2024 Track & Field Roster
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Smith, Naomi
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Naomi Smith
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Woodway, Wash.
- High School:
- King's
Bio
2021 All-West Region XC
2020-21 XC All-Pac-12 Second Team
2023-24 (Track): Ran four times during a final indoor season, twice in the 3k and twice in the 5k โฆ best 5k time of 16:34.38 at the Husky Classic โฆ finished the 3,000-meters at the UW Preview in a season-best 9:36.88 ...ย (Cross Country): Ran in the top-seven at all three championship races for the Dawgs as the team won the Pac-12 title and finished top-10 at the NCAA Championships โฆ at nationals, was the sixth Husky finisher, in 189th-place, in 21:23, as UW earned an eighth-place team finish โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was the No. 7 finisher in 39th-place (20:30) as the Huskies won their first title since 2009 โฆ also the No. 7 finisher for UW at West Regionals, finishing 80th โฆ eighth on the squad at the Virginia Invitational (89th overall) and at the Wisconsin Invitational (183rd overall) โฆ work in the classroom earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Track): Closed the year with a top-25 finish at NCAA West Prelims in the 10,000-meters, running her season-best time at the meet, finishing in 33:29.85, just a few seconds off her PR โฆ ninth in the 10k at the Pac-12 Championships in 33:43.05 โฆ set an indoor 5,000-meters PR at the Husky Classic, going 16:22.62 โฆ had a season-best indoor 3,000-meters of 9:29.30 at the UW Invitational on Jan. 28 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ...ย (Cross Country): Came through as the No. 5 scorer for the team at the NCAA Championships and the West Regional meet, helping the team to a 17th-place finish at nationals โฆ at the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma, finished 158th overall to cap the UW score, in a time of 20:58 โฆ was 36th at West Regionals as the fifth Husky, helping the team place third, in 20:00 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was sixth on the squad and 29th overall in 20:03 โฆ her season debut was in the open race at the Wisconsin Invite where she was 11th overall in 21:12.
2021-22 (Track): A strong finish to her season as she had a top-20 run in the 10,000-meters at NCAA West Prelims โฆ at West Prelims, placed 17th in the 10k, just five spots short of advancing to nationals โฆ ran 16:26.47 for the 5k at the Portland Track Festival โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was 14th in the 10k and 16th in the 5k โฆ first race of the year was at the UW-WSU Dual in April, taking second in the 3,000-meters in 9:44.84 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ...ย (Cross Country): Ran at all five races, scoring in four of the five for the Dawgs โฆ was the No. 5 scorer at the NCAA Championships in Tallahassee, placing 127th overall in 20:39 to help the team finish 11th nationally โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 22nd-place finish at the West Regional meet, fifth on the squad, in 20:28 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, finished 35th overall and sixth on the team โฆ the No. 2 Husky finisher at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 71st in a time of 21:08 โฆ started the season with a 35th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invite, the third Husky finisher.
2020-21 (Track): A big impact in her first track season, scoring at the Pac-12 Championships and going top-20 at NCAA West Preliminaries in two events โฆ stepped up to the 10,000-meters in the postseason, running her first 10k at Pac-12s and taking fifth in 33:22.67, the No. 8 mark in school history and a UW Freshman Record โฆ ran the 10k at NCAA Prelims and was 16th overall in a time of 34:28.33, and then doubled back to place 18th overall in the 5,000-meters in 16:24.01 โฆ broke the 16-minute mark in the 5k at the West Coast Relays, running 15:58.43 โฆ won the 3,000-meters in the UW-WSU Dual with a time of 9:30.93 โฆ opened outdoor season with a 1,500-meters of 4:30.49 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ ran just once indoors, focusing on cross country, but had a strong 3k time of 9:17.94 at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Was the first or second Husky finisher at all four cross country races in the delayed 2020 season including All-Pac-12 Second Team honors โฆ was the No. 2 Husky at the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, placing 53rd overall in 21:05 to help the Huskies finish 13th as a team โฆ was 14th overall at the Pac-12 Championships and second on the squad in 19:59 as UW was third โฆ led the Huskies at the Battle Born Invite in 14th-place with a time of 20:12 โฆ in her collegiate debut, was sixth at the Silver State Invite and No. 2 on the team in 20:04 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
High School and Personal: Born in Kirkland, Washington โฆ parents are Kory and Krissie Smith โฆ has two younger brothers, Gage and Gus โฆ a three-time Washington 1A state champion, winning the 2018 state cross country title and the 2019 track titles at 1,600m and 3,200m โฆ did not get to compete a senior track season due to Covid-19 pandemic โฆ did run a series of time trials in 2020, running a 5k time of 16:30 and a 3,200m PR of 10:14.7 which came in a victory in the NSAF x Athletic.net Virtual Nationals meet โฆ as a junior, won the local section of the Brooks PR Invite mile race in 4:55.59 โฆ sixth at the 2018 BorderClash cross country race โฆ second at state as a senior in cross country in 2019 โฆ was valedictorian of her high school and a National Merit Scholar Finalist.
Major Meets
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 14th (2nd UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 53rd (2nd UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 10000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 18th, 5000m | 16th, 10000m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 35th (6th UW)
2021 Regional XC - 22nd (5th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 127th (5th UW)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 16th, 5000m | 14th, 10000m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 17th, 10000m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 29th (6th UW)
2022 Regional XC - 36th (5th UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 158th (5th UW)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 9th, 10000m | 22nd, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 23rd, 10000m
2023 Pac-12 XC - 39th (7th UW)
2023 Regional XC - 80th (7th UW)
2023 NCAA XC - 189th (6th UW)
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......4:30.49
5000m.......15:58.43
10000m.......33:22.67
Indoor Bests
3000m.......9:17.94
5000m.......16:22.62
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Academic Honors
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023ย 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
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020-21 XC All-Pac-12 Second Team
2023-24 (Track): Ran four times during a final indoor season, twice in the 3k and twice in the 5k โฆ best 5k time of 16:34.38 at the Husky Classic โฆ finished the 3,000-meters at the UW Preview in a season-best 9:36.88 ...ย (Cross Country): Ran in the top-seven at all three championship races for the Dawgs as the team won the Pac-12 title and finished top-10 at the NCAA Championships โฆ at nationals, was the sixth Husky finisher, in 189th-place, in 21:23, as UW earned an eighth-place team finish โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was the No. 7 finisher in 39th-place (20:30) as the Huskies won their first title since 2009 โฆ also the No. 7 finisher for UW at West Regionals, finishing 80th โฆ eighth on the squad at the Virginia Invitational (89th overall) and at the Wisconsin Invitational (183rd overall) โฆ work in the classroom earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Track): Closed the year with a top-25 finish at NCAA West Prelims in the 10,000-meters, running her season-best time at the meet, finishing in 33:29.85, just a few seconds off her PR โฆ ninth in the 10k at the Pac-12 Championships in 33:43.05 โฆ set an indoor 5,000-meters PR at the Husky Classic, going 16:22.62 โฆ had a season-best indoor 3,000-meters of 9:29.30 at the UW Invitational on Jan. 28 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ...ย (Cross Country): Came through as the No. 5 scorer for the team at the NCAA Championships and the West Regional meet, helping the team to a 17th-place finish at nationals โฆ at the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma, finished 158th overall to cap the UW score, in a time of 20:58 โฆ was 36th at West Regionals as the fifth Husky, helping the team place third, in 20:00 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was sixth on the squad and 29th overall in 20:03 โฆ her season debut was in the open race at the Wisconsin Invite where she was 11th overall in 21:12.
2021-22 (Track): A strong finish to her season as she had a top-20 run in the 10,000-meters at NCAA West Prelims โฆ at West Prelims, placed 17th in the 10k, just five spots short of advancing to nationals โฆ ran 16:26.47 for the 5k at the Portland Track Festival โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, was 14th in the 10k and 16th in the 5k โฆ first race of the year was at the UW-WSU Dual in April, taking second in the 3,000-meters in 9:44.84 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ...ย (Cross Country): Ran at all five races, scoring in four of the five for the Dawgs โฆ was the No. 5 scorer at the NCAA Championships in Tallahassee, placing 127th overall in 20:39 to help the team finish 11th nationally โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 22nd-place finish at the West Regional meet, fifth on the squad, in 20:28 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, finished 35th overall and sixth on the team โฆ the No. 2 Husky finisher at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 71st in a time of 21:08 โฆ started the season with a 35th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invite, the third Husky finisher.
2020-21 (Track): A big impact in her first track season, scoring at the Pac-12 Championships and going top-20 at NCAA West Preliminaries in two events โฆ stepped up to the 10,000-meters in the postseason, running her first 10k at Pac-12s and taking fifth in 33:22.67, the No. 8 mark in school history and a UW Freshman Record โฆ ran the 10k at NCAA Prelims and was 16th overall in a time of 34:28.33, and then doubled back to place 18th overall in the 5,000-meters in 16:24.01 โฆ broke the 16-minute mark in the 5k at the West Coast Relays, running 15:58.43 โฆ won the 3,000-meters in the UW-WSU Dual with a time of 9:30.93 โฆ opened outdoor season with a 1,500-meters of 4:30.49 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ ran just once indoors, focusing on cross country, but had a strong 3k time of 9:17.94 at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Was the first or second Husky finisher at all four cross country races in the delayed 2020 season including All-Pac-12 Second Team honors โฆ was the No. 2 Husky at the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, placing 53rd overall in 21:05 to help the Huskies finish 13th as a team โฆ was 14th overall at the Pac-12 Championships and second on the squad in 19:59 as UW was third โฆ led the Huskies at the Battle Born Invite in 14th-place with a time of 20:12 โฆ in her collegiate debut, was sixth at the Silver State Invite and No. 2 on the team in 20:04 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
High School and Personal: Born in Kirkland, Washington โฆ parents are Kory and Krissie Smith โฆ has two younger brothers, Gage and Gus โฆ a three-time Washington 1A state champion, winning the 2018 state cross country title and the 2019 track titles at 1,600m and 3,200m โฆ did not get to compete a senior track season due to Covid-19 pandemic โฆ did run a series of time trials in 2020, running a 5k time of 16:30 and a 3,200m PR of 10:14.7 which came in a victory in the NSAF x Athletic.net Virtual Nationals meet โฆ as a junior, won the local section of the Brooks PR Invite mile race in 4:55.59 โฆ sixth at the 2018 BorderClash cross country race โฆ second at state as a senior in cross country in 2019 โฆ was valedictorian of her high school and a National Merit Scholar Finalist.
Major Meets
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 14th (2nd UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 53rd (2nd UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 10000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 18th, 5000m | 16th, 10000m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 35th (6th UW)
2021 Regional XC - 22nd (5th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 127th (5th UW)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 16th, 5000m | 14th, 10000m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 17th, 10000m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 29th (6th UW)
2022 Regional XC - 36th (5th UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 158th (5th UW)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 9th, 10000m | 22nd, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 23rd, 10000m
2023 Pac-12 XC - 39th (7th UW)
2023 Regional XC - 80th (7th UW)
2023 NCAA XC - 189th (6th UW)
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......4:30.49
5000m.......15:58.43
10000m.......33:22.67
Indoor Bests
3000m.......9:17.94
5000m.......16:22.62
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Academic Honors
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023ย 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
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
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
