2015 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic (2013, 2014).
Junior (2014): INDOOR – Competed in one meet, running the 400 at the UW Indoor Preview. OUTDOOR – Competed in five meets, running the 100, 200, and 400.
Sophomore (2013): INDOOR – Competed in one meet, running the 200 meters at the UW Indoor Open. OUTDOOR – Placed 9th in the 100 at GNAC in 12.53 seconds, a mere .03 away from making the finals, and had the 12th-best 200-meter time of 25.96. ... Focused on those two races all season, setting PRs in both (12.38 and 25.57, respectively) at the Shannon-Foreman Invitational on May 4. The latter was her first time below 26 seconds. ... Broke 13 seconds in the 100 for the first time with a 12.70 at the season-opening UPS Outdoor Preview on March 2.
Freshman (2012): INDOOR – Competed in two meets, running the 400 twice and the 200 once. OUTDOOR – Placed 16th in the 200 meters at GNAC Championships. ... Competed in five other meets, running the 200 in all of them, the 100 once, and the 400 three times.
Northwest Christian-Colbert High School: Participated in the Washington state Class 2B state meet all four years. ... Took 2nd place in the 100, 200 and 400 as a senior in 2011, winning league and district championships in all three. Also ran on the league-championship 4x100 relay, and on the 4x400 relay that took 5th at state. ... As a junior at state, finished 4th in the 100, 8th in the 200, 7th on the 4x100 relay, and 8th on the 4x200 relay. ... Placed 5th in 100 and 12th in 200 at state as a sophomore in 2009, also winning league and district championships in the two sprints and the short relay. ... Ran on 5th-place 4x200 relay as a freshman in 2008.
Personal: Kelsey Ann Chase. ... Born June 21, 1993. ... English and political science major.
Fun facts: Also has played volleyball. ... Enjoys watching football. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Elf." ... Books she just can't put down are anything written by C.S. Lewis. ... Favorite junk food is Sour Patch watermelons. ... Favorite TV shows are "NCIS" and "Castle." ... If she could be any action hero, she would be Flash.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200: 26.80 (2012)
400: 1:01.23 (2012)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100: 12.38 (2013)
200: 25.57 (2013)
400: 1:00.34 (2012)
