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Preigh, Marlena
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Marlena Preigh
- Position:
- Mid-Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boulder, Colo.
- High School:
- Fairview
Bio
2024 All-America Second Team (Distance Medley Relay)
2023 All-America Second Team (800m, Indoors)
2x NCAA Record-Holder in Distance Medley Relay
NCAA Record-Holder in 4x800m Relay
2021 All-America Honorable Mention (Distance Medley Relay)
2021 Pac-12 4x400m Relay Bronze Medalist
2023-24 (Track): Was part of two NCAA Records, one indoors and one outdoors, and scored in the Pac-12 final in her last season as a Husky โฆ outdoors, helped the Huskies break the Collegiate Record in the 4x800m relay, as UW won the first Penn Relays โWheelโ in program history with a time of 8:17.28 โฆ also ran on the DMR at the Penn Relays that was fourth in 10:53.26 โฆ took seventh in the Pac-12 800m final and ran on the 4x400m relay that was 10th in 3:39.52, eighth-fastest in school history โฆ finished 32nd overall in the 800m at the NCAA Prelims โฆ set an outdoor 800m PR at the Portland Track Festival, going 2:04.12, No. 7 in school history โฆ indoors, earned Second Team All-America honors on the DMR which was 11th at NCAA Indoors โฆ ran sub-2:04 times on three occasions indoors, with a fastest time of 2:03.34 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet โฆ helped UW break its own NCAA Record for the second year in a row in the distance medley relay, running the 800m leg at the Terrier DMR Challenge as UW won in 10:43.39 โฆ fourth in the 800m at the Husky Classic in 2:03.59 โฆ opened season with a mile PR of 4:43.39 at the UW Preview โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors ...ย (Cross Country): Raced twice in the fall โฆ ran at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 63rd overall in 21:11 as the Huskies won the team title โฆ also raced at the Virginia Invitational, finishing 95th and 9th on the squad in 17:36 for 5k โฆ work in the classroom earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2023: A breakthrough season indoors, making a trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 800-meters and earning Second Team All-America honors, and taking part in the DMR Collegiate Record โฆ ran three successive 800m PRs indoors, first going 2:04.95 at the UW Invitational for second, then running 2:03.75 at the BU Scarlet & White Invite, and finally punching her NCAA ticket with a 2:03.20 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier, which is the No. 2 indoor time in school history โฆ finished 14th overall at NCAA Indoors in the 800-meters, running 2:08.25 โฆ ran the 400-meter leg on the Husky DMR that broke the NCAA Record at the BU Scarlet & White Invite, posting a time of 10:46.62 โฆ opened the track season with a 600-meters time of 1:29.02, second-fastest in school history โฆ outdoors, qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 800-meters, placing 36th overall in a time of 2:08.40 โฆ an outdoor season-best 800m time of 2:06.18 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ was 15th at Pac-12s in the 800m and 10th on the 4x400m relay โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022: Indoors, had a season-best 800-meters time of 2:11.10 at the Pac-12 Invitational, taking 10th overall โฆ also ran 2:11.19 at the UW Invitational โฆ competed twice outdoors โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2021: A full season indoors and outdoors, earning All-America honorable mention indoors on the distance medley relay and went to No. 3 indoors in the 800m โฆ qualified for NCAA West Prelims outdoors in the 800m and on the 4x400m relay, taking 42nd overall in the 800m and 20th on the 4x4 which ran a season-best 3:40.14 โฆ made the Pac-12 podium on the 4x4 relay with a time of 3:40.85 for third-place โฆ 10th in the 800m at Pac-12s in 2:07.36 โฆ sixth in the 800m invite at the West Coast Relays in 2:07.11 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:06.94 โฆ set a 1,500-meters PR of 4:24.10 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ indoors, was the 800m leg on the DMR at NCAA Indoors which finished 10th overall but was disqualified for steps on the inside lane and thus awarded All-America honorable mention โฆ helped the DMR qualify for NCAAs by running the 400m leg at the UW Indoor Preview as the team went 11:06.66 for No. 8 in school history โฆ set a big 800-meter PR indoors of 2:06.06 at the Husky Classic, taking second, and going to No. 3 indoors at UW โฆ that time of 2:06.06 ranked 27th in the NCAA for the season โฆ also went 2:07.77 at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A great freshman indoor season, starting with a school record in the 600-meters, which she ran in 1:30.79 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ placed fifth in the MPSF Championships 800-meters with a PR of 2:06.81, ranking her No. 5 in school history โฆ took second in her heat and 10th overall at the UW Invitational 800-meters in 2:07.84 โฆ ran on four 4x400m relays, the best of which ran 3:47.40 at MPSFs to finish 10th โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
High School and Personal:ย Born in New London, Connecticut ... parents are Michael and Mary Therese Preigh ... has two older siblings, Jack and Margaret ... aย three-time Colorado state champion on the track, winning the 800m and 1,600m titles her senior year and the 800m title as a junior with a third-place 1,600-meter finish ... one of the top-ranked 800-meter runners in the U.S. highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the 2019 U.S. Junior Championships where she ran a PR of 2:06.31 in the prelims ... won the 2019 Front Range 800-meter league title in 2:07.31, winning by 11 seconds ... raced at Husky Track in the 2019 Brooks PR Invite, taking fourth in the 800-meters in 2:06.70 ... won the 2019 Simplot Games with an 800m time of 2:06.80 ... ran club for RISE Athletics and coach Ric Rojas ... earned Honor Roll distinction.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 5th, 800m
2021 NCAA Indoors - DQ, DMR (All-America Hon. Mention)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 10th, 800m | 3rd, 4x400m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 42nd, 800m | 20th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Indoors - 14th, 800m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 15th, 800m | 10th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 36th, 800m
2023 Pac-12 XC - 63rd (10th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 11th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 800m | 10th, 4x400m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 32nd, 800m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:04.12
1500m.......4:24.10
Indoor Bests
800m.......2:03.20
Academic Honors
2024ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
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 TF
2023 All-America Second Team (800m, Indoors)
2x NCAA Record-Holder in Distance Medley Relay
NCAA Record-Holder in 4x800m Relay
2021 All-America Honorable Mention (Distance Medley Relay)
2021 Pac-12 4x400m Relay Bronze Medalist
2023-24 (Track): Was part of two NCAA Records, one indoors and one outdoors, and scored in the Pac-12 final in her last season as a Husky โฆ outdoors, helped the Huskies break the Collegiate Record in the 4x800m relay, as UW won the first Penn Relays โWheelโ in program history with a time of 8:17.28 โฆ also ran on the DMR at the Penn Relays that was fourth in 10:53.26 โฆ took seventh in the Pac-12 800m final and ran on the 4x400m relay that was 10th in 3:39.52, eighth-fastest in school history โฆ finished 32nd overall in the 800m at the NCAA Prelims โฆ set an outdoor 800m PR at the Portland Track Festival, going 2:04.12, No. 7 in school history โฆ indoors, earned Second Team All-America honors on the DMR which was 11th at NCAA Indoors โฆ ran sub-2:04 times on three occasions indoors, with a fastest time of 2:03.34 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet โฆ helped UW break its own NCAA Record for the second year in a row in the distance medley relay, running the 800m leg at the Terrier DMR Challenge as UW won in 10:43.39 โฆ fourth in the 800m at the Husky Classic in 2:03.59 โฆ opened season with a mile PR of 4:43.39 at the UW Preview โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors ...ย (Cross Country): Raced twice in the fall โฆ ran at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 63rd overall in 21:11 as the Huskies won the team title โฆ also raced at the Virginia Invitational, finishing 95th and 9th on the squad in 17:36 for 5k โฆ work in the classroom earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2023: A breakthrough season indoors, making a trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 800-meters and earning Second Team All-America honors, and taking part in the DMR Collegiate Record โฆ ran three successive 800m PRs indoors, first going 2:04.95 at the UW Invitational for second, then running 2:03.75 at the BU Scarlet & White Invite, and finally punching her NCAA ticket with a 2:03.20 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier, which is the No. 2 indoor time in school history โฆ finished 14th overall at NCAA Indoors in the 800-meters, running 2:08.25 โฆ ran the 400-meter leg on the Husky DMR that broke the NCAA Record at the BU Scarlet & White Invite, posting a time of 10:46.62 โฆ opened the track season with a 600-meters time of 1:29.02, second-fastest in school history โฆ outdoors, qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 800-meters, placing 36th overall in a time of 2:08.40 โฆ an outdoor season-best 800m time of 2:06.18 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ was 15th at Pac-12s in the 800m and 10th on the 4x400m relay โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022: Indoors, had a season-best 800-meters time of 2:11.10 at the Pac-12 Invitational, taking 10th overall โฆ also ran 2:11.19 at the UW Invitational โฆ competed twice outdoors โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2021: A full season indoors and outdoors, earning All-America honorable mention indoors on the distance medley relay and went to No. 3 indoors in the 800m โฆ qualified for NCAA West Prelims outdoors in the 800m and on the 4x400m relay, taking 42nd overall in the 800m and 20th on the 4x4 which ran a season-best 3:40.14 โฆ made the Pac-12 podium on the 4x4 relay with a time of 3:40.85 for third-place โฆ 10th in the 800m at Pac-12s in 2:07.36 โฆ sixth in the 800m invite at the West Coast Relays in 2:07.11 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:06.94 โฆ set a 1,500-meters PR of 4:24.10 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ indoors, was the 800m leg on the DMR at NCAA Indoors which finished 10th overall but was disqualified for steps on the inside lane and thus awarded All-America honorable mention โฆ helped the DMR qualify for NCAAs by running the 400m leg at the UW Indoor Preview as the team went 11:06.66 for No. 8 in school history โฆ set a big 800-meter PR indoors of 2:06.06 at the Husky Classic, taking second, and going to No. 3 indoors at UW โฆ that time of 2:06.06 ranked 27th in the NCAA for the season โฆ also went 2:07.77 at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A great freshman indoor season, starting with a school record in the 600-meters, which she ran in 1:30.79 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ placed fifth in the MPSF Championships 800-meters with a PR of 2:06.81, ranking her No. 5 in school history โฆ took second in her heat and 10th overall at the UW Invitational 800-meters in 2:07.84 โฆ ran on four 4x400m relays, the best of which ran 3:47.40 at MPSFs to finish 10th โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
High School and Personal:ย Born in New London, Connecticut ... parents are Michael and Mary Therese Preigh ... has two older siblings, Jack and Margaret ... aย three-time Colorado state champion on the track, winning the 800m and 1,600m titles her senior year and the 800m title as a junior with a third-place 1,600-meter finish ... one of the top-ranked 800-meter runners in the U.S. highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the 2019 U.S. Junior Championships where she ran a PR of 2:06.31 in the prelims ... won the 2019 Front Range 800-meter league title in 2:07.31, winning by 11 seconds ... raced at Husky Track in the 2019 Brooks PR Invite, taking fourth in the 800-meters in 2:06.70 ... won the 2019 Simplot Games with an 800m time of 2:06.80 ... ran club for RISE Athletics and coach Ric Rojas ... earned Honor Roll distinction.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 5th, 800m
2021 NCAA Indoors - DQ, DMR (All-America Hon. Mention)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 10th, 800m | 3rd, 4x400m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 42nd, 800m | 20th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Indoors - 14th, 800m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 15th, 800m | 10th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 36th, 800m
2023 Pac-12 XC - 63rd (10th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 11th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 800m | 10th, 4x400m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 32nd, 800m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:04.12
1500m.......4:24.10
Indoor Bests
800m.......2:03.20
Academic Honors
2024ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
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 TF
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
