Roisin Willis

2024 Track & Field Roster

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TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

As a Sophomore (2023-24)
Cross Country * NCAA West Region Champions

As a Freshman (2022-23)
Outdoors

First-team All-American
Placed fourth in the 800 at the NCAA Championships
Ran season-best 800 of 2:00.23 in the first round of the U.S. Championships
The time placed her No. 2 in Stanford outdoor history
Ran third leg on Penn Relays-winning distance medley relay that ran school outdoor 10:50.56
Established lifetime best in the 1,500 of 4:13.31 at the Mt. SAC Relays
Moved to No. 4 in the 400 and No. 3 in the 1,500 on school's all-time freshman list
Big Meet 4x400 winner
Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Freshman
USTFCCCA All-Academic
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

Two-time NCAA champion
Won the 800 at the NCAA Championships in 1:59.53, a Stanford absolute record
The time was the No. 2 performance and made her the No. 2 performer in indoor collegiate history
Ran the third leg in 2:02.75 for 800 to help Card win the distance medley relay at the NCAA Championships
USTFCCCA West Region Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
Helped Stanford break the school record in the DMR, running 10:49.30 at the Ken Shannon Invitational
The time was No. 6 in all conditions in collegiate indoor history
Anchored Card to school indoor record in the 4x400, running 3:31.71 at the Ken Shannon Invitational

Cross Country * West Region Champions

International/National

Won the 800 in a World Under-20 Championships record 1:59.13
Anchored the U.S. to gold in the 4x400 relay at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia
Second at the 2022 U.S. U20 Championships in the 800
Advanced to the 800 semifinals at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 13th overall
2022 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year

Prior to Stanford

Two-time 2022 World U20 gold medalist
Named 2021-22 Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Player of the Year
Set the national high school indoor 800 record of 2:00.06 in Boston on Feb. 11, 2022
No. 2 on the all-time high school 800 performers’ list in 1:59.13
No. 4 on U.S. U20 performers’ 800 absolute list
Holds Wisconsin state records in the 400, 800, and 1,600 (4:41.46)
Four-time Gatorade Wisconsin Girls Track and Field Player of the Year
Won Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 400 in 52.64, the fifth-fastest among high schools in 2022
Second at the 2022 U.S. U20 Championships in the 800
Joined Olympians Heather MacLean, Kendall Ellis and Elle Purrier St. Pierre on a distance medley relay quartet that set a world record at the opening of The Track at New Balance in Boston
Joined future Stanford teammate Juliette Whittaker in setting a world indoor U20 record in the 4x800
Joined Whittaker on a DMR team that ran the fastest U20 time in indoor history
Second in the Brooks PR Invite 400 in 2021 and 2022, the latter in a PB 52.64
Won 2022 Wisconsin state 800 title, and the 2019 state title in the 4x400
No. 4 recruit in the country for her class by MileSplit
Ran 2:00.78 as a junior, a U.S. under-18 record
Her 2:41.53 in the indoor 1,000, is No. 2 all-time among high school runners
Called, by her high school coach, “the greatest prep track athlete in Wisconsin history.”

Personal

Parents are Lee and Breeda Willis
Mother ran the 5,000 and 10,000 for Ireland at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
Volunteered as part of a pen pal program with elementary school students and children with special needs
An accomplished violin player
Donated her time with the Uplift Foundation, an organization that raises money for women and children in crisis throughout the country

Career Results