2016 Outdoor Track: Finished top-ten at the San Francisco Distance Carnival 10K with a 35:52.37 (4/1) ... Finished top-ten in her section at the Virginia Challenge with a 5K time of 17:12.44 (4/22) ... Ran her personal best 10K time of 35:41.78 in her last race as a Wildcat, finishing second at the Keeler Invitational (5/12) ... Cross Country Academic All-America third team.
2016 Indoor Track: Improved her career-best in the 3,000m event at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 6), finsihing in 9:52.50 ... Started the indoor campaign with a second-place time of 10:09.36 in the 3,000m race at the Illini Classic (Jan. 16).
2015 (Cross Country): Ran in six races ... Best NU time in both the 6K and 5K races this season ... Also had the second-best time in the 4K race ... Her best 5K time was 17:35.8 at the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 2) ... Had the best Wildcat finish in the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1), with a time of 21:17.2 ... Came in second out of NU runners in the Badger Season Opener (Sept. 4) with her 13th-place 15:48.7 (4K) ... Academic-All Big Ten.
2015 (Track): Finished in 11th place in the 5,000m race at the Dr. Keeler Invitational (May 7-8) with a time of 17:27.07 … Clocked a personal best in the 10,000m event at the Drake Relays (Apr. 23-25) with a time of 36:09.84 … Finished sixth in the 3,000m race at the Illinois Twilight (Apr. 18) with a time of 10:11.68 … Collected an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m run at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (Apr. 3-4) with a time of 36:10.99, a personal record … Was the second-fastest Wildcat in the 5,000m field at the John Mitchell Alabama Relays (March 19-21), turning in a time of 17:27.07 … Won the mile run at the Margaret Bradley Invitational (Feb. 21), coming in at 5:18.89 … Placed second in the 3,000m race at the same event with a time of 10:19.38 … Recorded a time of 17:50.05 at the 5,000m event at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 6-7).
2014:Â Participated in six events ... Finished in the top three of NU runners in three events, including both the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... Recorded her best 6K time of 21:22.4 at the NCAA Regional meet, which was good for third among Wildcats and 87th overall (Nov. 14) ... Posted a 5K effort of 17:28 at the Notre Dame Invite ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2013:Â Ran in five races ... Paced the Wildcats in finishing first for the team and seventh overall at the UW-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational, where she posted her best 5K time of 18:03.8 (Oct. 12) ... Named the Big Ten Runner of the Week on Oct. 15 for her performance at Parkside ... Best 6K effort came at the Dartmouth Invitational in 22:00.1, where she was NU's fifth place-winner ... Academic All-Big Ten and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2012:Â Competed in four events during a strong freshman campaign ... Finished sixth for Northwestern and ran a season-best 5K time of 17:48 at the Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 28), good for sixth among Wildcats ... Finished fifth for NU with a 6K time of 22:25 at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 14) ... Earned a trip to the Big Ten Championships at Michigan State as an alternate for the Wildcats.
High School:Â Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Two-time first-team All-Big Eight Conference performer who earned second-team all-state (2011) and honorable mention all-state honors (2010) in her career ... Cross country runner-up in Big Eight Conference as a senior ... Placed second in her conference in 3,200-meter race as a junior ... Career-best times include 18:49 in cross country (5K) and 11:21 in two-mile track event ... Team took third in the state in 2011 and sixth in 2010 and won a sectional championship all four years of her career ... Missed portion of junior year track season due to injury ... Academic All-State honoree and National Honor Society member.
Personal:Â Born Elena Frances Barham ... Daughter of Mary and Brad Barham ... Chose Northwestern over Minnesota and Wisconsin ... Majoring in political science and philosophy (double major).
2016 Indoor Track: Improved her career-best in the 3,000m event at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 6), finsihing in 9:52.50 ... Started the indoor campaign with a second-place time of 10:09.36 in the 3,000m race at the Illini Classic (Jan. 16).
2015 (Cross Country): Ran in six races ... Best NU time in both the 6K and 5K races this season ... Also had the second-best time in the 4K race ... Her best 5K time was 17:35.8 at the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 2) ... Had the best Wildcat finish in the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1), with a time of 21:17.2 ... Came in second out of NU runners in the Badger Season Opener (Sept. 4) with her 13th-place 15:48.7 (4K) ... Academic-All Big Ten.
2015 (Track): Finished in 11th place in the 5,000m race at the Dr. Keeler Invitational (May 7-8) with a time of 17:27.07 … Clocked a personal best in the 10,000m event at the Drake Relays (Apr. 23-25) with a time of 36:09.84 … Finished sixth in the 3,000m race at the Illinois Twilight (Apr. 18) with a time of 10:11.68 … Collected an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m run at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (Apr. 3-4) with a time of 36:10.99, a personal record … Was the second-fastest Wildcat in the 5,000m field at the John Mitchell Alabama Relays (March 19-21), turning in a time of 17:27.07 … Won the mile run at the Margaret Bradley Invitational (Feb. 21), coming in at 5:18.89 … Placed second in the 3,000m race at the same event with a time of 10:19.38 … Recorded a time of 17:50.05 at the 5,000m event at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 6-7).
2014:Â Participated in six events ... Finished in the top three of NU runners in three events, including both the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... Recorded her best 6K time of 21:22.4 at the NCAA Regional meet, which was good for third among Wildcats and 87th overall (Nov. 14) ... Posted a 5K effort of 17:28 at the Notre Dame Invite ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2013:Â Ran in five races ... Paced the Wildcats in finishing first for the team and seventh overall at the UW-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational, where she posted her best 5K time of 18:03.8 (Oct. 12) ... Named the Big Ten Runner of the Week on Oct. 15 for her performance at Parkside ... Best 6K effort came at the Dartmouth Invitational in 22:00.1, where she was NU's fifth place-winner ... Academic All-Big Ten and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2012:Â Competed in four events during a strong freshman campaign ... Finished sixth for Northwestern and ran a season-best 5K time of 17:48 at the Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 28), good for sixth among Wildcats ... Finished fifth for NU with a 6K time of 22:25 at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 14) ... Earned a trip to the Big Ten Championships at Michigan State as an alternate for the Wildcats.
High School:Â Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Two-time first-team All-Big Eight Conference performer who earned second-team all-state (2011) and honorable mention all-state honors (2010) in her career ... Cross country runner-up in Big Eight Conference as a senior ... Placed second in her conference in 3,200-meter race as a junior ... Career-best times include 18:49 in cross country (5K) and 11:21 in two-mile track event ... Team took third in the state in 2011 and sixth in 2010 and won a sectional championship all four years of her career ... Missed portion of junior year track season due to injury ... Academic All-State honoree and National Honor Society member.
Personal:Â Born Elena Frances Barham ... Daughter of Mary and Brad Barham ... Chose Northwestern over Minnesota and Wisconsin ... Majoring in political science and philosophy (double major).