1. Karissa Schweizer is an American middle- and long-distance runner, Olympian and World Record holder in the women's 4x1500 meters relay.
19 Facts About Karissa Schweizer
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Karissa Schweizer competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters events finishing 11th and 12th, respectively.
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Karissa Schweizer is the daughter of Mike and Kathy Schweizer, both of whom had successful collegiate track careers at Mankato State, with her father earning All-American honors.
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Karissa Schweizer coached track at Dowling Catholic High School for over four decades but retired before Karissa began her high school career.
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Karissa Schweizer's family has a rich running heritage at Dowling with her father and uncles, Steve and Doug, running track for the school.
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Karissa Schweizer ran a 3:49.04 PR in the 1500m to earn him a 3rd at the 2017 USA Track and Field Junior Championships.
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Karissa Schweizer is a member of the University of Notre Dame's track team.
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Karissa Schweizer never won an individual state or national cross-country title while at Dowling, never qualified for the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, and her only track title was for 3 kilometer the 2011 IAHSAA championships.
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Karissa Schweizer ran the 3000 m and 5000 m at the next 2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing second and first respectively.
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At the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Karissa Schweizer ran 15:39.93 in the 5000 m to win her third national collegiate title.
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Karissa Schweizer won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female cross country runner in 2017.
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Later that season at the Millrose Games, Karissa Schweizer set the American collegiate record in the 3000m with a time of 8:41.60, her time beating Olympic medalist Jenny Simpson's previous record by one second.
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Karissa Schweizer signed professionally with the Bowerman Track Club in 2018.
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Karissa Schweizer, running the fastest time 5K in the US during the summer season, recorded a personal best 15:01.63 during a win at the Sunset Tour on July 10,2019, in Azusa, California.
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On February 28,2020, at Boston University's "Last Chance Invitational" meet, Karissa Schweizer set a new indoor American Record in the 3000 m of 8:25.70.
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Karissa Schweizer broke Shalane Flanagan's 2007 indoor AR by over seven seconds.
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On July 10,2020, Karissa Schweizer finished second to Shelby Houlihan in a 5000 m race conducted by the Bowerman Track Club with a new personal best of 14:26.34.
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Karissa Schweizer's time beat Houlihan's former American Record of 14:34.45 and made her the 14th fastest performer of all time.
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On July 23,2020, Karissa Schweizer set a new world leading time in addition to a new personal best in the 1500m, at 4:00.02, which made her the 8th fastest American to ever run the event, finishing in front of Colleen Quigley and Courtney Frerichs in 4:03.98 and 4:07.39, respectively.