2024 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Houser, Luke

Luke Houser
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Woodinville, Wash.
- High School:
- Woodinville
Bio
2024 NCAA Mile Champion and All-America First Team
2023 NCAA Mile Champion and All-America First Team
2024 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors | 3,000m, Indoors)
2023 Pac-12 Cross Country Runner-Up and All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 All-West Region XC
2023 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2022 All-West Region XC
2022 All-America First Team (1,500m, Outdoors and Distance Medley Relay, Indoors)
2022 Pac-12 1,500m Runner-Up
2020-21 All-Pac-12 XC Second Team
Houser Features
» Husky Teamwork Pulls Washington Milers Forward (Track & Field News; Apr. 3, 2024)
» How A Team-First Approach Lifted This Husky Runner To An NCAA Title (Seattle Times; Mar. 16, 2023)
2023-24 (Track:) Became the first Husky back-to-back NCAA Champion in the mile during the indoor season, then reached the NCAA Outdoor final at 1,500-meters and the Olympic Trials semifinals … outdoors, placed 12th in the 1,500m final for Second Team All-America … advanced to the final with a 3:37.53 time in the semis … signed with the Brooks Beasts after NCAA Outdoors and placed 16th overall at the Olympic Trials in the 1,500-meters ... ran a 1,500m PR in the Olympic Trials first round, going 3:35.24 ... doubled at Pac-12s to help UW defend its team title, placing third in the 1,500m final and fifth in the 800m final ... won the Payton Jordan Invitational 1,500m in 3:39.05 … indoors, defended his NCAA mile title in Boston by taking the lead with 600-meters to go and holding it to the line in a time of 4:01.72 … the first man to repeat as national champion in the mile since Josh Kerr in 2017-18 and the first Husky to defend a title in any event since Scott Roth in the indoor pole vault in 2010-11 … set School and Dempsey Facility Records in consecutive races to open the track season, first winning the 3,000-meters at the UW Preview in 7:40.40, then winning the mile in a new record time of 3:51.73 at the UW Invitational … ran the anchor leg on UW’s American Indoor Record DMR run, winning the Arkansas Qualifier in 9:18.81 … named to the Bowerman Watch List … also earned Second Team All-America in the 3k indoors ... (Cross Country): The Pac-12 silver medalist in cross country, matching the best finish by a Husky man at the conference meet with his second-place finish in 22:51, which helped UW place second as a team … led the squad at three of four races in the fall … the top Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, 16th overall in a loaded field, in 23:44 … top Dawg as well at the Virginia Invitational, 10th overall, in 23:36 … was fourth on the team and 25th overall at West Regionals in 29:48, earning All-West Region honors.
2022-23 (Track): Won the first NCAA Indoor Mile title in UW school history, and returned to the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final for the second-straight year ... named a CSC Academic All-America First Team honoree ... outdoors, reached the NCAA 1,500m final, placing 10th overall in 3:44.61 to earn All-America Second Team ... made the final by placing second in the semis, in 3:39.72 ... advanced to his second-straight NCAA Outdoor final site in the 1,500-meters, going top-three in each of the first two rounds at NCAA Prelims, one of three Huskies to finish top-12 … was seventh in the Pac-12 1,500m final, one of four Huskies to place in the top-eight … ran on the 4xMile relay at the Penn Relays, as UW took third in 16:14.31 … opened his outdoor season with a 3:39.41 time in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite … indoors, captured the NCAA mile crown, the first Husky ever to win the event indoors, as he led an unprecedented four Huskies that finished in the top-eight with a winning time of 4:03.33 at altitude … ran his mile PR of 3:52.87 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier as one of eight Huskies to go sub-four in the race, amazingly that time only was fifth-fastest on the squad during the season … also was part of the first eight-man sub-four mile run at the UW Invitational, taking sixth in 3:55.98 … ran a 3,000m PR of 7:48.81 at the Husky Classic, No. 4 in school history ... garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... (Cross Country): Excellent fall on the course, highlighted by his effort at the NCAA Championships, where he placed 42nd overall as the No. 2 Husky scorer in 29:37, just two spots outside of the All-America cut-off … a top-10 run at NCAA West Regionals hosted by UW at Chambers Creek, placing 9th overall and second on the team in 28:38, earning All-West Region honors … at the Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in 23:15 as the third Husky across, helping UW finish third … the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 73rd overall … led the team at the season-opening Cowboy Jamboree, placing 26th overall in 23:51.
2021-22 (Track): Established himself as one of the best mid-distance runners in the NCAA, as he took fifth in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final, one of three Huskies to earn First Team All-America honors in the event … ran 3:46.13 for fifth in the tactical NCAA final, as teammate Joe Waskom got the win and teammate Nathan Green was seventh … advanced to NCAA Outdoors by winning the 1,500m quarterfinal at West Prelims in 3:38.06 … was the Pac-12 Championships silver medalist behind Waskom, going 3:40.44 in the final … broke the UW school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running a PR of 3:37.51, though Green would break that in the NCAA semis … won his 5,000-meters heat at the Raleigh Relays in 13:48.48 … competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing 31st overall in the 1,500m … indoors, earned First Team All-America honors as part of the DMR, which took seventh at NCAA Indoors in a time of 9:29.27 … ran the anchor leg at NCAAs, and also ran the lead-off leg on the DMR when it ran a school record of 9:21.10, which was the No. 3 mark in NCAA history, at the Arkansas Qualifier … DMR team was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week after Arkansas record … ran two phenomenal miles, first going 3:57.17 at the UW Indoor Preview, then running 3:56.57 at the Husky Classic, now sixth in school history … also ran the No. 6 3k time in school history at 7:52.84 … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ... (Cross Country): Raced at all five meets for the men’s team, as it placed 13th at the NCAA Championships … was the No. 7 finisher at the NCAA meet in Tallahassee, in 166th-place overall … scored at the Pac-12 Championships in 16th-place, fourth on the team, in a time of 24:19 … was the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, crossing in 74th overall, in 24:16 … opened the season with a fourth-place run at the Charles Bowles Invite.
2020-21 (Track): Put himself in the Husky top-10 lists indoors and outdoors at 5,000-meters … set a 5k PR of 13:43.33 at the West Coast Relays, going to No. 6 in school history and qualifying for NCAA West Prelims … made the final of the Pac-12 Championships at 1,500-meters, running a PR of 3:43.39 in the prelims, then taking 11th in the final … third in the UW-WSU Dual at 3k in 8:17.73 … indoors, focused on cross country but ran one time, going 13:47.68 in the 5k at the UW Invitational for No. 7 in school history … made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Led the Huskies at the NCAA XC Championships in his first season of cross, placing 51st overall in 31:01 in Stillwater, Okla. as the Huskies placed 25th … finished 10th at the Pac-12 Championships to earn All-Pac-12 Second Team honors and help UW take third … was the No. 2 Husky at the Silver State Invite, 13th overall, in 23:36 … a Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team pick.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A stellar first indoor season, as he set the UW Freshman Record in the 3,000-meters with a time of 7:58.96 at the UW Invitational, winning his heat, and going to No. 8 in school history … close to a sub-four mile on two occasions, running a 4:01.01 at the Husky Classic and then improving to 4:00.61 at the UW Last Chance Meet … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic ... (Cross Country): Redshirted the season, competing one time unattached … finished 10th overall at the John Payne Invite at Chambers Bay in 25:21.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington … parents are Carolyn and Chris Houser … has one older brother, Zane … part of the fastest trio of boys milers in state history, all committing to Washington … placed third in the 2019 4A state 1,600-meter final in a time of 4:08.17 that was the 11th-fastest time in the U.S. … also took second at state as a senior in the 3,200-meter final in a PR of 8:57.38 … the 2019 Kingco runner-up in the 1,600m and 3,200m … was the KingCo cross country champion as a senior and sixth at the 4A state meet … was fourth in the 1,600m state final on the track as a junior … was 11th at the state cross country meet as a sophomore and 25th his freshman year.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 19th, 3000m
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 51st (1st UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 11th, 1500m | 19th, 5000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 45th, 5000m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 16th (4th UW)
2021 Regional XC - 46th (7th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 166th (7th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 2nd, 1500m | 22nd, 5000m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 1st, 1500m
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, 1500m (All-America First Team)
2022 USA Outdoors - 31st, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 15th (3rd UW)
2022 Regional XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 42nd (2nd UW)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 1500m | 17th, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 6th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 10th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 XC - 2nd (1st UW)
2023 Regional XC - 25th (4th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team) | 15th, 3000m (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 800m | 3rd, 1500m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 7th, 1500m
2024 NCAA Outdoors - 12th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials - 16th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......1:49.07
1500m.......3:37.51
5000m.......13:43.33
Indoor Bests
Mile.......3:51.73 - School Record
3000m.......7:40.40 - School Record
5000m.......13:47.68
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 NCAA Mile Champion and All-America First Team
2024 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors | 3,000m, Indoors)
2023 Pac-12 Cross Country Runner-Up and All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 All-West Region XC
2023 All-America Second Team (1,500m, Outdoors)
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2022 All-West Region XC
2022 All-America First Team (1,500m, Outdoors and Distance Medley Relay, Indoors)
2022 Pac-12 1,500m Runner-Up
2020-21 All-Pac-12 XC Second Team
Houser Features
» Husky Teamwork Pulls Washington Milers Forward (Track & Field News; Apr. 3, 2024)
» How A Team-First Approach Lifted This Husky Runner To An NCAA Title (Seattle Times; Mar. 16, 2023)
2023-24 (Track:) Became the first Husky back-to-back NCAA Champion in the mile during the indoor season, then reached the NCAA Outdoor final at 1,500-meters and the Olympic Trials semifinals … outdoors, placed 12th in the 1,500m final for Second Team All-America … advanced to the final with a 3:37.53 time in the semis … signed with the Brooks Beasts after NCAA Outdoors and placed 16th overall at the Olympic Trials in the 1,500-meters ... ran a 1,500m PR in the Olympic Trials first round, going 3:35.24 ... doubled at Pac-12s to help UW defend its team title, placing third in the 1,500m final and fifth in the 800m final ... won the Payton Jordan Invitational 1,500m in 3:39.05 … indoors, defended his NCAA mile title in Boston by taking the lead with 600-meters to go and holding it to the line in a time of 4:01.72 … the first man to repeat as national champion in the mile since Josh Kerr in 2017-18 and the first Husky to defend a title in any event since Scott Roth in the indoor pole vault in 2010-11 … set School and Dempsey Facility Records in consecutive races to open the track season, first winning the 3,000-meters at the UW Preview in 7:40.40, then winning the mile in a new record time of 3:51.73 at the UW Invitational … ran the anchor leg on UW’s American Indoor Record DMR run, winning the Arkansas Qualifier in 9:18.81 … named to the Bowerman Watch List … also earned Second Team All-America in the 3k indoors ... (Cross Country): The Pac-12 silver medalist in cross country, matching the best finish by a Husky man at the conference meet with his second-place finish in 22:51, which helped UW place second as a team … led the squad at three of four races in the fall … the top Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, 16th overall in a loaded field, in 23:44 … top Dawg as well at the Virginia Invitational, 10th overall, in 23:36 … was fourth on the team and 25th overall at West Regionals in 29:48, earning All-West Region honors.
2022-23 (Track): Won the first NCAA Indoor Mile title in UW school history, and returned to the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final for the second-straight year ... named a CSC Academic All-America First Team honoree ... outdoors, reached the NCAA 1,500m final, placing 10th overall in 3:44.61 to earn All-America Second Team ... made the final by placing second in the semis, in 3:39.72 ... advanced to his second-straight NCAA Outdoor final site in the 1,500-meters, going top-three in each of the first two rounds at NCAA Prelims, one of three Huskies to finish top-12 … was seventh in the Pac-12 1,500m final, one of four Huskies to place in the top-eight … ran on the 4xMile relay at the Penn Relays, as UW took third in 16:14.31 … opened his outdoor season with a 3:39.41 time in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite … indoors, captured the NCAA mile crown, the first Husky ever to win the event indoors, as he led an unprecedented four Huskies that finished in the top-eight with a winning time of 4:03.33 at altitude … ran his mile PR of 3:52.87 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier as one of eight Huskies to go sub-four in the race, amazingly that time only was fifth-fastest on the squad during the season … also was part of the first eight-man sub-four mile run at the UW Invitational, taking sixth in 3:55.98 … ran a 3,000m PR of 7:48.81 at the Husky Classic, No. 4 in school history ... garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... (Cross Country): Excellent fall on the course, highlighted by his effort at the NCAA Championships, where he placed 42nd overall as the No. 2 Husky scorer in 29:37, just two spots outside of the All-America cut-off … a top-10 run at NCAA West Regionals hosted by UW at Chambers Creek, placing 9th overall and second on the team in 28:38, earning All-West Region honors … at the Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in 23:15 as the third Husky across, helping UW finish third … the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 73rd overall … led the team at the season-opening Cowboy Jamboree, placing 26th overall in 23:51.
2021-22 (Track): Established himself as one of the best mid-distance runners in the NCAA, as he took fifth in the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meters final, one of three Huskies to earn First Team All-America honors in the event … ran 3:46.13 for fifth in the tactical NCAA final, as teammate Joe Waskom got the win and teammate Nathan Green was seventh … advanced to NCAA Outdoors by winning the 1,500m quarterfinal at West Prelims in 3:38.06 … was the Pac-12 Championships silver medalist behind Waskom, going 3:40.44 in the final … broke the UW school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running a PR of 3:37.51, though Green would break that in the NCAA semis … won his 5,000-meters heat at the Raleigh Relays in 13:48.48 … competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing 31st overall in the 1,500m … indoors, earned First Team All-America honors as part of the DMR, which took seventh at NCAA Indoors in a time of 9:29.27 … ran the anchor leg at NCAAs, and also ran the lead-off leg on the DMR when it ran a school record of 9:21.10, which was the No. 3 mark in NCAA history, at the Arkansas Qualifier … DMR team was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week after Arkansas record … ran two phenomenal miles, first going 3:57.17 at the UW Indoor Preview, then running 3:56.57 at the Husky Classic, now sixth in school history … also ran the No. 6 3k time in school history at 7:52.84 … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ... (Cross Country): Raced at all five meets for the men’s team, as it placed 13th at the NCAA Championships … was the No. 7 finisher at the NCAA meet in Tallahassee, in 166th-place overall … scored at the Pac-12 Championships in 16th-place, fourth on the team, in a time of 24:19 … was the No. 3 Husky at the Wisconsin Invitational, crossing in 74th overall, in 24:16 … opened the season with a fourth-place run at the Charles Bowles Invite.
2020-21 (Track): Put himself in the Husky top-10 lists indoors and outdoors at 5,000-meters … set a 5k PR of 13:43.33 at the West Coast Relays, going to No. 6 in school history and qualifying for NCAA West Prelims … made the final of the Pac-12 Championships at 1,500-meters, running a PR of 3:43.39 in the prelims, then taking 11th in the final … third in the UW-WSU Dual at 3k in 8:17.73 … indoors, focused on cross country but ran one time, going 13:47.68 in the 5k at the UW Invitational for No. 7 in school history … made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Led the Huskies at the NCAA XC Championships in his first season of cross, placing 51st overall in 31:01 in Stillwater, Okla. as the Huskies placed 25th … finished 10th at the Pac-12 Championships to earn All-Pac-12 Second Team honors and help UW take third … was the No. 2 Husky at the Silver State Invite, 13th overall, in 23:36 … a Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team pick.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A stellar first indoor season, as he set the UW Freshman Record in the 3,000-meters with a time of 7:58.96 at the UW Invitational, winning his heat, and going to No. 8 in school history … close to a sub-four mile on two occasions, running a 4:01.01 at the Husky Classic and then improving to 4:00.61 at the UW Last Chance Meet … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic ... (Cross Country): Redshirted the season, competing one time unattached … finished 10th overall at the John Payne Invite at Chambers Bay in 25:21.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington … parents are Carolyn and Chris Houser … has one older brother, Zane … part of the fastest trio of boys milers in state history, all committing to Washington … placed third in the 2019 4A state 1,600-meter final in a time of 4:08.17 that was the 11th-fastest time in the U.S. … also took second at state as a senior in the 3,200-meter final in a PR of 8:57.38 … the 2019 Kingco runner-up in the 1,600m and 3,200m … was the KingCo cross country champion as a senior and sixth at the 4A state meet … was fourth in the 1,600m state final on the track as a junior … was 11th at the state cross country meet as a sophomore and 25th his freshman year.
Major Meets
2020 MPSF TF - 19th, 3000m
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 51st (1st UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 11th, 1500m | 19th, 5000m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 45th, 5000m
2021 Pac-12 XC - 16th (4th UW)
2021 Regional XC - 46th (7th UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 166th (7th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 2nd, 1500m | 22nd, 5000m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 1st, 1500m
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 5th, 1500m (All-America First Team)
2022 USA Outdoors - 31st, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 15th (3rd UW)
2022 Regional XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 42nd (2nd UW)
2023 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 1500m | 17th, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 6th, 1500m
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 10th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 XC - 2nd (1st UW)
2023 Regional XC - 25th (4th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 1st, Mile (NCAA Champion; All-America First Team) | 15th, 3000m (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 5th, 800m | 3rd, 1500m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 7th, 1500m
2024 NCAA Outdoors - 12th, 1500m (All-America Second Team)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials - 16th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......1:49.07
1500m.......3:37.51
5000m.......13:43.33
Indoor Bests
Mile.......3:51.73 - School Record
3000m.......7:40.40 - School Record
5000m.......13:47.68
Academic Honors
2022-23 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13