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Anna Gibson
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Sophomore
- 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 ... ranย 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 โฆ took fifth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final, running 4:12.65, just her second meet of the outdoor season โฆ did not open up outdoors until the Payton Jordan Invite on Apr. 22, running 4:16.94 for 1,500m โฆ indoors, earned two All-America Second Team honors in the mile and DMR โฆ in the mile, just missed the NCAA Indoor final by one spot, placing 11th overall โฆ won the mile at the New Mexico Team Open in 4:37.03, which converted to 4:31.00 for altitude โฆ also ran mile times of 4:33.46 at the BU Scarlet & White Invite and 4:33.41 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance โฆ 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 Oregonโs 2017 record and shatter the School Record by nine seconds โฆ also ran an 800m PR of 2:04.47 at the Husky Classic ...ย (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 โฆ 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 โฆ was 37th at Pac-12s, eighth on the team โฆ the first Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invite, finishing 39th in 20:26 โฆ 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 โฆ 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 โฆ that 800m time ranks third in school history โฆ was 19th in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500m semis to earn All-America honorable mention โฆ advanced to NCAAs by taking second in her West Prelims quarterfinal heat in 4:16.82 โฆ competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, finishing 16th in the 1,500m semis in 4:13.86 โฆ opened the outdoor season with a then-PR time of 4:13.31 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ 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 โฆ traveled to Ireland and ran the mile at the Morton Games in 4:34.39 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:04.89 โฆ 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 โฆ qualified for NCAAs with a mile PR of 4:32.34 at the Husky Classic, the new No. 3 mark in school history โฆ 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 โฆ posted an indoor 800m invite best of 2:05.40 at the UW Invitational, third-best in UW history โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ...ย (Cross Country): Competed at her first NCAA Cross Country Championships, as the Huskies finished 11th nationally โฆ at the NCAA meet, was the sixth Husky finisher in a time of 21:08 for 191st-place overall โฆ the seventh UW runner at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 41st overall, in 21:59 โฆ scored as the No. 5 Husky at the Wisconsin Invite in 140th place โฆ 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 โฆ ran a 1,500-meter PR of 4:15.04 at the West Coast Relays โฆ placed 14th overall in the quarterfinals of West Prelims, going 4:15.22, just two spots away from advancing to NCAA Outdoors โฆ ninth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final in 4:18.58 โฆ also ran her first 5k at Pac-12s and was 20th in 16:37.62 โฆ second in the 800m at the UW-WSU Dual in 2:07.56 โฆ opened her season with a then-PR of 4:17.83 in the 1,500m to take fourth at the Stanford Invite โฆ did not compete indoors or in cross country โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... in the summer of 2021, placed fifth at the USATFย 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 โฆ scored in the mile at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place finish in a time of 4:44.16 โฆ that was a five second improvement in just two weeks after running a 4:49.78 mile at the Husky Classic โฆ a season-best 3k of 9:57.39 at the UW Invitational โฆ 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 โฆ parents are Les and Maggie Gibson โฆ has one older sister, Reily โฆ a record-shattering prep career, winning 17 overall Wyoming state titles combining track, cross country, and Nordic skiing โฆ was the 2013 and 2016 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year for Wyoming and 2017 Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year โฆ valedictorian of her class with a 4.0 unweighted GPA โฆ a standout at several major national meets, including a win at the 2017 Brooks PR Invite in the mile in 4:43.77 โฆ sixth in the 2017 adidas Dream Mile in 4:43.06 โฆ placed fourth at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals โฆ at the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals was 12th in the mile โฆ 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 โฆ set the Wyoming state cross country record and the state 1,600-meter record โฆ the Wyoming Milward Simpson Award Winner in 2017 โฆ a six-time Nordic skiing state champion โฆ the 2016 captain of the Intermountain Division Junior National Ski Team โฆ a nine-time All-American at Nordic Junior Nationals โฆ three-time member of Junior National Relay Championship team โฆ the 2017 Junior National Champion in the 10k Classic for Nordic skiing.
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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, Mileย (All-America Second Team) | 12th, DMRย (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
Mileโฆโฆ.4:31.00alt / 4:32.34
3000mโฆโฆ.9:08.12
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021ย 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 ... ranย 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 โฆ took fifth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final, running 4:12.65, just her second meet of the outdoor season โฆ did not open up outdoors until the Payton Jordan Invite on Apr. 22, running 4:16.94 for 1,500m โฆ indoors, earned two All-America Second Team honors in the mile and DMR โฆ in the mile, just missed the NCAA Indoor final by one spot, placing 11th overall โฆ won the mile at the New Mexico Team Open in 4:37.03, which converted to 4:31.00 for altitude โฆ also ran mile times of 4:33.46 at the BU Scarlet & White Invite and 4:33.41 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance โฆ 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 Oregonโs 2017 record and shatter the School Record by nine seconds โฆ also ran an 800m PR of 2:04.47 at the Husky Classic ...ย (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 โฆ 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 โฆ was 37th at Pac-12s, eighth on the team โฆ the first Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invite, finishing 39th in 20:26 โฆ 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 โฆ 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 โฆ that 800m time ranks third in school history โฆ was 19th in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500m semis to earn All-America honorable mention โฆ advanced to NCAAs by taking second in her West Prelims quarterfinal heat in 4:16.82 โฆ competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, finishing 16th in the 1,500m semis in 4:13.86 โฆ opened the outdoor season with a then-PR time of 4:13.31 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ 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 โฆ traveled to Ireland and ran the mile at the Morton Games in 4:34.39 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:04.89 โฆ 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 โฆ qualified for NCAAs with a mile PR of 4:32.34 at the Husky Classic, the new No. 3 mark in school history โฆ 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 โฆ posted an indoor 800m invite best of 2:05.40 at the UW Invitational, third-best in UW history โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ...ย (Cross Country): Competed at her first NCAA Cross Country Championships, as the Huskies finished 11th nationally โฆ at the NCAA meet, was the sixth Husky finisher in a time of 21:08 for 191st-place overall โฆ the seventh UW runner at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 41st overall, in 21:59 โฆ scored as the No. 5 Husky at the Wisconsin Invite in 140th place โฆ 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 โฆ ran a 1,500-meter PR of 4:15.04 at the West Coast Relays โฆ placed 14th overall in the quarterfinals of West Prelims, going 4:15.22, just two spots away from advancing to NCAA Outdoors โฆ ninth in the Pac-12 Championships 1,500m final in 4:18.58 โฆ also ran her first 5k at Pac-12s and was 20th in 16:37.62 โฆ second in the 800m at the UW-WSU Dual in 2:07.56 โฆ opened her season with a then-PR of 4:17.83 in the 1,500m to take fourth at the Stanford Invite โฆ did not compete indoors or in cross country โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... in the summer of 2021, placed fifth at the USATFย 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 โฆ scored in the mile at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place finish in a time of 4:44.16 โฆ that was a five second improvement in just two weeks after running a 4:49.78 mile at the Husky Classic โฆ a season-best 3k of 9:57.39 at the UW Invitational โฆ 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 โฆ parents are Les and Maggie Gibson โฆ has one older sister, Reily โฆ a record-shattering prep career, winning 17 overall Wyoming state titles combining track, cross country, and Nordic skiing โฆ was the 2013 and 2016 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year for Wyoming and 2017 Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year โฆ valedictorian of her class with a 4.0 unweighted GPA โฆ a standout at several major national meets, including a win at the 2017 Brooks PR Invite in the mile in 4:43.77 โฆ sixth in the 2017 adidas Dream Mile in 4:43.06 โฆ placed fourth at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals โฆ at the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals was 12th in the mile โฆ 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 โฆ set the Wyoming state cross country record and the state 1,600-meter record โฆ the Wyoming Milward Simpson Award Winner in 2017 โฆ a six-time Nordic skiing state champion โฆ the 2016 captain of the Intermountain Division Junior National Ski Team โฆ a nine-time All-American at Nordic Junior Nationals โฆ three-time member of Junior National Relay Championship team โฆ the 2017 Junior National Champion in the 10k Classic for Nordic skiing.
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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, Mileย (All-America Second Team) | 12th, DMRย (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
Mileโฆโฆ.4:31.00alt / 4:32.34
3000mโฆโฆ.9:08.12
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021ย 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
