TRACK AND FIELD 2013 Outdoors: Made her collegiate debut at the Willamette Opener (March 2) when she finished 10th in the 1,500 with a time of 5:01.44 ... In mid-March ran the 3,000 back-to-back at the Oregon Preview (March 16) and the first meet at the Whyte Track and Field Center (March 23) ... Finished 18th in the former (10:34.53) and sixth in the latter with a PR of 10:26.83 ... Ran the 1,500 at the John Knight Twilight (April 12) and crossed the finish line in 5:05.32 ... Ran the 5,000 three times near the end of the season and PR'd in that event at the West Coast Invitational (May 11) with a time of 18:01.33 to finish fourth in her heat and 25th overall. Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500m - 5:01.44 (PR), Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13); 3,000m - 4:48.03 (PR), OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13); 5,000m - 18:01.33 (PR), West Coast Invitational, Salem, Ore. (5/11/13).
CROSS COUNTRY 2012: Was Oregon State's second freshman finisher at NCAA Regionals, coming in 137th with a time of 22:13 ... Also finished 90th at the Pac-12 Championships on Oct. 27, crossing the line in 23:01 ... Ran 22:52.5 in the Women's Black Unseeded 6K at NCAA Pre-Nationals on Oct. 13 to finish 97th ... Finished 17th at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Sept. 29 (18:40.72) ... Ran her first collegiate race unattached at the Pier Park Invitational on Sept. 1 (22nd; 18:38.6).
JESUIT HS: Competed in track and cross country all four years for head coach Tom Rothenberger ... Cross country team won three state titles and finished fourth in the nation at Nike Cross Nationals in 2010 ... Track team was state champions in 2011 ... Named All-Metro League in cross country all four years ... Was a second team all-state selection in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and a third team pick in 2010 ... Earned a varsity letter in both sports and was All-Metro League All-Academic and academic all-state all four years ... Named team captain in 2011-12 ... Personal bests include 17:55 in the cross country 5K, 10:14 in the 3,000 and 4:43 in the 1,500 meters.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Ann and Tom Demaree ... Has an older brother, Ben, who runs track and cross country at Santa Clara University ... A member of the French National Honor Society and made Jesuit's honor roll each year of high school ... Former prep teammates competing at the Division I level include Payton Schutte at Arizona State, Amira Joseph at Vanderbilt and Annamarie Maag at Georgetown ... Also prep teammates with current OSU athletes Sabrah de Voir and Shannon Mahoney ... Lists Steve Prefontaine as her favorite athlete growing up ... Describes running at Nike Cross Nationals in 2010 as her biggest athletic thrill to date, when the team finished fourth, the best Jesuit or any other team from Oregon has ever placed ... Chose Oregon State because it's "close to home, has an up-and-coming program, wonderful coaches and a good pre-med program."
