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Trippas, Ed
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Ed Trippas
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
- High School:
- SHORE
- Prev School:
- Princeton
Bio
2020 Tokyo Olympics (Australia, Steeplechase)
2023 Pac-12 Steeplechase Champion
2023 All-America Second Team (Steeplechase)
2022 World Outdoor Championships (Australia, Steeplechase)
2022 All-America First Team (Steeplechase)
2019 and 2022 Ivy League Steeplechase Champion
2019 All-America Honorable Mention (Steeplechase)
A 2020 Olympian for Australia and one of the fastest steeplechasers in Australian and NCAA history … also competed at the 2022 World Outdoor Championships for Australia, placing 20th in the steeple … a First Team All-American who completed his undergraduate degree at Princeton in Economics and earned a Masters in Entrepreneurship at Washington.
2022-23 (Track): During the outdoor season, broke a 36-year-old School Record in the steeplechase, won the Pac-12 title, and advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he placed ninth overall for Second Team All-America honors ... at NCAAs in Austin, made the final by taking second in his semifinal, then ran 8:39.63 in the final for ninth ... traveled to Europe in the summer for continued competition, running a season-best 8:24.80 at a meet in Liege, Belgium … broke the School Record that had stood since 1987 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, winning in a time of 8:31.40 … cruised to the victory at the Pac-12 Championships in 8:37.26, helping UW win the team title for the first time ever … advanced through the NCAA West Prelims with a second-place finish in his section in 8:31.36, taking another .04 off the School Record … indoors, competed unattached as he only had outdoor track remaining … ran a mile season-best of 4:02.85 at the UW Invitational … ended the indoor season with a 3,000-meters of 7:57.93 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors ... (Cross Country): Ran at all five meets in the fall for the Dawgs, helping the team place 14th at the national championships … at the NCAA meet in Stillwater, scored for Dawgs for the first time, taking fifth on the squad and 168th overall … was 29th overall at the Pac-12 Championships as the sixth Husky finisher, crossing in 23:47 … was the No. 6 Husky at NCAA West Regionals, placing 49th overall … seventh on the squad at the Wisconsin Invite in 196th overall … at the Cowboy Jamboree, placed 143rd as the seventh Husky.
2021-22 (Track At Princeton): Finished fifth and earned First Team All-America honors in the steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 8:20.29, one of the fastest finals in collegiate history ... went on to compete at the 2022 World Outdoor Championships for Australia in Eugene, and was sixth in his prelim heat in a time of 8:23.83, good for 20th overall … summer also included a run at the Commonwealth Games, placing seventh in the steeple final in Birmingham, England … won the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional in 8:33.93 ... won the steeplechase and collected First Team All-Ivy honors in the steeplechase at outdoor Heps, running 8:46.87 ... also won the steeplechase at the Texas Relays … finished third in the 3,000 and fifth in the DMR at indoor Heps ... set a 3,000m PR of 7:55.23 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite … mile PR of 4:01.00 at the Sykes and Sabock Invite … (Cross Country At Princeton): Finished 67th in the 10K at the NCAA XC Championships, the top scorer for Princeton which placed 23rd overall ... finished sixth in the 8K at the Mid-Atlantic Region XC Championships ... finished second in the 8K at XC Heps.
Tokyo Olympics (2020 games held in 2021): Finished 11th in his prelim heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:29.90, which ranked 31st-fastest overall ... qualified on the final day of the qualification window in Valencia, Spain, with a time of 8:19.60 ... his qualification time was the third-fastest time ever by an Australian and ranked No. 10 all-time by an NCAA student-athlete.
2020-21 (Track/XC at Princeton): Season canceled due to Covid-19.
2019-20 (Track At Princeton): Season cut short by Covid-19 near the end of the indoor season … final competition before shutdown was Ivy League Championships where he was 2nd in the 5,000m in 14:22.34 and third in the 3,000m in 8:29.59 … (Cross Country At Princeton): Did not race in the fall.
2018-19 (Track At Princeton): Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the steeplechase, placing 23rd overall in the semifinals to earn All-America honorable mention … won the NCAA East Prelim to advance to nationals in a time of 8:33.90 … won the Ivy League steeple title in 8:58.22 and was fifth in the 4x800m relay … also had steeplechase victories at the Larry Ellis Invitational and the Stanford Invitational … indoors, was sixth in the 3k and seventh in the 5k at Ivy League Indoors … (Cross Country At Princeton): Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing 210th overall as Princeton placed 22nd as a team … was 34th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meet … finished 13th at the 2018 Ivy League Championships.
2017-18 (Track At Princeton): Competed at the NCAA East Prelims in the steeplechase, placing 24th overall in 9:00.64 … took 13th in the steeple at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoors … fourth in the steeple at his first Ivy League Outdoors … (Cross Country At Princeton): Placed 66th at the Ivy League XC Championships.
High School and Personal: Born in Sydney, Australia … parents are Suellen and Brien Trippas … The 2016 Australian Junior Championship runner-up in the U20 3000-meter steeplechase, clocking a 9:04...competed at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championship in Kampala, Uganda and at the 2016 ISF World Schools Cross Country Championship in Budapest.
Major Meets
2017 Ivy League XC – 66th
2018 Ivy League Outdoors – 4th, Steeplechase
2018 NCAA East Prelims TF – 24th, Steeplechase
2018 Ivy League XC – 13th
2018 NCAA Regional XC – 34th
2018 XC – 210th
2019 Ivy League Indoors – 6th, 3000m | 7th, 5000m
2019 Ivy League Outdoors – 1st, Steeplechase (Ivy Champ) | 5th, 4x800m
2019 NCAA East Prelims TF – 1st, Steeplechase
2019 NCAA Outdoors – 23rd, Steeplechase (All-America Hon. Mention)
2020 Ivy League Indoors – 3rd, 3000m | 2nd, 5000m
2021 Australian Championships – 3rd, Steeplechase
2020 Tokyo Olympics – 31st, Steeplechase
2021 Ivy League XC – 2nd
2021 Regional XC – 6th
2021 NCAA XC – 67th
2022 Ivy League Indoors – 3rd, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2022 Ivy League Outdoors – 1st, Steeplechase (Ivy Champ)
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF – 1st, Steeplechase
2022 NCAA Outdoors – 5th, Steeplechase (All-America First Team)
2022 IAAF World Outdoors – 20th, Steeplechase
2022 Commonwealth Games – 7th, Steeplechase
2022 Pac-12 XC – 29th (6th UW)
2022 Regional XC – 49th (6th UW)
2022 NCAA XC – 168th (5th UW)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 1st, Steeplechase (Pac-12 Champion) | 19th, 5000m
2023 NCAA West Prelims TF - 5th, Steeplechase
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, Steeplechase (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
3000m Steeplechase…….8:19.60
1500m…….3:48.61
Indoor Bests
Mile…….4:01.00
3000m…….7:55.23
5000m…….14:22.34
2023 Pac-12 Steeplechase Champion
2023 All-America Second Team (Steeplechase)
2022 World Outdoor Championships (Australia, Steeplechase)
2022 All-America First Team (Steeplechase)
2019 and 2022 Ivy League Steeplechase Champion
2019 All-America Honorable Mention (Steeplechase)
A 2020 Olympian for Australia and one of the fastest steeplechasers in Australian and NCAA history … also competed at the 2022 World Outdoor Championships for Australia, placing 20th in the steeple … a First Team All-American who completed his undergraduate degree at Princeton in Economics and earned a Masters in Entrepreneurship at Washington.
2022-23 (Track): During the outdoor season, broke a 36-year-old School Record in the steeplechase, won the Pac-12 title, and advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he placed ninth overall for Second Team All-America honors ... at NCAAs in Austin, made the final by taking second in his semifinal, then ran 8:39.63 in the final for ninth ... traveled to Europe in the summer for continued competition, running a season-best 8:24.80 at a meet in Liege, Belgium … broke the School Record that had stood since 1987 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, winning in a time of 8:31.40 … cruised to the victory at the Pac-12 Championships in 8:37.26, helping UW win the team title for the first time ever … advanced through the NCAA West Prelims with a second-place finish in his section in 8:31.36, taking another .04 off the School Record … indoors, competed unattached as he only had outdoor track remaining … ran a mile season-best of 4:02.85 at the UW Invitational … ended the indoor season with a 3,000-meters of 7:57.93 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors ... (Cross Country): Ran at all five meets in the fall for the Dawgs, helping the team place 14th at the national championships … at the NCAA meet in Stillwater, scored for Dawgs for the first time, taking fifth on the squad and 168th overall … was 29th overall at the Pac-12 Championships as the sixth Husky finisher, crossing in 23:47 … was the No. 6 Husky at NCAA West Regionals, placing 49th overall … seventh on the squad at the Wisconsin Invite in 196th overall … at the Cowboy Jamboree, placed 143rd as the seventh Husky.
2021-22 (Track At Princeton): Finished fifth and earned First Team All-America honors in the steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 8:20.29, one of the fastest finals in collegiate history ... went on to compete at the 2022 World Outdoor Championships for Australia in Eugene, and was sixth in his prelim heat in a time of 8:23.83, good for 20th overall … summer also included a run at the Commonwealth Games, placing seventh in the steeple final in Birmingham, England … won the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional in 8:33.93 ... won the steeplechase and collected First Team All-Ivy honors in the steeplechase at outdoor Heps, running 8:46.87 ... also won the steeplechase at the Texas Relays … finished third in the 3,000 and fifth in the DMR at indoor Heps ... set a 3,000m PR of 7:55.23 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite … mile PR of 4:01.00 at the Sykes and Sabock Invite … (Cross Country At Princeton): Finished 67th in the 10K at the NCAA XC Championships, the top scorer for Princeton which placed 23rd overall ... finished sixth in the 8K at the Mid-Atlantic Region XC Championships ... finished second in the 8K at XC Heps.
Tokyo Olympics (2020 games held in 2021): Finished 11th in his prelim heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:29.90, which ranked 31st-fastest overall ... qualified on the final day of the qualification window in Valencia, Spain, with a time of 8:19.60 ... his qualification time was the third-fastest time ever by an Australian and ranked No. 10 all-time by an NCAA student-athlete.
2020-21 (Track/XC at Princeton): Season canceled due to Covid-19.
2019-20 (Track At Princeton): Season cut short by Covid-19 near the end of the indoor season … final competition before shutdown was Ivy League Championships where he was 2nd in the 5,000m in 14:22.34 and third in the 3,000m in 8:29.59 … (Cross Country At Princeton): Did not race in the fall.
2018-19 (Track At Princeton): Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the steeplechase, placing 23rd overall in the semifinals to earn All-America honorable mention … won the NCAA East Prelim to advance to nationals in a time of 8:33.90 … won the Ivy League steeple title in 8:58.22 and was fifth in the 4x800m relay … also had steeplechase victories at the Larry Ellis Invitational and the Stanford Invitational … indoors, was sixth in the 3k and seventh in the 5k at Ivy League Indoors … (Cross Country At Princeton): Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing 210th overall as Princeton placed 22nd as a team … was 34th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meet … finished 13th at the 2018 Ivy League Championships.
2017-18 (Track At Princeton): Competed at the NCAA East Prelims in the steeplechase, placing 24th overall in 9:00.64 … took 13th in the steeple at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoors … fourth in the steeple at his first Ivy League Outdoors … (Cross Country At Princeton): Placed 66th at the Ivy League XC Championships.
High School and Personal: Born in Sydney, Australia … parents are Suellen and Brien Trippas … The 2016 Australian Junior Championship runner-up in the U20 3000-meter steeplechase, clocking a 9:04...competed at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championship in Kampala, Uganda and at the 2016 ISF World Schools Cross Country Championship in Budapest.
Major Meets
2017 Ivy League XC – 66th
2018 Ivy League Outdoors – 4th, Steeplechase
2018 NCAA East Prelims TF – 24th, Steeplechase
2018 Ivy League XC – 13th
2018 NCAA Regional XC – 34th
2018 XC – 210th
2019 Ivy League Indoors – 6th, 3000m | 7th, 5000m
2019 Ivy League Outdoors – 1st, Steeplechase (Ivy Champ) | 5th, 4x800m
2019 NCAA East Prelims TF – 1st, Steeplechase
2019 NCAA Outdoors – 23rd, Steeplechase (All-America Hon. Mention)
2020 Ivy League Indoors – 3rd, 3000m | 2nd, 5000m
2021 Australian Championships – 3rd, Steeplechase
2020 Tokyo Olympics – 31st, Steeplechase
2021 Ivy League XC – 2nd
2021 Regional XC – 6th
2021 NCAA XC – 67th
2022 Ivy League Indoors – 3rd, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2022 Ivy League Outdoors – 1st, Steeplechase (Ivy Champ)
2022 NCAA East Prelims TF – 1st, Steeplechase
2022 NCAA Outdoors – 5th, Steeplechase (All-America First Team)
2022 IAAF World Outdoors – 20th, Steeplechase
2022 Commonwealth Games – 7th, Steeplechase
2022 Pac-12 XC – 29th (6th UW)
2022 Regional XC – 49th (6th UW)
2022 NCAA XC – 168th (5th UW)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 1st, Steeplechase (Pac-12 Champion) | 19th, 5000m
2023 NCAA West Prelims TF - 5th, Steeplechase
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, Steeplechase (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
3000m Steeplechase…….8:19.60
1500m…….3:48.61
Indoor Bests
Mile…….4:01.00
3000m…….7:55.23
5000m…….14:22.34
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
