2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Derrick Daigre
- Position:
- Mid-Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kent, Wash.
- High School:
- Kent-Meridian
2014 Pac-12 800m Champion
2014 First Team All-American (800m Out; DMR In)
Daigre Features
ยปย The Finishing Kick With Derrick Daigre (GoHuskies.com; Feb. 21, 2014)
2016: A strong comeback season after missing the previous year, scoring at Pac-12s and finishing top-20 in the West in the 800-meters โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships in Seattle, made the 800-meter final by running 1:49.63 in the prelims, and then posted a season-best 1:49.03 in the finals to finish sixth overall โฆ placed 16th overall out of the field of 48 at the West Prelims meet in Kansas, going 1:49.31 in his final race as a Husky โฆ ran for the wire to wire win at the UW-WSU Dual going 1:50.59 โฆ also clocked a 1:50.14 at the Pepsi Team Invitational, finishing sixth โฆ ran on the 4x400m relay at Pac-12s that placed seventh in 3:12.89 โฆ indoors, was 10th at the MPSF Championships at 800-meters in 1:51.89 and ran the 800m leg on the distance medley relay that was sixth in 9:53.42 โฆ top indoor time was 1:51.81 at the Husky Classic.
2015: Redshirted the outdoor season, competing just once unattached at the Stanford Invitational where he ran an 800-meters in 1:52.27 โฆ indoors, competed at two meets, running a 600-meters in 1:23.12 and running on one DMR and 4x400m relay.
2014: A breakout season for the junior, as he nabbed the Pac-12 title at 800-meters, leading wire to wire to cross first in a time of 1:49.86, the first 800m champion for UW since Ryan Brown in 2007 ... reached the NCAA Outdoor 800-meters final, taking eighth to earn First Team All-America honors ... raced his way to his first individual NCAA appearance by winning his West Prelims first round heat in 1:49.18 and then taking third in his quarterfinal in a new PR of 1:48.03, followed by a second-place finish in the semifinals in Eugene in 1:48.77 ... that new career-best moves him up to No. 4 on the Husky top-10 lists ... went on to run at his first USA Outdoor Championships, finishing 23rd overall in the first round in 1:50.14 ... was second to teammate Izaic Yorks in the 800m run at the UW-WSU Dual Meet, running a then-PR of 1:48.49 ... helped the Huskies to a Drake Relays victory in the 4x800-meter relay, as the team held off Arkansas in 7:18.50 ... opened outdoor season with a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Invite in 1:49.55 ... indoors, earned his first All-America honor as he ran the 800-meter leg on the Husky distance medley relay, which finished eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... the DMR also captured the MPSF conference title in 9:31.82, the second-fastest time in school history and the time that qualified them for NCAAs ... was sixth in the MPSF at 800-meters in 1:50.40 ... lowered his indoor 800m PR to 1:49.00, taking third at the Husky Classic, and moving to No. 3 on the indoor top-10 ... opened the year running his only mile of the year, setting a PR of 4:08.41 at the UW Invitational ... was named the Men's Track Athlete of the Year at the team postseason awards banquet.
2013: The top 800-meter runner on the squad, getting a late start to his season but running very well over the final few weeks โฆ qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in Austin, placing 32nd overall in the first round with a time of 1:50.66 โฆ first race of the year was an unattached run at the Oregon Relays, taking second in a time of 1:50.07 โฆ after that race, he suited up for the first time at the UW-WSU Dual meet, and won a thrilling 800m battle by a split second over WSUโs Jesse Jorgensen in 1:50.14 โฆ dropped his PR down to 1:49.52 in a victory at the Ken Shannon Invite โฆ just missed the final at the Pac-12 Championships, running 1:51.01 in the prelims โฆ also subbed in on the 4x400m relay at NCAA West Prelims as the team ran 3:12.39 ...ย (2012 Cross Country): Ran once unattached in the fall, placing 50th overall at the Sundodger Invitational.
2012: Ran the fastest time on the squad in the half-mile in his first season, posting a 1:51.41 at the UW-WSU Dual meet to finish second ... that was his breakout race, but he was banged up down the stretch and ran just once more ... went 1:54.87 in the 800m at the Mt. SAC Relays ... ran on the 4x400m relay at the UW-WSU Dual (3:16.53) and at the Pepsi Team Invitational (3:15.39) ... one open 400-meters, clocking 50.70 seconds at the Beach Invite ... indoors, ran three times, including a pair of relay races and an 800m time of 1:54.25 at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: One of the top mid-distance runners in the country, he capped his prep career with a second-place finish in the 800m at the 2011 U.S. Junior Championships, running a PR in the final of 1:50.05 ... that qualified him for Team USA which competed at the 2011 Junior Pan-Am Championships ... as a senior he was the Washington 4A runner-up at state, clocking 1:50.26 in the final, and also took fourth in the 400-meter final ... ran a 400m PR of 48.71 in the 2011 state meet prelims ... won the 4A state title at 800-meters as a sophomore in 2009, running 1:52.57 in the finals ... also took second in the 400-meter final in 2009, clocking 49.04 seconds ... placed eighth in the 800-meter finals at state as a junior, after suffering a pulled hamstring in the prelims ... ran on 4x400m relay that made it to state in every one of his four seasons, including a second-place finish in 2011 as a senior ... had a great final cross country season, especially for a mid-distance runner, as he took 21st at the 4A state cross country championships in 2010 ... was 68th at cross country state as a junior in 2009 ... competed at the 2011 Brooks PR Invite at the Dempsey, placing ninth in the 800-meters.
Major Meets
2011 USA Jr. Champs - 2nd, 800m
2011 Jr. Pan-Am Champs - 14th, 800m
2012 USA Jr. Champs - 9th, 800m
2013 Pac-12 - 10th, 800m
2013 NCAA Prelims - 32nd, 800m | 22nd, 4x400m
2014 MPSF - 6th, 800m | 1st, DMR (MPSF Champions)
2014 NCAA Indoors - 8th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2014 Pac-12 - 1st, 800m (Pac-12 Champion) | 9th, 4x400m
2014 NCAA Prelims - 7th, 800m
2014 NCAA Outdoors - 8th, 800m (All-America First Team)
2014 USA Outdoors - 23rd, 800m
2016 MPSF - 10th, 800m | 6th, DMR
2016 Pac-12 - 6th, 800m | 7th, 4x400m
2016 NCAA Prelims - 16th, 800m
Outdoor Bests
400m.......49.35
800m.......1:48.03
1500m.......3:52.37
Indoor Bests
800m.......1:49.00
Mile..........4:08.41
2014 First Team All-American (800m Out; DMR In)
Daigre Features
ยปย The Finishing Kick With Derrick Daigre (GoHuskies.com; Feb. 21, 2014)
2016: A strong comeback season after missing the previous year, scoring at Pac-12s and finishing top-20 in the West in the 800-meters โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships in Seattle, made the 800-meter final by running 1:49.63 in the prelims, and then posted a season-best 1:49.03 in the finals to finish sixth overall โฆ placed 16th overall out of the field of 48 at the West Prelims meet in Kansas, going 1:49.31 in his final race as a Husky โฆ ran for the wire to wire win at the UW-WSU Dual going 1:50.59 โฆ also clocked a 1:50.14 at the Pepsi Team Invitational, finishing sixth โฆ ran on the 4x400m relay at Pac-12s that placed seventh in 3:12.89 โฆ indoors, was 10th at the MPSF Championships at 800-meters in 1:51.89 and ran the 800m leg on the distance medley relay that was sixth in 9:53.42 โฆ top indoor time was 1:51.81 at the Husky Classic.
2015: Redshirted the outdoor season, competing just once unattached at the Stanford Invitational where he ran an 800-meters in 1:52.27 โฆ indoors, competed at two meets, running a 600-meters in 1:23.12 and running on one DMR and 4x400m relay.
2014: A breakout season for the junior, as he nabbed the Pac-12 title at 800-meters, leading wire to wire to cross first in a time of 1:49.86, the first 800m champion for UW since Ryan Brown in 2007 ... reached the NCAA Outdoor 800-meters final, taking eighth to earn First Team All-America honors ... raced his way to his first individual NCAA appearance by winning his West Prelims first round heat in 1:49.18 and then taking third in his quarterfinal in a new PR of 1:48.03, followed by a second-place finish in the semifinals in Eugene in 1:48.77 ... that new career-best moves him up to No. 4 on the Husky top-10 lists ... went on to run at his first USA Outdoor Championships, finishing 23rd overall in the first round in 1:50.14 ... was second to teammate Izaic Yorks in the 800m run at the UW-WSU Dual Meet, running a then-PR of 1:48.49 ... helped the Huskies to a Drake Relays victory in the 4x800-meter relay, as the team held off Arkansas in 7:18.50 ... opened outdoor season with a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Invite in 1:49.55 ... indoors, earned his first All-America honor as he ran the 800-meter leg on the Husky distance medley relay, which finished eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... the DMR also captured the MPSF conference title in 9:31.82, the second-fastest time in school history and the time that qualified them for NCAAs ... was sixth in the MPSF at 800-meters in 1:50.40 ... lowered his indoor 800m PR to 1:49.00, taking third at the Husky Classic, and moving to No. 3 on the indoor top-10 ... opened the year running his only mile of the year, setting a PR of 4:08.41 at the UW Invitational ... was named the Men's Track Athlete of the Year at the team postseason awards banquet.
2013: The top 800-meter runner on the squad, getting a late start to his season but running very well over the final few weeks โฆ qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in Austin, placing 32nd overall in the first round with a time of 1:50.66 โฆ first race of the year was an unattached run at the Oregon Relays, taking second in a time of 1:50.07 โฆ after that race, he suited up for the first time at the UW-WSU Dual meet, and won a thrilling 800m battle by a split second over WSUโs Jesse Jorgensen in 1:50.14 โฆ dropped his PR down to 1:49.52 in a victory at the Ken Shannon Invite โฆ just missed the final at the Pac-12 Championships, running 1:51.01 in the prelims โฆ also subbed in on the 4x400m relay at NCAA West Prelims as the team ran 3:12.39 ...ย (2012 Cross Country): Ran once unattached in the fall, placing 50th overall at the Sundodger Invitational.
2012: Ran the fastest time on the squad in the half-mile in his first season, posting a 1:51.41 at the UW-WSU Dual meet to finish second ... that was his breakout race, but he was banged up down the stretch and ran just once more ... went 1:54.87 in the 800m at the Mt. SAC Relays ... ran on the 4x400m relay at the UW-WSU Dual (3:16.53) and at the Pepsi Team Invitational (3:15.39) ... one open 400-meters, clocking 50.70 seconds at the Beach Invite ... indoors, ran three times, including a pair of relay races and an 800m time of 1:54.25 at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: One of the top mid-distance runners in the country, he capped his prep career with a second-place finish in the 800m at the 2011 U.S. Junior Championships, running a PR in the final of 1:50.05 ... that qualified him for Team USA which competed at the 2011 Junior Pan-Am Championships ... as a senior he was the Washington 4A runner-up at state, clocking 1:50.26 in the final, and also took fourth in the 400-meter final ... ran a 400m PR of 48.71 in the 2011 state meet prelims ... won the 4A state title at 800-meters as a sophomore in 2009, running 1:52.57 in the finals ... also took second in the 400-meter final in 2009, clocking 49.04 seconds ... placed eighth in the 800-meter finals at state as a junior, after suffering a pulled hamstring in the prelims ... ran on 4x400m relay that made it to state in every one of his four seasons, including a second-place finish in 2011 as a senior ... had a great final cross country season, especially for a mid-distance runner, as he took 21st at the 4A state cross country championships in 2010 ... was 68th at cross country state as a junior in 2009 ... competed at the 2011 Brooks PR Invite at the Dempsey, placing ninth in the 800-meters.
Major Meets
2011 USA Jr. Champs - 2nd, 800m
2011 Jr. Pan-Am Champs - 14th, 800m
2012 USA Jr. Champs - 9th, 800m
2013 Pac-12 - 10th, 800m
2013 NCAA Prelims - 32nd, 800m | 22nd, 4x400m
2014 MPSF - 6th, 800m | 1st, DMR (MPSF Champions)
2014 NCAA Indoors - 8th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2014 Pac-12 - 1st, 800m (Pac-12 Champion) | 9th, 4x400m
2014 NCAA Prelims - 7th, 800m
2014 NCAA Outdoors - 8th, 800m (All-America First Team)
2014 USA Outdoors - 23rd, 800m
2016 MPSF - 10th, 800m | 6th, DMR
2016 Pac-12 - 6th, 800m | 7th, 4x400m
2016 NCAA Prelims - 16th, 800m
Outdoor Bests
400m.......49.35
800m.......1:48.03
1500m.......3:52.37
Indoor Bests
800m.......1:49.00
Mile..........4:08.41
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









































































































