2018 Cross Country Roster
Elise Wright
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- T.C. Roberson HS
- Hometown:
- Asheville, NC
Career Records
Awards
2019 ACC All-Academic Team (Outdoor)
2019 ACC All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
2019 All-ACC Team (Cross Country)
Top 10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 3 - 3000 Steeplechase (Outdoor) - 10:04.49
No. 9 - MILE (Indoor) - 4:48.17
No. 9 - 3000 (Indoor) - 9:29.57
Collegiate PR
1500: 4:35.53
MILE: 4:48.17
3000: 9:29.57
5000: 16:56.20
3000S: 10:08.49
2021 (Senior)
Outdoor: Placed 128th at the Raleigh Relays in the 1500m event.
Cross Country: Grabbed a third place finish at the Chanticleer Classic (10/1) … Raced at the ACC Cross Country Championships (10/29) … Placed 33rd at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Championships (11/12).
2021 (Junior)
Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 3000 steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays (3/25) … Placed ninth and set a new personal best in the 3000 steeplechase at the ACC Outdoor Championships (5/13) … Ran in the NCAA East Preliminary Round, finishing 31st (5/26).
Indoor: Placed fourth in the 3000 at the Hokie Invitational (1/22) … Grabbed first place in the mile and second place in the 3000 at the Brant Tolsma Invitational (2/6) … Won the 3000 and placed fifth in the DMR at the Camel City Invitational (2/19) … Grabbed sixth in the DMR at the ACC Indoor Championships (2/25).
Cross Country: Finished third overall and best on the team in her season debut against NC State and UNC (10/16), completing the 6k in 21:20.18 ... Scored points in the ACC Championship by finishing fourth on the team and 68th overall in 21:42.3.
2020 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Distance runner who posted four top fourth finishes as a sophomore … Took third in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1/17) and at the Camel City Invitational (2/7) … Had a second place finish in the 3000m at the Bob Pollock Invitational (1/24) … Finished fourth in her lone entry in the 5000m at the JDL Early Bird (12/8).
Cross Country: Named All-ACC Academic … Second team All-ACC after finishing 14th at the ACC Championship at Virginia Tech … Wake Forest’s top finisher in three races including the Virginia Tech Invitational (9/6), Coast-to-Coast Beantown (9/20) and the ACC Championship (11/1) … Finished first overall at the Virginia Tech Invitational, completing the 4K course in 13:51.2 … Second on the team at the Nuttycombe Invitational (10/19), covering the 6K course in 21:10.4 … Finished 31st overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional (11/15).
2019 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Earned first team All-ACC honors with a third place finish in the 300m steeplechase at the 2019 ACC Outdoor Championship.
Cross Country: Competed in four races for the Demon Deacons.
High School
Earned nine varsity letters in cross country and indoor/outdoor track…2018 NCHSAA 3A 1600m and 1000m Indoor State champion…2018 NCHSAA 3A 1600m Outdoor State champion…2017 NCHSAA 3A State Cross Country champion…2018 Mountain Amateur Athletic Club Female Athlete of the Year…2018 3A West Regional 800m and 1600m champion…2018 WMAC 800m, 1600m and 4x800m Conference champion…2017 3A West Regional Cross Country champion…2017 WMAC Conference Cross Country champion…2017 4A West Regional 1600m champion and 2016 800m champion…2017 MAC Conference Champion in the 800m, 1600m and 4x800m…2016 4A West Regional and MAC Conference cross country champion…Member of the 2018 WMAC Conference Champion team and 2017 MAC Conference Champion team as well as 2017 3A West Regional champion cross country and 2017 WMAC conference champion teams.
Personal
Daughter of Bob and Melissa Wright…Born Nov. 30, 1999…Chose Wake Forest over UNC, Davidson, NC State, Clemson and East Carolina…Mother ran track and cross country at Texas A&M from 1988-1992…Father ran cross country and track and Texas A&M from 1988-1990...Majoring in History.
