2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Tjernagel, Raquel
Raquel Tjernagel
- Position:
- Sprints
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- New Westminster, British Columbia
- Prev School:
- Texas
- High School:
- New Westminster
Bio
2019: A full indoor season in the 400-meters then raced twice outdoors โฆ scored a point at the UW-WSU Dual with a third-place finish in the 400-meters in 58.74 โฆ indoors, ran a season-best 400m of 57.34 at the Last Chance Elite Meet โฆ ran on two 4x400m relays, a best of 3:50.21 at the UW Indoor Preview for third โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR that was ninth at the UW Invitational in 11:36.62.
2018: First year on the squad helped produce a school record in the 4x400m relay indoors and an MPSF title on the distance medley relay โฆ outdoors, ran a season-best 400-meters of 55.87 at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ was fifth at the UW-WSU Dual in 57.64 seconds for 400m โฆ ran on the winning 4x100m relay at the Ken Shannon Invite which went 46.21 โฆ indoors, ran the 400m leg on the DMR that won MPSFs in 11:07.43, the No. 6 time in school history โฆ anchored the 4x400-meter relay that crushed the indoor school record by nearly five seconds at the Don Kirby Invite, running 3:37.74 (converted from 3:37.30 for altitude) โฆ ran a 400m season-best of 55.79 at the UW Invitational to go to No. 10 on the indoor top-10 list โฆ an indoor 200m season-best of 25.41 at the Don Kirby โฆ also ran 400m leg on winning DMR at UW Invitational in 11:08.83 ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2017 (At Texas): Competed four times outdoors but did not compete after April โฆ ran a 200m time of 24.38 and a 400m time of 56.95 at the Longhorn Invitational โฆ indoors, was 19th at the Big 12 Indoor meet in the 400-meters in 56.72 and ran the 400m leg on the DMR that took third in 11:34.14 โฆ ran in Seattle at the Husky Classic, running 57.16 for 400-meters for 11th and 25.62 for 200m โฆ a 400m time of 56.31 at the Texas A&M Team Invite in the indoor opener โฆ named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
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2016 (At Texas): Finished 24th in the 400-meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships as a freshman โฆ best outdoor time of the season was 55.51 seconds at the Power Conference Cardinal & Gold meet โฆ also had a season-best 24.43 200-meter time at the same Power Conference meet โฆ 15th at the Texas Relays in the 200-meters in 24.60 โฆ best 400-meter time of the season came indoors, as she ran 55.38 at the Tyson Invitational and was part of a 4x400m relay that clocked 3:39.07 โฆ was 10th in the 400-meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 55.50 and 19th in the 200-meters in 24.93 โฆ part of a speedy 4x4 relay in her first indoor meet at the Texas A&M Team Invite, as the team ran 3:33.80 for first โฆ on the 2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
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High School and Personal: Parents are Pamela and Peter Tjernagel โฆ has three siblings, Anja, Ben, and Lexie โฆ cousin Aaron Brown was a standout All-American sprinter at USC โฆ set B.C. records in the 100-meters, 200-meters, and 400-meters all in the same weekend in California โฆ at the 2015 Bryan Clay Invite, ran a 400-meter PR of 52.52 seconds and a 200-meter PR of 23.34 and at the Beach Invitational clocked a 100-meters PR of 11.58 โฆ the 400m 52.52 time was fastest in the world in 2015 for a woman under 20 years old โฆ competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships for Canada, running the 200m and going 23.75 in the prelims to make the semis where she finished 12th overall โฆ also competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships, making the 200-meter semis and finishing 22nd โฆ won three straight British Columbia High School Championships at 200-meters from sophomore to senior years and won the 100-meter titles as a junior and senior, and was second in the 400-meters as just a sophomore in 55.45 seconds.
Major Meets
2013 World Youth Champs - 22nd, 200m
2014 World Junior Champs - 12th, 200m
2016 Big 12 In - 10th, 400mย | 19th, 200m
2016 Big 12 Out - 24th, 400m
2017 Big 12 In - 19th, 400mย | 3rd, DMR
2018 MPSF - 1st, DMR (MPSF Champion)
Outdoor Bests
100m.......12.01
200m.......24.38w / 24.43
400m.......55.51
Indoor Bests
200m.......24.93
400m.......55.38
Academic Honors
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018: First year on the squad helped produce a school record in the 4x400m relay indoors and an MPSF title on the distance medley relay โฆ outdoors, ran a season-best 400-meters of 55.87 at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ was fifth at the UW-WSU Dual in 57.64 seconds for 400m โฆ ran on the winning 4x100m relay at the Ken Shannon Invite which went 46.21 โฆ indoors, ran the 400m leg on the DMR that won MPSFs in 11:07.43, the No. 6 time in school history โฆ anchored the 4x400-meter relay that crushed the indoor school record by nearly five seconds at the Don Kirby Invite, running 3:37.74 (converted from 3:37.30 for altitude) โฆ ran a 400m season-best of 55.79 at the UW Invitational to go to No. 10 on the indoor top-10 list โฆ an indoor 200m season-best of 25.41 at the Don Kirby โฆ also ran 400m leg on winning DMR at UW Invitational in 11:08.83 ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2017 (At Texas): Competed four times outdoors but did not compete after April โฆ ran a 200m time of 24.38 and a 400m time of 56.95 at the Longhorn Invitational โฆ indoors, was 19th at the Big 12 Indoor meet in the 400-meters in 56.72 and ran the 400m leg on the DMR that took third in 11:34.14 โฆ ran in Seattle at the Husky Classic, running 57.16 for 400-meters for 11th and 25.62 for 200m โฆ a 400m time of 56.31 at the Texas A&M Team Invite in the indoor opener โฆ named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
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2016 (At Texas): Finished 24th in the 400-meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships as a freshman โฆ best outdoor time of the season was 55.51 seconds at the Power Conference Cardinal & Gold meet โฆ also had a season-best 24.43 200-meter time at the same Power Conference meet โฆ 15th at the Texas Relays in the 200-meters in 24.60 โฆ best 400-meter time of the season came indoors, as she ran 55.38 at the Tyson Invitational and was part of a 4x400m relay that clocked 3:39.07 โฆ was 10th in the 400-meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 55.50 and 19th in the 200-meters in 24.93 โฆ part of a speedy 4x4 relay in her first indoor meet at the Texas A&M Team Invite, as the team ran 3:33.80 for first โฆ on the 2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
ย
High School and Personal: Parents are Pamela and Peter Tjernagel โฆ has three siblings, Anja, Ben, and Lexie โฆ cousin Aaron Brown was a standout All-American sprinter at USC โฆ set B.C. records in the 100-meters, 200-meters, and 400-meters all in the same weekend in California โฆ at the 2015 Bryan Clay Invite, ran a 400-meter PR of 52.52 seconds and a 200-meter PR of 23.34 and at the Beach Invitational clocked a 100-meters PR of 11.58 โฆ the 400m 52.52 time was fastest in the world in 2015 for a woman under 20 years old โฆ competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships for Canada, running the 200m and going 23.75 in the prelims to make the semis where she finished 12th overall โฆ also competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships, making the 200-meter semis and finishing 22nd โฆ won three straight British Columbia High School Championships at 200-meters from sophomore to senior years and won the 100-meter titles as a junior and senior, and was second in the 400-meters as just a sophomore in 55.45 seconds.
Major Meets
2013 World Youth Champs - 22nd, 200m
2014 World Junior Champs - 12th, 200m
2016 Big 12 In - 10th, 400mย | 19th, 200m
2016 Big 12 Out - 24th, 400m
2017 Big 12 In - 19th, 400mย | 3rd, DMR
2018 MPSF - 1st, DMR (MPSF Champion)
Outdoor Bests
100m.......12.01
200m.......24.38w / 24.43
400m.......55.51
Indoor Bests
200m.......24.93
400m.......55.38
Academic Honors
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
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