2023-24 Women's Track and Field
Biography
TFRRS Profile
2023 Track and Field:
- Named to ASUN Outdoor First Team All-Conference (Long Jump)
- Named ASUN Outdoor Conference Champion (Long Jump)
- Named to ASUN Outdoor All-Academic Team
- Named to ASUN Indoor All-Academic Team
- Named ASUN Indoor Field Performer of the Week (2/15)
- Competed in six indoor meets and eight outdoor meets for Lipscomb this season
- For indoor - competed in the 200m dash, 400m, 4x400m relay, and long jump
- Logged ten top-15 finishes, highlighted by a trio of second place finishes over the season, including second in the long jump at the ASUN Indoor Championship with a .87m/19' 3.25" jump
- Clocked a personal best in the 200m dash (25.60) at the Commonwealth College Opener
- For outdoor - competed in the 200m, 400m, 4x400m relay, and long jump
- Put up a personal best 55.65 in the 400m run at the Music City Challenge to finish eighth overall
- Recorded 13 top-15 finishes over the season, including first place in the long jump at the ASUN Outdoor Championship with a personal best jump of 6.37m/20' 10.75"
- Earned a trip to the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the long jump where she finished 24th overall in the preliminary rounds with a jump of 6.00m/19' 8.25"
2022 Track and Field:
- Named ASUN Women's Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Named to ASUN All-Academic Team
- Named ASUN Indoor Third Team All-Conference (Pentathlon)
- Competed in seven indoor meets and four outdoor meets
- For indoor - competed in the pentathlon, 60m hurdles, long jump, shot put, 4x400m relay, and 60m dash
- Earned 12 top-10 finishes
- Finished fourth in both the long jump (5.65m (18' 6.5")) and 4x400m relay (4:04.34) and fifth in the 60m hurdles (9.06) at the Hoosier Open, briefly breaking the program record for the 60m hurdles
- Earned a personal best 7.99 in the 60m dash at the Gladstein Invitational to finish 12th, a time good for fourth in women's indoor program history
- At the ASUN Indoor Championship, finished third in the pentathlon with 3682 points including first place finishes in the long jump (5.81m (19' 0.75")) and the 800m (2:23.07)
- For outdoor - competed in the heptathlon, shot put, javelin throw, and long jump
- Opened the outdoor season with a second-place finish in the heptathlon with 4650 points at the Bob Davidson Memorial from a first place finish in the 800m (2:25.99), second in the 200m dash (25.60), and second in the long jump (5.64m (18' 6"))
- Earned a personal best in the shot put at the Georgia Tech Invitational at 10.92m (35' 10")
- Logged a personal best in the javelin throw at the Outdoor Music City Challenge with a 32.50m (106' 7") to finish 10th
- At the ASUN Outdoor Championship, finished fourth in the heptathlon with a personal best 4783 points from a first place finish in the 800m (2:22.28), second in the 200m (25.49 with wind), and second in the long jump (5.72m (18' 9.25"))
- Also finished fourth in the long jumps at the ASUN Outdoor Championship with a jump of 5.82m (19' 1.25") and 13th in the javelin throw at 27.29m (89' 6")
2021 Track and Field:
- All-ASUNÂ (Indoor) Third Team - Pentathlon
- All-ASUN (Outdoor) Third Team - 4x400m relay
- Competed in three indoor meets and five outdoor meets
- Indoor - competed in the pentathlon, shot put, 60m hurdles, long jump, and 4x400m
- Finished 3rd in the pentathlon and 4th in the 4x400m at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Outdoor - competed in shot put, long jump, 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles, and 4x400m
- Finished 1st in long jump at the Sycamore Open at 5.59m
2020 Track and Field
- Competed in six meets
- Set the school record with 3044 points in the pentathlon with a 6th-place finish at the ASUN Indoor Championships
- Also competed in the 60m hurdles, 4x000m, long jump, shot put, and 400m on the season
High School:
- Prepped at Sevier County High School under direction of coach Jon Hutchins
- Graduated as Valedictorian from Seveir County High School
- Five-time All-State selection (300m hurdles (2017, 2018, 2019) and 4x400m (2017, 2018)
- Seven-time All-Region selection (300m hurdles (2017, 2018, 2019), 100m hurdles (2019), and 100m dash (2017)
- Thirteen-time All-District selection (300m hurdles (2017, 2018, 2019), 100m (2017), 100m hurdles (2017, 2018, 2019), 4x200m (2017, 2018, 2019), 4x00m (2017, 2018, 2019)
- Two-time Track & Field MVP (2017 and 2019)
- Holds school records in 100m dash, 300m hurdles, 4x400m, 4x200m
- Lists top high school athletic memory as winning Regionals in the 300m hurdles in her senior season
- Sevier County High School Most Athletic Female
- Knoxville News Sentinel PrepXtra Girls Track Team
- Four-time Female Athlete of the Year nominee
Personal:
- Daughter of Ida and Mike McElhaney
- Has one brother, Camden, who plays basketball at Carson Newman
- Plans to major in Corporate Marketing
- Favorite TV show is Friends
- Worked a Corporate Marketing Internship with SmartBank over the summer of 2022
Historical Player Information
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2020-21Sophomore
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5'7"
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2021-22Junior
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5'7"
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2022-23Sophomore
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2023-24Junior
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