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2021 Track and Field Roster

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Sarah Anderson

Sarah Anderson

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Distances
  • Major:
    Animal Science
  • Hometown:
    Folsom, Calif.
  • High School/Previous School:
    Vista del Lago HS '16

Summary

Biography

2021 T&F: Lone Aggie woman to qualify for NCAA West Prelims, placing 40th in 10,000 (37:08.03)... Placed 3rd in 10K (35:33.84) at Big West Conference... Posted season-best 34:34.47 at Oregon’s select Hayward Premiere, good for 5th in school history and 51st in regular-season regional rankings... Also competed in 5K four times, hitting best of 17:03.74 in Causeway Track Classic (4/30)... Indoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 XC: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 T&F: Competed indoors only, placing 23rd in 5,000 (17:11.32), 33rd in 3,000 (9:50.92) at MPSF Championships... Selected as UC Davis’ female representative for Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Earned Big West and MPSF All-Academic.

2019 XC: Raced in six meets, including Big West Conference (14th) and NCAA West Regional (55th)... Big West Fall Academic All-Conference selection.

XC 2018: BIG WEST ALL-CONFERENCE… BIG WEST ALL-ACADEMIC… Split time as the Aggies’ lead runner with teammate Eva Goodisson, crossing first for UC Davis in three meets, including in her third career appearance at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento… Only Aggie to post two sub-21 times this season, with a season-best 20:53.1 at the Bill Delilnger Invitational 6K in Oregon… Earned second consecutive All-Conference nod after crossing tenth overall at the Big West Conference Championships hosted by Cal State Fullerton.

T&F 2018: BIG WEST WOMEN’S 10,000 METER CHAMPION… BIG WEST ALL-ACADEMIC... Posted the top two best Aggie marks in the women’s 10,000, and received a new career-best time of 36:14.36 at the SFSU Distance Carnival on Mar. 30… Recorded a winning 10,000 mark at the Big West Conference Championships with a time of 36:54.22… Had the second and third best Aggie times in the 5,000 meters… Also posted career-bests in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 events, which were received at the Woody Wilson Classic (4:44.31), Causeway Classic (10:04.06), and at the Mt. SAC Relays (17:12.19), respectively.

XC 2017: ALL-BIG WEST ACADEMIC… Raced in all six meets this season… Was the runner-up at the Aggie Open with a 14:51 4K time… After the season-opening meet, she was the first Aggie across the finish line throughout the season… Received her personal-best 6K mark at the Big West Conference Championships, finishing in fifth overall with a time of 20:46.0, 20 seconds faster than her best regular-season mark… At the NCAA West Regionals, she finished in 70th place with a time of 21:07.2, her third best-recorded 6K mark of the season.

T&F 2017: All-Big West performer with a third place finish in the 10000 (36:31.81)... Also competed in the 5000 at the championships... Lifetime best of 17:20.43 in that event from Aggie Open... Ran 17:25.78 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival... Placed second at Causeway Classic in the 3000 (10:11.19)... Finished fourth in the 1500 at Woody Wilson Classic (4:47.35).

XC 2016: Competed in six of the team's eight meets on the year... Made her UC Davis debut in the Aggie Open to start the season, finishing ninth overall in a 4K time of 14:54... Helped the Aggies to a third-place finish at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Oregon two weeks later, crossing the line in 22nd place with a 5K time of 18:15... Was the third UC Davis runner across the line at the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento, finishing with a season-best 6K time of 21:40.4 to help the Aggies finish 17th as a team... Posted a top-20 finish at the Big West Conference Championships in Honolulu, crossing the line in a time of 22:39.9 to place 19th and help UC Davis to a second-place team finish.

VISTA DEL LAGO HS '16: All-Capital Athletic League selection in track as a senior, posting top times of 2:25 in the 800m, 5:08 at 1600m, and 10:56 in 3200m… All-league and CIF Division III section champion in cross country as a senior… Finished eighth at the CIF Division III state championships, posting a personal best 5K time of 17:54… All-league selection in track as a junior, posting top times of 11:00 in the 3200m and 5:09 in the 1600m… All-league and CIF Division III section champion in cross country as a junior in 2014, finishing ninth at the CIF state championships with a 5K time of 18:16… All-league and section champion in cross country as a sophomore, finishing 21st at the CIF state championships with a 5K time of 18:47.

PERSONAL: Her parents are Randy and Kelly, both UC Davis graduates… Her father ran both cross country and track for the Aggies… Has three siblings: Ashley, Eric, and Ryan… Something most people don't know about her is that she volunteers at a zoo… Lists her favorite movie as "Zootopia"… Plans on becoming a veterinarian.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2018Sophomore

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2019Junior

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2020Senior

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2021Senior

    Distances
    5'8"