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Lizzie Bird Sets National Record, Places Seventh in Steeplechase Final
8/7/2024 3:12:00 PM | Cross Country, Track and Field
PARIS, France – Former University of San Francisco cross country and track and field student-athlete Lizzie Bird set the Great Britain national record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Stade de France in Paris, clocking a time of 9:04.35.
Competing in her second Olympic Games, Bird's time was 15.33 seconds faster while placing two places higher than in her Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021. In Tokyo, she earned a ninth-place finish with a time of 9:19.68.
A member of the San Francisco women's cross country and track and field teams from 2017-18, Bird competed in nine total cross country races in two seasons for the Dons. Bird earned three top-15 finishes, highlighted by a ninth-place finish at the 2017 West Coast Conference Championships, setting a personal best of 20:12.8 in the 6,000 meters.
For more information on the San Francisco cross country and track and field programs, follow @donsxctf on Twitter, @donsxctf on Instagram and @donsxctf on Facebook.
Competing in her second Olympic Games, Bird's time was 15.33 seconds faster while placing two places higher than in her Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021. In Tokyo, she earned a ninth-place finish with a time of 9:19.68.
A member of the San Francisco women's cross country and track and field teams from 2017-18, Bird competed in nine total cross country races in two seasons for the Dons. Bird earned three top-15 finishes, highlighted by a ninth-place finish at the 2017 West Coast Conference Championships, setting a personal best of 20:12.8 in the 6,000 meters.
For more information on the San Francisco cross country and track and field programs, follow @donsxctf on Twitter, @donsxctf on Instagram and @donsxctf on Facebook.
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