2023 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Houser, Luke

Luke Houser
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Woodinville, Wash.
- High School:
- Woodinville
Bio
2024 NCAA Mile Champion and All-America First Team
2023 NCAA Mile Champion and All-America First Team
2024 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors | 3,000m, Indoors)
2023 Pac-12 Cross Country Runner-Up and All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 All-West Region XC
2023 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2022 All-West Region XC
2022 All-America First Team (1,500m, Outdoors and Distance Medley Relay, Indoors)
2022 Pac-12 1,500m Runner-Up
2020-21 All-Pac-12 XC Second Team
Houser Features
ยปย Husky Teamwork Pulls Washington Milers Forward (Track & Field News; Apr. 3, 2024)
ยปย How A Team-First Approach Lifted This Husky Runner To An NCAA Title (Seattle Times; Mar. 16, 2023)
2023-24 (Track:) Became the first Husky back-to-back NCAA Champion in the mile during the indoor season, then reached the NCAA Outdoor final at 1,500-meters and the Olympic Trials semifinals โฆ outdoors, placed 12th in the 1,500m final for Second Team All-America โฆ advanced to the final with a 3:37.53 time in the semis โฆ signed with the Brooks Beasts after NCAA Outdoors and placed 16th overall at the Olympic Trials in the 1,500-meters ... ran a 1,500m PR in the Olympic Trials first round, going 3:35.24 ... doubled at Pac-12s to help UW defend its team title, placing third in the 1,500m final and fifth in the 800m final ... won the Payton Jordan Invitational 1,500m in 3:39.05 โฆ indoors, defended his NCAA mile title in Boston by taking the lead with 600-meters to go and holding it to the line in a time of 4:01.72 โฆ the first man to repeat as national champion in the mile since Josh Kerr in 2017-18 and the first Husky to defend a title in any event since Scott Roth in the indoor pole vault in 2010-11 โฆ set School and Dempsey Facility Records in consecutive races to open the track season, first winning the 3,000-meters at the UW Preview in 7:40.40, then winning the mile in a new record time of 3:51.73 at the UW Invitational โฆ ran the anchor leg on UWโs American Indoor Record DMR run, winning the Arkansas Qualifier in 9:18.81 โฆ named to the Bowerman Watch List โฆ also earned Second Team All-America in the 3k indoors ...ย (Cross Country): The Pac-12 silver medalist in cross country, matching the best finish by a Husky man at the conference meet with his second-place finish in 22:51, which helped UW place second as a team โฆ led the squad at three of four races in the fall โฆ the top Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, 16th overall in a loaded field, in 23:44 โฆ top Dawg as well at the Virginia Invitational, 10th overall, in 23:36 โฆ was fourth on the team and 25th overall at West Regionals in 29:48, earning All-West Region honors.
2022-23 (Track): Won the first NCAA Indoor Mile title in UW school history, and returned to the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final for the second-straight year ... named a CSC Academic All-America First Team honoree ... outdoors, reached the NCAA 1,500m final, placing 10th overall in 3:44.61 to earn All-America Second Team ... made the final by placing second in the semis, in 3:39.72 ... advanced to his second-straight NCAA Outdoor final site in the 1,500-meters, going top-three in each of the first two rounds at NCAA Prelims, one of three Huskies to finish top-12 โฆ was seventh in the Pac-12 1,500m final, one of four Huskies to place in the top-eight โฆ ran on the 4xMile relay at the Penn Relays, as UW took third in 16:14.31 โฆ opened his outdoor season with a 3:39.41 time in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ indoors, captured the NCAA mile crown, the first Husky ever to win the event indoors, as he led an unprecedented four Huskies that finished in the top-eight with a winning time of 4:03.33 at altitude โฆ ran his mile PR of 3:52.87 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier as one of eight Huskies to go sub-four in the race, amazingly that time only was fifth-fastest on the squad during the season โฆ also was part of the first eight-man sub-four mile run at the UW Invitational, taking sixth in 3:55.98 โฆ ran a 3,000m PR of 7:48.81 at the Husky Classic, No. 4 in school history ... garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ...ย (Cross Country): Excellent fall on the course, highlighted by his effort at the NCAA Championships, where he placed 42nd overall as the No. 2 Husky scorer in 29:37, just two spots outside of the All-America cut-off โฆ a top-10 run at NCAA West Regionals hosted by UW at Chambers Creek, placing 9th overall and second on the team in 28:38, earning All-West Region honors โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in 23:15 as the third Husky across, helping UW finish third โฆ the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 73rd overall โฆ led the team at the season-opening Cowboy Jamboree, placing 26th overall in 23:51.
2021-22 (Track): Established himself as one of the best mid-distance runners in the NCAA, as he took fifth in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final, one of three Huskies to earn First Team All-America honors in the event โฆ ran 3:46.13 for fifth in the tactical NCAA final, as teammate Joe Waskom got the win and teammate Nathan Green was seventh โฆ advanced to NCAA Outdoors by winning the 1,500m quarterfinal at West Prelims in 3:38.06 โฆ was the Pac-12 Championships silver medalist behind Waskom, going 3:40.44 in the final โฆ broke the UW school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running a PR of 3:37.51, though Green would break that in the NCAA semis โฆ won his 5,000-meters heat at the Raleigh Relays in 13:48.48 โฆ competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing 31st overall in the 1,500m โฆ indoors, earned First Team All-America honors as part of the DMR, which took seventh at NCAA Indoors in a time of 9:29.27 โฆ ran the anchor leg at NCAAs, and also ran the lead-off leg on the DMR when it ran a school record of 9:21.10, which was the No. 3 mark in NCAA history, at the Arkansas Qualifier โฆ DMR team was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week after Arkansas record โฆ ran two phenomenal miles, first going 3:57.17 at the UW Indoor Preview, then running 3:56.57 at the Husky Classic, now sixth in school history โฆ also ran the No. 6 3k time in school history at 7:52.84 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ...ย (Cross Country): Raced at all five meets for the menโs team, as it placed 13th at the NCAA Championships โฆ was the No. 7 finisher at the NCAA meet in Tallahassee, in 166th-place overall โฆ scored at the Pac-12 Championships in 16th-place, fourth on the team, in a time of 24:19 โฆ was the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, crossing in 74th overall, in 24:16 โฆ opened the season with a fourth-place run at the Charles Bowles Invite.
2020-21 (Track): Put himself in the Husky top-10 lists indoors and outdoors at 5,000-meters โฆ set a 5k PR of 13:43.33 at the West Coast Relays, going to No. 6 in school history and qualifying for NCAA West Prelims โฆ made the final of the Pac-12 Championships at 1,500-meters, running a PR of 3:43.39 in the prelims, then taking 11th in the final โฆ third in the UW-WSU Dual at 3k in 8:17.73 โฆ indoors, focused on cross country but ran one time, going 13:47.68 in the 5k at the UW Invitational for No. 7 in school history โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Led the Huskies at the NCAA XC Championships in his first season of cross, placing 51st overall in 31:01 in Stillwater, Okla. as the Huskies placed 25th โฆ finished 10th at the Pac-12 Championships to earn All-Pac-12 Second Team honors and help UW take third โฆ was the No. 2 Husky at the Silver State Invite, 13th overall, in 23:36 โฆ a Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team pick.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A stellar first indoor season, as he set the UW Freshman Record in the 3,000-meters with a time of 7:58.96 at the UW Invitational, winning his heat, and going to No. 8 in school history โฆ close to a sub-four mile on two occasions, running a 4:01.01 at the Husky Classic and then improving to 4:00.61 at the UW Last Chance Meet โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic ...ย (Cross Country): Redshirted the season, competing one time unattached โฆ finished 10th overall at the John Payne Invite at Chambers Bay in 25:21.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington โฆ parents are Carolyn and Chris Houser โฆ has one older brother, Zane โฆ part of the fastest trio of boys milers in state history, all committing to Washington โฆ placed third in the 2019 4A state 1,600-meter final in a time of 4:08.17 that was the 11th-fastest time in the U.S. โฆ also took second at state as a senior in the 3,200-meter final in a PR of 8:57.38 โฆ the 2019 Kingco runner-up in the 1,600m and 3,200m โฆ was the KingCo cross country champion as a senior and sixth at the 4A state meet โฆ was fourth in the 1,600m state final on the track as a junior โฆ was 11th at the state cross country meet as a sophomore and 25th his freshman year.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 19th, 3000m
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 51st (1st UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 11th, 1500m | 19th, 5000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 45th, 5000m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 16th (4th UW)
2021 Regional XC - 46th (7th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 166th (7th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 2nd, 1500m | 22nd, 5000m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 1st, 1500m
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, 1500m (All-America First Team)
2022 USA Outdoors - 31st, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 15th (3rd UW)
2022 Regional XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 42nd (2nd UW)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 1500m | 17th, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 6th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 10th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 XC - 2nd (1st UW)
2023 Regional XC - 25th (4th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team)ย | 15th, 3000m (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 800m | 3rd, 1500m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 7th, 1500m
2024 NCAA Outdoors - 12th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials - 16th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......1:49.07
1500m.......3:37.51ย
5000m.......13:43.33
ย
Indoor Bests
Mile.......3:51.73 - School Record
3000m.......7:40.40 - School Record
5000m.......13:47.68
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 NCAA Mile Champion and All-America First Team
2024 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors | 3,000m, Indoors)
2023 Pac-12 Cross Country Runner-Up and All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 All-West Region XC
2023 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2022 All-West Region XC
2022 All-America First Team (1,500m, Outdoors and Distance Medley Relay, Indoors)
2022 Pac-12 1,500m Runner-Up
2020-21 All-Pac-12 XC Second Team
Houser Features
ยปย Husky Teamwork Pulls Washington Milers Forward (Track & Field News; Apr. 3, 2024)
ยปย How A Team-First Approach Lifted This Husky Runner To An NCAA Title (Seattle Times; Mar. 16, 2023)
2023-24 (Track:) Became the first Husky back-to-back NCAA Champion in the mile during the indoor season, then reached the NCAA Outdoor final at 1,500-meters and the Olympic Trials semifinals โฆ outdoors, placed 12th in the 1,500m final for Second Team All-America โฆ advanced to the final with a 3:37.53 time in the semis โฆ signed with the Brooks Beasts after NCAA Outdoors and placed 16th overall at the Olympic Trials in the 1,500-meters ... ran a 1,500m PR in the Olympic Trials first round, going 3:35.24 ... doubled at Pac-12s to help UW defend its team title, placing third in the 1,500m final and fifth in the 800m final ... won the Payton Jordan Invitational 1,500m in 3:39.05 โฆ indoors, defended his NCAA mile title in Boston by taking the lead with 600-meters to go and holding it to the line in a time of 4:01.72 โฆ the first man to repeat as national champion in the mile since Josh Kerr in 2017-18 and the first Husky to defend a title in any event since Scott Roth in the indoor pole vault in 2010-11 โฆ set School and Dempsey Facility Records in consecutive races to open the track season, first winning the 3,000-meters at the UW Preview in 7:40.40, then winning the mile in a new record time of 3:51.73 at the UW Invitational โฆ ran the anchor leg on UWโs American Indoor Record DMR run, winning the Arkansas Qualifier in 9:18.81 โฆ named to the Bowerman Watch List โฆ also earned Second Team All-America in the 3k indoors ...ย (Cross Country): The Pac-12 silver medalist in cross country, matching the best finish by a Husky man at the conference meet with his second-place finish in 22:51, which helped UW place second as a team โฆ led the squad at three of four races in the fall โฆ the top Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, 16th overall in a loaded field, in 23:44 โฆ top Dawg as well at the Virginia Invitational, 10th overall, in 23:36 โฆ was fourth on the team and 25th overall at West Regionals in 29:48, earning All-West Region honors.
2022-23 (Track): Won the first NCAA Indoor Mile title in UW school history, and returned to the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final for the second-straight year ... named a CSC Academic All-America First Team honoree ... outdoors, reached the NCAA 1,500m final, placing 10th overall in 3:44.61 to earn All-America Second Team ... made the final by placing second in the semis, in 3:39.72 ... advanced to his second-straight NCAA Outdoor final site in the 1,500-meters, going top-three in each of the first two rounds at NCAA Prelims, one of three Huskies to finish top-12 โฆ was seventh in the Pac-12 1,500m final, one of four Huskies to place in the top-eight โฆ ran on the 4xMile relay at the Penn Relays, as UW took third in 16:14.31 โฆ opened his outdoor season with a 3:39.41 time in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ indoors, captured the NCAA mile crown, the first Husky ever to win the event indoors, as he led an unprecedented four Huskies that finished in the top-eight with a winning time of 4:03.33 at altitude โฆ ran his mile PR of 3:52.87 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier as one of eight Huskies to go sub-four in the race, amazingly that time only was fifth-fastest on the squad during the season โฆ also was part of the first eight-man sub-four mile run at the UW Invitational, taking sixth in 3:55.98 โฆ ran a 3,000m PR of 7:48.81 at the Husky Classic, No. 4 in school history ... garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ...ย (Cross Country): Excellent fall on the course, highlighted by his effort at the NCAA Championships, where he placed 42nd overall as the No. 2 Husky scorer in 29:37, just two spots outside of the All-America cut-off โฆ a top-10 run at NCAA West Regionals hosted by UW at Chambers Creek, placing 9th overall and second on the team in 28:38, earning All-West Region honors โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in 23:15 as the third Husky across, helping UW finish third โฆ the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 73rd overall โฆ led the team at the season-opening Cowboy Jamboree, placing 26th overall in 23:51.
2021-22 (Track): Established himself as one of the best mid-distance runners in the NCAA, as he took fifth in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final, one of three Huskies to earn First Team All-America honors in the event โฆ ran 3:46.13 for fifth in the tactical NCAA final, as teammate Joe Waskom got the win and teammate Nathan Green was seventh โฆ advanced to NCAA Outdoors by winning the 1,500m quarterfinal at West Prelims in 3:38.06 โฆ was the Pac-12 Championships silver medalist behind Waskom, going 3:40.44 in the final โฆ broke the UW school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running a PR of 3:37.51, though Green would break that in the NCAA semis โฆ won his 5,000-meters heat at the Raleigh Relays in 13:48.48 โฆ competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing 31st overall in the 1,500m โฆ indoors, earned First Team All-America honors as part of the DMR, which took seventh at NCAA Indoors in a time of 9:29.27 โฆ ran the anchor leg at NCAAs, and also ran the lead-off leg on the DMR when it ran a school record of 9:21.10, which was the No. 3 mark in NCAA history, at the Arkansas Qualifier โฆ DMR team was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week after Arkansas record โฆ ran two phenomenal miles, first going 3:57.17 at the UW Indoor Preview, then running 3:56.57 at the Husky Classic, now sixth in school history โฆ also ran the No. 6 3k time in school history at 7:52.84 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ...ย (Cross Country): Raced at all five meets for the menโs team, as it placed 13th at the NCAA Championships โฆ was the No. 7 finisher at the NCAA meet in Tallahassee, in 166th-place overall โฆ scored at the Pac-12 Championships in 16th-place, fourth on the team, in a time of 24:19 โฆ was the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, crossing in 74th overall, in 24:16 โฆ opened the season with a fourth-place run at the Charles Bowles Invite.
2020-21 (Track): Put himself in the Husky top-10 lists indoors and outdoors at 5,000-meters โฆ set a 5k PR of 13:43.33 at the West Coast Relays, going to No. 6 in school history and qualifying for NCAA West Prelims โฆ made the final of the Pac-12 Championships at 1,500-meters, running a PR of 3:43.39 in the prelims, then taking 11th in the final โฆ third in the UW-WSU Dual at 3k in 8:17.73 โฆ indoors, focused on cross country but ran one time, going 13:47.68 in the 5k at the UW Invitational for No. 7 in school history โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Led the Huskies at the NCAA XC Championships in his first season of cross, placing 51st overall in 31:01 in Stillwater, Okla. as the Huskies placed 25th โฆ finished 10th at the Pac-12 Championships to earn All-Pac-12 Second Team honors and help UW take third โฆ was the No. 2 Husky at the Silver State Invite, 13th overall, in 23:36 โฆ a Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team pick.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A stellar first indoor season, as he set the UW Freshman Record in the 3,000-meters with a time of 7:58.96 at the UW Invitational, winning his heat, and going to No. 8 in school history โฆ close to a sub-four mile on two occasions, running a 4:01.01 at the Husky Classic and then improving to 4:00.61 at the UW Last Chance Meet โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic ...ย (Cross Country): Redshirted the season, competing one time unattached โฆ finished 10th overall at the John Payne Invite at Chambers Bay in 25:21.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington โฆ parents are Carolyn and Chris Houser โฆ has one older brother, Zane โฆ part of the fastest trio of boys milers in state history, all committing to Washington โฆ placed third in the 2019 4A state 1,600-meter final in a time of 4:08.17 that was the 11th-fastest time in the U.S. โฆ also took second at state as a senior in the 3,200-meter final in a PR of 8:57.38 โฆ the 2019 Kingco runner-up in the 1,600m and 3,200m โฆ was the KingCo cross country champion as a senior and sixth at the 4A state meet โฆ was fourth in the 1,600m state final on the track as a junior โฆ was 11th at the state cross country meet as a sophomore and 25th his freshman year.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 19th, 3000m
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 51st (1st UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 11th, 1500m | 19th, 5000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 45th, 5000m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 16th (4th UW)
2021 Regional XC - 46th (7th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 166th (7th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 2nd, 1500m | 22nd, 5000m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 1st, 1500m
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, 1500m (All-America First Team)
2022 USA Outdoors - 31st, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 15th (3rd UW)
2022 Regional XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 42nd (2nd UW)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 1500m | 17th, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 6th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 10th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 XC - 2nd (1st UW)
2023 Regional XC - 25th (4th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team)ย | 15th, 3000m (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 800m | 3rd, 1500m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 7th, 1500m
2024 NCAA Outdoors - 12th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials - 16th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......1:49.07
1500m.......3:37.51ย
5000m.......13:43.33
ย
Indoor Bests
Mile.......3:51.73 - School Record
3000m.......7:40.40 - School Record
5000m.......13:47.68
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
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