Elise Cranny Season 2014-15
PositionMIDDLE DISTANCE
ClassFreshman
HometownNiwot, Colo.
TFRRS Performance Profile
* 12-time All-American *
* Two-Time Academic All-American *
* Two-time Pac-12 champion *
Personal Bests (thru 2018):
- 1,500: 4:09.49
- 800: 2:04.81
- Mile: 4:31.29i
- 1,000: 2:42.39i
- 3,000: 8:58.88i
- 5,000: 15:49.27
As a fifth-year senior (2018-19):
Cross country
- Earned second cross-country All-America honor by placing a personal best 11th at the NCAA Championships.
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's cross country.
- All-West Region.
- Third in Pac-12.
- All-Pac-12 first team.
- Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
- Stanford Invitational winner.
As a senior (2017-18):
Outdoors
- CoSIDA Academic All-America first team.
- Broke school 1,500 record for second time, running 4:09.49 to place third at NCAA's.
- First-team All-America (1,500), earning her 11th All-America honor.
- Advanced to NCAA 1,500 final for the third time.
- Won the Pac-12 title in her only attempt at the 5,000 all season.
- Won the Big Meet 1,500.
- Stanford Athletic Board Spirit of Stanford Award.
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for the fourth time.
- Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
- Team captain.
Indoors
- Set school mile record and MPSF Championships meet record with 4:31.29.
- Fifth at NCAA Championships in the mile, running 4:34.48.
- Ran the 800 leg of Stanford's NCAA runner-up distance medley relay team.
- Team set a school record and ran the fifth-fastest time in collegiate history.
- It was her fifth NCAA runner-up finish over her career.
- NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient.
- First-team All-America (mile).
- First-team All-America (DMR).
- Second in NCAA distance medley relay.
- No. 5 DMR time in collegiate history.
- Fastest second-place DMR time in NCAA Championships history.
- Fifth in NCAA mile.
- Stanford NCAA meet record in the mile.
- Moved to No. 1 and No. 6 on all-time list in the DMR.
- MPSF All-Academic.
Cross country
- Stanford's No. 3 runner on fourth-place team at the NCAA Championships.
- All-West Region selection.
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
- Team's No. 5 at Pac-12 Championships in season debut.
As a junior (2016-17):
Outdoors
- CoSiDA Academic All-America second team.
- It was her second Academic All-America honor.
- CoSIDA Academic All-District team.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
- Pac-12 Track Athlete of the Week (April 26).
- Big Meet 800 and 1,500 winner.
- Won Cardinal Classic in a season best 4:11.46, the No. 6 time by a collegian during the year.
Indoors
- Nearly anchored Stanford to NCAA DMR championship, running a 4:33.76 split.
- Stanford's 11:00.36 was second to Colorado by 0.02, and No. 7 at Stanford all-time.
- Cranny was ninth early in her leg and took the lead on the homestretch before being passed at the line.
- The performance was her fifth first-team All-America track honor, and fourth NCAA runner-up finish.
- Placed 11th in the NCAA 3,000 the following day, in 9:17.85.
- Anchored distance medley relay at MPSF Championships with a 4:34.6 split, for second.
- Ran her 800 indoor best of 2:05.51 to finish second at the Penn State National Open on Jan. 28.
- The 800 time is No. 6 on Stanford's all-time indoor performers' list.
- Ran 9:06.35 in the 3,000 to place ninth in a fast Husky Classic race and qualify for NCAA Championships.
- Advanced to NCAA's in the 3,000 and DMR.
- MPSF All-Academic selection.
Cross country
- Won the Stanford Invitational in 20:02.5 on Oct. 1.
- Raced at NCAA Championships, but not fully fit after missing time with injury.
As a sophomore (2015-16):
Outdoors
- NCAA runner-up in the 1,500, setting school record of 4:09.54.
- Nearly stole the victory by nearly catching Marta Freitas, who prematurely raised her arms in triumph meters before crossing the line.
- Cranny was second by 0.004, tying for the highest finish in that event in school history.
- First-team All-America (1,500)
- Pac-12 1,500 champion.
- Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
- USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
- CoSIDA Academic All-America third team.
Indoors
- Ran the 1,200 leadoff leg on Stanford's third-place distance medley relay team at the NCAA Championships, earning her third first-team All-America track honor.
- Ran 3:24.04 split.
- In her first race since 2015 NCAA Outdoors, after injury, won the Iowa State Classic mile in a personal best 4:38.44 on Feb. 13.
- Ran one other race, the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships, and placed eighth in 9:18.18.
- MPSF All-Academic team.
Cross country
- Did not compete.
As a freshman (2014-15):
Outdoors
- First true freshman to reach the NCAA 1,500 final in four years.
- Placed 10th in NCAA final at 4:24.40, earning second-team All-America honors.
- Ran the third leg on the winning 4x1500 at the Penn Relays, Stanford's first victory at the meet in any event since 2006 (17:24.54).
- Also anchored Stanford to second in the distance medley relay (11:11.07).
- First Stanford NCAA 1,500 finalist since 2009
- Ran season best in the 1,500 of 4:14.05, good for fourth at the Pac-12 Championships.
- 1,500 No. 2 frosh all-time Stanford (4:14.05)
- Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after her performances at the Penn Relays (April 27).
- Second in the Big Meet 1,500 (4:18.36) and third in the 800 (2:08.26).
- USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
Indoors
- Set U.S. junior indoor record in the 3,000 meters, running 8:58.88 to place second in the NCAA Championships to Dominique Scott of Arkansas on March 14, 2015.
- Earned two first-team All-America honors indoors, in the 3,000 and distance medley relay, placing second in each.
- Anchored Stanford to second in the NCAA distance medley relay in a school-record time of 10:53.66, running 4:31.50 for 1,600.
- Eighth in the 800 (2:07.06) at the MPSF Championships.
- Won DMR at the MPSF Championships in 11:02.98.
- Made collegiate track debut by placing fourth in the 1,000 meters in 2:42.39 at the UW Indoor Previw.
Cross Country:
- 2014 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Highest-finishing freshman in the country at the NCAA Championships, placing 12th.
- Placed 12th in Terre Haute (20:17.0; 6K) to earn first All-America honor.
- Second at the Pac-12 Championships in Oakland (20:04, 6K) to Arizona State's Shelby Houlihan.
- Won the Washington Invitational (20:11, 6K) on Oct. 4 in her collegiate debut.
National/International:
- Ran 4:17.37 in 1,500 in first round of U.S. Championships and did not advance, placing 26th.
- Competed in 2016 Olympic trials in the 1,500.
- Advanced to the Trials semifinals, running 4:14.20 to finish 18th overall.
- Placed fourth in the 1,500 at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on July 28, 2014.
- Ran 4:12.82, and was the top American and fastest non-African in that race.
- 2014 U.S. junior cross country champion.
- Second at the 2014 U.S. junior nationals in the 1,500.
High School:
- Ran 4:10.95 for 1,500 at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invitational in 2014.
- The time made her the No. 3 high school performance all-time at that distance, and the No. 5 U.S. junior ever.
- Converting all 1,500 and 1,600 times to miles, Cranny's 4:31.03c was No. 3 ever among high schoolers.
- Only three college runners were faster than Cranny's 4:10.95 in 2014, and two were NCAA champions.
- Best 800 of 2:04.81 was the No. 3 high school time in the country in 2014.
- At Niwot (Colo.) High School, won two cross country state 4A titles.
- In track, Cranny swept the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 at state (4A) as a junior and senior.
- Broke state records in the 1,600 (4:47.56) and 3,200 (10:17.48) that had stood for more than two decades.
- Graduated with a 4.34 GPA as a member of the National Honor Society.
- Dropped her best mile time from 4:58 as a sophomore to 4:40.62 to win the 2013 New Balance Indoor Nationals in what stands as the fifth-fastest high school indoor time ever.
- In cross country, broke the previous course record at the Nike Cross Nationals, placing second in 16:53.8 for 5 kilometers (her XC best is 16:45).
- 2014 cross country season included a Colorado Class 4A title in a course record and the Nike Cross Southwest Regional title.
- Named Colorado Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
- Led Niwot to the 2013 state 4A team track title.
Personal:
- Parents are Bob and Sandy.
- Majored in human biology.
Career results:
Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
2018-19 | Cross country (6) | 6K | 19:26.2 | 3 (19:29.6) | 4 (19:26.2) | 11 (20:02.8) |
2017-18 | Outdoors (7) | 1,500 | 4:09.49 | -- | 2 (4:12.49) | 3 (4:09.49) |
800 | 2:06.01 | -- | -- | -- | ||
5,000 | 16:28.54 | 1 (16:58.54) | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (4) | Mile | 4:31.29 | 1 (4:31.29) | -- | 5 (4:34.48) | |
3,000 | 9:06.24 | -- | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 10:52.02 | -- | -- | 2 (10:52.02) | ||
Cross country (3) | 6K | 19:34.2 | 25 (19:34.2) | 18 (20:06.0) | 57 (20:23.1) | |
2016-17 | Outdoors (4) | 1,500 | 4:11.46 | -- | 22 (4:33.60) | -- |
800 | 2:05.43 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x1,500 | 17:27.47 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (4) | 3,000 | 9:06.35 | -- | -- | 11 (9:17.85) | |
800 | 2:05.51 | 3 (2:06.90) | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 10:59.82 | 2 (10:59.82) | -- | 2 (11:00.36) | ||
Cross country (3) | 6K | 20:02.5 | -- | -- | 158 (21:06.1) | |
2015-16 | Outdoors (8) | 1,500 | 4:09.54 | 1 (4:17.72) | 14 (4:21.93) | 2 (4:09.54) |
800 | 2:07.76 | -- | -- | -- | ||
5,000 | 15:49.27 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:44.48 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (2) | Mile | 4:38.44 | -- | -- | -- | |
3,000 | 9:18.18 | 8 (9:18.18) | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 10:58.94 | -- | -- | 3 (10:58.94) | ||
Cross country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
2014-15 | Outdoors (6) | 1,500 | 4:14.05 | 4 (4:14.05) | 13 (4:19.38) | 10 (4:24.40) |
800 | 2:08.26 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x1500 | 17:24.54 | -- | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 11:11.07 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (5) | 3,000 | 8:58.88 | -- | -- | 2 (8:58.88) | |
800 | 2:07.06 | 8 (2:07.06) | -- | -- | ||
1,000 | 2:42.39 | -- | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 10:53.66 | 1 (10:53.66) | -- | 2 (10:53.66) | ||
4x400 | 3:55.65 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Cross country (5) | 6K | 19:45.06 | 2 (20:04) | 3 (19:45.6) | 12 (20:17.0) |
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