Monica Anderson

Height:
5-8
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Marist HS
Hometown:
Coburg. Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS

1,500m: 5:05.98
Titan Twilight
Eugene, Ore., 4/24/14
3,000m: 11:00.80
OSU Invitational
Corvallis, Ore., 3/8/14
5,000m: 18:47.05
OSU High Performance
Corvallis, Ore., 5/2/14
2,000m steeplechase: 7:38.00
Utah Dual
Corvallis, Ore., 3/21/15
3,000m steeplechase: 11:31.39
Willamette Invitational
Salem, Ore., 3/28/15

Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2014: 112th, 24:06 (6,000m)

TRACK AND FIELD

2017
Outdoor: Pac-12 Academic First Team member ... competed in two meets as redshirt junior ... Participated in Senior Day activities and will forego her final year of eligibility. Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor - 1500m, 5:15.23, SFSU Distance Carnival, San Francisco, Calif. (3/31/17); 5000m, 19:12.67, Bryan Clay Invitational, Azusa, Calif. (4/14/17). Indoor - Did not compete.

2016
Outdoor: Did Not compete. Indoor: Did not compete.

2015
Outdoor: Earned Pac-12 First Team All-Academic honors … Ran the steeplechase in each of her four meets ... Recorded a 3,000m steeplechase time of 11:43.52 at the OSU High Performance meet (May 1) … Registered a time of 11:32.50 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Oregon Relays (April 17) … clocked a time of 11:31.39 in the 3,000m steeplechase at Willamette Invitational (March 28) … Posted a time of 7:38 in the 2,000m steeplechase at the Utah Dual (March 21). Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor - 2,000m steeplechase, 7:38.00, Utah Dual, Corvallis (3/21/15); 3,000m steeplechase, 11:31.39, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/28/15).

2014
Outdoor: Made her collegiate debut in the 3,000m at the OSU Invite, running 11:00.80 to finish 15th … Competed three times in the 5,000m, finishing eighth in both the Willamette Invitational (18:51.83) and OSU High Performance (18:47.05) … Ran two 1,500s in April, crossing the finish in 5:06.58 at the John Knight Twilight (April 11) and 5:05.98 at the Titan Twilight (April 24). Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor – 1,500m, 5:05.98, Titan Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (4/24/14); 3,000m, 11:00.80 (PR), OSU Invitational, Corvallis, Ore. (3/8/14); 5,000m, 18:47.05 (PR), OSU High Performance, Corvallis, Ore. (5/2/14).

CROSS COUNTRY

2016
Did not compete in any meets.

2015
Competed in three meets ... Top finish was a 56th place at the Sept. 19 Sundodger Invitational in Seattle, in 22:49 ... Earned first-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors.

2014
Competed in four meets over the course of the season … Placed 112th at the Pac-12 Championships (Oct. 31), running the 6k in 24:06 ... Finished 15th with a time of 24:36 in the 6k at the Emerald City Open (Oct. 18) … Placed 25th in the 5k at the PSU Vikings Classic (Oct. 4), clocking a time of 18:37.70 … Recorded a time of 23.01 in her first 6k of the season, finishing in 29th at the Dellinger Invitational (Sept. 5) … Earned Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors.

2013
Competed three times in uniform, racing at the Sundodger Invite, Charles Bowles Invitational and Beaver Classic … Began the season running unattached at the Viking Classic … Posted her best 6,000-meter time at the Beaver Classic in Avery Park (23:28) … Ran a 19:26.63 at the 5k Charles Bowles Invitational.

MARIST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Ran four years of cross country and three years of track for head coach Chase Wells … Cross country team was district champions from 2009-12 and state champions in 2009 … Was cross country district champion in 2011 and 2012, and 3,000m district champion in 2012 … Finished eighth at the state cross country championships as a senior and sixth at the state meet in the 3,000m her junior year; was 10th at the state championships in the 1,500m in 2012 … Prep personal bests include 18:52 for a cross country 5k, 18:34 for a track 5k, 10:30 in the 3,000m and 4:58 in the 1,500m.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Linda Zang and Curtis Anderson ... Mother is a physical therapist and father is the Director of Communications for TrackTown, USA ... Has two older brothers, Austin and Ben, both Oregon State alums ... Member of OSU's Honors College; made honor roll in every quarter as a student … Lists Michelle Kwan as her favorite athlete growing up … Describes winning the team state cross country championship her freshman year and completing "Big Day" at Steens Mountain Running Camp as her biggest athletic thrills to date … Chose to attend Oregon State because she “loves great stories and the rise of the OSU cross country and track and field program is a fantastic one.”