Elise Johnson

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Class:
Senior
High School:
Lancaster
Hometown:
Lancaster, Ohio

Years of Eligibility Remaining Including 2023: 2

2023:

Competed in five races over the course of the 2023 season
Recorded a personal best 5K performance in the Tommy Evans Invitational at 18:50.4
Competed in four 6K races in the Mel Brodt Open, Paul Short Run, Falcon Invite, and MAC Championships with respective times of 22:48.5, 22:58.9, 22:42, and 22:44

2022: (Cross Country)

Competed in all six races during the 2022 season
Set a personal best 5K time at the Bobcat Invite, completing the race in 19:12.4 to finish 24th
Finished 12th at the Mel Brodt Open, recording a time of 22:48.7
Posted a personal best 6K time of 21:23.9 at the Paul Short Run, finishing 176th overall
Placed 22nd at the Falcon Invite, crossing the finish line at 22:21.8
Finished 40th at the MAC Championship, running the 6K in 21:54.2
Placed 101st at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, posting a time of 22:15.1

2021: (Cross Country)

Competed in four races in the 2021 season
Opened her season at the Spartan Invitational, placing 60^th
Finished 168^th at the Paul Short Run with a time of 22:15.7
Placed 36^th at the MAC Championships, up 29 spots from her 2020 placement, and recorded a time of 22:22.0
Notched a personal best 6K time of 22:03.5 at the Great Lakes Regional, where she placed 106^th

2020: (Cross Country)

Made her collegiate debut at the Falcon Invitational 6K, where she placed 34th overall with a time of 23:18.6
Finished 65th at the MAC Championships with a season-best time of 22:57.8

2019: (Cross Country)

Did not compete

High School:

Was a nine-time letter winner
Served as cross country team captain for the 2018 season
Was a four-time regional qualifier in cross country (2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018), and a two- time state qualifier (2016 and 2018)
Was named First Team All-OCC and named First Team All-District in cross country all four years (2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018)
Named First Team All-OCC in track in 2019, Second Team All-OCC twice (2018 and 2019), and Third Team once (2017)
Was a regional qualifier in track in 2018 and 2019
Awarded Lady Gales Cross Country MVP 2015-2018 and Lady Gales Track Distance MVP 2016-2019
Won Columbus Dispatch “Going to School” Athlete of the week on September 29, 2017
Won Lancaster Eagle Gazette Female Cross Country Runner of the Year for 2018
Was in National Honor Society, made High Honor Roll, won Archie Griffith Sportsmanship Award and named Academic All-Ohio

Personal:

Daughter of Ryan and Susan Johnson
Has one sister, Emily, and one brother, Noah
Plans to major in Communications Sciences and Disorders

PERSONAL BESTS
Cross Country
5K: 18:50.4, Tommy Evans Invitational (9/1/23)
6K: 21:23.9, Paul Short Run (9/30/22)

CAREER FINISHES
2023 Results
Sept. 1 - Tommy Evans Invitational (Silver Creek Cross Country Course - Norton, OH) - 5K - 18:50.4 (18th)
Sept. 15 – Mel Brodt Open (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:48.5 (43rd)
Sept. 30 – Paul Short Run (Goodman Campus Cross Country Course – Bethlehem, PA) – 6K – 22:58.9 (259th)
Oct. 13 – Falcon Invite (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:42 (36th)
Oct. 28 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:44 (66th)

2022 Results
Sept. 2 – Bobcat Invite (Ohio University Golf Course – Athens, OH) – 5K – 19:12.4 – 24th
Sept. 16 – Mel Brodt Collegiate Open (Bowling Green XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:48.7 – 12th
Sept. 30 – Paul Short Run (Lehigh Goodman Campus XC Course – Bethlehem, PA) – 6K – 21:23.9 – 176th
Oct. 14 – Falcon Invite (Bowling Green XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:21.8 – 22nd
Oct. 29 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Ohio University Golf Course – Athens, OH) – 6K – 21:54.2 – 40th
Nov. 11 – NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course – Terre Haute, IN) – 6K – 22:15.1 – 101st

2021 Results
Sept. 17 – Spartan Invitational (Forest Akers East Golf Course – East Lansing, MI) – 6K – 23:37.4 – 60th
Oct. 1 – Paul Short Run (Lehigh Goodman Campus XC Course – Bethlehem, PA) – 6K – 22:15.7 – 168th
Oct. 30 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Eagle Crest Country Club – Ypsilanti, MI) – 6K – 22:22.0 – 36th
Nov. 12 – NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (Angel Mounds Cross Country Course – Evansville, IN) – 6K – 22:03.5 – 106th

2020 Results
Nov. 7 – Falcon Invitational (BGXC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 23:18.6 – 34th
Nov. 21 – Mid-American Conference Championship (BGXC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:57.8 – 65th