{"id":24224,"date":"2022-06-03T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/?p=24224"},"modified":"2022-07-01T17:52:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T01:52:58","slug":"friday-flashback-knudson-was-a-2-time-all-american-in-1990s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alaskasportsreport.com\/2022\/06\/friday-flashback-knudson-was-a-2-time-all-american-in-1990s\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Flashback: Former Dimond star Kaarin Knudson was a 2-time All-American at Oregon in 1990s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24222\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24222\" src=\"https:\/\/alaskasportshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kaarin-Knudson-1-e1594405732502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24222\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaarin Knudson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anchorage\u2019s <strong>Kaarin Knudson<\/strong> was a remarkable runner for the University of Oregon from 1994 to 1999 as she earned eight letters and competed eight times at the NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n<p>A two-time All-American in track and field, she was a seven-time NCAA qualifier for the Ducks and was a member of Oregon\u2019s 1995 Pac-10 championship cross country team.<\/p>\n<p>In 1995, the Ducks won the West Region title and finished fifth at the NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, she was an All-American in the 800 meters.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, she was part of a school record in the distance medley relay and earned All-American honors in the indoor mile.<\/p>\n<p>Knudson, of Dimond High fame, won the 1999 Jackson Award as Oregon\u2019s most outstanding senior woman. She was also a candidate for the NCAA Woman of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time academic All-American and six-time Pac-10 all-academic honoree graduated from Oregon with a degree in journalism and fine arts in 1999, and then earned her master&#8217;s degree in architecture from the UO in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Knudson was a dominant distance runner in high school &#8211; winning two state cross-country championships as well as the 800 and 1,600 meters in track.<\/p>\n<p><em>Friday Flashback is a series created by Alaska Sports Report editor Van Williams that looks back on great Alaska athletes from the past.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anchorage\u2019s Kaarin Knudson was a remarkable runner for the University of Oregon from 1994 to 1999 as she earned eight letters and competed eight times at the NCAA Championships. 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