Natalija Piliušina

Natalja Piliusina

Personal information
Nationality	Lithuania
Born	(1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 Klaipeda, Lithuania
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track, long-distance running
Event(s)	1500 meters, mile
College team	Oklahoma State
Club	Brooks Beast Seattle
Turned pro	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 meters: 2:01.93 1500 meters: 4:09.51[1]
Medal record Representing  Lithuania Lithuanian Athletics Championships 2006 Lithuanian Athletics Championships 400 m hurdles 2007 Lithuanian Athletics Championships 400 m hurdles 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships 1500 m 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships 800 m 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships 800 m European Team Championships 2015 European Team Championships 1500 m
Updated on 9–14–15.

Natalija Piliušina (born 1990) is an eight time NCAA All-American, 2013 1500 NCAA champion, and Lithuania record holder and fastest miler in Baltic history. Natalija was the '14-'15 Oklahoma State University athlete of the year.^[2]

Personal bests

400 meters - 55.94
800 meters - 2:01.59
1,500 meters - 4:09.51
Mile - 4:32.26
400 meter hurdles - 1:00.37 ^[3]

2016

800m indoor 2:02.96 Boston (USA) 28 February 2016
1500m indoor 4:15.69 Portland (USA) 5 February 2016 ^[4]

Lithuania records

Indoor Lithuania mile record in 4:32.26 on 9 February 2013 at the University of Washington Huskies Classic.

Baltic record

Indoor Baltic mile record in 4:32.26 on 9 February 2013 at the University of Washington Huskies Classic.

NCAA champion

2013 Outdoor 1,500 Meters - 4:13.25

All-American

2011 Indoor Distance Medley Relay (First Team; Fifth Place)
2011 Indoor Mile (Second Team; 11th place)
2011 Outdoor 800 meters (First Team; Second place)
2012 Indoor 800 meters (First Team; Second place)
2012 Outdoor 1,500 meters (Second Team; 10th place)
2013 Indoor 800 meters (First Team; Fifth Place)
2013 Outdoor 1,500 meters (First Team; First Place)
2015 Outdoor 1,500 meters (First Team; Fourth place)

Big 12 champion

2011 Indoor 800 meters
2011 Indoor Distance Medley Relay
2011 Outdoor 800 Meters
2012 Indoor 800 Meters
2012 Indoor Distance Medley Relay
2012 Outdoor 800 Meters
2013 Indoor 800 Meters
2013 Outdoor 800 Meters
2015 Outdoor 1500 Meters ^[5]

Oklahoma State School Record Holder

Indoor 800 meters - 2:03.46
Indoor 1,000 meters - 2:46.55
Indoor Mile - 4:32.26
Indoor Distance Medley Relay - 11:04.59
Outdoor 800 meters - 2:01.59
Outdoor 1,500 meters - 4:09.51
Cross Country 6,000 meters - 19:45.9

All-Big 12

(Scored at Conference Meet)
2011 Indoor 800 Meters
2011 Indoor Distance Medley Relay
2011 Outdoor 800 Meters
2011 Cross Country
2012 Indoor 800 Meters
2012 Indoor Distance Medley Relay
2012 Outdoor 800 meters
2013 Indoor 800 meters
2013 Distance Medley Relay
2013 Outdoor 800 Meters
2015 Indoor Mile
2015 Outdoor 1500

Honors and awards

2010 Cross Country All-Midwest Region
2010 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
2011 Cross Country All-Midwest Region
2011 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2012 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track and Field)
2012 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2015, 2013 & 2012 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)

2015

Natalija Piliušina ran a season best to earn a silver medal 2015 European Team Championships First League in Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece in 4:15.01.
Natalija Piliušina finished 12th at Gwangju, South Korea World University Games in the 800 meters in 2:04.84.^[6]
She finished 4th at NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 1500 meters Final in 4:15.01.

Natalia won Big 12 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 1500 meters Final in 4:26.70
Natalia placed 3rd at Payton Jordan Invitational in the 800 meters in 2:01.93.
Natalia won 2015 Drake Relays 4x8 in 8:27.88 and 4x16 in 18:58.11.
Natalia placed 2nd at Stanford Invitational 1500 in 4:20.18.
Natalia placed 7th at Stanford Invitational 800 in 2:06.05.
Natalia placed 2nd at 2015 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays DMR in 11:19.03 2
Natalia placed 2nd at 2015 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays 4x8 in 8:45.78 2
Natalia placed 5th at Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships Indoor Mile in 4:49.90 5
Natalia placed 13th at Alex Wilson Invitational Indoor Mile in 4:53.74 13
^[7]

2014 outdoors

Did not compete.

2014 indoors

Did not compete.

2013 cross country

Did not compete.

2013 outdoors

Won the NCAA Championship in the 1,500 meters, with a time of 4:13.25. She was in eighth place entering the final turn. She became the second OSU female to win an individual outdoor NCAA championship ... Two days before that, she was the top qualifier in the semifinals winning her heat in 4:13.73 ...Ran the top 1,500 meter time in the NCAA, a 4:09.57 at the Payton Jordan Invite. That mark was just .06 off her personal best and school record. She ran the 800 meters three times, including breaking her own OSU record with a 2:01.59 at the World University Games, in Kazan, Russia. She also ran a 2:03.99 to claim her sixth-straight Big 12 800 meter title ... Was the top qualifier out of the NCAA West Region, clocking a 4:13.73 in the 1,500 meters in Austin.

2013 indoors

Earned first team All-America honors after taking fifth place in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Won her fifth-straight Big 12 800 meter title (third indoors) ... Was a part of the distance medley relay squad that finished second at the Big 12 Championships and fifth at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... Broke two more school records—the 1,000 meters, when she finished in 2:46.55 at the Arkansas-OSU Dual, and the mile, where she clocked a 4:32.36 in Seattle at the Husky Classic. Piliušina also set Baltic states and national Lithuania records List of Baltic records in athletics in the indoor mile on 9 February 2013 at the University of Washington Huskies Classic.

2012 outdoors

Piliušina finished 7th at 2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres. Piliušina earned second-team All-America honors after placing 10th in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships. Piliušina advanced to the final race after winning her heat in the semifinal race with a time of 4:12.55 ... Entered the NCAA Championships as the national leader in the 1,500 meters with a personal-best and school-record 4:09.51 that she ran at the Payton Jordan Invitational ... Won her heat in the preliminary 1,500 meter race at the West Regional after beating - among others - No. 2-ranked Katie Flood of Washington ... Piliusina's 4:09.51 was the seventh-fastest mark in the world at the time she ran it ... Not only did that mark lead the NCAA during the regular season, but it was more than two seconds faster than the second-best time and it set a new standard at OSU by more than three seconds ... Placed eighth in the 800 meters at the European Championships with a 2:06.59 ... Won her second-straight Big 12 outdoor title in the 800 meters (to match her two consecutive Big 12 indoor 800 meter crowns) ... Ranked 11th nationally and second in the Midwest Region in the 800 meters with a 2:04.01 that she clocked at the Stanford Invitational.

2012 indoors

Notched a runner-up finish in the 800 meters at the NCAA Championships after clocking a 2:04.48 to earn first-team All-America recognition.^[8][9] Won her second-straight 800 meter title at the Big 12 Championships, posting a time of 2:07.43 ... Also helped the distance medley relay team come from behind to win its second consecutive Big 12 Championship, as the team set the third-best DMR time in OSU history with an 11:19.24 ... Hit a new personal best in the 800 meters with a school-record 2:03.46 at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... That time led the nation during the regular season ... Ran an 4:46.84 in the mile to place seventh at the Razorback Invitational.

2011 cross country

Was the Cowgirls top finisher in all five events in which she competed ... Placed fourth at the conference meet to earn All-Big 12 honors after finishing the 6,000 meters in a school-record 19:45.9 ... Earned all-region recognition after coming in ninth at the Midwest Regional, completing the 6,000-meter race in 21:15.45 ... Led the Cowgirls with an 83rd-place finish at the NCAA Championships, posting a time of 20:53.3 ... Finished fourth at the Cowboy Jamboree, clocking a 17:26.64, the 14th-best 5,000 meter time in OSU history ... Completed the 6,000 meters at the Chile Pepper Festival in 20:33.3 on her way to a 10th-place finish.

2011 outdoors

Natalija finished 9th in 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres. NCAA runner-up in the 800 meters with a time of 2:02.16 at the NCAA Championships ... Set the school record earlier in the season with a 2:03.91 at the Payton Jordan Invitational ... Piliusina's 2:03.91 was the fastest regular-season time in the Big 12 by more than a full second before she went on to improve it at NCAAs ... Won the Big 12 800 meter title with a time of 2:05.75 ... Finished 12th in the 800 meters of the quarterfinal round of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds with a time of 2:06.70 to advance to the NCAA Championships ... Ran the 800 meters in 2:05.84 at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Logged a 1,500 meter time of 4:20.63 at the Mt. SAC Relays for a mark that ranks fourth on the all-time Oklahoma State outdoor list.

2011 indoors

Secured the first All-America honor of her career running as part of the Oklahoma State distance medley relay squad that placed fifth at the NCAA Championships with a school-record time of 11:04.59 ... A two-time Big 12 champion as a true freshman, winning the 800 meters in 2:08.47 and competing as part of the distance medley relay squad that won the conference title in 11:09.67 ... Set a season best when she ran the 800 meters in 2:05.86 at the Razorback Invitational ... Just missed out on earning a spot in the NCAA finals in the mile when she placed 11th at the NCAA prelims in 4:40.97 ... Best mile time of the season was a 4:39.39 at the Husky Classic, a mark that ranks third on the all-time Oklahoma State indoor list and ranked her No. 12 on the 2011 NCAA indoor list during the regular season.

2010 cross country

A strong performer for the Cowgirls as a true freshman ... Member of the USTFCCCA all-academic team ... Earned all-region status by placing 16th at the 6,000 meter NCAA Midwest Regional in 20:35.51 ... Just missed out on all-Big 12 accolades by placing 16th at the 6,000 meter conference meet in 20:57.06 ... Was the first Cowgirl to cross the finish line at the NCAA Championships, placing 49th in 20:59 to lift OSU to a 17th-place finish at the meet, its best team finish since 2005 ... Fifth-place finisher at the 6,000 meter Cowboy Jamboree in 21:35.55 to help lead the Pokes to the team title at the meet ... Also helped lead the Cowgirls to the team championship at the 5,000 meter Chile Pepper Festival by placing 11th in 17:43.10.

Azuolynas Gymnasium

Prior to OSU: Attended Azuolynas Gymnasium in Klaipeda, Lithuania ... Coached by Romas and Jolanta Berzinskai ... Lithuanian junior record holder in the 1,500 meters ... Nataljia earned silver medals at 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships and 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships. Won national titles at several different age groups ... Took fifth at the 2009 European under-20 championships in Novi Sad, Serbia ... Placed seventh in the 800 meters at the 2007 World Youth Championships and was eighth in the 800 meters at the 2008 World Youth Championships. Natalija Piliušina won 400 m hurdles at the 2007 Lithuanian Athletics Championships in 1:01.00. Natalija Piliušina won 400 m hurdles at the 2006 Lithuanian Athletics Championships in 1:01.83.

Personal

Natalja Piliusina was born October 22, 1990 in Klaipeda, Lithuania ... Daughter of Daiva and Aleksandr Piliusina.^[10][11][12]

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