You can do a lot in two minutes. Laura Roesler took second in an NCAA championship event in that time.

Roesler, who has never finished the two full laps of the 800 meters in less than two minutes and one second, notched a time of 2:00:98, a lifetime best for her. Her second place finish is key for the Ducks in the overall point standings for the women’s team.

Roesler was in third place after the first lap and held steady there until the final turn on the Bowerman corner of Hayward field, where she passed Stanford’s Justine Fedronic. Roesler then put some distance between herself and Fedronic to finish just behind Natoya Goule of LSU.

“I did everything I could,” Roesler said. “It just didn’t happen in that final 100. It was big for team points, we are staying in the game.”