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2025 Women's Track and Field Roster

Matthew Branch

Elise Knight

Elise Knight

  • Height:
    5-2
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Jonesboro, Arkansas
  • High School:
    Valley View
  • Major:
    Biophysics & Chemistry

Summary

Biography

Career Results

COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS (PRIOR TO 2025-26 SEASON):
  • XC 5K: 18:54.7 (4th place at Bob Gravett Invitational - Fall 2022)
  • XC 6K: 23:45.6 (NCAA Regionals - Fall 2024)
  • T&F 800M: 2:20.19 (3rd place at Ouachita Invitational - Spring 2025)
  • T&F 1500M: 4:37.26 (Bryan Clay Invitational - Spring 2025)
  • T&F 3000M STEEPLE: 10:49.18 (Bryan Clay Invitational - Spring 2025)
  • T&F 3000M: 10:04.24 (6th place at Indoor Gorilla Classic - Spring 2025)

2025 TRACK & FIELD: First Team All-Great American Conference in 1500m and 3000m Steeplechase... Competed in 12 meets, posting nine top 10 finishes... GAC Runner-Up in the 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:53.52... Placed third in the 1500m with a time of 4:40.89 at the GAC Championships... Won the 1500m at the Ouachita Invitational (4:44.55)... Earned wins in the 3000m Steeplecase at the Hendrix Invitaional (11:05.88) and the Lee Last Chance Meet (11:06.48)... Set personal bests in the 1500m (4:37.26) and the 3000m Steeplechase (10:49.18) at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Set a personal best in the 800m at the Ouachita Invitational with a time of 2:20.19... Also set personal bests in the Mile (5:03.39) amd the 3000m (10:04.24) during indoor season... Part of 4x800m Relay and Distance Medley Relay teams that set program records in those events... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honoree... CSC Academic All-District... GAC Elite Scholar Athlete... Named to the President's List for Spring 2025.

2024 CROSS COUNTRY: Second Team All-GAC... Competed in six meets and posted four top 20 and two top 10 finishes... Placed 13th at the GAC Championships to help the Tigers earn their second GAC Title in program history... Placed fourth at the Tiger Invitational with a season best 5k time of 18:58.9... Set a personal best in the 6k at the 2024 NCAA DII Central Region Championships with a time of 23:45.6... GAC Elite Scholar Athlete... Named to the President's List for Fall 2024. 

2024 TRACK & FIELD: Second Team All-GAC in 1500m and 3000m Steeplechase... Competed in the 3000m Steeplechase at the USA Track and Field Under 20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, placing eighth with a personal best time of 11:02.53... Placed fourth in the 3000m Steeplechase (11:08.88) and seventh in the 1500m (4:47.72) at the 2024 Great American Conference Championships to help Ouachita earn a third-place team finish... Competed in 10 meets for the Tigers, posting six top 10 finishes... Set indoor personal bests in the Mile (5:11.65) at the Samford Open and the 3000m (10:13.79) at the Gorilla Classic... 2024 GAC Elite Scholar Athlete... Named to the President's List for spring 2024.

2023 CROSS COUNTRY: 2023 GAC Elite Scholar Athlete... Competed in four meets for the Tigers... Placed 32nd at the 2023 GAC Championships with a season best 5k time of 19:08.6... Placed 17th at the Trevecca Nazarene Invitational with a time of 19:09.5... Named to the President's List for fall 2023 

2023 TRACK & FIELD: Second Team All-Great American Conference in 3000M Steeplechase... Competed in four events across nine meets with nine top 10 finishes... Ran the 3000M Steeplechase four times with her top performance coming at the Hendrix Invitational where she won the event with a personal best time of 11:31.99... Placed sixth in the 3000M Steeplechase at the GAC Championships with a time of 11:35.73... Part of 4x800 Squad that set the program record at the Kansas Relays... Set personal bests in the 800M (2:23.36) at the Little Rock Invitational, the 1500M (4:53.03) at the Bobcat Invitational and the indoor mile (5:15.61) at the Indoor Gorilla Classic... Named to President's List for spring 2023.

2022 CROSS COUNTRY: Made collegiate debut at the Bob Gravett Invitational with a time of 18:54.7 and a fourth place finish... Competed in four meets with two top 10 finishes... Named to President's List for fall 2022.

AT VALLEY VIEW: XC: 3x All-State, 2x Arkansas/Oklahoma All-Star Race Qualifier, 5k School Record, 2020 Team Academic State Champions, 2020 & 2021 4A Team State Champions, 2020 4A Individual State Runner-Up, 2021 4A-3 Individual Conference Champion... Track: 3x All-State, 2x All-Academic, 2022 Top 5 All-Arkansas Academic, School Records in 4x800m, 800m, 1600m, & 3200m, 4A Outdoor State Records in 4x800m (Indoor), 1600m, & 3200m. 2022 4A 4x800m, 1600m, & 3200m Indoor & Outdoor State Champion. 2022 4A Team Outdoor State Champions. 2021 4A 4x800m Outdoor State Champion. 2x Meet of Champs Runner-Up (4x800m & 1600m)... Academic: Valedictorian, National Honor Society President, National Merit Scholarship Recipient, National Small Town/Rural Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Matthew and Amanda Knight... One sibling, Elan... Double Majoring in biophysics and Chemistry... Born July 2.

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