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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Ellie Kitsmiller

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bishop Hartley
  • Hometown Baltimore, OH
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography




Honors & Awards 
  • 2022 USTFCCCA Academic All-American 
  • 2022 Great Lakes All-Region
  • 2022 Second Team All-OAC
  • 2022 Academic All-OAC
2022 Cross Country
  • Amidst tough conditions, Kitsmiller capped off her season at her first NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship race on 11/19/2022, where she bested 36 runners in the field.
  • Finished top-30 (27th place) in a 6k PR of 22:14.4 to earn All-Region Honors at the 2022 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional (11/12/2022). Kitsmiller bested her previous PR mark by an impressive 67.1 seconds.
  • Earned second team All-OAC honors with an 11th place finish out of 113 conference competitors during the 2022 OAC Championships, crossing the line in a time of 23:43.4 (10/29/2022)
  • Placed 36th amongst 282 total runners in the varsity division of the 2022 Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, racing a time of 23:21.5 (10/15/2022)
  • Under the lights, she ran a 5k time of 19:25.2 to finish 67th out of 334 total runners at the All-Ohio Collegiate XC Championships (09/16/2022)
  • During her sophomore campaign debut, Kitsmiller placed 16th at the Bill Sudeck Classic in a 4k time of 16:24.8 (09/02/2022)
2021 Cross Country
  • Finished 65th amongst 139 runners in the open division of the All-Ohio Collegiate XC Championships 6k with a time of 27:13.6 on 9/17/21.
  • Finished 161st amongst 291 overall runners in the open division of the 47th Lehigh Paul Short Run with a time of 25:15.5 on 10/01/21.
  • Amidst tough conditions, clocked an impressive time of 25:59.8 to place 25th amongst 120 runners in the open division of the Inter-Regional Rumble (10/16)
  • Finished her freshman season with a 35th place finish at the OAC Championships in a time of 25:18.9 (10/30)
High School
  • NIAAA Three Season Athlete Award
  • 4-year letter winner in cross country and track; 2-year letter winner in swimming
  • XC accolades: 2x 1st Team All League, 2x 2nd Team All League, All District, Regional Team Qualifier, Spirit of XC Award, 2x MVP
  • Track accolades: 2nd Team All League in HJ and 3200, All District in HJ, Hawk Award
  • Swimming accolades: MVP, Most Improved, 1st Team All League x2, All District. 
  • AP Scholar AwardAcademic Excellence
  • Latin 2, 3,and 4 Student of the Year AwardsComprehensive Science Student of the Year Award
  • Honor Roll all 4 quarters all 4 yearsNational Honor Society member
  • 6x Robert Telerski Scholar Athlete Award 
  • OHSAA Scholar Athlete Award
Academics & Personal
  • Daughter of Chris Kitsmiller and Debbie Kitsmiller 
  • Chose John Carroll because of "the strong STEM department and how big the medical field is in Cleveland."

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    5'5"
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2022Junior

    5'5"
  • 2023Junior

    5'5"
  • 2024Senior

    5'5"

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