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Courtney Frerichs

{{Short description|American middle-distance runner, steeplechase specialist (born 1993)}}

{{use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Courtney Frerichs

| image = USATF day 3 2018 (28106996437).jpg

| caption = Frerichs at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|18}}

| birth_place = Mundelein, Illinois, U.S.

| height = 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

| weight = 117 lb (53 kg)

| sport = Track and field

| event = 3000 metres steeplechase

| collegeteam = Missouri–KC Kangaroos
New Mexico Lobos

| club = Nike
Bowerman Track Club

| turnedpro = 2016

| worlds = {{ubl

|2017 London

|3000 m s’chase - {{silver medal}}

|2019 Doha

|3000 m s’chase - 7th

}}

| olympics = {{ubl

|2016 Rio de Janeiro

|3000 m s’chase - 11th

|2020 Tokyo

|3000 m s’chase - {{silver medal}}

}}

| pb = {{ubl

|3000 m s’chase: 8:57.77 {{AthAbbr|AR|American}} (Eugene 2021)

|5000 m: 14:50.06 (Portland 2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/07/elise-cranny-1448-02-and-sean-mcgorty-1311-22-lead-fast-times-for-bowerman-track-club-intra-squad-meet-in-portland/|title = Elise Cranny (14:48.02) and Sean McGorty (13:11.22) Lead Fast Times for Bowerman Track Club Intra-Squad Meet in Portland|date = July 2020}}

|1500 m: 4:14.62 (Palo Alto 2018)

}}

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|{{nowrap|3000 m s’chase}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 London|{{nowrap|3000 m s’chase}}}}

{{MedalCountry|the 20px Americas }}

{{MedalCompetition|IAAF Continental Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Ostrava|{{nowrap|3000 m s’chase}}}}

}}

Courtney Frerichs (born January 18, 1993) is an American middle-distance runner and steeplechase{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/courtney-frerichs-273194 |title=Courtney Frerichs IAAF profile |publisher=IAAF |date=July 7, 2016| access-date=July 7, 2016}} specialist from Nixa, Missouri,[http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/article80436877.html Missouri native and former UMKC athlete Courtney Frerichs chasing Olympic dream | The Kansas City Star] Retrieved 2017-07-06. She is a three-time silver medalist in the 3000 meters steeplechase capturing silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the 2017 World Championships in London and at the 2018 World (Continental) Cup in Ostrava. In 2021, she became the first American woman to run under nine-minutes in a women’s 3000-meters steeplechase event with a time of 8:57.77; establishing an American and Area record. She is a two-time Olympian making the US team in 2016 and 2020. In both of her Olympic Trials she finished second to US National Champion, Emma Coburn.

Frerichs made history at the 2017 World Championships where she and her teammate, Emma Coburn, finished 1-2 in the 3000-meters women’s steeplechase, with Coburn taking home the gold and Frerichs the silver medal, thus becoming the first female Americans to win the gold and silver medal in any individual World Championships or Olympics race longer than 400 meters since the 1912 Stockholm Games.{{cite web|last=Zaccardi |first=Nick |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/08/11/emma-coburn-steeplechase-world-championship-video/ |title=Emma Coburn leads shocking U.S. steeplechase one-two (video) – OlympicTalk |date=11 August 2017 |publisher=Olympics.nbcsports.com |access-date=August 12, 2017}} In that race, they outran four of the five fastest women in the world which included the world record holder and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, Ruth Jebet, the defending champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist, Hyvin Jepkemoi, the number one ranked runner in 2017, Beatrice Chepkoech, and Celliphine Chespol, second fastest in the world.

On July 20, 2018, at the Herculis meet in Monaco, she finished in second place behind Beatrice Chepkoech's world record 8:44.32 performance. Frerichs' time of 9:00.85 moved her ahead of Coburn for the American and North American (NACAC) records in the steeplechase and to 6th place on the all-time fastest list. Frerichs won the steeplechase NCAA title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a Lobo, setting a collegiate record of 9:24.41.

Nixa High School

As a Senior at Nixa Public High School, Courtney Frerichs earned all-conference, all-district, team MVP, KSPR-TV Athlete of the Week in cross country. Frerichs posted a freshman season-best time of 2:24 in 800 meters. She also set school records in the 5K (18:12), triple jump {{T&Fcalc|10.505}}, and her team posted the best time for the 4x800-meter relay (10:02). Frerichs lettered for four years in soccer as a midfielder/forward where she earned All-district honors and was a two-time regional qualifier in gymnastics.{{cite web|url=http://golobos.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1596 |title=Courtney Frerichs University of New Mexico profile |publisher=New Mexico Lobos |date=July 7, 2016 | access-date=December 27, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.umkckangaroos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205716207 |title=Courtney Frerichs University of Missouri Kansas City profile |publisher=UMKC Kangaroos |date=July 7, 2015 | access-date=December 27, 2017}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V_z-PiMhdU In 2010, she was a level 9 gymnast]. Frerichs attributes her accomplishments to gymnastics, strength training, and her teammates.{{cite web|url=http://strengthrunning.com/2017/10/courtney-frerichs-long-term-success-gymnastics-strength-training-teammates/ |title=Courtney Frerichs on Long-Term Success: Gymnastics, Strength Training, and Teammates |publisher=strengthrunning.com |date=October 7, 2017 | access-date=December 27, 2017}}

NCAA

Courtney Frerichs won the steeplechase national title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a Lobo, setting a collegiate record of 9:24.41{{cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5490154/New_Mexico/Courtney_Frerichs.html |title=2016 NCAA New Mexico results|work=Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) |date=July 7, 2016| access-date=July 7, 2016}} As of July 2017, Frerichs has run 4 of the 10 fastest times in US collegian history. She finished her career with four of the top 10 steeplechase times in NCAA history between her time at New Mexico and UMKC, and was a semifinalist for the Bowerman Award. Frerichs earned seven NCAA Division I All-American honors competing in Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field for the UMKC Kangaroos and the New Mexico Lobos. On grass in 2015, Frerichs captured her third All-American honor in cross country with a fourth-place finish of 19:48.0 at the NCAA Championships, leading the New Mexico Lobos to a dominant national championship victory.

class="wikitable sortable"
colspan="9"|Representing the University of Missouri–Kansas City
YearConference cross countryNCAA Cross CountryConference IndoorNCAA IndoorConference OutdoorNCAA OutdoorUSA ChampionshipsInternational
2011-12Summit League --3000 10:02.06 4th
5000 17:33.79 10th		--3000 SC 10:55.29 80thbgcolor=silver|3000 SC 10:35.23 2nd{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/USA-Junior-Outdoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx |title=2012 USA Junior Championships - 6/15/2012 to 6/17/2012 Bloomington, Indiana Results |publisher=usatf.org |date=June 12, 2012 |access-date=July 8, 2016 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419061945/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/USA-Junior-Outdoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx |url-status=dead }}3000 SC 10:35.24 16th{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-junior-championships/2012/14th-iaaf-world-junior-championships-4872/women/3000-metres-steeplechase/heats/result#resultheader |title=3000 METRES STEEPLECHASE WOMEN 14TH IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SPAIN BARCELONA (ESTADIO OLÍMPICO), SPAIN 10 JUL 2012 - 15 JUL 2012 Results|publisher=usatf.org |date=July 15, 2012| access-date=July 8, 2016}}
2012-13Summit League --bgcolor=gold|3000 9:51.26 1st
5000 17:02.31 1st		-bgcolor=gold| 3000 SC 10:15.79 1st
5000 16:42.63 1st		3000 SC 9:55.02 6th
2013-14bgcolor=silver|WAC 2nd 17:35.738th 20:44.4bgcolor=gold|3000 9:35.89 1st
5000 17:45.89 1st;		---3000 SC 9:43.36 6th{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Complete-Results.aspx |title=2014 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/25/2014 to 6/29/2014 Hornet Stadium - Sacramento, California Results |publisher=usatf.org |date=June 28, 2014 |access-date=July 8, 2016 |archive-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811174645/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Complete-Results.aspx |url-status=dead }}3000 SC 10:10.51 4th{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/NACAC-U-23-Championships.aspx |title=NACAC U-23 Championships August 8-10, 2014 Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada|publisher=usatf.org |date=August 10, 2014| access-date=July 8, 2016}}
2014-15bgcolor=gold|WAC 1st 16:51.713th 20:17.1bgcolor=gold| 3000 10:35.96 1st
5000 18:37.69 1st		5000 15:47.56 5thbgcolor=gold|3000 SC 10:15.41 1st
5000 17:26.99 1st		bgcolor=silver|3000 SC 9:31.36 2nd3000 SC 9:46.24 7th{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx |title=USATF Championships - 6/25/2015 to 6/28/2015 Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore. Results |publisher=usatf.org |date=June 28, 2015 |access-date=July 8, 2016 |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005155325/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx |url-status=dead }}-
colspan="9"|Representing the University of New Mexico Lobos
2015-16bgcolor=silver|MWC 2nd 22:05.24th 19:47.9--bgcolor=silver|1500 4:25.77 2ndbgcolor=gold|3000 SC 9:24.41 1stbgcolor=silver|3000 SC 9:20.92 2nd{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Athlete-Information.aspx |title=USATF Championships - 6/30/2016 to 7/10/2016 Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore. Results |publisher=usatf.org |date=July 8, 2016 |access-date=July 8, 2016 |archive-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824054449/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Athlete-Information.aspx |url-status=dead }}3000 SC Olympic 9:22.87 11th{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/Olympic-Games.aspx |title=2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 5-21, 2016|publisher=usatf.org |date=August 8, 2016| access-date=July 8, 2016}}

[https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/3719448/UMKC/Courtney_Frerichs.html UMKC Courtney Frerichs results]

[https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5490154/New_Mexico/Courtney_Frerichs.html New Mexico Courtney Frerichs results]

=Early championship races=

Courtney placed sixteenth in 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.

Frerichs finished 14th at 2012 Junior USA Cross Country Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2012/USAXCChampionships/results/jw.asp|title=2012 USA Cross Country Championships Results - Junior Women - 6k|date=February 11, 2012|publisher=USATF|access-date=October 27, 2016}}

Courtney Frerichs placed fourth 2014 NACAC U23 Steeplechase.

Professional

=2016=

Frerichs placed 11th at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase running 9:22.87. Frerichs represented USA at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Athlete-Information.aspx |title=2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field Women's steeplechase |date=July 7, 2016 |publisher=usatf.org |access-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824054449/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Athlete-Information.aspx |url-status=dead }}

=2017=

Courtney placed 4th at the 2017 USATF Cross Country Championships in Bend, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/usatf/files/1c/1c799c42-ac85-4189-a8f4-255449699962.txt |title=2017 USATF National XC Championships February 4, 2017, River's Edge Golf Course, Bend, OR |publisher=usatf.org |access-date=March 15, 2018}}

Frerichs placed 2nd in the steeplechase at 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships running 9:22.23, and commenting, "Having a positive mindset is huge":{{cite web|url=https://spikes.iaaf.org/post/courtney-frerichs-top-tips |title="HAVE A POSITIVE MINDSET" |date=20 December 2017 |publisher=Spike Magazine |access-date=December 27, 2017}} Improving substantially, she placed 2nd at 2017 World Championships in Athletics running a then personal best of 9:03.77.{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/backstraight-boys-girl-athletics-chat/id1030709027?i=1000405646574&mt=2 |title=#19 – Bowerman Babes, Fruit Loop Luck, and Avocado Anthems: Courtney Frerichs Interview Special |publisher=Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat By Matt Wood |date=March 3, 2018 |access-date=March 15, 2018}}

=2018=

Courtney started her 2018 season with a 33:55.1, 4th place in 10 km at the 2018 USA Cross Country Championships. The finishing times for her teammates were Emily Infeld in 33:18.7 (3:19.9/km), Molly Seidel 33:22.1, Stephanie Bruce 33:34.1, Emily Durgin 33:56.9, and Susan Tanui 34:39.0. The six qualified for Team USA at 2018 NACAC Cross Country Championships in La Libertad, El Salvador on February 17, 2018. Frerichs was among leaders until the final lap. During the last 2 km, Courtney maintained a pace of approximately 3:23/km.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/usatf/files/3f/3f76eb59-8bbe-4f4e-9d04-b220662324ea.pdf |title=2018 USATF Cross Country Championships |publisher=usatf.org |date=February 3, 2018 |access-date=February 3, 2018}}

Frerichs placed 2nd in the steeplechase at 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships running 9:18.69.

Frerichs set an American Record in the 3000 meter steeplechase, running 9:00.85, finishing in second place.

Frerichs was selected to represent Team Americas and placed 2nd in the steeplechase at 2018 IAAF Continental Cup running 9:15.22.

=2019=

Frerichs began her 2019 season with a 6th place in 10 km at the 2019 USA Cross Country Championships. On June 30, 2019, she ran 9:09.75 to place fifth behind world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech in the star-studded Diamond League steeple at the Prefontaine Classic held in Stanford, California.[https://flashresults.com/2019_Meets/Outdoor/06-30_PreClassic/007-1_compiled.htm Results: Women 3000 M Steeplechase (Final)],FlashResults.com, June 30, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. In Des Moines, Iowa on July 28, running 9:26.61, Frerichs finished second at the 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, in the steeplechase to Emma Coburn, who ran 9:25.63 and who was the defending World Champion from 2017. Each qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar in September and Frerichs finished 6th in the 3000 M Steeplechase in a time of 9:11.27.[https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/boise-state-alum-allie-ostrander-takes-4th-at-usatf-championships/277-a0ae5194-21f0-47a1-8cbc-ccdff77ccc07 Boise State alum Allie Ostrander takes 4th at USATF Championships], KTVB, Jay Tust, July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

=2021=

Frerichs placed second in steeplechase behind Emma Coburn at the 2020 US Olympic Trials to qualify to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal at the Olympics with a time of 9:04.79, finishing behind Peruth Chemutai and ahead of Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi.

=Competition record=

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{USA}}
2022

|World Championships

|Eugene, United States

|6th

|3000 m SC

|9:10.59

2021

|Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:04.79

2019

|World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|6th

|3000 m SC

|9:11.27

2018

|2018 IAAF Continental Cup

|Ostrava, Czech Republic

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:15.22

2017

|World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:03.77

2016

|Summer Olympics

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|11th

|3000 m SC

|9:22.87

2014

|NACAC U-23 Championships

|Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

|4th

|3000 m SC

|10:10.51

2012

|World U-20 Championships

|Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

|16th

|3000 m SC

|10:35.24

colspan="6"|USATF Championships
2022

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Eugene, Oregon

|bgcolor=cc9900|3rd

|3000 m SC

|9:16.18

2021

|United States Olympic trials

|Eugene, Oregon

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:11.79

2020

|USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

|Albuquerque, New Mexico

|5th

|3000 m

|8:57.15[https://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=view_event&mgroup_id=45365&event_id=25&year=2020 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships WOMEN'S 3000 METERS FINALS Results] USATF.TV

2019

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Des Moines, Iowa

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:26.61

2019

|USA Cross Country Championships

|Apalachee Regional Park,
Tallahassee, Florida

|6th

|10 km

|33:25

2018

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Des Moines, Iowa

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:18.69

2018

|USA Cross Country Championships

|Tallahassee, Florida

|4th

|10 km

|33:55.1

2017

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Sacramento, California

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:22.23

2016

|United States Olympic Trials

|Eugene, Oregon

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|9:20.92

2015

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Eugene, Oregon

|7th

|3000 m SC

|9:46.24

2014

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Sacramento, California

|6th

|3000 m SC

|9:43.36

2012

|IAAF World Championship U-20 Trials

|Bloomington, Indiana

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m SC

|10:35.23

2012

|USA Cross Country Championships

|St Louis, Missouri

|14th

|6 km

|22:08.6

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