SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC indoor 400-meter dash in 2023 and 2024, and 4-by-400 relay in 2023. ... All-GNAC outdoor 400-meter dash in 2023. ... GNAC Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athlete Award in 2023.
Sophomore (2024): INDOOR – Placed 3rd in the 400 dash at the GNAC Championships with an indoor personal best time of 57.23. In the previous day’s prelims, posted her first indoor sub-58, stopping the watch in 57.97 to secure the No. 3 seed for the finals. … Ran the anchor leg on the 4th-place 4x400 relay. … Ran her first indoor 200 at the season-opening Spokane Invitational, finishing in 26.18. OUTDOOR – Placed 4th in the 400 dash at GNACs in 57.42. … Also anchored the 4th-place 4x400 relay. … Ran her first sub-57 in the 400, coming across the finish line in a winning time of 56.95 at the PLU Open on March 16 in Tacoma. … Went a PB 2:27.46 in the 800 at the season-opening Ed Boitano Invitational in Tacoma on March 2.
Freshman (2023): INDOOR – Ran the second leg on the 3rd-place 4-by-400 relay at the GNAC Championships, joined by Aniya Green, Johanna Brown, and Vanessa Aniteye for a time of 3 minutes, 53.54 seconds. ... Ran the second (400) leg on the 8th-place 4000 distance medley relay at GNAC, teaming up with Maya Ewing, Charisma Smith, and Katelyn Flolo. ... Also placed 11th in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.02. ... Made her college debut in the 400 at the season-opening Spokane Invitational on Dec. 10, clocking 58.77. Also did the long jump that day, going 15 feet, 9 1/2 inches.
OUTDOOR – Ran a personal-best 57.58 for 3rd place in the 400 dash at the GNAC Championships. ... Also ran the second leg on the 5th-place 4-by-100 relay team, joined by Aniya Green, Hannah Chang, and Charisma Smith, then ran the third leg on the 6th-place 4-by-400, teaming with Johanna Brown, Libby Michael, and Smith. ... In her college outdoor debut at the season-opening Ed Boitano Invitational in Tacoma on March 4, was part of the winning 4-by-400 relay. ... Ran to her first college individual victory on March 18 at the Doris Heritage Track Festival in Renton, winning the 400 dash in 58.57. ... After that meet, went on a streak of three straight meets with PBs in the 400: 58.45 at the Mangrum Invitational in San Marcos, Calif., on March 24, then 58.13 the next day at the Point Loma Collegiate Invitational in San Diego, and finally her first sub-58, logging 57.81 at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Pomona, Calif., on April 8. ... Anchored the winning 4-by-100 relay at the regular-season finale Portland Twilight on May 6, joined by Green, Chang, and Smith.
South Kitsap High School: Ran the second leg on the title-winning 4-by-200 relay and led off the title-winning 4-by-400 relay at the Class 4A (large school) Washington state meet as a senior in 2022. ... Also ran the second leg on the 2nd-place 4-by-100 relay, and placed 5th in the 400-meter dash in 59.33. In the previous day's 400 prelims, set a personal-best by clocking 58.77. ... In the relay races, it was the same four girls on all of them: Crane, Elise Hopper, Ella Hopper, and Savannah Kambich. ... Throughout her career, which was interrupted by the pandemic shutdown as a sophomore and a limited schedule as a junior in 2021, did a variety of events, ranging from 100 to 1600 meters.
Personal: Marissa Fisayo Crane. ... Communication studies major.
Fun facts: Got introduced to track in elementary school, when kids were not allowed on the equipment until after running a lap around the playground and soccer field. "I always wanted to be the first student allowed to use the play toys and swings, so I gained my competitive spirit for running from that." Joined her first track team in 4th grade because her older sister was already running track. ...
Also has done soccer and basketball. ...
Her high school 4-by-400 relay got a chance in the National Scholastics Athletic Federation (NSAF) Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene and earned All-American recognition, then took 2nd place at the USA Track & Field (USATF) nationals in Sacramento. ...
Favorite kind of workout is "one that will absolutely push my mind -- something like 300 or 400-meter repeats." ...
If not for track, would play basketball. ...
Favorite sport to watch is track "because I can relate to the runners I'm watching." ...
Dumbest movie she has ever seen is "Romeo and Juliet." ...
Book she just couldn't put down was "A Court of Mist and Fury." ...
Favorite junk food is cheesecake. ...
Favorite healthy food is chicken Caesar salad. ...
Favorite TV program is 'Scandal." ...
Her dream car is a Toyota 4Runner. ...
Loves to shop for books. ...
Favorite team is the Jamaican bobsledders. ...
Favorite athlete is American 400-meter hurdler Sydney McLaughlin. ...
Easiest subject in school is English. ...
Toughest subject is chemistry / science. ...
If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be her mom and dad, and she would serve In-N-Out because "I owe them everything, including a good burger." ...
Her friends call her Riss or Rissa. ...
As a communication studies major, hopes one day to be teaching the concepts she is now learning to high school students "so they can be well-rounded individuals who know how to communicate effectively in a team where communication technologies increasingly flood our lifestyles."
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200: 26.18 (12/9/2023)
400: 57.23 (2/20/2024)
LJ: 15-9 1/2 / 4.81m (12/10/2022)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200: 26.55 (4/22/2023)
400: 56.95 (3/16/2024)
800: 2:27.46 (3/2/2024)
CAREER RESULTS
