2010 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Camilla Dencer
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- West Valley Christian
- Hometown:
- Northridge, Calif.
Pac-10 competitor in the 400 meter hurdles. Transfer from UCLA has NCAA Championships experience and posted some of the nation’s top times in the 800 and 400 meters as a high school senior in 2008. Prep All-American holds West Valley Christian school records in the 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and the high jump.
2011-12: Outdoors - Saw action in the 400 and 400 hurdles at the Oregon Relays and Oregon Twilight. Cross Country - Made first collegiate cross country appearance at the Beaver Classic.
2010-11: Outdoors - Pac-10 qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles. Won the 400 meter hurdles at the Oregon Relays in 1:02.43. Also on the Relays' winning 4x400 meter relay team (3:43.93). Clocked 54.56 in the 400 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, her best 400 time in two years. Ran the 400 meter hurdles in 1:01.88 at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Was in the 800 meters at the Stanford Invitational and the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Preview. Indoors - Took the 800 leg on the MPSF championship distance medley relay team (11:09.75). Set a personal-best at 600 meters (1:33.85) and also ran on the 4x400 relay squad at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview. Was on the winning 4x400 meter relay team at the UW Invitational (3:38.68) and also ran the 800 meters. Won the 400 meters at the Husky Classic in 55.70. Season Bests: Outdoors - 400 Meters - 54.56, Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif. (4/15/11); 400 Meter Hurdles - 1:01.27 (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/9/11). Indoors - 400 Meters - 55.70, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/12/11).
2009-10: Outdoors - Saw action in the 800 meters at the Oregon Preview, Pepsi Team Invitational, Oregon Relays and Oregon Twilight, and in the 400 at the Oregon Relays. Also ran the 4x400 relay at the Oregon Relays. Indoors - Member of two scoring relay teams at the MPSF Championships where Oregon won the league title for the first time ever. Ran the 400 leg on the winning distance medley relay team (11:17.71). Ran the third leg of the third place 4x400 meter relay team. That squad's time, 3:42.33, ranks fifth all-time at the University. Also ran a season-best 55.90 400 meters at the MPSF meet. Opened season with a school record in the 600 meters (1:35.82) at the UW Indoor Preview. Season Bests: Indoors - 400 meters - 55.90, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10).
Before Oregon: NCAA Championships qualifier (4x400 meter relay) as a freshman at UCLA. Ran on the Bruins’ West Regional championship 4x400 squad. Finished seventh in the 800 meters at the NCAA West Regional (2:12.88). Took third at that distance against USC (2:09.46). Won the RJ/JJK Invite open 800 (2:09.72). Season-best 800 meter time of 2:07.97 came at the Mt. SAC Relays. Also ran a regional qualifier in the 400 meters of 54.27 at the Cal/Nevada Championships. Indoors, clocked a season-best 400 meter time of 54.57 at the MPSF Championships. UCLA Bests: Outdoors - 400 Meters - 54.27 (PR), Cal/Nevada Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (3/29/09); 800 Meters - 2:07.97, Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif. (4/18/09). Indoors - 400 Meters - 54.57 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09).
Prep: As a senior in 2008, was No. 9 nationally in the 800 meters (2:07.54) and No. 25 in the 400 meters (54.42) for West Valley Christian High School. Placed third at the 2008 USATF Junior Nationals in the 800 meters to earn All-American honors. Also competed at the World Junior Championships in 2008. Set state Division IV record with her time in the 800, and also holds school records at 200 meters, 400 meters and in the high jump. Was a state finalist in the high jump in 2006 (second) and 2007 (fourth) and a finalist in the 800 meters in 2008. Three-time Junior Olympic champion in the high jump. High School Bests: 200 Meters - 24.87 (PR); 400 Meters - 54.42, 2008; 800 Meters - 2:07.54, 2008; High Jump - 5-8/1.72m (PR).
Personal: Major is psychology. Has six siblings (two brothers, four sisters). Mother Carrie was an All-America swimmer at Alabama.
Personal Bests
400 Meters - 54.27,
Cal/Nevada Championships,
Los Angeles, Calif., 3/29/09
800 Meters - 2:07.54,
2008
Pac-10 Track Championships
2011 - 400 Meter Hurdles, p-6th, 1:02.77
