Kelsi Schaer

Height:
5-3
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Tigard HS
Hometown:
Tigard, Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS

800m: 2:09.90
Pac-12 Championships
Pullman, Wash., 5/17/14
1,500m: 4:30.32
OSU High Performance
Corvallis, Ore., 5/2/14
3,000m: 10:31.47 (i)
UW Invitational
Seattle, Wash., 1/20/13
1600 relay: 3:51.05
Pac-12 Championships
Seattle, Wash., 5/15/16
Distance medley relay: 11:36.94 (i)
MPSF Championships
Seattle, Wash., 2/26/16

Pac-12 Track and Field Championships
2016: 1600 relay, 11th, 3:51.05
2015: 800m, DNF.
2014: 800m, 12th, 2:09.90
2013: 1,500m, 22nd, 4:35.48

Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2014 – 72nd, 21:58
2013 – 89th, 25:07
2012 – 92nd, 23:24
2011 – 102nd, 23:02

NCAA West Regional Cross Country
2014 – 125th, 22:29

TRACK AND FIELD

2016
Outdoors: Ran in four meets ... ran leg on 1600 relay team at Pac-12s that had No. 4 time in school history (3:51.05) ... first-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoors: Ran in two meets ... ran on distance medley relay foursome that placed seventh at the MPSF Championships in 11;36.94, second-best time in history ... named to MPSF all-academic team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800m, 2:15.17, High Performance Meet, Corvallis (4/30/16); 1600 relay, 3:51.05, Pac-12 Championships, Seattle (5/15/16). Indoors - 800m, 2:14.78, Husky Classic (2/13/16); distance medley relay, 11:36.94, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/16).

2015
Outdoors: Ran 800 exclusively ... Had season PR of 2:11.40 at Utah dual ... Also ran a leg on 4x400 relay team that posted fifth-best time in OSU history (3:51.34) at Utah dual (3/21/15) ... Named first-team Pac-12 All-Academic for third time in her career. Indoors: Competed in two meets ... Placed 23rd in 800 at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships (2:13.69) ... Set school indoor record in 800m (2:12.89) ... Named to MPSF All-Academic team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800m - 2:11.40, Utah dual, Corvallis, Ore., 3/21/15. Indoors - 800m - 2:12.89, Husky Classic, Seattle (2/14/15).

2014
Outdoors: Bettered her 800m time in each race, beginning the year with a 2:14.91 at the OSU Invitational (March 8) … Followed that up with 2:13.23 at the Oregon Preview (March 22) and 2:11.91 at the Oregon Relays (April 18) … PR came at the Pac-12 Championships (2:09.90), where she finished 12th and moved into third on Oregon State’s all-time list in the 800m … That time ranked 77th in the west … 4:30.32 1,500m at the OSU High Performance (May 2) is 10th in school history. Season Bests: Outdoors – 800m – 2:09.90 (PR), Pac-12 Championships, Pullman, Wash. (5/17/14); 1,500m – 4:30.32 (PR), OSU High Performance, Corvallis, Ore. (5/2/14).

2013
Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Started the season with a second-place finish in the 1,500m at the Willamette Opener (March 2), finishing with a time of 4:42.59 … Improved that time to 4:39.60 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (March 29) before posting a season best at the Oregon Relays (April 19) with a time of 4:30.46 … Ran 4:35.48 in the 1,500m at the Pac-12 Championships (May 11) to come in 22nd … Also ran the 800m twice, posting a season best in the distance at the Oregon Preview (March 16) with a time of 2:13.86. Indoors: Ran the 3,000m at the UW Invitational (Jan. 20), crossing the line in her first try at the distance with a time of 10:31.47. Season Bests: Outdoors – 800m – 2:13.86, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/16/13); 1,500m – 4:30.46, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/19/13). Indoors – 3,000m – 10:31.47 (PR), UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/20/13).

2012
Outdoors: Redshirted the outdoor season … Ran unattached three times during the season in the 1,500m … Notched her best time of the season in the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Twilight, placing eighth with a time of 4:42.11. Season Bests: Outdoors – 1,500m – 4:42.11, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/5/12).

CROSS COUNTRY

2014
Competed in three meets; best finish was third at Emerald City Open on 10/18 ... Improved 17 places to 72nd at Pac-12 Championships, finishing in 21:58.

2013
Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Started the season with a 17th-place finish at the Viking Classic (17:10.78) … Finished with four 6K races at the Sundodger Invite, Bronco Invite, Beaver Classic and Pac-12 Championships … Posted best time at that distance at the Sundodger Invite, running 22:18 to come in 38th.

2012
Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Came in 92nd at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 23:25 … Ran 159th at NCAA Pre-Nationals on Oct. 13 after posting a time of 22:02.6 on the 6,000-meter course … Competed in a pair of 5,000-meter meets early in the season, running 18:12.4 (17th) at the Pier Park Invitational on Sept. 1 and 18:16.97 (3rd) at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Sept. 29.

2011
Competed unattached at the John Frank Memorial Invitational, finishing the 4,500-meter race seventh overall with a time of 16:37.80 … Ran unattached at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, finishing the 5,000-meter course with a time of 17:58.63 … Had her best finish at the Mike Hodges Invitational coming in fifth place overall with a time of 18:14 … Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing the 6,000-meter course in 23:02.

TIGARD HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered all four years in cross country and track under coaches Joel Savvain and Denise Foote … Lettered three years in soccer under coach Chad Crosby … In 2008, she was named to the All-League first team for the 400 meters and mile relay team and All-League second team for the 800 meters … In 2009 and 2010, she was named All-League second team for the 1,500 meters, 800 meters and the mile relay team … In 2011, she was name All-League first team in the 1,500 meters, 800 meters and the mile relay … was the state champion in 2011 in the 1,500 meters.

PERSONAL
Daughter of John and Christi Schaer … Has one younger brother, Will … Biggest athletic thrill was winning state her senior year in the 1,500 meters.