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BROOKINGS, SD: August 29: South Dakota State University Media Day on August 28, 2024 in Brookings, SD. (Photo by Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Claire Beckman

Hometown:
Andover, Minn.
Indoor:
Jr.
Outdoor:
Jr.
Major:
Communications
Class:
Senior

Awards and Accolades:

- School Record Holder – 600m Run- (Indoor)

- Summit League Indoor Track & Field All-League Team – 800m Run (2024) | Distance Medley Relay (2022) | 4x400m Relay (2022)

- Summit League Outdoor Track & Field All-League Team – 800m Run (2024, 2025)

- Summit League Indoor Track & Field Titles – 800m Run (2024)

- Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Titles – 800m Run (2024)

CAREER RESULTS:
(Indoor PBs)
500m - 1:16.84
600m - 1:32.32
800m - 2:10.87
1000m - 2:56.59
Mile - 4:54.86

(Outdoor PBs)
800m - 2:07.68
1500 - 4:25.94
3000S - 11:12.90

2024-25:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets... Won the 1500m with a time of 4:28.48 at the WashU Distance Carnival (3/28)... Clocked a 1500m PR at 4:25.94 to finish fourth at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/16)... PRed in the 800m at 2:07.68 to take fourth at the Cylcone Twilight (5/9)... Finished runner-up in the 800m with a time of 2:12.02 at the Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/15).
INDOOR: Competed in five meets... Placed in the top 10 of the 800m with a time of 2:11.42 at the Iowa State Classic (2/8)... Won the mile at 4:55.47 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/14)... Took fourth in the 800m with a time of 2:11.14 at the Summit League Indoor Championships (3/1).
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets... Opened the season with a new 5K PR of 17:44.1 to take 16th at the Augustana Twilight (9/6)... Took 24th in the SDSU Open with a time of 22:42.6 (10/4).

2023-24:
OUTDOOR: Finished 11th in the 1500m with a time of 4:38.34 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/30)... PRed in the 1500m with a time of 4:29.77 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/13)... Took fifth in the 4x400m with a time of 4:01.08 at the Gary Wilson Invitational (4/24)... Took sixth in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:31.24 at the Drake Relays (4/27)... Won the 800m with a new PR of 2:10.09 at the Summit League Outdoor Championship (5/11).
INDOOR: Placed sixth in the 4x400m with a time of 4:02.11 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet (1/20)... Won the 600m with a time of 1:34.43 at the NAIA Preview (1/27)... PRed in the mile with a time of 4:54.86 to take fourth at the Iowa State Classic (2/3)... Won the 800m with a time of 2:10.87 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10)... Won the 600m with a PR of 1:32.32 at the SDSU Last Chance Meet (2/16)... Took gold in the 800m with a time of 2:13.89 at the Summit League Indoor Championship (2/23).
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets... Opened the season with a 5k PR of 18:25.8 to finish 16th at the Augustana Twilight (9/1)... Finished 13th with a 5k time of 18:34.8 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (9/8)... Finished the Arturo Barrios Invite with a 6k time of 21:22.3 (10/3)... Placed 14th with a 6k time of 21:54.1 at the Summit League Cross Country Championships (10/28)... Finished the season with a 6k time of 22.17.2 at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regionals (11/10).

2022-23:
OUTDOOR: Took 7^th overall at conference championship with a time of 2:15.32 in the 800 and running a PR of 2:12.02 in the prelims…finished second in the 800 at the USD Early Bird…ran a 2:14.08 in the 800 and a 4:34.14 in the 1500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
INDOOR: Finished 9^th at conference championships in the mile…took fourth place in the 800 at the ISU Classic…ran a personal best 4:55.36 in the mile and won the 800 in 2:13.58 at the SDSU Indoor Classic…won the 600 with a 1:34.15 at SDSU Last Chance
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 21^st at the Summit League Cross Country Championships. Finished 131^st at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet in a time of 22:09.6 for 6000 meters. Ran 19:06.8 for 5,000 meters at the Augustana Twilight.

2021-22:
OUTDOOR: Finished 6^th in the conference championship in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in a time of 11:17.80...Ran 4:33.00 in the 1500 meters and 2:12.90 in the 800 meters at the Bryan Clay Invite.
INDOOR: Finished 5^th in the 800 meters at the conference championships…ran a personal best of 2:12.11 in the prelims...Also ran on the 2^nd place distance medley relay team and 4 x 400 meter relay teams at the conference meet...Ran 1:33.14 in the 600 meters to win the SDSU Last Chance.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran 19:30.8 for 5,000 meters at the SDSU Classic...Finished 24^th at the Summit League Championships helping the Jacks to the league title...Ran a season best 6,000 meters at the NCAA Midwest Regional Meet running 22:44.7 to finish in 136^th.

BEFORE SDSU:
PRs
Cross Country 5K: 18:53
300m Hurdles: 45.14
4x400m Relay (Split): 58.08

As a Huskie, Beckman was named cross country all-conference from 2017-2020 as well as being crowned the individual conference champion in 2020...in 2019 Beckman claimed the individual section title...member of the 2018 sixth-place quad at the state cross country meet...Beckman's 5K time of 18:53 makes her the third fastest woman in Andover High School History...holds all-state honors in the 4x800 meter relay and 300 meter hurdles...the 300 meter hurdle mark is a school record for Andover as Beckman has two section championships in the 300 meter hurdles to her credit...outside of running, Beckman enjoys reading, gardening and eating ice cream...she also has a heart to teach Speech Language Pathology in the future to help others with her driving force being her own speech impediment she continues to battle with.