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Elise Cranny

Elise Cranny

May 25, 2022

2022 USA 10,000 Champs Preview: Can Grant Fisher & Elise Cranny Make It a Bowerman TC Sweep?

After his AR in March, Fisher is favored to win his first national title but he'll have to take down reigning champ and BTC teammate Woody Kincaid.
March 07, 2022

Grant Fisher (26:33.84) SMASHES Galen Rupp’s 10,000 American Record, Elise Cranny (30:14.66) Just Misses Molly Huddle’s AR

Fisher ran a 13:10 2nd half and came from behind in the final 200 to edge Mo Ahmed (26:34.14) for the win.
February 16, 2022

American Record Madness Podcast: Grant MF Fisher 12:53, GDS 14:31, Elise Cranny 14:33, Shane Streich!?!

What a weekend of running. We break it all down.
February 12, 2022

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (14:31) & Elise Cranny (14:33) Blitz National 5K Records in Boston

They crushed the previous North American record of 14:47.62 set by Shalane Flanagan with amazing closing splits. A week ago, GDS ran 8:33.92 to take 12+ seconds off the Canadian indoor 3,000-meter record. Tonight, she ran her final 3k in 8:30.83 -- almost as fast as the open personal bests of Jenny Simpson (8:29.58) and Shannon Rowbury (8:29.93), with a final 1600 of 4:25.72 and last lap of 30.81.
February 10, 2022

Collegiate Record? American Record? Canadian Record? This Weekend Is Going to Be FAST

What a wild weekend. When it's all over, the North American record in the men's mile, w5000, and m5000 may be history. The NCAA record in the men's 3k also could go as well as the world record in the women's DMR. From Boston to Chicago to Spokane, stars like Moh AhmedYared NuguseCole HockerCooper Teare, Raevyn Rogers, Courtney Frerichs andGabriela DeBues-Stafford will be going for fast times. We break it down for you.
June 22, 2021

Women’s 5K: Another Bowerman 1-2 as Elise Cranny and Karissa Schweizer Hammer the Final Mile

Cranny and Schweizer replicated Woody Kincaid and Grant Fisher's 1-2 finish from Friday's 10k as Rachel Schneider joined them on Team USA as first-time Olympians. Abbey Cooper was 4th after her prelim heroics.
May 05, 2021

Which American Athletes Were Helped -- And Hurt -- the Most by the Olympic Postponement?

Athing Mu is certainly one of the athletes better-positioned to make the Olympic team in 2021 than she would have been in 2020. The opposite is true for Jenny Simpson. We run through some of the other athletes whose stock has risen -- or declined.
July 01, 2020

Podcast: Duane Solomon Reflects On His Great Career + Bowerman Runs Fast + Raevyn Rogers New Coach

Listen to the best track and field running podcast on the planet.
September 16, 2019

Weekly Recap: Geoffrey Kamworor Gets His World Record (and Emotional), Woody Kincaid, USA vs Kenya vs Ethiopia

Kamworor ran fast, Jordan Hasay didn't. Shannon Osika and Elise Cranny keep improving and yes Woody MF Kincaid.
March 06, 2018

2018 NCAA Indoor Mile Preview: Josh Kerr Favored To Repeat As Elle Purrier Tries To End Her NCAA Title Drought

Josh Kerr is so good we might pick him to beat Edward Cheserek if they were racing again this year even though Cheserek ran 3:49 in the mile this winter. *MB: 2018 NCAA mile: If Edward Cheserek were racing Kerr this year, who would you pick? Will Elle Purrier win NCAA title #1?
March 11, 2017

DMR Madness: Colorado Goes From 9th to First to Win Women's DMR, Ole Miss Gets Title #1 a Little More Easily

Colorado got its first NCAA DMR title thanks to a crazy anchor from Dani Jones, and Ole Miss got a program defining win.
March 08, 2017

2017 NCAA Indoor Women's 3K/5K Preview: Erin Finn & Katie Rainsberger Try to Stop NCAA XC Champ Karissa Schweizer from Pulling Off the Distance Double

Karissa Schweizer hasn't lost a race since October, and when we look at her, we're reminded of Seidel last year or Dartmouth's Abbey D'Agostino in 2013-14 -- NCAA XC champs who got hot and kept it rolling all the way through indoors.
September 19, 2016

2016 NCAA Women's XC Preview: #6 New Mexico, #5 NC State, #4 Oregon and #3 Stanford

New Mexico had a dream season last year that resulted in a NCAA title but so far 2017 has been a nightmare. Stanford has a dream recruiting class.
June 11, 2016

Wow: Mississippi State's Marta Freitas Wins Women's 1500 But A Premature Celebration Nearly Costs Her The Title as Stanford's Elise Cranny Almost Steals It

What a race. Freitas led it wire to wire but Elise Cranny is back and better than ever as he PRd and lost by the tiniest of margins.
June 07, 2016

2016 NCAA Outdoor Women's Mid-D/Steeple Preview: Can Raevyn Rogers (800), Marta Freitas (1,500) & Courtney Frerichs (3,000 SC) Deliver As Favorites?

Freitas (4:09.80) and Frerichs (9:29.31) have SBs that put them well ahead of the rest of the NCAA, while Rogers is the defending NCAA indoor/outdoor champion. Can indoor mile champ Kaela Edwards challenge Freitas in the 1,500? What about Stanford's supersoph Olivia Baker (NCAA-leading 2:01.02) in the 800?
March 08, 2016

2016 NCAA DMR Preview: The Deepest Men's Field In History Is Led By Oklahoma State

Six of the 12 fastest men's teams in NCAA history will compete on Friday. Will they be good enough to hold off Stanford and Washington and their 3:53 anchor legs, Sean McGorty and Izaic Yorks? Will Oregon dare to run Edward Cheserek just 30 minutes after the 5k?