Elise Cranny Season 2015-16

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: