Raevyn Rogers Talks About Her 1:59.71 NCAA 800m Title as a True Frosh
by: LetsRun.com
June 13, 2015
Eugene, OR –
Raevyn Rogers, an 18 year old true freshman, ran a huge PR of 1:59.71 to win the NCAA 800m, to help the Oregon win the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field title. Results below, recap coming later.
Rogers has a penchant of running her best when it counts. Prior to today her PR was 2:01.67 to win the Pac 12 meet and before that her PR was the 2:03.32 800m she ran to win a bronze at the 2013 World Youth Championships.
A happy Rogers addressed the media afterwards and we’ve got her interview below. She was ecstatic to get the win and as an added bonus the sub 2:00 clocking. Rogers is still a junior and talks of running the junior US champs, but she may also run the senior champs. Her 1:59.71 clocking today was just short of Mary Cain’s American junior record of 1:59.51. Rogers was quick to credit her coach Robert Johnson for helping prepare her.
Natoya Goule, a three time NCAA champ, took the race out in 26 seconds and 56 and had a huge lead at 400. She talked afterwards about going out too fast. Plus she talks a little about her post-collegiate plans and trying to hit the Worlds qualifying standard.
We’ll have more of a race recap later. Results below:
| Place | Name | Affiliation | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raevyn Rogers | FR | Oregon | 1:59.71 | |||
| 2 | Claudia Saunders | JR | Stanford | 2:00.63 | |||
| 3 | Hanna Green | SO | Virginia Tech | 2:01.17 | |||
| 4 | Chrishuna Williams | SR | Arkansas | 2:01.67 | |||
| 5 | Alethia Marrero | SO | Indiana State | 2:03.86 | |||
| 6 | Natoya Goule | SR | Clemson | 2:05.19 | |||
| 7 | Claudia Francis | JR | Florida | 2:07.72 | |||
| 8 | Savannah Camacho | SO | Oklahoma State | 2:09.07 |