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Athlete Bio

Courtney Frerichs

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Female Age: 32 Date of Birth: 1/18/1993

Athletics Information

Event: Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Jerry Schumacher Agent: Thomas Ratcliffe Sponsor: Nike Club: Bowerman Track Club

Residences

Hometown: Nixa, MO High School: Nixa High School College: University of Missouri - Kansas City ‘15, Chemistry (Bachelor’s); University of New Mexico ‘17, Community Health Education (Master’s)

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In Top 8 World Championships

1x

World Championships Silver medallist

1x

NCAA champion

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

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10000m

EventPerformance
Event10000mPerformance31:23.13

1500m

EventPerformance
Event1500mPerformance4:07.39

3000m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event3000m IndoorsPerformance8:57.15

3000m Steeplechase

EventPerformance
Event3000m SteeplechasePerformance8:57.77

5000m

EventPerformance
Event5000mPerformance14:50.06

800m

EventPerformance
Event800mPerformance2:06.33

Season Best

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3000mSC

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateJuly 20, 2022EventWorld Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022Performance9:10.59Placing6.

5000m ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 11, 2022EventBoston University David Hemery Valentine InvitationalPerformance14:48.75Placing3.

Women 5000

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 09, 2024EventBoston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i)Performance15:01.1Placing-

All Results

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10,000m

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateMarch 06, 2022EventSound Running TENPerformance31:23.13Placing8.

3000mSC

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateMay 28, 2022EventPrefontaine ClassicPerformance9:20.96Placing9.
DateJune 10, 2022EventPortland Track FestivalPerformance9:35.82Placing2.
DateJune 26, 2022EventToyota USATF Outdoor ChampionshipsPerformance9:16.18Placing3.
DateJuly 20, 2022EventWorld Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022Performance9:10.59Placing6.
DateAugust 10, 2022EventHerculis EBSPerformance9:32.56Placing9.
DateSeptember 02, 2022EventMemorial van DammePerformance9:20.93Placing10.

5000m ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 11, 2022EventBoston University David Hemery Valentine InvitationalPerformance14:48.75Placing3.

Women 5000

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 09, 2024EventBoston Univ. Track & Tennis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i)Performance15:01.1Placing-

Records Held

  • American Record - 3000m Steeplechase - July 20, 2018 to Present

Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2016 Rio Olympic Games, 11th (3000m Steeplechase)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Championships, sixth (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 75th
  • 2017 IAAF World Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, H2 - eighth (3000m Steeplechase)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2020 USATF Toyota Indoor Championships, fifth (3000m)
  • 2019 USATF Toyota Outdoor Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, fifth (5000m)
  • 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, seventh (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, sixth (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2014 NACAC U23 Championships, fourth (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, sixth (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2012 USATF Junior Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)

Personal

American Record holder in the 3000m Steeple...Born in Mundelein, Illinois...Married to Griffin Humphreys… Has one sister, Lindsey… Grew up with dreams of becoming an Olympic gymnast...Initially decided to run cross-country in high school to stay in shape for soccer...Earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri - Kansas City before getting her masters in Community Health Education at the University of New Mexico...bettered her own American record in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase with an 8:57.77 at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic, making her the No. 4 performer on the world all-time list and the first American to break nine minutes in the event. Frerichs set the old AR of 9:00.85 in Monaco in 2018.

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