2021 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Three-year letterwinner, FIve years with the program. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2018, 2019, 2020-21, and 2021 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2018 and 2019.
5th Year (2021): Limited by injury to just one meet. ... Placed No. 5 for the team (79th overall) at the WWU Bill Roe Classic.
Senior (2020-21): Placed 5th at the CWU Winter Invite in 24:18.5 for 6 kilometers. It was the team's only meet and took place on Feb. 20 due to the 2020 fall season being canceled by the covid pandemic.
Junior (2019): Ran in all six meets, scoring at the GNAC and NCAA Championships. ... Ran 17th overall and No. 3 for the Falcons at GNAC in snowy Billings, her best-ever finish in that meet. ... Was No. 5 for the team and 167th overall at nationals in Sacramento ... Set a 6-kilometer personal-best time of 22 minutes, 14.8 seconds on Western Oregon's Ash Creek Preserve course at the NCAA West Regionals on Nov. 9. Her previous best was 22:38.5 at the Capital Cross Challenge in Sacramento on Sept. 28. ... Highest individual finish was 14th (No. 6 for Seattle Pacific) at the season-opening PLU Invitational on Sept. 21.
Sophomore (2018): Ran in six of the seven meets, scoring in three of them. ... Was No. 5 for SPU at GNAC (22nd overall) in 22:38.90 for 6 kilometers on Western Oregon's Ash Creek Preserve course in Monmouth, and also at NCAA West Regionals (72nd overall), finishing 6 kilometers at Amend Park in Billings, Mont., in 22:39.92. ... Placed No. 7 for the Falcons (218th overall) in the rain and mud at NCAA nationals in Pittsburgh, completing 6 kilometers at Schenley Park in 26:06.6. ... Also scored as the No. 5 SPU finisher (54th overall) at the Inland Empire Championships in Lewiston, Idaho.
Freshman (2017): Ran in four meets, all regular season. ... Best finish for the team was No. 7 (8th overall) in the dual against Northwest University. ... Best finish in an invitational was 47th at the Charles Bowles on Sept. 30.
Sunset High School (2015, 2016): Placed 59th at the Class 6A (large school) Oregon state meet in 2016, helping Sunset finish 2nd as a team. ... Finished 17th at the Portland Interscholastic League Championships in 2016. ... Ran at the Nike Northwest Regionals and the Nike Team Nationals as a junior and senior. Placed 7th at nationals as a junior and 11th as a senior. ... Team captain as a senior
Flathead High School (2014): Placed 19th at the Class AA Montana state meet as a sophomore. ... Finished 14th at the Nike Northwest Regional Team Championships.
Personal: Elizabeth Michaela Thompson. ... History major.
Fun facts: Started running cross country in 8th grade after having done some fun runs and road races prior to that. Both of her parents are also runners. ... If not for cross country, would do ski racing or freestyle skiing. ... Favorite sport to watch is skiing. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "The Emoji Movie." ... Books she just couldn't put down are "any book I pick up." .. Favorite junk food is mac & cheese. ... Favorite healthy food is salad. ... Favorite TV program is "Bones." ... Favorite team is the Portland Timbers. ... Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner Emma Coburn. ... Easiest subject in school is history. ... Toughest subject is math. ... Her pre-race ritual is a special handshake with her mom. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, she would invite Junko Tabei, the first woman to ascent all seven summits, including Mount Everest, "because she defied all the odds and worked hard to accomplish her dream." She would serve chicken alfredo and strawberry shortcake. ... If she could be any action heroine, would be Supergirl "because she wears a cool cape and can fly, which soulds like so much fun." ... Her friends call her Betsy or ET, "but I definitely prefer just Elizabeth." ... Was born in Virginia, raised in Montana, then moved to Oregon before herjunior year in high school. ... Became a ski instructor after turning 15. ... Hobbies are skiing, snowboarding, and reading.
PRs ON ALL COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
Magnuson Park (3.0 miles): 18:24.33 (2017).
Sundodger @ Lincoln Park: 23:23.30 (2017).
WWU Classic @ Lake Padden: 24:33.8 (2017).
Charles Bowles Invite (5K) @ Bush's Pasture: 18:56.6 (2018).
Inland Empire Championships (5K) @ Lewis-Clark State 18:51.0 (2018)
WWU Classic @ Sudden Valley 23:23.0 (2018)
NCAA West Regionals @ Amend Park 22:39.92 (2018) (same course as 2019 GNAC)
GNAC @ Ash Creek Preserve 22:38.90 (2018) (same course as 2019 West Regionals)
NCAA Championships @ SchenleyPark 26:06.6 (2018)
CWU Winter Invite at CWU Athletic Complex 24:18.5 (2020-21)
CAREER RESULTS
