“Getting It Done”
Highlights By Year
2024 Highlights
Portland Shamrock 2024
Winning Team 8k
Olympic Trials: Marathon
Amelia
Amanda
Sarah
2023 Highlights
July 1
Amelia placed 4th in the women’s elite - 4:38.8 - PR!
Erin placed 4th in the women’s open - 5:20.8
June 24: Stumptown
Jenn - 1500m - 4:10.29 - 4th - PR!
Nathan - 1500m - 3:15.25 - SB!
Amelia - 1500m - 4:16.46 - PR!
Anna - 800 - 2:05.84 - SB!
June 17-18
Sarah ran 2:31:56 for 8th and a 3min PR!
June 1-4
Hoka Festival of Miles: Jenn 4th - 4:30.53 - PR & team record!
Nathan - 1500m - 4:02.95
Emily - 1500m - 4:26.92
Emily - 800m - 2:12.97
Jenn - 1500m - 3rd - 4:11.70 - SB!
Amelia - SEA vs PDX 3k - 1st - 9:24.55 - PR!
May 26-28
Anna ran 2:06.65 in the 800m - SB!
Jenn ran 4:12.25 in the 1500m!
May 21: Beat the Bridge 8k
Amelia won in 26:36 - PR & team record!
May 6-7
USATF Trail Marathon Championships: Sam placed 10th!
Anna ran 2:07.05 in the 800 - SB!
Jenn ran the 5000 in 15:56.86 - Team record!
Eugene Marathon: Ryan 12th - 2:25:50
Sarah 4th - 1:13:41 - PR!
Amanda 5th - 1:14:31
USATF Vertical Mountain Championships: Sam placed 13th!
April 25: USATF Road Mile Championships
Jenn Randall placed 8th in 4:33, and Anna Connor placed 15th in 4:41!
April 21-22:
Women’s Pro Mile: Jenn Randall won in 4:33.84.
Men’s Pro Mile: Nathan Stark ran 4:12.07 for a PR!
Mixed 4x800m relays made up of Cascadia Elite and friends placed 2nd and 3rd in 8:18.73 and 8:19.66
April 1-2:
Mike Fanelli Track Classic: Ben Doucette: won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.88 SB!
March 12: Shamrock Run Portland
Sarah Reiter: Women’s 15k - 52:25.10 - 1st place - Team record!
Amelia Keyser-Gibson: Women’s 8k - 26:47.41 - 2nd place - Team record!
Ashley Maton: Women’s 8k - 27:03.91 - 4th place
Amanda Phillips: Women’s 8k - 27:09.95 - 5th place
March 4:
Camelback Run: Ryan Alexander - 51:27 - 1st place - Team record!
Willamette Opener: Zack Short: Men’s Shot Put - 17.82m - 1st place - Team record!
The TEN: Amelia Keyser-Gibson: US Women’s 10k - 33:37.42 - 5th place
February 17-18: USATF Indoor Championships
Jenn Randall: Women’s 3k - 9:22.39 - 9th place
Anna Connor: Women’s 800m - 2:07.68 - 11th place
Ben Doucette: Men’s 60m Hurdles - 7.88 - 9th place - Team record!
February 10: BU Valentine Invitational
Jenn Randall: Women’s 3k - 9:01.69 - 13th place - Team record & USA qualifier!
Anna Connor: Women’s 1000 - 2:43.83 - 9th place - USA qualifier, PR, Team Record!
February 4: WSU Open & Combined Results
Ben Doucette: Men’s 60m Hurdles - 7.91 - 2nd place - USA qualifier!
January 27: Lilac Grand Prix
Jenn Randall: Women’s 1500 - 4:20.70 - 9th place
January 14: UW Indoor Preview
Jenn Randall: Women’s 3k - 9:11.64 - 2nd place
Anna Connor: Women’s 3k - 9:33.31 - 16th place - PR!
December 10: USATF Club Cross Country Championship
The women’s team placed 5th in Cascadia’s first-ever showing at Club Cross
Jenn: 32st, Amelia 36th, Amanda 41st, Ashley 45th, Anna 47th, Marci 53rd, Morgan 215th
December 4: California International Marathon
5 members competed, 3 running under the 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifying time
Amanda Phillips: 2:33:55 - 17th - PR!
Sarah Reiter: 2:34:51 - 24th - PR & OTQ!
Amelia Keyser-Gibson - 33rd - OTQ!
November 6: World Mountain & Trail Running Championships
Sam Lewis represented Team USA in the Up and Downhill Mountain Race placing 40th
July 27: Susan Ejore signed a professional contract with Under Armour and joined Mission Run Baltimore Distance!
June 23: USATF Outdoor Championships
Anna Connor qualified in the 800!
Jenn Randall qualified in the 1500!
March 20: LA Marathon
Amanda Phillips - 2:35:06 - 5th - Top American - OTQ!
2022 Highlights
Cascadia in the News
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Bridging the Gap Between Hobby Joggers and Pro Runners
As D3 runners, the five athletes I spoke with hope to set an example for athletes to achieve great things without necessarily taking the standard path of running fast in high school, going to a D1 program, and signing a professional contract.
There are other paths to success in running, but it is hard to be what you can’t see. By highlighting their stories, I hope to make different paths visible. Hearing their stories was refreshing, inspiring, and reaffirming—now I know I am on the right path simply because it is mine.
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O Pioneer! Two decades into a running career, Amanda Phillips continues to run into the great unknownn
Being a pioneer isn’t easy. It requires courage to break new ground, to forge ahead through discomfort, distress and distraction. Above all, being a pioneer means striving towards success when the odds are stacked against you – a challenge to which Phillips has risen repeatedly.
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CASCADIA ELITE TRAINING GROUP HOPES TO GAIN STRENGTH BY CHASING DREAMS TOGETHER
“Trying to get to the Trials, and get faster after college, and into your 30s, it’s hard. And it feels like you’re along on a daily basis.” Floeck said. “It feels good to help people in this position. there are a lot of amazing athletes out there who can do amazing things.”
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COVID Reset Her Life. Now Amanda Phillips Runs for Cascadia Elite with Eyes on the Trials
“It was just really great for me, because I was able to spend more time on my health and my self, and I got back into training hard,” she says. “I’m happy to have found a better balance. Running really is my passion, but I have never put it as number one before, and I’ve been trying to do that as much as I can now.”
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Working full-time, Jenn Randall cracks the elite ranks
“I just try to use that excitement to pull me along adrenaline-wise. I try not to overthink it too much and take it like any other race. I’m just out here to compete and do my best and try not to worry too much about the caliber of people around me. And because I’m kind of new to doing this well, I’m flying under the radar a bit, and I don’t have anything to lose.”
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COPING WITH CHANGE: ADVICE FROM ELITE TRAIL RUNNER SAM LEWIS
“Get outside and play! Go frolic in the strength and beauty of nature and escape the social media updates. Allow your training to be your way to play and enjoy life through all this uncertainty because one things is always certain right now, you never regret going for a run.”
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FOR THE LOVE OF RUNNING: TDMS TEACHER EYES OLYMPIC TRIALS
“I can push myself beyond what I think a lot of people probably could. Pushing myself through running helped me grow an internal drive to overcome many different types of things, including hardships in my life that I didn’t see coming, like grief and loss. Without the ability to run through these things, I am not sure who I would be.”