 19th in mile at MPSF meet (4:57.51) ... Ran anchor leg on 4,000 distance medley relay team that took 7th with second-fastest time in school history (11:36.94) ... Ran 2:15.26 in 800 at Portland Indoor Invitational, No. 3 time in OSU history ... Named to MPSF all-academic team. Season Bests: Outdoor - 800m, 2:11.54, Bulldog Invitational, Fresno, Calif. (4/23/16); 1500m, 4:22.94, Oregon Twilight Meet, Eugene, Ore. (5/6/16); 500m, 16:31.09, Pac-12 Championships, Seattle, Wash. (5/15/16). Indoor - 800m, 2:15.26, Portland Indoor Invitational, Portland, Ore. (2/4/16); mile, 4:52.74, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/16); distance medley relay, 11:36.94, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/16).

2015
Outdoor: Established personal bests in 800 (2:12.05) and 1,500 (4:24.55) ... ranks second all-time in 1,500 and eighth all-time in 800 ... Placed 16th in 1,500m at Pac-12 championships and 28th at NCAA West Regional meet ... member of OSU's Honors College ... Named second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoor: Competed in three meets ... Placed 13th in mile at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships (4:49.68) ... Ran No. 2 all-time indoor times in 800 (2.15.88) and in mile (4:47.32) ... Named to MPSF All-Academic team. Season Bests: Outdoor - 800m, 2:12.05, Utah Dual, Corvallis, Ore. (3/21/15); 1,500m, 4:24.55, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/17/15). Indoor - 800m, 2:15.88 (1/31/15); mile, 4:47.32, Husky Classic, Seattle (2/14/15).

2014
Outdoor: Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Competed three times in the 800m and five times in the 1,500m … Improved her 800m time in each and every race, eventually finishing the season with a 2:13.25 PR at the Oregon Relays (April 18) … Ran what was then a seven-second PR in the 1,500m at the Oregon Relays (4:27.15) … That time bettered the 4:34.22 she ran at the Stanford Invitational (April 4) … Again improved her 1,500m best at the Oregon Twilight (May 9), running the third-fastest time in school history (4:25.82), which was ranked 88th in the west … Made her Pac-12 Championships debut in Pullman, Wash. on May 17, finishing fifth in her preliminary heat and 13th overall (4:28.37) … Marrowly missed qualifying for the final by .05 seconds. Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor – 800m, 2:13.25 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/18/14); 1,500m, 4:25.82 (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/14).

2013
Outdoor: Redshirted. Indoor: Redshirted.

CROSS COUNTRY

2016
Competed in five meets ... Top finish was a 9th place at the Sept. 3 OSU John Frank Invitational ... OSU's No. 3 scorer at the NCAA West Regional, improving her finish by 100 places from 2015 ... Ran No. 19 all-time mark for 6,000m at NCAA West Regional (21:35) ... Earned honorable-mention Pac-12 all-academic honors.

2015
Competed in five meets ... Top finish was a 7th place at the Sept. 1 Westmoreland Quintet ... Part of OSU's team score in every meet but one ... Earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors.

2014
Was a Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection … Ran in every meet, highlighted by a top finish of fifth and time of 22:39 in the 6k at the Emerald City Open on Oct. 18.

2013
Competed unattached on two occasions … Ran 18:26.50 at the Charles Bowles Invitational (5K) and 22:45 at the Beaver Classic (6K).

2012
Ran unattached in the first race of the season at the Pier Park Invitational, finishing 30th on the 5,000-meter course with a time of 19:13.8 … Ran 18:40.82 at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Sept. 29, good for 18th place … Wrapped up her season after posting 23:23.2 in the Women’s Black Unseeded 6K at NCAA Pre-Nationals on Oct. 13 (141st).

SILVERTON HIGH SCHOOL
Ran four years of track and field for head coach Erik Cross … Set school records in the 3,000 meters (10:05) and 1,500 meters (4:37) … Part of the school record-setting 4X400 relay team … Personal records also include 2:15 in the 800m, 60.8 in the 400m and 29.0 in the 200m … Competed in cross country for coaches Paul Benz and Erik Cross, set the school record in the 5K with a time of 18:27 … First-Team All-Mid-Willamette Conference, First-Team All-State, team MVP in both track and cross country, Most Outstanding Girls Track and Most Outstanding Freshman … Cross country team captain … Swam for four seasons for head coach Cindy Morrison.

PERSONAL
Kinesiology major; on OSU honor roll in seven different quarters since enrolling ... Daughter of Shannon and Joseph Anderson ... Has two younger sisters, Rachel and Emily... Uncle, John, and her cousin, Joe, attended Oregon State … Member of the National Honor Society and served as ASB secretary … Lists Lance Armstrong as her favorite athlete growing up … Describes the 2012 Oregon Track and Field Championships as her biggest athletic thrill to date, when she finished second in the 3,000 by less than one-tenth of a second … Chose Oregon State because of the “wonderful coaches, beautiful campus, brand new track and warm atmosphere.”