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Ellen Schmitz

Class:
Senior
High School:
Carmel
Hometown:
Carmel, Ind.

2016 (Cross Country): Finished the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30) with a 6K time of 24:02.4… Placed 20^th at the Illinois Open (Oct. 21) with a 5K time of 19:15.4… Competed in season-opening meet at Illinois.

2016 (Outdoor Track): Ran her best 5,000m time with a 17:56.91 at the San Francisco Distance Carnival (Apr. 1) ... Finished the Illinois Twilight 5K with an 18:03.75 (Apr. 22) ... Ran an 18:32.32 in the 5,000m event at the Keeler Invitational (Mar. 12).

2016 (Track): Fourth among 'Cats in the 3,000m event at the Illinois Orange & Blue Open (Feb. 20) with her time of 10:36.15 ... Ran in two events at the Windy City Rumble (Feb. 6) ... Finished in fourth among Wildcats in the 800m (2:30.91) and fifth among Wildcats in the mile (5:23.20) ... Registered a time of 10:41.10 in the 3,000m race at the Illini Classic (Jan. 16).

2015 (Cross Country): Ran in four meets ... Ran her best 5K time at the Midwest Opener (Sept. 12), finishing in 18:59.2, which was 15th out of the field and second among Wildcat competitors ... Took home another second place finish out of NU entrants at the Illini Open (Oct. 23), with her time of 19:04.2 ... Also competed in the Badger Season Opener and the Roy Griak Invitational ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015 (Track): Took home 6th place in the 10,000m run at the Dr. Keebler Invitational (May 7-8) with a time of 38:48.28 … Clocked a time of 18:01.83 at the 5,000m race at the Illinois Twilight (Apr. 18), notching a 14th-place finish … Finished in second place in the 3,000m event at the Ted Haydon Invitational (Apr. 4) with a time of 10:42.69 … Ran a strong 3,000m race at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 21), running in 10:27.47 … Came in at 18:03.42 at the 5,000m race at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet (Feb. 13) … Ran 10:26:32 at the 3,000m event at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 6-7).

2014: Participated in four races ... Posted her best 5K time of 18:56.7 at the UW-Parkside Lucian Rose Invitational, finishing fifth for the 'Cats and 34th overall (Oct. 11) ... Recorded her best 6K time of 22:39.9 at the Big Ten Championships, good for sixth among Wildcats and 101st overall (Nov. 2) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2013: Participated in five meets ... Earned a spot in the lineup at the Big Ten Championships, finishing ninth among NU runners in a time of 23:23.9 ... Also ran a season-best 6K effort of 22:26.5 at the Dartmouth Invite ... Finished fifth on the team and 19th in the field at the UW-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational, clocking a 5K time of 18:25.7 (Oct. 12).

High School: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field ... Earned IATCC second-team All-State honors for the 2012 cross country season ... Three-time All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) and All-Region performer ... Member of Carmel cross country team that won three straight Indiana state championships, going undefeated all three years ... Team captain for track and field ... Competed on the indoor track All-State team for 4x800 in 2012 and 3200-meter in 2011 ... Personal records include 18:23 in cross country (5K) and 5:11 in the 1,600 meter ... 2011 team MVP ... Four-time Scholar-Athlete, three-time MIC Academic All-Conference for cross country and track and field, National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Ellen Marie Schmitz ... Daughter of Sue and John Schmitz ... Father graduated from Northwestern in 1988 ... Chose Northwestern over Missouri and Indiana ... Majoring in journalism.