Sophie Chase

Sophie Chase

  • Class
    Junior
  • Highschool
    Lake Braddock
  • Hometown
    Burke, Va.

Biography

At Stanford:

  • Two-time All-West Region selection.

2015 Season (Junior):

  • All-West Region (15th, 6K, 21:04.6).
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
  • Stanford's No. 1 runner at regionals.
  • Placed 129th at NCAA Championships (6K, 21:02.6).
  • 19th at Pac-12 Championships (6K, 20:30.1).
  • 11th at Stanford Invitational (6K, 21:07.8).
  • Competed in six races.

2014 Season (Sophomore):

  • Raced in six meets, including her first NCAA Championships.
  • Placed 136th at nationals, running 21:27.5 (6K), as Stanford's No. 3 runner.
  • Named All-West Region after placing 16th at the NCAA West Regional at Stanford, running 20:41.9 (6K).
  • Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
  • 22nd at Pac-12 Championships (20:49, 6K) in Oakland, as Stanford's No. 4.
  • 56th at Wisconson Invitational (20:46, 6K) as Stanford's No. 2.
  • 4th at USF Invitational (18:02.4, 5K).
  • 11th at Washington Invitational (20:44, 6K).

2013 Season (Freshman):

  • Finished 63rd in the Pac-12 Championships in Louisville, Colo., running No. 7 for Stanford (23:50, 6K).
  • Made collegiate debut at Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind., running No. 4 for Stanford and placing 77th (21:17.49, 6K).

Track and Field:

  • Has bests of 4:26.74 in the 1,500 and 9:23.51 in the 3,000.

 High School:

  • A three-time FootLocker nationals finalist and two-time Foot Locker All-America.
  • One of five ever to win multiple 3,000 titles at the Penn Relays, after victories in 2012-13.
  • Ran a personal best of 9:35.52 in 2013 Penn Relays.
  • Gatorade Virginia Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
  • Led Lake Braddock to the 2013 Virginia Group AAA cross country title with an individual victory, her second.
  • Won the 2012 Foot Locker South Regional in cross country.
  • Two-time state 3,200-meter champ in track.
  • Undefeated in cross country until placing sixth at the Foot Locker nationals in San Diego.
  • In February, 2013, ran a 4:51.30 indoors in the 1,600 to break a Virginia AAA Northern Region indoor record that had stood since 1998.
  • On the same day, she competed in the state swimming championships, finishing 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Personal:

  • Daughter of David and Caroline.
  • Has younger siblings Kristen and Evan.
  • Majoring in history.