Elizabeth Whaley

Class:
Senior
High School:
Indian Hill
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Career Records

Awards
2026 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2026 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2026 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
2023 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
2023 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)

Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 1 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 4:09.78
No. 1 - DMR (Indoor) - 11:06.15
No. 1 - Mile (Indoor) - 4:35.35
No. 5 - DMR (Indoor) - 11:14.48
No. 6 - 1000m (Indoor) - 2:47.87
No. 6 - DMR (Indoor) - 11:15.30
No. 7 - DMR (Indoor) - 11:15.50
No. 10 - DMR (Indoor) - 11:22.61

Collegiate PR
800m - 2:07.39
1000m - 2:47.87
1500m - 4:09.78
Mile - 4:35.35
3000m - 9:26.03
5000m - 17:11.17

2026 (Senior)
Outdoor - Earned Second Team All-American honors after recording a 12th-place finish in the 1500 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Set the school record in the 1500 meters after clocking a time of 4:08.52 in the semifinal round… Claimed Second Team All-ACC honors following a fifth-place finish in the 1500 meters at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Posted a second-place finish at the Duke Twilight… Originally broke the program record in the 1500 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational, recording a time of 4:09.78 en route to a runner-up finish… Added a personal-best mark in the 800 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational… Notched a top-15 finish in the 1500 meters at the Raleigh Relays.

Indoor - Recorded a seventh-place finish in the mile at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Helped the women’s distance medley relay team break the school record in the event at the ASICS Last Chance Invitational… Set the school record in the mile after clocking a time of 4:35.35 at the ASICS Sound Invite… Originally broke the school record in the mile at the Brant Tolsma Invite… Logged a first-place finish in the mile at the JDL Early Bird Invitational… Finished second in the 3000 meters at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-off.

2025 (Junior)
Outdoor - Recorded a personal-best time of 4:14.89 during the semifinals of the women’s 1500m at the NCAA East Region First Round… Placed eighth in the women’s 1500m final at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Clinched a first place finish at the Charlotte Invitational, clocking a time of 4:20.83.

Indoor - Helped guide her DMR team to a first place finish at the Boston University Hemery Valentine Invitational… Notched two top-five finishes in the DMR (2nd) and the Mile (4th) at the Gamecock Invitational… Recorded a personal-best time of 2:47.87 to place fourth in the 1000m at the Virginia Tech Invitational… Added new personal-bests in the 3000m at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, and in the mile at the Eagle Elite Invitational.

2024 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Recorded six top-5 finishes, including two first place finishes during the 2024 outdoor season … Placed 13th in the 1500 prelims at the ACC Championships, clocking a career-best 4:17.60 … Placed first in the 1500 at both the Charlotte Invitational (4:18.35) and the Charlotte 49er Classic (4:23.38) … Set a career-best 2:10.56 to finish fourth in the 800 at the Charlotte Invitational … Finished fourth in the 1500 at the Duke Invitational with a 4:19.77… Notched two fifth place finishes in both the 800 (2:11.08) and the 1500 (4:23.24).

Indoor: Recorded three top-10 finishes during the 2024 indoor season… Competed in the ACC Indoor Championships, finishing ninth in the mile with a 4:47.22 and 12th in the DMR … Clocked a career-best 4:44.48 mile time in the prelims of the ACC Indoor Championships … Placed second in the DMR with a 11:30.47 at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Notched a third place finish in the DMR at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational with a 11:14.48.

2023 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Competed in five events, including the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11-13)… Logged personal-bests in three different events in three-consecutive events from April 21 to May 13… First, recorded a time of 4:21.66 in the 1500 at the Wake Forest Invitational (April 21)... Notched a ninth place finish at the Charlotte Invitational (April 28-29) in the 800m (2:12.55)... Finally, clocked 17:11.17 in the 5000m at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Additionally, earned her first-career outdoor podium with a second place finish in the 1500m at the Charlotte Invitational (April 28-29).

Indoor: In her first-ever collegiate event, she earned first place in the DMR at the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 27-28) with a time of 11:29.10… Notched two podium finishes in the 800m (2:17.25) and Mile (4:50.09) at the Camel City Invitational (Feb. 3-4)... Recorded the third-best DMR time in program history (11:15.30) at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-25) with Nolde-Lopez, Giudice and Van Dijk… Also set a personal-best in the mile with a 4:48.66.

Cross Country: Secured fourth place at the Wake Forest vs. UNCG meet (9/1) with a 4-mile time of 23:44.7.