Elise Cranny
![]() Elise Cranny | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | May 9, 1996 |
Home town | Niwot, Colorado[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 1500 meters, Mile |
College team | Stanford Cardinal |
Club | Bowerman Track Club |
Turned pro | 2018[1] |
Coached by | Jerry Schumacher |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
Elise Cranny (born May 9, 1996) is an American middle and long-distance runner.[3]
Career[]
Cranny attended Niwot High School in Colorado, where she won two cross country state championships. She ran in college for Stanford, where she finished 2nd in four NCAA Division I Championships and was a 12 time All-American. After graduating in 2018, she turned professional with the Bowerman Track Club.[1]
In a Bowerman Track Club inter-squad meet on July 31st, 2020, Cranny competed as a member of the 4 × 1500 metres relay team alongside Colleen Quigley, Karissa Schweizer, and Shelby Houlihan. The team ran a time of 16:27.02 which broke the previous world record of 16:33.58 from Team Kenya by over 6 seconds.
Among American competitors, Cranny posted the fastest 10000 metres and the second fastest 5000 metres time going into the 2021 US Olympic Trials.[4] On June 21, 2021, winning in 94-degree heat in Eugene, Oregon, Cranny finished .3 seconds in front of Bowerman Track Club teammate Karissa Schweizer, qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team with a 15:27.81. Cranny ran the last 400 meters in 63.72 seconds.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Elise Cranny Bio". bowermantc.com. Bowerman Track Club. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Elise Cranny at World Athletics
- ^ Elise Cranny profile at TFRRS
- ^ Strout, Erin (16 June 2021). "Elise Cranny: The New Guard of the 10,000-meters". womensrunning.com. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Elise Cranny Makes Her First Olympic Team, Wins 5,000 Meters, Runners World, Sarah Lorge Butler, June 22, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- Living people
- American female middle-distance runners
- American female long-distance runners
- Stanford Cardinal women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Colorado
- Track and field athletes from Iowa
- Stanford University alumni
- 1996 births
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States