Personal Records:
PR: 20:31 in the cross country 5K [ECAC Championship, 11/19/16]
PR: 23:15 in the cross country 6K [Paul Short Run, 10/1/16]
PR: 2:17.70 in the indoor 800-meter run [Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup, 2/4/17]
PR: 3:01.05 in the indoor 1,000-meter run [Virginia Tech Challenge, 2/18/17]
PR: 5:10.93 in the indoor one-mile run [George Mason Last Chance Meet, 2/26/17]
PR: 2:21.27 in the outdoor 800-meter run [JMU Invitational, 4/22/17]
PR: 4:53.02 in the outdoor 1,500-meter run [William Walton Invitational, 4/15/17]
Career Highlights:
Member of the 2016 ECAC cross country championship team
2017-18 as a Junior:
Indoor Track & Field
Finished 17th out of 25 runners at the Marshall Women’s Classic 1-mile race with a time of 5:44.71 [1/13]
Finished 26th out of 28 runners at the Liberty Kickoff 1,000-meter race with a time of 3:22.05 [1/27]
Finished sixth out of 15 runners at the VMI Winter Relays 1000-meter dash with a time of 3:15.29 [2/10]
Other
Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Fall ’17)
Dean’s List (Fall ’17)
2016-17 as a Sophomore:
Cross Country
Finished 29th out of 34 runners at the U.Va. Duals 4K with a time of 17:34 [9/1]
Finished 48th out of 60 runners at the JMU Invitational 5.2K with a time of 25:09.6 [9/10]
Finished 102nd out of 406 runners at the Paul Short Run 6K Open Race with a time of 23:15 [10/1]
Finished 69th out of 88 runners at the CAA Championship 6K with a time of 24:21.66 [10/29]
Finished 51st out of 82 runners at the ECAC Championship 5K with a time of 20:31 [11/19]
Indoor Track & Field
Finished fifth out of 17 runners at the Father Diamond Invitational 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:08.05 [1/7]
Part of the 4x800 relay team that qualified for the ECACs with a time of 9:19.03 at the Father Diamond Invitational [1/7]
Finished fifth out of 17 runners at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:02.19 [1/28]
Finished 19th out of 23 runners at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.70 [2/4]
Finished fifth out of 16 runners at the Virginia Tech Challenge 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:01.05 [2/18]
Finished sixth out of 11 runners at the George Mason Last Chance Meet with a time of 5:10.93 [2/26]
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished third out of nine runners at the VCU Ram Invitational 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:54.78 [3/17]
Finished second out of 11 runners at the VCU Ram Invitational 800-meter run with a time of 2:23.77 [3/18]
Finished 70th out of 96 runners at the Colonial Relays 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:53.08 [3/31]
Finished 43rd out of 83 runners at the Mason Spring Invitational 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.27 [4/8]
Finished eighth out of 11 runners at the William Walton Invitational 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:53.02 [4/15]
Finished fifth out of six runners at the JMU Invitational 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.27 [4/22]
Finished 19th out of 22 runners at the CAA Championships 800-meter run with a time of 2:24.43 [5/5]
Part of the 4x800 relay team that placed eighth out of 18 at the Colonial Relays with a time of 9:27.16 [4/1]
Other
Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Spring ’17)
2015-16 as a freshman at Radford:
Placed 10th in the one-mile run at the 2016 Big South Conference Championships
Finished fourth in the 1,000-meter run at the Virginia Tech Challenge
Seventh place in the outdoor 800-meter run at the HPU Vertklasse Meeting
High School:
Finished in the top 15 at the VHSL State Indoor Championships in the mile after taking third at the regional level
Placed ninth in the mile at the 2014 VHSL Outdoor Championships
Came in 10th at the VHSL Group 6A Conference Cross Country Championships
Personal:
Elise Michelle Rasmussen
Daughter of Benjamin and Cynthia Rasmussen
Majoring in Mathematics with minors in art and honors interdisciplinary studies