Northwestern University Athletics

2023-24 Women's Cross Country Roster

Ella Behrens
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
Ella Behrens
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
Ella Behrens
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
August 30, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Cross Country Internal Media Day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)

Ella Behrens

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • High School:
    Whitney Young
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • Prev School:
    Washington University (Mo.)
PB's TIME DATE
800m (Indoor) 2:29.75 2/5/22 (Keck Select)^
1500m (Outdoor) 4:39.73 4/15/23 (Greenville College Select Meet)^
Mile (Indoor) 5:03.62 2/26/22 (UAA Indoor T&F Championships)^
3000m (Indoor) 9:59.37 1/21/23 (I 55 Invite)^
5000m (Indoor) 16:46.77 3/10/23 (NCAA DIII Indoor T&F Championships)^
5000m (Outdoor) 17:02.69 4/22/23 (UAA T&F Outdoor Championships)^
10,000m (Outdoor) 35:13.23 4/1/23 (Wash U Distance Carnival)^
6K (XC) 22:12.2 10/15/22 (Augustana Interregional Invitational)^
^ at Washington University (Mo.)

2023-24: (Cross Country) Made her Wildcat debut at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational, finishing the 6k in 22:56.23 for a 55th overall finish.

2019-2023 (at Washington University (Mo.)): Placed fourth in the 5000m at the 2023 NCAA DIII Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning All-American honors... Earned All-Conference Cross Country honors in 2019, indoor track in 2022 and 2023, and outdoor track in 2023... All-Region Cross Country in 2019 and 2021 as well as indoor and outdoor track in 2023... Finished 18th at the UAA Cross Country Championships in 2022... Named to the UAA All-Freshman Team in 2019... Three-time Academic All-UAA honoree (2022, '21, '20)... USTFCCCA All-Academic athlete in 2021-22
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