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Austin Steed

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Federal Way, Wash.
  • Major Health and Physical Education
  • High School Todd Beamer '21

Biography

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2024-2025 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Competed in four meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the Mile at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial, finishing with a time of 4:21.72.
    • Set a personal best in the 3000-meters at the Inland Northwest Invitational, finishing 10th with a time of 8:34.61.
    • Finished fourth in the 3000-meters at the Spokane Sports Showcase, with a time of 8:36.04.
    • Finished fourth in the DMR at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial, with a time of 10:30.21.
  • Outdoor:
    • Spring Big Sky All-Academic Team.
    • Competed in four meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 5000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational, finishing with a time of 14:47.63.
    • Set a personal best in the 800-meters at the OSU High Performance, finishing with a time of 2:02.77.
    • Finished fifth in the 5000-meters at the Oregon Preview, with a time of 14:56.04.

2024 | Cross Country
  • Qualified for the NCAA West First Round, finishing with a time of 31:40.8, a personal best in the 10k.
    • This performance ranked 19th on EWU Men's All-Time 10k Performance List.
  • Represented EWU at the Big Sky XC Championships, finishing with a time of 25:19.2.
  • Set a personal best in the 8k at the LC State Invite, finishing 15th with a time of 24:40.0.
    • This performance ranked 15th on EWU Men's All-Time 8k Performance List.
  • Opened the season at the Cougar Classic, finishing with a time of 24:44.8.

2023-2024 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Competed in six meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the Mile at the Inland Northwest Invitational, finishing 10th with a time of 4:23.62.
    • Set a personal best in the 3000-meters at the Husky Classic, finishing with a time of 8:36.89.
    • Represented EWU at the Big Sky Indoor Championship, competing in the:
      • 3000-meters, finishing 23rd with a time of 8:45.92.
      • DMR, finishing 8th with a time of 10:13.63.
        • This performance ranked 7th on EWU Men’s All-Time Indoor DMR.
    • Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Outdoor:
    • Competed in two meets during the season.

2023 | Cross Country
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Qualified for the NCAA West First Round, finishing with a time of 32:26.6.
  • Represented EWU at the Big Sky XC Championships, finishing with a time of 25:40.9.
  • Set a personal best in the 8k at the LC State Invite, finishing with a time of 25:06.0.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, setting a personal best in the 6k, finishing with a time of 19:37.8.

2022-2023 Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • At the Inland Northwest Invitational he ran his fastest time in the mile where he finished 7th with a time of 4:25.32.
    • Ran a personal best in the 3,000-meters at the Whitworth Invitational where he placed 15th with a time of 8:43.34.
  • Outdoor:
    • Represented EWU at the 2023 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track Meeting where he set a personal best in the 10,000-meters with a time of 33:58.60 finishing 18th.
    • At the Oregon Preview he ran his fastest time in the 1,500-meters where he placed 21st with a time of 4:05.74.
    • Ran a personal record at the Montana Open in the 5,000-meters where he finished 5th with a time of 15:03.82.

2022 | Cross Country
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Qualified for the NCAA West First Round, setting a personal best in the 10k, finishing with a time of 31:57.3.
    • This performance ranked 25th on EWU Men's XC All-Time 10k Performance List.
  • Represented EWU at the Big Sky XC Championships, finishing with a time of 26:07.3.
  • Set a personal best in the 8k at the Gans Creek Classic, finishing with a time of 25:51.9.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, finishing with a time of 20:46.2.

2021-2022 Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Ran his fastest time in the mile at the Idaho Team Challenge where he finished 16th with a time of 4:38.77.
    • At the Whitworth Invitational he made a personal best in the 3,000-meters placing 26th with a time of 8:54.23.
    • Ran a best at the 16th Sam Adams Classic in the 1,500-meters where he finished 11th with a time 4:14.57.
    • At the Al Manuel Invitational he ran a personal best in the 5,000-meters placing 8th with a time 15:42.85.
  • Outdoor:
    • Ran his fastest time at the OSU High Performance Meet in the 800-meters where he placed 70th with a time of 2:07.56.

2021 | Cross Country
  • Qualified for the NCAA West First Round, setting a personal best in the 10k, finishing with a time of 33:20.4.
  • Represented EWU at the Big Sky XC Championships, finishing with a time of 26:26.0.
  • Set a personal best in the 8k at the Mike Johnson Classic, finishing 28th with a time of 26:16.3.
  • Open their season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, setting a personal best in the 6k, finishing with a time of 20:19.3.

High School
  • Graduated from Todd Beamer HS in 2021.
  • Before the Covid-19 pandemic cut down his hopes of advancing to the State Cross Country Championships as a senior, he competed there as both a junior and sophomore (4A level).
  • Placed 73rd in 2019 (16:22.3 on a 5,000-meter course) and was 58th in 2018 (16:30.2/5,000).
  • Placed 6th as a junior at the North Puget Sound League 4A Championships, finishing with a time of 15:52.3 to set a personal record on a 5,000-meter course.
  • As a senior, he was the champion at the NPSL 3A Championships (16:11.3/5,000), however, no State meet took place.
  • In track and field, he was the NPSL 3A champion in both the 1,600 (PR of 4:30.44) and the 3,200 (9:48.01) as a senior in 2021.
  • Set a personal record in the 800 that season with a time of 2:10.76.
  • PR in the 3,200 of 9:38.09 came as a sophomore in 2019 at the qualifying meet for the State 4A Championships.
  • Coached in high school by Rick Bogatay.
 
Personal
  • Interested in majoring in Exercise Science and Physical Therapy at EWU.
  • Born 2/16/03 in Federal Way, Wash.
  • Parents are Cassidy Steed and Christie Caney.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior