Elissa Ballas
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    Elissa Ballas

    Class:
    Junior
    Hometown:
    Bay Village, Ohio
    High School:
    Magnificat
    Event:
    Cross Country

    Junior: Season-best time 22:43 at Roy Griak ... Eighth-place finish (22:59) at UNM Invitational ... Finished 21st (22:49) at CSU Invitational ... Pre-NCAA race, finished 106th (23:06) in field of 229 ... In MWC, finished 22nd (22:49). Sophomore: Academic all-MWC (biochemistry) ... Season best time 19:26 at the Woody Greeno Invitational ... 22nd at the MWC Championships ... Finished 14th at the Indiana State meet in a field of 79 runners. Freshman: Ran track and was the third best Falcon runner in the women’s 1,500-meter versus Florida State, Kansas State and Southern Florida ... Had a season best in the mile at the Air Force Invitational. High School: Transfer from Ohio State ... Lettered twice in cross country, four times in track and two in soccer ... 1995 state qualifier in 4x800 relay ... National Honor Society ... First Honors (eight times) ... Scholar-Athlete ... Won Presidential Award for Academic Excellence ... State of Ohio Award of Merit and listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Students. Notables: Earned a varsity letter in both indoor and outdoor track ... Her 4:32.68 in the 1,500m run is No. 1 on the women’s best marks list for 2001 outdoors ... No. 6 mark all-time at USAFA ... Placed fourth in the mile at indoor MWC ... Ran 1,200 leg on Falcons’ school record distance medley relay.

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