Defending a national championship and making a second run at a distance double; Allie Ostrander is standing on the verge of track greatness.
Ostrander, for a second-straight year, has qualified and is prepared for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field in two distance events: the 3000M Steeplechase and the 5000M run.
Allie Ostrander is the reigning national champion in the 3000M Steeplechase, running away from the field at the 2017 outdoor championships. Ostrander finished fourth in the 5000M in 2017, literally minutes after her steeplechase championship run.
A pair of NCAA milestones await if Ostrander can pull-off the double victories on Saturday.
Allie Ostrander would become the first female to win the two events; not only at the same national championship, but also over the course of an individual career (NCAA women’s track and field introduced the 3,000M Steeplechase in 2001).
Ostrander would also become the first women’s NCAA middle distance or distance athlete to win two national titles on the same day at an outdoor national championship.
Allie Ostrander’s NCAA Championships Race Schedule
Thursday, June 7
Allie Ostrander (3,000m steeplechase, semifinal) | 4:32 p.m.
Saturday, June 9
Allie Ostrander (3,000m steeplechase, final) | 3:54 p.m.
Allie Ostrander (5,000m, final) | 5:25 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Boise State track website
