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