2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Anderson, Tanner

Tanner Anderson
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
- High School:
- North Central
- Prev School:
- Oregon
Bio
2020 All-America (5,000m Indoors)
2020 MPSF 3,000m Champion
2018 All-American In Cross Country
2018 All-Pac-12 XC Second Team
2018 All-America Second Team (5,000m Indoors)
2018 Pac-12 10,000m Runner-Up
2017 All-America Second Team (10,000m)
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): An excellent indoor season where he qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships and earned All-America honors at 5,000-meters and also captured an MPSF title … started his indoor season in December at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener in Boston where he ran a new 5k PR of 13:40.42, the second-fastest time in UW history … won the MPSF title at 3,000-meters in a PR of 7:58.34, the No. 7 time in school history … ran another 5k at the Husky Classic in a time of 13:46.19 … set a PR in the mile of 4:07.78 at the UW Last Chance Meet … qualified but did not get to compete at the NCAA Indoor meet due to COVID-19.
2018-19 (Track): Ran a full indoor season with a limited outdoor campaign before shifting to running road races in the spring … only outdoor track race was at the Pac-12 Championships where he scored a point in eighth-place in the 10,000-meters in 29:41.04 … indoors, raced four times, including a season-best 5,000-meters time of 13:54.98 at the Husky Classic, the new No. 8 time in school history … opened with a 3,000-meters time of 8:01.93 at the UW Invitational, going to No. 10 in school history … was 16th in the MPSF Championships 3,000-meters ... (Cross Country): Became an All-American in cross country for the first time during his one season as a Husky, leading UW to sixth-place at the NCAA Championships … at the NCAA Championships, finished 19th overall and first among Huskies in a time of 29:40 … his 19th-place effort was third-best at NCAAs in UW history … also led UW at West Regionals, placing fourth overall in 29:44 as the Huskies took second to auto advance to nationals … a career-best Pac-12 finish as he was ninth overall to earn All-Pac-12 Second Team honors in a time of 23:12, helping UW take second-place for its best finish in 24 years … was the second Husky across and 11th overall at Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin as UW was second as a team … in his Husky debut, was sixth-place and first on the team at the Battle In Beantown.
2017-18 (Track At Oregon): Picked up All-America honors during the indoor season and was the Pac-12 runner-up outdoors in the 10,000-meters … placed second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:39.64 and earned eight points for Oregon at the Pac-12 Championships ... qualified for the 10,000 meters at NCAA West Preliminaries ... finished the 1,500 meters in 3:49.77 at the Oregon Twilight ... recorded a personal record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:48.64 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:31.84 at the Pepsi Invitational ... third in section two in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:07.39 at the Stanford Invitational … indoors, earned Second Team All-American honors in the 5000 meter finals with a time of 14:22.93 to finish 16th at NCAA Indoors ... recorded a time of 8:06.36 in the 3000 meters at the 2018 MPSF Championships to place 14th ... ran his NCAA qualifying time with a 5k PR of 13:43.74 at the Husky Classic ... competed in the 3000 meters (8:04.80) at the Columbia Challenge … (Cross Country at Oregon): Took 41st place at the NCAA Championships in Louisville with a time of 30:01.4, missing All-America honors by just one spot but helping UO finish sixth as a team ... earned all-region honors by finishing first for the Ducks and sixth overall (29:43) at the NCAA West Regionals in Seattle ... second among Oregon runners and 22nd overall at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 24:15.6 ... led the Ducks with a 17th-place finish (23:26) at Pre-Nationals ... third for the Ducks and 12th overall (23:54) at the Bell Dellinger Invitational.
2016-17 (Track At Oregon): Earned Second team All-America honors in the 10,000 meters ... took 13th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 29:21.67 ... advanced to the NCAA finals in the 10k after posting a time of 29:52.26 to place third at West Prelims and was also 26th in the 5k at West Prelims ... a great Pac-12 meet, placing third in the 10k in 29:21.43 and fourth in the 5000-meters (14:02.60) to score 11 points total ... ran the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational in 29:26.15 … raced three times indoors, with a 5000-meters season-best of 13:51.69 at the Husky Classic that ranked 21st nationally … fifth at the Columbia EastWest Challenge in the 3000m in 8:02.56 … 21st in the 3k at the MPSF Championships in 8:12.44 … (Cross Country at Oregon): Finished 68th overall and third for the Ducks at the 2016 NCAA Championships with a time of 30:39.9 as Oregon placed ninth … the third Oregon finisher in 32nd-place at NCAA West Regionals in 30:17 ... was the Ducks' No. 5 scorer, 30th overall, at the Pac-12 Championships (25:06.9) ... opened the season as the runner-up (24:36.8) at the Bill Dellinger Invitational ... Oregon's fourth runner to finish in the Washington Invitational in 23:31 ... third for the Ducks (18th overall) at Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute with a time of 24:22.9.
2015-16 (Track At Oregon): Redshirted the track season indoors and out … (Cross Country at Oregon): Made a big impact in his first collegiate cross country season, scoring for the Ducks in four of five races including the NCAA Championships … at his first NCAA Championship meet, was Oregon’s fourth finisher and 56th overall in 30:39.3 as the Ducks placed fourth … Oregon's fourth runner and 31st overall at the NCAA West Regionals in 31:51 … in his college debut, finished 12th overall and was Oregon's third runner at the Washington Invitational in 23:32 ... Oregon's fourth runner placing 40th overall at the Pre-Nationals in 23:51 ... 42nd overall at the Pac-12 Championships in 24:26.2.
High School and Personal: Won the 2014 Nike Cross Nationals after placing third in 2013 … Two-time Washington state cross country champion … Captured the 2013 Washington 3A 3,200 meter title as a sophomore in 9:01.79 … was the state runner-up at that distance as both a junior (2014) and senior (2015), running a personal best of 8:56.80 in 2014 … also took fourth in the mile as a junior 4:13.00 … best prep mile came as a senior clocking 4:09.75 … in cross country, won the 3A State Cross Country Championships as both a junior and a senior after finishing third as a sophomore.
Major Meets
2015 Pac-12 XC – 42nd (8th UO)
2015 Regional XC – 31st (4th UO)
2015 NCAA XC – 56th (4th UO)
2016 Pac-12 XC – 30th (5th UO)
2016 Regional XC – 32nd (3rd UO)
2016 NCAA XC – 68th (3rd UO)
2017 MPSF TF – 21st, 3000m
2017 Pac-12 TF – 4th, 5000m | 3rd, 10000m
2017 NCAA Prelims TF – 26th, 5000m | 3rd, 10000m
2017 NCAA Outdoors – 13th, 10000m (All-America Second Team)
2017 Pac-12 XC – 22nd (2nd UO)
2017 Regional XC – 6th (1st UO)
2017 NCAA XC – 41st (1st UO)
2018 MPSF TF – 14th, 3000m
2018 NCAA Indoors – 16th, 5000m (All-America Second Team)
2018 Pac-12 TF – 2nd, 10000m
2018 NCAA Prelims TF – DNF, 10000m
2018 Pac-12 XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2018 Regional XC - 4th (1st UW)
2018 NCAA XC - 19th (1st UW) (All-America)
2019 MPSF TF - 16th, 3000m
2019 Pac-12 TF - 8th, 10000m
2020 MPSF TF - 1st, 3000m (MPSF Champion)
2020 NCAA Indoors - 5000m Qualifier (All-America)
Outdoor Bests
1500m…….3:49.77
5000m…….13:48.64
10000m…….29:07.39
Indoor Bests
3000m…….7:58.34
5000m…….13:40.42
2020 MPSF 3,000m Champion
2018 All-American In Cross Country
2018 All-Pac-12 XC Second Team
2018 All-America Second Team (5,000m Indoors)
2018 Pac-12 10,000m Runner-Up
2017 All-America Second Team (10,000m)
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): An excellent indoor season where he qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships and earned All-America honors at 5,000-meters and also captured an MPSF title … started his indoor season in December at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener in Boston where he ran a new 5k PR of 13:40.42, the second-fastest time in UW history … won the MPSF title at 3,000-meters in a PR of 7:58.34, the No. 7 time in school history … ran another 5k at the Husky Classic in a time of 13:46.19 … set a PR in the mile of 4:07.78 at the UW Last Chance Meet … qualified but did not get to compete at the NCAA Indoor meet due to COVID-19.
2018-19 (Track): Ran a full indoor season with a limited outdoor campaign before shifting to running road races in the spring … only outdoor track race was at the Pac-12 Championships where he scored a point in eighth-place in the 10,000-meters in 29:41.04 … indoors, raced four times, including a season-best 5,000-meters time of 13:54.98 at the Husky Classic, the new No. 8 time in school history … opened with a 3,000-meters time of 8:01.93 at the UW Invitational, going to No. 10 in school history … was 16th in the MPSF Championships 3,000-meters ... (Cross Country): Became an All-American in cross country for the first time during his one season as a Husky, leading UW to sixth-place at the NCAA Championships … at the NCAA Championships, finished 19th overall and first among Huskies in a time of 29:40 … his 19th-place effort was third-best at NCAAs in UW history … also led UW at West Regionals, placing fourth overall in 29:44 as the Huskies took second to auto advance to nationals … a career-best Pac-12 finish as he was ninth overall to earn All-Pac-12 Second Team honors in a time of 23:12, helping UW take second-place for its best finish in 24 years … was the second Husky across and 11th overall at Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin as UW was second as a team … in his Husky debut, was sixth-place and first on the team at the Battle In Beantown.
2017-18 (Track At Oregon): Picked up All-America honors during the indoor season and was the Pac-12 runner-up outdoors in the 10,000-meters … placed second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:39.64 and earned eight points for Oregon at the Pac-12 Championships ... qualified for the 10,000 meters at NCAA West Preliminaries ... finished the 1,500 meters in 3:49.77 at the Oregon Twilight ... recorded a personal record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:48.64 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:31.84 at the Pepsi Invitational ... third in section two in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:07.39 at the Stanford Invitational … indoors, earned Second Team All-American honors in the 5000 meter finals with a time of 14:22.93 to finish 16th at NCAA Indoors ... recorded a time of 8:06.36 in the 3000 meters at the 2018 MPSF Championships to place 14th ... ran his NCAA qualifying time with a 5k PR of 13:43.74 at the Husky Classic ... competed in the 3000 meters (8:04.80) at the Columbia Challenge … (Cross Country at Oregon): Took 41st place at the NCAA Championships in Louisville with a time of 30:01.4, missing All-America honors by just one spot but helping UO finish sixth as a team ... earned all-region honors by finishing first for the Ducks and sixth overall (29:43) at the NCAA West Regionals in Seattle ... second among Oregon runners and 22nd overall at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 24:15.6 ... led the Ducks with a 17th-place finish (23:26) at Pre-Nationals ... third for the Ducks and 12th overall (23:54) at the Bell Dellinger Invitational.
2016-17 (Track At Oregon): Earned Second team All-America honors in the 10,000 meters ... took 13th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 29:21.67 ... advanced to the NCAA finals in the 10k after posting a time of 29:52.26 to place third at West Prelims and was also 26th in the 5k at West Prelims ... a great Pac-12 meet, placing third in the 10k in 29:21.43 and fourth in the 5000-meters (14:02.60) to score 11 points total ... ran the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational in 29:26.15 … raced three times indoors, with a 5000-meters season-best of 13:51.69 at the Husky Classic that ranked 21st nationally … fifth at the Columbia EastWest Challenge in the 3000m in 8:02.56 … 21st in the 3k at the MPSF Championships in 8:12.44 … (Cross Country at Oregon): Finished 68th overall and third for the Ducks at the 2016 NCAA Championships with a time of 30:39.9 as Oregon placed ninth … the third Oregon finisher in 32nd-place at NCAA West Regionals in 30:17 ... was the Ducks' No. 5 scorer, 30th overall, at the Pac-12 Championships (25:06.9) ... opened the season as the runner-up (24:36.8) at the Bill Dellinger Invitational ... Oregon's fourth runner to finish in the Washington Invitational in 23:31 ... third for the Ducks (18th overall) at Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute with a time of 24:22.9.
2015-16 (Track At Oregon): Redshirted the track season indoors and out … (Cross Country at Oregon): Made a big impact in his first collegiate cross country season, scoring for the Ducks in four of five races including the NCAA Championships … at his first NCAA Championship meet, was Oregon’s fourth finisher and 56th overall in 30:39.3 as the Ducks placed fourth … Oregon's fourth runner and 31st overall at the NCAA West Regionals in 31:51 … in his college debut, finished 12th overall and was Oregon's third runner at the Washington Invitational in 23:32 ... Oregon's fourth runner placing 40th overall at the Pre-Nationals in 23:51 ... 42nd overall at the Pac-12 Championships in 24:26.2.
High School and Personal: Won the 2014 Nike Cross Nationals after placing third in 2013 … Two-time Washington state cross country champion … Captured the 2013 Washington 3A 3,200 meter title as a sophomore in 9:01.79 … was the state runner-up at that distance as both a junior (2014) and senior (2015), running a personal best of 8:56.80 in 2014 … also took fourth in the mile as a junior 4:13.00 … best prep mile came as a senior clocking 4:09.75 … in cross country, won the 3A State Cross Country Championships as both a junior and a senior after finishing third as a sophomore.
Major Meets
2015 Pac-12 XC – 42nd (8th UO)
2015 Regional XC – 31st (4th UO)
2015 NCAA XC – 56th (4th UO)
2016 Pac-12 XC – 30th (5th UO)
2016 Regional XC – 32nd (3rd UO)
2016 NCAA XC – 68th (3rd UO)
2017 MPSF TF – 21st, 3000m
2017 Pac-12 TF – 4th, 5000m | 3rd, 10000m
2017 NCAA Prelims TF – 26th, 5000m | 3rd, 10000m
2017 NCAA Outdoors – 13th, 10000m (All-America Second Team)
2017 Pac-12 XC – 22nd (2nd UO)
2017 Regional XC – 6th (1st UO)
2017 NCAA XC – 41st (1st UO)
2018 MPSF TF – 14th, 3000m
2018 NCAA Indoors – 16th, 5000m (All-America Second Team)
2018 Pac-12 TF – 2nd, 10000m
2018 NCAA Prelims TF – DNF, 10000m
2018 Pac-12 XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2018 Regional XC - 4th (1st UW)
2018 NCAA XC - 19th (1st UW) (All-America)
2019 MPSF TF - 16th, 3000m
2019 Pac-12 TF - 8th, 10000m
2020 MPSF TF - 1st, 3000m (MPSF Champion)
2020 NCAA Indoors - 5000m Qualifier (All-America)
Outdoor Bests
1500m…….3:49.77
5000m…….13:48.64
10000m…….29:07.39
Indoor Bests
3000m…….7:58.34
5000m…….13:40.42
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