# Raevyn Rogers

Raevyn Rogers (born September 7, 1996) is an American middle-distance athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the fourth fastest woman in U.S. history in the event. At the 2019 World Championships, Rogers came from seventh with 100m remaining in the race to place silver over USA teammate Ajeé Wilson in bronze. She earned a world indoor title as a member of national 4x400 m relay squad that took gold at the 2018 World Indoor Championships.
Rogers ran on the University of Oregon Ducks women's track and field team until 2017, when she went professional.

## Athletic career
### High school

Rogers attended The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas, where she competed for the Falcons. She earned a bronze medal in the 800 at the World Youth Championships in 2013, where she also ran on a medley relay that took gold. She still holds individual school records in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m. She graduated in 2014.

### University of Oregon

Rogers was a six-time NCAA Division I champion and ten-time All-American at University of Oregon. She won three consecutive outdoor 800 meters NCAA and Pac-12 Conference titles (2015, 2016, 2017) as well as the 2017 Women's Bowerman Award.
Rogers enjoyed a breakthrough season in her first spring with the Ducks. At the 2015 Penn Relays, Rogers ran the 400m leg of the Sprint Medley, which won the race in a time of 3:44.59, narrowly defeating Clemson University. Her win at the NCAA championships contributed 10 points to a total of 59 team points, which won the meet for Oregon for the first time since 1985. She also won the 800 at the 2015 Outdoor U.S. Junior Championships and the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. In winning the 800-meter title at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, her time of 1:59.71 was the fastest ever run by a freshman, and the fourth-fastest run by a Duck.
Rogers produced a collegiate record at 800 meters in her third and final year with the Ducks, setting a time of 1:59.10 that smashed a 27-year-old record.

### Subsequent years

She placed 4th in the 800 meters (2:00.75) at 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto.
Rogers placed 2nd in the 800 meters at 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
She placed 1st in the 4 × 400 m (3:30.54 in the prelim) and 5th in the 800 m (2:01.44) at 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Rogers placed 2nd in the 800 meters (2:01.74) behind champion Ajee' Wilson in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Rogers was part of Team USA setting world indoor record in the 4 × 800 m relay February 3 at 2018 Millrose Games in 8:05.89 – Chrishuna Williams (2:05.10), Raevyn Rogers (2:00.45), Charlene Lipsey (2:01.98), Ajee' Wilson (1:58.37).
She competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, running 2:04.78 in the final round to earn fourth place.
Rogers competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, running 2:04.62 in the final round to earn first place.
She competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, running 2:08.01 in the preliminary round to rank No. 22 as a non-qualifying athlete.
Rogers competed in the women's 800 meters at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics, running 2:03.32 in the final round to earn bronze medal.

## Achievements
### International competitions

Information taken from World Athletics profile.
Representing the  United States :
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| 2023 | World Athletics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 800 m | 1:57.45 |
| 2022 | World Athletics Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 6th | 800 m | 1:58.26 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 800 m | 1:56.81 PB |
| 2021 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, OR, United States | 4th | 800 m | 1:58.01 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 800 m | 1:58.18 |
| 2019 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, OR, United States | 3rd | 800 m | 1:58.65 |
| 2018 | NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 800 m | 2:00.75 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5th | 800 m | 2:01.44 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 4x400 m | 3:30.54 (p) |
| 2016 | NACAC U23 Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 4th | 800 m | 2:04.78 |
| 2016 | Millrose Games | New York, NY, United States | 4th | 800 m | 2:00.90 |
| 2015 | Pan American U20 Championships | Edmonton, AB, Canada | 1st | 800 m | 2:04.62 |
| 2014 | World U20 Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 22nd | 800 m | 2:08.01 |
| 2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 3rd | 800 m | 2:03.32 |
| 2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 1st | medley relay | 2:05.15 |

### US Track & Field Championships

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Nike ||||||
| 2024 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 7th | 800 metres | 2:01.12 |
| 2023 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 2nd | 800 metres | 1:59.83 |
| 2022 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 3rd | 800 metres | 1:57.96 |
| 2021 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 2nd | 800 metres | 1:57.66 |
| 2019 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 3rd | 800 metres | 1:58.84 |
| 2018 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 2nd | 800 metres | 1:58.57 |
| 2018 | USA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 2nd | 800 metres | 2:01.74 |
| Representing Oregon Ducks ||||||
| 2017 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Sacramento, California | 4th | 800 metres | 2:00.18 |
| 2016 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 5th | 800 metres | 2:00.59 |
| 2015 | US Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 1st | 800 metres | 2:06.64 |
| Unattached ||||||
| 2014 | US World Junior Trials | University of Oregon | 1st | 800 metres | 2:04.40 |
| 2013 | US World Youth Trials | University of Evansville | 1st | 800 metres | 2:05.33 |

### University of Oregon

Sources.
| Oregon | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor track and field | NCAA Indoor track and field | Pac-12 Conference Outdoor Track and Field | NCAA Outdoor Track and Field |
| Junior 16–17 | 800: DNF | 800: 2:01.09 1st | 800: 2:02.93 1st | 800: 2:00.02 1st |
| Junior 16–17 | | 4x400 meters: 3:27.07 2nd | 4x400 meters: 3:32.20 2nd | 4x400 meters: 3:33.13 1st |
| Sophomore 15–16 | | 800: 2:03.13 1st | 800: 2:02.41 1st | 800: 2:00.75 1st |
| Sophomore 15–16 | | 4x400 meters: 3:29.77 3rd | | 4x400 meters: DNF |
| Sophomore 15–16 | | Distance medley relay: 11:05.96 7th | | |
| Freshman 14–15 | 800: 2:06.50 6th | | 800: 2:01.67 1st | 800: 1:59.71 1st |
| Freshman 14–15 | | | 4x400 meters: 3:34.73 2nd | 4x400 meters: 3:39.07 18th |

### Personal bests

| Event | Time | Wind | Year |
| 200 meters | 24.56 | +3.0 m/s | 2015 |
| 400 meters | 52.06 | | 2018 |
| 400m relay split | 49.77 | | 2017 |
| 800 meters | 1:56.81 | | 2021 |
| 400 m indoor | 52.24 | | 2018 |
| 600 m indoor | 1:24.88 | | 2019 |
| 800 m indoor | 1:59.99 | | 2018 |