2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Charlotte Prouse
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- London, Ontario
2016 All-Pac-12 Fist Team in Cross Country
2016 All-Region in Cross Country
2016 All-America Second Team (Steeplechase)
2015 All-Region in Cross Country
Prouse Features
Freshmen Runners Make 'Awesome' Impact (GoHuskies.com; Oct. 15, 2015)
2016-17 (Track): Entered just once during the track season, at the Stanford Invitational, but did not complete a 5,000-meters race ... (Cross Country): A breakthrough sophomore season, earning All-Pac-12 First Team honors and All-West Region honors and winning two races … opened her year with a win at the Sundodger Invitational in 20:18, crossing side-by-side with teammate Katie Knight … followed that up with a wire to wire win at the Washington Invitational in 19:36, leading UW to the team title … also helped UW win the team title at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing fifth in the elite field, right behind teammate Amy-Eloise Neale, in 20:08 … was the No. 2 Husky at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing sixth overall in 20:32, as UW took second as a team … finished 10th at the West Regional meet and second on the squad in a time of 19:51 … had a tough end to the season, struggling at the NCAA Championships and finishing 208th overall.
2015-16 (Track): An excellent freshman season that was punctuated at the World Junior Championships in Poland where she ran a huge steeplechase career-best, breaking the Canadian junior record with a time of 9:44.62 to finish sixth … her run in Poland cut 15 seconds off her previous PR and ranked as the No. 5 time on the 2016 collegiate steeplechase list, the No. 2 time in UW history, and it broke the previous Canadian junior record by over 13 seconds … she made the NCAA Outdoor Championships final in the steeplechase and was the top finisher from the Pac-12, placing ninth in the final in 10:00.82, earning All-America Second Team distinction … broke the 10-minute barrier for the first time in the NCAA semifinals, running 9:59.15 to finish second in her heat to reach the final … made the NCAA Outdoor final site by taking third in the steeplechase quarterfinal at West Prelims to automatically advance, posting a time of 10:09.42 ... was third in the steeple at her first Pac-12 meet, despite tripping and hitting the water barrier and suffering a broken bone in her wrist mid-race, she still fought to the finish and ran 10:04.71 ... rolled to an easy victory in the steeplechase at the UW-WSU Dual in 10:15.94 ... got an impressive win in her first college steeple, wining the Pepsi Team Invite at Hayward Field in 10:00.67, jumping right to No. 2 in school history ... ran a strong 5k before moving to the steeple, posting a time of 16:03.80 at the Stanford Invitational … opened her outdoor season with a PR in the 1,500-meters, running 4:22.15 at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite, taking fifth … indoors, was 13th in the 3,000-meters at the MPSF Championships in a time of 9:28.48 and ran the final 1,600m leg on the DMR that finished fifth in 11:23.26 … first track run put her in the Husky top-10, as she ran the 5,000-meters in 16:15.91 at the Husky Classic, going to No. 5 on the indoor top-10 list ... (Cross Country): One of the top freshmen in the Pac-12 and played a huge role in the Huskies taking 10th as a team at the NCAA Championships … was the No. 2 Husky finisher at her first NCAA meet, as she finished 78th overall in Louisville in a time of 20:42 … earned All-Region honors with a 14th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional meet in Seattle, third on the squad, in 21:04 … was top-20 at her first Pac-12 Championships, finishing 17th overall in 20:26, the third Husky across the line … was the No. 2 scorer and a top-10 finisher at the first two meets of the year, placing third at the Sundodger Invite in 20:34, and then placing seventh at the Washington Invitational in 20:00.
High School and Personal: Born in London, Ontario, Canada … parents are Lynda and Duane Prouse … has one older sister, Meaghan … cousin Adam Seabrook was a hurdler at Cornell and placed fourth in the Canadian Olympic Trials … won multiple Ontario Federation of School Athletic Assocations (OFSAA) titles in both cross country and track … captured gold at the 2015 Junior Pan Am Games in the 3,000m steeplechase, running a PR of 10:12.44 ... in June of 2015, won the Ontario Club Provincials title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a PR of 10:17 … took second in the 2015 OFSAA 3,000-meter finals in 9:40 and won the 1,500-meter steeplechase in 4:53 … set a Canadian junior record in 1,500m steeplechase of 4:50 … won the 2014 Canadian Youth Nationals title at 3,000-meters in 9:51 and was third in the 1,500m in 4:33 … the 2013 OFSAA cross country champion over 5k and also won the 2012 title over 4k … competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships in the Ukraine, finishing 13th in the 3,000-meters in 9:49 … ran a 1,500m PR of 4:29 to take second at the OFSAA championships in 2013 … the cross country/track and field Team MVP from 2011-15 … also lettered four years on the swim team … interested in studying physical therapy and sports psychology.
Major Meets
2013 World Youth Champs - 13th, 3000m
2015 Junir Pan Am Games - 1st, 3000m Steeplechase
2015 Pac-12 XC - 17th (3rd UW)
2015 Regional XC - 14th (3rd UW)
2015 NCAA XC - 78th (2nd UW)
2016 MPSF TF - 13th, 3000m | 5th, DMR
2016 Pac-12 TF - 3rd, 3000m Steeplechase
2016 NCAA Prelims TF - 8th, 3000m Steeplechase
2016 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, 3000m Steeplechase (All-America Second Team)
2016 World Junior Champs - 6th, 3000m Steeplechase
2016 Pac-12 XC - 6th (2nd UW)
2016 Regional XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2016 NCAA XC - 208th (7th UW)
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......4:22.15
5000m.......16:03.80
3000m Steeplechase.......9:44.62
Indoor Bests
3000m.......9:28.48
5000m.......16:15.91
