2009 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Elizabeth Bies
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Yankton
- Hometown:
- Yankton, S.D.
Experienced championships-level runner in both track and cross country. Two-time NCAA West Regional 5,000 meter qualifier. Member of Oregon’s Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional second place cross country squads in 2007-08. 2008 Pac-10 scorer in the 10,000 meters (seventh). Scored a pair of top-12 Foot Locker Championships finishes as a prep and was a state cross country champion.
2009-10: Outdoors - Saw action in the 3,000 meters at the Oregon Preview. Indoors - Redshirt season. Cross Country: Fourth-place run at the season-opening Pre’s Trail Pre-View.
2008-09: NCAA West Regional qualifier at 5,000 meters. After one race indoors, saw action in three meets at 5,000 meters or longer. Ran season best 16:50.89 in the 5,000 at Stanford. Took fourth at that distance at the Pepsi Team Invitational (16:51.73) to help the Ducks win that event. Doubled at 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the Pac-10 Championships, where she notched a personal-best 36:20.61 in a 10th-place finish at the longer distance. In the fall, appeared in five cross country races, including the Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA West Regional. Was among Oregon’s top six at the Bill Dellinger Invitational and the Mike Hodges Invitational, where she ran fifth overall (17:31). Pac-10 Cross Country and Track & Field All-Academic honorable mention selection. Season Bests: Outdoors - 5,000 Meters - 16:50.89, Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (3/27/09); 10,000 Meters - 36:20.61 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09). Indoors - 5,000 Meters - 17:01.28 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/09).
2007-08: One of Oregon’s top newcomers was a Pac-10 scorer at 10,000 meters and an NCAA Regional Qualifier in the 5,000 meters. In her first 10,000 of the season, ran seventh at the Pac-10 Championships (38:01.08) as the Oregon women scored 100 points and finished in the top three at the league meet for the first time in 12 years. Took sixth in the 5,000 meters at the Pepsi Invitational (16:57.47). Ran personal best time of 16:46.96 in the 5,000 at the Oregon Relays to qualify for the NCAA West Regional. Indoors, ran the 3,000 meters twice, including a season-best 9:43.30 at the UW Indoor Invitational. In cross country, raced in the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA West Regional. Capped scoring for Dellinger Invitational team champions (32nd, 21:10) and also stood third on team in the Mike Hodges Invitational (eighth, 17:31). Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:43.20 (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (3/22/08); 5,000 Meters - 16:46.96 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/26/08); 10,000 Meters - 38:01.08, Pac-10 Championships, Tempe, Ariz. (5/17/08). Indoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:43.30 (PR), UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (2/2/08).
Prep: Placed top-12 in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships as a junior (10th) and senior (12th). Won the Nike Team Nationals as a junior and finished second as a senior. In the South Dakota 2A state cross country meet, she won the individual title as a junior and finished top-four as a senior (second), sophomore (fourth) and freshman (fourth), and helped her team win titles all four seasons. On the track she scored top-four individual finishes seven times, including efforts as a senior (1,600 meters, fourth; 3,200 meters, fourth), junior (1,600 meters, fourth; 3,200 meters, third), sophomore (1,600 meters, fourth; 3,200 meters, second) and freshman (1,600 meters, fourth).
Personal: Spanish major.
Personal Bests
5,000 Meters - 16:46.96,
Oregon Relays,
Eugene, Ore., 4/26/08
10,000 Meters - 36:20.61,
Pac-10 Championships,
Eugene, Ore., 5/16/09
NCAA West Regional Track Championships
2008 - 5,000 Meters, 24th, 17:32.77
NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2008 - 83rd, 21:54.00
2007 - 77th, 21:57.55
Pac-10 Track Championships
2009 - 5,000 Meters - 24th, 17:44.09
2009 - 10,000 Meters, 10th, 36:20.61
2008 - 5,000 Meters, 20th, 17:52.35
2008 - 10,000 Meters, 7th, 38:01.08
Pac-10 Cross Country Championships
2008 - 44th, 21:26.60
2007 - 49th, 21:41.8
