Renee Phillips Season 2019-20

PositionMID-DISTANCE/DISTANCE
Height5-4
ClassJunior
HometownSan Diego, Calif.

Collegiate Bests
5,000 Meters (Cross Country): 18:52.8 (Oct. 14, 2017, at Highlander Invitational - Riverside, Calif.)
6,000 Meters (Cross Country): 22:18.7 (Sept. 14, 2019, at UC Riverside Invitational - Riverside, Calif.)
1,500 Meters (Outdoor): 4:43.18 (April 7, 2021 at MW Challenge - San Diego, Calif.)
3,000 Meters (Outdoor): 10:43.24 (Feb. 25, 2021 at Utah Dual Meet - San Diego, Calif.)
5,000 Meters (Outdoor): 18:01.68 (April 29, 2021 at UCR Distance Invitational - Riverside, Calif.)

Mountain West Cross Country Championships (6k)
2021: 70th (out of 86) – 23:05.7 (March 5, 2021, at Craig Ranch Regional Park – Las Vegas)
2019: 75th (out of 89) - 23:23.0 (Nov. 1, 2019, at Steve and Dona Reeder XC Course - Logan, Utah)
2018: 79th (out of 91) - 23:19.3 (Oct. 26, 2019, at Morley Field – San Diego, Calif.)

NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2019: 222nd (6K - 23:32.4)
2018: 219th (6K - 23:19.3)
2017: 229th (6K - 24:09.3)

2020-21
XC: Competed in both of the Aztecs' 6k races, finishing in 23:13.3 at the Silver State Collegiate Challenge (35th) and in 23:05.7 at the Mountain West Championships (70th).

2019-20 Season:
XC: Competed in six events for the Aztecs and finished top five for the Aztecs in every one of her races…Placed second among the Aztecs and 64th out of 164 at UC Riverside with a collegiate career best of 22:18.7…Placed third among the Aztecs at the Capital Cross Challenge (23:01.0) and the Mountain West Championships (23:23.0).

Indoor: Did not compete

Outdoor: Competed in the 1,500m in SDSU’s lone outdoor meet before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking 16th place with a career best time of 4:50.16 at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3-7-20).

2018-19
XC:
Competed in four races... Had top 5k time at the Highlander Invitational (18:58.7)... Posted best 6k time of the season at the NCAA West Regionals (23:19.3).

Indoor: Did not compete.

Outdoor: Competed in one race, running the 5,000m at the Oxy Distance Carnival (18:58.19).

2017-18
XC:
 Recorded times in six of the Aztecs' seven races ... SDSU's third finisher in three races: Mark Covert Classic (5K - 19:44.5), Capital Cross Challenge (6K - 23:30.3) and Highlander Invitational (5K - 18:52.8) ... Season-best times came at the Highlander Invitational and the UC Riverside Invitational (6K - 23:08.5) ... Also ran the UNLV Invitational, finishing 37th (5K - 19:34) ... Placed 229th at the NCAA West Regional (24:09.3).

High School
Four-year letterwinner in track and cross country at Coronado High School ... Two-time CIF San Diego Section cross country (2.75 miles) individual champion (2016 - 16:28.0; 2015 - 17:02.4), helping her team advance to the CIF State Cross Country Championships each of her four years ... Coronado won the Division IV Cross Country Championship in 2015 and 2016 ... Best cross country state meet (5K) finish was 15th as a senior (18:38.5), notching a 5K PR earlier in the year at the Stanford Invitational (18:20.6) ... Four-time all-academic cross country team honoree and three-time cross country team MVP ... A distance specialist in track, winning the Central League championship in the 1,600 and 3,200 from 2015-17 ... In 2017, set the school record in the 3,200 (11:02.25) ... Also won the 800 league title in 2015 and 2016 ... CIF San Diego Section champion in the 1,600 (5:08.65) in 2016.

Personal
Born in Seattle, Wash... Was also recruited by Nevada, San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, Loyola Marymount and UC San Diego ... Majoring in business.