2024 Track & Field Roster

Elise Stearns

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • High School Hellgate High School
  • Hometown Missoula, Mont.

Biography

Indoor Personal Bests Event Outdoor Personal Bests
2:15.65 at Lumberjack Team Challenge (1/21/22) 800 2:11.52 at Desert Heat Classic (4/30/22)
4:46.48 at UW Invite (1/28-29/22) Mile ---
--- 1500 4:20.36 at Bryan Clay Invitational (4/13-15/22)
9:21.50 at Big Sky Championships (2/23-25/23) 3K 9:39.29 at Baldy Castillo Invitational (3/18-19/22)
15:33.74 at BU Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener (12/3/22) 5K 15:55.43 at Stanford Invitational (4/1-2/22)


2024 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2024 Indoor: Finished 17th in the 5,000-meter at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener with a time of 15:38.11…Placed third in the 5,000-meter at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 16:32.86.

2023 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2023 Indoor: Ran a school and conference record time of 15:33.74 in the 5K at the Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener…Finished first in the 3K at the NAU Tune Up with a time of 9:46.28…Member of the Big Sky Champion distance medley relay team which set a new conference championship record with a time of 11:31.98…Finished second in the 3K at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a personal best time of 9:21.50…Competed at the NCAA National Championships, finishing 11th in the 5K with a time of 16:34.04 to earn second team All-American honors.

2022 Outdoor: Finished 20th in the 5K at NCAA West Regional Preliminaries (16:31.90)...Big Sky 1500-meter Champion (4:24.67)...Placed third in the 5K at Big Sky Championships (17:00.09)...Ran personal best 800-meter time of 2:11.52 at the Desert Heat Classic...Set personal best 1500-meter time of 4:20.36 at the Bryan Clay Invitational...Ran 5K personal best time of 15:55.43 at the Stanford Invitational.

2022 Indoor: Member of Big Sky Champion DMR relay team...Finished second in the mile at Big Sky Championships (4:56.72)...Placed third in the 3K at Big Sky Championships (9:45.08)...Ran personal best 3K time of 9:42.11 at the Husky Classic...Set personal best mile time of 4:46.48 at the UW Invite...Ran personal best 800-meter of 2:15.65 at the Lumberjack Team Challenge.

2021 Outdoor: Ran a 1500m personal best of 4:32.28 at the Canyon Invitational.

High School: Ran a personal best 800-meter time of 2:19...Ran a personal best 1,600-meter time of 5:06...Ran a personal best 3 mile time of 18:04...Ran a personal best 5K time of 18:22.

TF/XC Accomplishments: All-State XC...All-State Track...2018 XC State Champion Team...Placed 4th at NXR in 2018...Mountain All-West divisional teams & Champion (1600, 800, 3200).

Why did you choose NAU?

I loved the team atmosphere and thought Flagstaff was pretty radical.

Personal: Daughter of Scott and Julee Stearns...Sister to Renn and Lily...Birthday is May 8...Majoring in Educational Foundations.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

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  • 2021Sophomore

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  • 2022Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2023Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2024Redshirt Junior

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