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Anna Gibson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Wyo.
- High School:
- Jackson Hole
- Prev School:
- Brown
Bio
NCAA Record-Holder in Distance Medley Relay
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 Second Team All-America (Mile, Indoors | DMR, Indoors) and Honorable Mention (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022 All-West Region XC
2022 Honorable Mention All-America (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022 Second Team All-America (Mile, Indoors)
2022 Pac-12 1,500m Bronze Medalist
2022-23 (Track): Made it to her second-straight NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500-meters, placing 6th in her semifinal heat to just miss the final by one spot, earning All-America Honorable Mention ... was named a CSC Academic All-America First Teamer, and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team member ... signed a professional contract after the season with Brooks, and made her pro debut at the USATF Outdoor Championships, where she made her first 1,500m finals, placing 10th in the final in a new PR of 4:09.58 ... ran 4:16.82 in the West Prelims 1,500m first round, then clocking 4:12.71 in the quarterfinals to auto-advance in both races … took fifth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final, running 4:12.65, just her second meet of the outdoor season … did not open up outdoors until the Payton Jordan Invite on Apr. 22, running 4:16.94 for 1,500m … indoors, earned two All-America Second Team honors in the mile and DMR … in the mile, just missed the NCAA Indoor final by one spot, placing 11th overall … won the mile at the New Mexico Team Open in 4:37.03, which converted to 4:31.00 for altitude … also ran mile times of 4:33.46 at the BU Scarlet & White Invite and 4:33.41 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance … ran the anchor as Washington broke the Collegiate Record in the distance medley relay at the BU Scarlet & White Invite, as the team ran 10:46.62 to break Oregon’s 2017 record and shatter the School Record by nine seconds … also ran an 800m PR of 2:04.47 at the Husky Classic ... (Cross Country): Turned in her best cross country season, capped off by leading the Huskies at the NCAA Championships where she finished a career-best 63rd overall as the team finished 17th … earned All-West Region honors with a 13th-place finish at the Regional Championships, hosted by the Huskies at Chambers Creek Regional Park, crossing second among Huskies … was 37th at Pac-12s, eighth on the team … the first Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invite, finishing 39th in 20:26 … also led the Dawgs at the season opening Cowboy Jamboree, in 19th-place.
2021-22 (Track): Continued to establish herself as one of the best mid-distance runners in the Pac-12 and the NCAA, reaching the 1,500-meter semifinals at NCAA Outdoors … a stellar Pac-12 Championships where she was third in the 1,500m final in 4:15.83 and then took fourth later that same day in the 800m final in a PR of 2:04.75 … that 800m time ranks third in school history … was 19th in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500m semis to earn All-America honorable mention … advanced to NCAAs by taking second in her West Prelims quarterfinal heat in 4:16.82 … competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, finishing 16th in the 1,500m semis in 4:13.86 … opened the outdoor season with a then-PR time of 4:13.31 at the Raleigh Relays … in first race post-NCAAs, set a new 1,500m best of 4:11.20 at the Harry Jerome Classic, fourth fastest in school history … traveled to Ireland and ran the mile at the Morton Games in 4:34.39 … won the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:04.89 … indoors, made the NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile, placing 13th overall at nationals in a time of 4:37.70 for All-America Second Team … qualified for NCAAs with a mile PR of 4:32.34 at the Husky Classic, the new No. 3 mark in school history … ran the 800m leg on the DMR to help it qualify for NCAA Indoors, as the team ran a converted time of 10:57.69 at the JDL DMR Invite, No. 3 in school history … posted an indoor 800m invite best of 2:05.40 at the UW Invitational, third-best in UW history … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Competed at her first NCAA Cross Country Championships, as the Huskies finished 11th nationally … at the NCAA meet, was the sixth Husky finisher in a time of 21:08 for 191st-place overall … the seventh UW runner at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 41st overall, in 21:59 … scored as the No. 5 Husky at the Wisconsin Invite in 140th place … fourth on the team in 43rd place at the season-opening Notre Dame Invitational, running 16:57 for 5k.
2020-21 (Track): Had her best season yet on the track, making the Pac-12 final and advancing to the quarterfinals at NCAA West Preliminaries in the 1,500-meters … ran a 1,500-meter PR of 4:15.04 at the West Coast Relays … placed 14th overall in the quarterfinals of West Prelims, going 4:15.22, just two spots away from advancing to NCAA Outdoors … ninth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final in 4:18.58 … also ran her first 5k at Pac-12s and was 20th in 16:37.62 … second in the 800m at the UW-WSU Dual in 2:07.56 … opened her season with a then-PR of 4:17.83 in the 1,500m to take fourth at the Stanford Invite … did not compete indoors or in cross country … made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... in the summer of 2021, placed fifth at the USATF Mountain Running Championships in Oregon.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Made significant progress during her first collegiate track season after dealing with injuries at Brown … scored in the mile at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place finish in a time of 4:44.16 … that was a five second improvement in just two weeks after running a 4:49.78 mile at the Husky Classic … a season-best 3k of 9:57.39 at the UW Invitational … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... in the summer, ran an unattached mile PR of 4:40.59 at an outdoor meet in Arizona.
2018-19: Transferred to Washington for spring quarter of 2019 after spending three semesters at Brown University.
2017-18 (At Brown): Redshirted the season due to injury.
High School and Personal: Born in Jackson, Wyoming … parents are Les and Maggie Gibson … has one older sister, Reily … a record-shattering prep career, winning 17 overall Wyoming state titles combining track, cross country, and Nordic skiing … was the 2013 and 2016 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year for Wyoming and 2017 Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year … valedictorian of her class with a 4.0 unweighted GPA … a standout at several major national meets, including a win at the 2017 Brooks PR Invite in the mile in 4:43.77 … sixth in the 2017 adidas Dream Mile in 4:43.06 … placed fourth at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals … at the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals was 12th in the mile … as a senior, won the Wyoming 4A state cross country title then on the track won the 800-meters, 1,600-meters, 3,200-meters, and the 4x800-meter relay … set the Wyoming state cross country record and the state 1,600-meter record … the Wyoming Milward Simpson Award Winner in 2017 … a six-time Nordic skiing state champion … the 2016 captain of the Intermountain Division Junior National Ski Team … a nine-time All-American at Nordic Junior Nationals … three-time member of Junior National Relay Championship team … the 2017 Junior National Champion in the 10k Classic for Nordic skiing.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 8th, Mile
2021 Pac-12 TF - 9th, 1500m | 20th, 5000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 14th, 1500m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 41st (7th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 191st (6th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 13th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 4th, 800m | 3rd, 1500m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 2nd, 1500m
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 19th, 1500m (All-America Hon. Mention)
2022 USATF Outdoor Champs - 16th, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 37th (8th UW)
2022 Regional XC - 13th (2nd UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 63rd (1st UW)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 11th, Mile (All-America Second Team) | 12th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 8th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 17th, 1500m (All-America Hon. Mention)
2023 USA Outdoors - 10th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:04.75
1500m.......4:11.20 / 4:09.58 (post-NCAA as a professional)
5000m.......16:37.62
Indoor Bests
800m.......2:04.47
Mile…….4:31.00alt / 4:32.34
3000m…….9:08.12
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 Second Team All-America (Mile, Indoors | DMR, Indoors) and Honorable Mention (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022 All-West Region XC
2022 Honorable Mention All-America (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022 Second Team All-America (Mile, Indoors)
2022 Pac-12 1,500m Bronze Medalist
2022-23 (Track): Made it to her second-straight NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500-meters, placing 6th in her semifinal heat to just miss the final by one spot, earning All-America Honorable Mention ... was named a CSC Academic All-America First Teamer, and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team member ... signed a professional contract after the season with Brooks, and made her pro debut at the USATF Outdoor Championships, where she made her first 1,500m finals, placing 10th in the final in a new PR of 4:09.58 ... ran 4:16.82 in the West Prelims 1,500m first round, then clocking 4:12.71 in the quarterfinals to auto-advance in both races … took fifth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final, running 4:12.65, just her second meet of the outdoor season … did not open up outdoors until the Payton Jordan Invite on Apr. 22, running 4:16.94 for 1,500m … indoors, earned two All-America Second Team honors in the mile and DMR … in the mile, just missed the NCAA Indoor final by one spot, placing 11th overall … won the mile at the New Mexico Team Open in 4:37.03, which converted to 4:31.00 for altitude … also ran mile times of 4:33.46 at the BU Scarlet & White Invite and 4:33.41 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance … ran the anchor as Washington broke the Collegiate Record in the distance medley relay at the BU Scarlet & White Invite, as the team ran 10:46.62 to break Oregon’s 2017 record and shatter the School Record by nine seconds … also ran an 800m PR of 2:04.47 at the Husky Classic ... (Cross Country): Turned in her best cross country season, capped off by leading the Huskies at the NCAA Championships where she finished a career-best 63rd overall as the team finished 17th … earned All-West Region honors with a 13th-place finish at the Regional Championships, hosted by the Huskies at Chambers Creek Regional Park, crossing second among Huskies … was 37th at Pac-12s, eighth on the team … the first Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invite, finishing 39th in 20:26 … also led the Dawgs at the season opening Cowboy Jamboree, in 19th-place.
2021-22 (Track): Continued to establish herself as one of the best mid-distance runners in the Pac-12 and the NCAA, reaching the 1,500-meter semifinals at NCAA Outdoors … a stellar Pac-12 Championships where she was third in the 1,500m final in 4:15.83 and then took fourth later that same day in the 800m final in a PR of 2:04.75 … that 800m time ranks third in school history … was 19th in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500m semis to earn All-America honorable mention … advanced to NCAAs by taking second in her West Prelims quarterfinal heat in 4:16.82 … competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, finishing 16th in the 1,500m semis in 4:13.86 … opened the outdoor season with a then-PR time of 4:13.31 at the Raleigh Relays … in first race post-NCAAs, set a new 1,500m best of 4:11.20 at the Harry Jerome Classic, fourth fastest in school history … traveled to Ireland and ran the mile at the Morton Games in 4:34.39 … won the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:04.89 … indoors, made the NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile, placing 13th overall at nationals in a time of 4:37.70 for All-America Second Team … qualified for NCAAs with a mile PR of 4:32.34 at the Husky Classic, the new No. 3 mark in school history … ran the 800m leg on the DMR to help it qualify for NCAA Indoors, as the team ran a converted time of 10:57.69 at the JDL DMR Invite, No. 3 in school history … posted an indoor 800m invite best of 2:05.40 at the UW Invitational, third-best in UW history … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Competed at her first NCAA Cross Country Championships, as the Huskies finished 11th nationally … at the NCAA meet, was the sixth Husky finisher in a time of 21:08 for 191st-place overall … the seventh UW runner at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 41st overall, in 21:59 … scored as the No. 5 Husky at the Wisconsin Invite in 140th place … fourth on the team in 43rd place at the season-opening Notre Dame Invitational, running 16:57 for 5k.
2020-21 (Track): Had her best season yet on the track, making the Pac-12 final and advancing to the quarterfinals at NCAA West Preliminaries in the 1,500-meters … ran a 1,500-meter PR of 4:15.04 at the West Coast Relays … placed 14th overall in the quarterfinals of West Prelims, going 4:15.22, just two spots away from advancing to NCAA Outdoors … ninth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final in 4:18.58 … also ran her first 5k at Pac-12s and was 20th in 16:37.62 … second in the 800m at the UW-WSU Dual in 2:07.56 … opened her season with a then-PR of 4:17.83 in the 1,500m to take fourth at the Stanford Invite … did not compete indoors or in cross country … made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... in the summer of 2021, placed fifth at the USATF Mountain Running Championships in Oregon.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Made significant progress during her first collegiate track season after dealing with injuries at Brown … scored in the mile at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place finish in a time of 4:44.16 … that was a five second improvement in just two weeks after running a 4:49.78 mile at the Husky Classic … a season-best 3k of 9:57.39 at the UW Invitational … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... in the summer, ran an unattached mile PR of 4:40.59 at an outdoor meet in Arizona.
2018-19: Transferred to Washington for spring quarter of 2019 after spending three semesters at Brown University.
2017-18 (At Brown): Redshirted the season due to injury.
High School and Personal: Born in Jackson, Wyoming … parents are Les and Maggie Gibson … has one older sister, Reily … a record-shattering prep career, winning 17 overall Wyoming state titles combining track, cross country, and Nordic skiing … was the 2013 and 2016 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year for Wyoming and 2017 Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year … valedictorian of her class with a 4.0 unweighted GPA … a standout at several major national meets, including a win at the 2017 Brooks PR Invite in the mile in 4:43.77 … sixth in the 2017 adidas Dream Mile in 4:43.06 … placed fourth at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals … at the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals was 12th in the mile … as a senior, won the Wyoming 4A state cross country title then on the track won the 800-meters, 1,600-meters, 3,200-meters, and the 4x800-meter relay … set the Wyoming state cross country record and the state 1,600-meter record … the Wyoming Milward Simpson Award Winner in 2017 … a six-time Nordic skiing state champion … the 2016 captain of the Intermountain Division Junior National Ski Team … a nine-time All-American at Nordic Junior Nationals … three-time member of Junior National Relay Championship team … the 2017 Junior National Champion in the 10k Classic for Nordic skiing.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 8th, Mile
2021 Pac-12 TF - 9th, 1500m | 20th, 5000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 14th, 1500m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 41st (7th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 191st (6th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 13th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 4th, 800m | 3rd, 1500m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 2nd, 1500m
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 19th, 1500m (All-America Hon. Mention)
2022 USATF Outdoor Champs - 16th, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 37th (8th UW)
2022 Regional XC - 13th (2nd UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 63rd (1st UW)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 11th, Mile (All-America Second Team) | 12th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 8th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 17th, 1500m (All-America Hon. Mention)
2023 USA Outdoors - 10th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:04.75
1500m.......4:11.20 / 4:09.58 (post-NCAA as a professional)
5000m.......16:37.62
Indoor Bests
800m.......2:04.47
Mile…….4:31.00alt / 4:32.34
3000m…….9:08.12
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
