Lindsey Anderson is a two-time NCAA All-American, a four-time school record holder at Weber State University, and a six-time Big Sky Conference senior champion.
17 Facts About Lindsey Anderson
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Lindsey Anderson set a personal best time of 9:30.75 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase by placing second at the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, which guaranteed her a qualifying place for the Olympics.
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Lindsey Anderson attended Morgan High School, where she had won five state track and cross-country titles, and held starting positions on both the girls' soccer and basketball teams.
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Under her coach's direction, Lindsey Anderson stood out to be an Olympic hopeful, and eventually reached the summit of her career with a runner-up finish in the steeplechase at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and a third-place finish at the US Outdoor Championships.
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In 2008, Lindsey Anderson posted a career best time of 9:30.75 in the women's steeplechase at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Lindsey Anderson competed in the first ever women's 3000 m steeplechase, along with her teammates Jennifer Barringer and Anna Willard.
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Lindsey Anderson ran in the first heat against sixteen other athletes, including Tunisia's Habiba Ghribi, and Russia's Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, both of whom were top medal contenders in this event.
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Lindsey Anderson finished the race in eighth place by five seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Mekdes Bekele, outside her personal best time of 9:36.81.
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Lindsey Anderson failed to advance into the final, as she placed twenty-fourth overall, and was ranked below four mandatory slots for the next round.
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Also, Lindsey Anderson is usually the smallest competitor in the race, standing at only five foot four inches.
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Formerly Lindsey Olson, she is married to Mark Anderson who is a runner.
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Also, Lindsey Anderson is usually the smallest competitor in the race, standing at only five foot four inches.
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Lindsey Anderson was only offered two scholarships for running, and both were from Utah.
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Coach Lindsey Anderson coached at Weber State University from 2007 through 2014.
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Coach Lindsey Anderson accepted an offer at California State University Bakersfield in July 2014.
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Lindsey Anderson competed for Oiselle, a women's running company that sponsors several elite female runners like Kara Goucher and Lauren Fleshman.
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Lindsey Anderson is a Big Sky Conference 25 Greatest Female Athletes of all time in 2014 and was inducted into the Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.