2025 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Yerby, Claire

Claire Yerby
- Position:
- Mid-Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Montara, Calif.
- High School:
- Half Moon Bay
- Prev School:
- California
Bio
2025 All-America First Team (DMR)
Pursuing post-baccalaureate studies at UW after four years competing for Cal-Berkeley where she completed her Bachelors degree majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology: Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development.
2024 Cross Country: Raced three times in her first season as a Dawg … placed 75th overall and 8th on the team at the Big Ten Championships in a season-best 20:39 … in the Pre-Nationals B race, came across in 18th-place and second among Huskies … was the No. 8 Husky finisher at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in 187th-place overall as UW won the title.
2024 Track At Cal: Raced just once outdoors, competing at the Hornet Invite on Mar. 15-16 … indoors, ran at two meets, with a mile time of 4:46.67 at the UW Ken Shannon Last Chance.
2023 Cross Country At Cal: Placed 61st overall at the West Regionals in 20:42, the second Cal finisher … was 57th at the Pac-12 Championships, third on the team … was eighth at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite … 30th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational at Oregon … opened the year at the USF Invite, finishing 14th.
2023 Track At Cal: Reached the NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500-meters, placing 42nd in the first round in 4:24.02 … was 16th at the Pac-12 Track Championships in the 1,500m in 4:23.64 … ran a 1,500-meter PR in a victory at the Big Meet vs Stanford, going 4:16.41, and also had an 800m PR in the same meet of 2:07.72 … was sixth in the 1,500m at the Mt. SAC Relays in 4:18.81 … indoors, ran a mile PR of 4:42.52 at the UW Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite in the Dempsey … at the Husky Classic, ran a mile of 4:43.38 and a 3,000m PR of 9:23.64.
2022 Cross Country At Cal: Finished the fall at West Regionals, finishing 103rd overall, second on the squad … was 69th at the Pac-12 Championships, the top Bears finisher … also placed 33rd at the Santa Clara Invite and 106th at the UCR Invitational.
2022 Track At Cal: Raced at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 19th in the 1,500-meters … sixth in the 1,500m at the Big Meet vs. Stanford in 4:28.23 … ran a 1,500m season-best of 4:27.18 at the Stanford Invite … an 800m season-best of 2:09.82 at the Aztec Invitational for second … indoors, clocked a mile of 4:51.06 at the Pac-12 Invitational at the Dempsey.
2021 Cross Country At Cal: Placed 70th overall at her first Pac-12 Championships … raced at NCAA Regionals … first cross country race was the University of San Francisco Invitational on Sept. 4, placing 48th.
2021 Track At Cal: Eighth in the Big Meet vs. Stanford in the 800m … season-best 1,500m of 4:38.04 at the USC Dual … first race was a 1,500m in a dual with Sacramento State on Mar. 6, running 4:46.04.
2020 Cross Country At Cal: Did not run during XC season which was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the pandemic.
High School and Personal: Born in Palo Alto, California … parents are Traci and Scott Yerby … has one older brother, Ryan … mother competed in cross country and track & field at Cal State Northridge … father competed in cross country and track & field at UC Davis … brother Ryan played baseball at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute … 2020 Half Moon Bay High School Student Athlete of the Year… at the 2019 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Cross Country Championships, finished 28th in Division 4 … in the 2019 track & field season, finished first in the 4x800m relay and sixth in the 1500m run at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships … named First Team Central Coast Section (CCS) after she finished third in the 1600m run at the CIF CCS Finals … First Team All-Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) from 2017-19 … finished 21st out of 209 runners that year at the CIF State Cross Country Championships … in the 2018 track & field season, finished 10th at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships … also lettered in basketball … member of the Menlo iGreyhounds Track Club.
Major Meets
2021 Pac-12 XC – 70th (4th Cal)
2021 Regional XC – 170th (6th Cal)
2022 Pac-12 XC – 69th (1st Cal)
2022 Regional XC – 103rd (2nd Cal)
2022 Pac-12 TF – 19th, 1500m
2023 Pac-12 TF – 16th, 1500m
2023 Pac-12 XC – 57th (3rd Cal)
2023 Regional XC – 61st (2nd Cal)
2023 NCAA Prelims TF – 42nd, 1500m
2024 Big Ten XC - 75th (8th UW)
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 11th, Mile | 5th, DMR
2025 NCAA Indoors - 8th, DMR (All-America First Team)
Outdoor Bests
800m…….2:07.72
1500m…….4:16.41
Indoor Bests
800m.......2:04.67
1000m…….2:52.40
Mile…….4:35.99
3000m…….9:18.06
Academic Honors
10-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll at Cal
Pursuing post-baccalaureate studies at UW after four years competing for Cal-Berkeley where she completed her Bachelors degree majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology: Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development.
2024 Cross Country: Raced three times in her first season as a Dawg … placed 75th overall and 8th on the team at the Big Ten Championships in a season-best 20:39 … in the Pre-Nationals B race, came across in 18th-place and second among Huskies … was the No. 8 Husky finisher at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in 187th-place overall as UW won the title.
2024 Track At Cal: Raced just once outdoors, competing at the Hornet Invite on Mar. 15-16 … indoors, ran at two meets, with a mile time of 4:46.67 at the UW Ken Shannon Last Chance.
2023 Cross Country At Cal: Placed 61st overall at the West Regionals in 20:42, the second Cal finisher … was 57th at the Pac-12 Championships, third on the team … was eighth at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite … 30th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational at Oregon … opened the year at the USF Invite, finishing 14th.
2023 Track At Cal: Reached the NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500-meters, placing 42nd in the first round in 4:24.02 … was 16th at the Pac-12 Track Championships in the 1,500m in 4:23.64 … ran a 1,500-meter PR in a victory at the Big Meet vs Stanford, going 4:16.41, and also had an 800m PR in the same meet of 2:07.72 … was sixth in the 1,500m at the Mt. SAC Relays in 4:18.81 … indoors, ran a mile PR of 4:42.52 at the UW Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite in the Dempsey … at the Husky Classic, ran a mile of 4:43.38 and a 3,000m PR of 9:23.64.
2022 Cross Country At Cal: Finished the fall at West Regionals, finishing 103rd overall, second on the squad … was 69th at the Pac-12 Championships, the top Bears finisher … also placed 33rd at the Santa Clara Invite and 106th at the UCR Invitational.
2022 Track At Cal: Raced at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 19th in the 1,500-meters … sixth in the 1,500m at the Big Meet vs. Stanford in 4:28.23 … ran a 1,500m season-best of 4:27.18 at the Stanford Invite … an 800m season-best of 2:09.82 at the Aztec Invitational for second … indoors, clocked a mile of 4:51.06 at the Pac-12 Invitational at the Dempsey.
2021 Cross Country At Cal: Placed 70th overall at her first Pac-12 Championships … raced at NCAA Regionals … first cross country race was the University of San Francisco Invitational on Sept. 4, placing 48th.
2021 Track At Cal: Eighth in the Big Meet vs. Stanford in the 800m … season-best 1,500m of 4:38.04 at the USC Dual … first race was a 1,500m in a dual with Sacramento State on Mar. 6, running 4:46.04.
2020 Cross Country At Cal: Did not run during XC season which was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the pandemic.
High School and Personal: Born in Palo Alto, California … parents are Traci and Scott Yerby … has one older brother, Ryan … mother competed in cross country and track & field at Cal State Northridge … father competed in cross country and track & field at UC Davis … brother Ryan played baseball at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute … 2020 Half Moon Bay High School Student Athlete of the Year… at the 2019 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Cross Country Championships, finished 28th in Division 4 … in the 2019 track & field season, finished first in the 4x800m relay and sixth in the 1500m run at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships … named First Team Central Coast Section (CCS) after she finished third in the 1600m run at the CIF CCS Finals … First Team All-Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) from 2017-19 … finished 21st out of 209 runners that year at the CIF State Cross Country Championships … in the 2018 track & field season, finished 10th at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships … also lettered in basketball … member of the Menlo iGreyhounds Track Club.
Major Meets
2021 Pac-12 XC – 70th (4th Cal)
2021 Regional XC – 170th (6th Cal)
2022 Pac-12 XC – 69th (1st Cal)
2022 Regional XC – 103rd (2nd Cal)
2022 Pac-12 TF – 19th, 1500m
2023 Pac-12 TF – 16th, 1500m
2023 Pac-12 XC – 57th (3rd Cal)
2023 Regional XC – 61st (2nd Cal)
2023 NCAA Prelims TF – 42nd, 1500m
2024 Big Ten XC - 75th (8th UW)
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 11th, Mile | 5th, DMR
2025 NCAA Indoors - 8th, DMR (All-America First Team)
Outdoor Bests
800m…….2:07.72
1500m…….4:16.41
Indoor Bests
800m.......2:04.67
1000m…….2:52.40
Mile…….4:35.99
3000m…….9:18.06
Academic Honors
10-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll at Cal
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Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
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