2015-16 Track and Field Roster
Eileen Gehring
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Madison, Wis.
- High School:
- Edgewood
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
60 Meters: 7.58 (2014)
200 Meters: 24.31 (2013)
400 Meters: 54.47 (2014)
OUTDOOR
200-meters: 23.80 (2013)
400-meters: 53.23 (2013 – school record)
MPSF SCORING
2012 4x400 Meter Relay, 6th (3:45.11)
2013 200 Meters, 8th (24.45)
2014 400 Meters, 8th (54.47)
PAC-12 SCORING
2012 4x400 Meter Relay, 5th (3:40.30)
2013 4x400 Meter Relay, 5th (3:36.95)
2015 4x100 Meter Relay, 7th (45.39)
2015 4x400 Meter Relay, 7th (3:39.03)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015)
CAREER UPDATE: Gehring is the school record holder in the outdoor 400 (53.23) and ranks second in the 200 (23.80), clocking both of those times at Mt. SAC Relays in 2013. Gehring owns the top three times in the 400 and has six of the top 10 times. She is the third best performer in the indoor 200 (24.31) and is the second best in the indoor 400 (54.47). Gehring was also a member of the school record setting 4x400-meter relay team, which ran 3:43.52 at the 2013 Tyson Invitational.
2015: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Gehring returned to the track after a year off due to injury in the spring and got better as the season went. She recorded a season best time (54.65) at the Tom Benich Invite (4/4), finishing second overall. Gehring raced both the 200 and 400 at the Pac-12 Championships. She was 13th in the 400 (54.83) and 17th in the 200 (24.38). She was a member of the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays that competed at the conference meet, and both placed seventh. The 4x400 went on to race at the NCAA West Prelims and took 16th with a season-best 3:38.20.
2014: Indoor: Gehring continued to lead the sprinters as a junior. She mainly raced in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, but she also added a few 60-meter dashes. In fact, Gehring became the third fastest performer in the 60 after she clocked a time of 7.58 to win the Air Force Holiday Open (12/13/13). She saved the best for last in both the 200 and 400, finishing with season-best times at the MPSF Championships. Gehring placed 10th in the 200, running a time of 24.44. She scored for the Buffs in the 400, taking eighth with a personal best of 54.47. The time placed her second on the all-time performers list and is the third best time ever recorded by a Buff. Gehring also ran in the 4x400-meter relay at the conference championship; the team placed ninth in 3:46.40.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
2013: Indoor: Gehring had another outstanding season, moving into second on CU’s all-time performers list in both the 200 and 400-meter dashes. She recorded her personal bests at the Tyson Invite (2/8-9), clocking 24.31 in the 200 and 54.67 in the 400. Her 400 ranks third on the all-time performance list, while her 200 is fifth all-time. Gehring recorded her first individual MSPF honor when she placed eighth overall in 24.45 at the indoor championships.
Outdoor: Gehring had another great season as CU’s top female sprinter. She went to the ASU Sun Angel Classic (4/6) and reset her own 400 record, clocking in at 53.38 for third in the premiere section. With the performance, Gehring became the only Buff to ever finish with a sub-54.00 second time. She also ran in the 200 premiere and took sixth in a then-PR of 23.95, which tied for second in CU history. Just two weeks later, Gehring was back at it at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/18-20) and this time she picked up school records in both the 200 and 400. She finished the 400 in 53.23, first in the Olympic development section. In the 200, she finally broke the CU record (of 23.86 from 1993) when she finished in 23.80. Gehring was a member of the 4x400 relay, which placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships (3:36.95). She qualified for both the 200 and 400, as well as the relay at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships.
2012: Indoor: Gehring led the Buffs as a freshman in the 60, 200 and 400-meter dashes. She placed first in the 60 at the Potts Invite (1/21), finishing in 7.80. Gehring’s top times in the 200 and 400 came at the MPSF Indoor Championships. She was 11th in the 200, finishing in 24.65, and became the fifth best CU performer in the event. Gehring followed it up with an 11th-place finish in the 400, crossing the line in 55.31. Her 400 time made her the third best CU performer all-time. Gehring also helped the Buffs to a sixth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at MPSFs (3:45.11), which broke the CU record.
Outdoor: Gehring broke an 18-year-old 400-meter CU record on April 20 at the Mt. SAC Relays when she crossed the finish in 54.21. She ran the third best time in school history (54.41) at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6) two weeks prior to her record setting performance. At the Pac-12 Championships, Gehring competed in the 400 and the 4x400-meter relay. She clocked a time of 55.37 in the prelims of the 400 and helped the Buffs to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 (3:40.30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Gehring has recorded three school records, two of which came in the finals at the 2010 state meet. She recorded a time of 12.11 in the 100-meter dash and 56.72 in the 400 on June 5, 2010 en route to winning both state titles. Her record in the 200 is 25.64. Gehring was an all-state and all-conference selection her freshman, sophomore and junior years.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 100-meters: 12.11; 200-meters: 25.64; 400-meters: 56.72
IN THE CLASSROOM: Gehring is majoring in communication and studio art.
PERSONAL: Eileen Elizabeth Gehring was born on July 20, 1993 in Madison, Wis. She is the daughter of Mark and Colleen Murphy and has two siblings, Audrey and Nicholas.
