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Kristie Schoffield Wins National Championship with Record-Breaking Performance
6/11/2022 5:43:00 PM | Track & Field
EUGENE, Ore. – Boise State track and field senior Kristie Schoffield completed a sweep of the postseason with a national championship in the NCAA women's 800-meters, Saturday.
Schoffield clocked a Mountain West record, school record and PR time of 2:01.09 to earn her sixth-career All-America honor. The first-team certificate was her second with the other coming in the same event three years ago.
"She did everything we had planned," Bronco Assistant Coach Gavin O'Neal said. "I wanted her to get through the 400 (meters) in 58 or 59 seconds and the 600 (meters) in a minute 29 (seconds). Her closing speed is ridiculous and you saw that today. As she was gearing up other runners were starting to slow down. She executed perfectly."
Schoffield added, "I knew she (Baylor's Aaliyah Miller) was going to go out early so I just focused on running the race I planned to run and tracking her down at the end."
In second place at the bell lap, Schoffield began to close on Miller and eventually made the winning pass in the final 150 meters before holding off McKenna Keegan from Villanova (2:01.71) and Oklahoma State's Gabija Galvydyte (2:01.76).
A native of Concord. N.H., Schoffield capped a postseason that saw her record the fastest time in the Mountain West preliminaries and final and the NCAA preliminaries, quarterfinals and semifinals prior to her championship run.
"I'm not sure I've ever been around someone with such a competitive spirit who thrives in a championship moment," O'Neal said.
Schoffield became the fourth woman in Boise State track & field history, third in outdoor, to capture an individual national championship. She joined Eleni Kafourou (2009 indoor long jump), Emma Bates (2014 outdoor 10,000m) and Allie Ostrander (2017-19 outdoor 3,000m steeplechase).
In addition, Schoffield is the first woman from a school outside of the Autonomous Five conferences to win the event since 2012.
"It (winning) was a speechless moment," Schoffield said. "It is the culmination of the hard work I have put in and the countless hours people around me have worked."
After the race, her interview with ESPN was delayed briefly as she excused herself to hug her mom.
"She is my best friend," Schoffield said. "She has been through all the highs and lows of my racing career and it was only right to share that moment with her."
RESULTS
Team - 10 points (Tied-25th)
Thursday
Women's 800m (Semifinals) – 1st | Kristie Schoffield – 2:01.79 (Q)
Saturday
Women's 800m (Semifinals) – 1st | Kristie Schoffield – 2:01.09 (MW record, school record, PR)
Schoffield clocked a Mountain West record, school record and PR time of 2:01.09 to earn her sixth-career All-America honor. The first-team certificate was her second with the other coming in the same event three years ago.
"She did everything we had planned," Bronco Assistant Coach Gavin O'Neal said. "I wanted her to get through the 400 (meters) in 58 or 59 seconds and the 600 (meters) in a minute 29 (seconds). Her closing speed is ridiculous and you saw that today. As she was gearing up other runners were starting to slow down. She executed perfectly."
Schoffield added, "I knew she (Baylor's Aaliyah Miller) was going to go out early so I just focused on running the race I planned to run and tracking her down at the end."
In second place at the bell lap, Schoffield began to close on Miller and eventually made the winning pass in the final 150 meters before holding off McKenna Keegan from Villanova (2:01.71) and Oklahoma State's Gabija Galvydyte (2:01.76).
"𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙊 𝙗𝙖𝙙."
— Boise State XC | T&F (@BroncoSportXCTF) June 11, 2022
YOU DID IT, KRISTIE ‼️🏆#BleedBlue | #WhatsNext pic.twitter.com/hiLWi7qCxp
A native of Concord. N.H., Schoffield capped a postseason that saw her record the fastest time in the Mountain West preliminaries and final and the NCAA preliminaries, quarterfinals and semifinals prior to her championship run.
"I'm not sure I've ever been around someone with such a competitive spirit who thrives in a championship moment," O'Neal said.
Schoffield became the fourth woman in Boise State track & field history, third in outdoor, to capture an individual national championship. She joined Eleni Kafourou (2009 indoor long jump), Emma Bates (2014 outdoor 10,000m) and Allie Ostrander (2017-19 outdoor 3,000m steeplechase).
In addition, Schoffield is the first woman from a school outside of the Autonomous Five conferences to win the event since 2012.
"It (winning) was a speechless moment," Schoffield said. "It is the culmination of the hard work I have put in and the countless hours people around me have worked."
After the race, her interview with ESPN was delayed briefly as she excused herself to hug her mom.
"She is my best friend," Schoffield said. "She has been through all the highs and lows of my racing career and it was only right to share that moment with her."
Kristie, of course you can hug your mom - you just won a 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 💓 🏆#BleedBlue | #WhatsNext pic.twitter.com/ILzO0l6xGi
— Boise State XC | T&F (@BroncoSportXCTF) June 11, 2022
RESULTS
Team - 10 points (Tied-25th)
Thursday
Women's 800m (Semifinals) – 1st | Kristie Schoffield – 2:01.79 (Q)
Saturday
Women's 800m (Semifinals) – 1st | Kristie Schoffield – 2:01.09 (MW record, school record, PR)
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