SCHWEIZER Karissa

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	5000m
2019	Doha, QAT	9th (14:45.18)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m
2019	1 x 14th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
14	2019	3000m	Stanford, CA, USA	8:42.15

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	190
56	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	40:04

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Baking, drawing, reading, watching television series. (bowermantc.com, 31 Dec 2019)

Athlete

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

English

Bowerman Track Club [Portland, OR, USA]

Jerry Schumacher [club], USA

Her father Mike, mother Kathy Petricka and grandfather Frank all competed in athletics for Minnesota State University, Mankato in United States of America, while her brother Ryan competed in athletics for the University of Notre Dame in United States of America. (bowermantc.com, 31 Dec 2019; mutigers.com, 31 Dec 2018; columbiamissourian.com, 26 Mar 2019; desmoinesregister.com, 22 Sep 2017; stltoday.com, 02 Jun 2017)

She began running seriously in high school. "In high school I realised, 'Oh I could continue this'. I just tried to keep improving my times so college coaches would look at me." (voxmagazine.com, 30 Mar 2017)

She tried softball, football and basketball growing up, but her parents and grandfather were all collegiate runners so she became interested in athletics. (bowermantc.com, 31 Dec 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (columbiamissourian.com, 24 Mar 2020)

US middle-distance runners Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson. (runnerspace.com, 04 Feb 2018)

Her grandfather Frank. (columbiamissourian.com, 26 Mar 2019)

"I always have to call my grandpa the night before [a competition]. I always have to wear my hair a certain way. I always say a quick prayer, but it can't be before I get out, it has to be when I'm out on the line. I have to do a certain stretch." (voxmagazine.com, 30 Mar 2017)

During her collegiate career at the University of Missouri, she was named NCAA All-American 10 times, US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA] Midwest Regional Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year twice [2017 and 2018] and USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year twice [2017 and 2018]. In 2018 she was named USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Track National Athlete of the Year, Southeastern Conference [SEC] Outdoor Runner of the Year and SEC Indoor Runner of the Year. In 2017 she was named USTFCCCA Indoor Track Scholar Athlete of the Year. In 2016 she was named USTFCCCA Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year, USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Runner of the Year, SEC Women's Runner of the Year and USTFCCCA Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was also named SEC Cross Country Freshman of the Year in 2014. (mutigers.com, 31 Dec 2018; bowermantc.com, 31 Dec 2019)