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Ellie Brush Season 2021

ClassGraduate Student
HometownMason, Ohio
High SchoolMason

HONORS
All-NCAA Southeast Region (2019)

2021:
At the NCAA Southeast Regionals (6k), finished 108th with her time of 22:30.8 ... Placed 97th at the ACC Championships (6k) with a time of 22:31.1 ... Finished 11th at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (6k) in 22:45.6 ... Placed 10th at the Virginia Tech Invitational (4k) with a time of 15:01.4.

2020: Was 74th at the ACC Championships (6K) with a time of 21:50.7 … Came in 18th at the Panorama Farms Invitational (5K) with a time of 18:01.6 … Ran the 6K course at the Virginia Tech Invitational in a time of 23:10.8.

2019: Earned All-NCAA Southeast Region honors during the season … Came in 22nd at the NCAA Southeast Region meet, running the 6K course in a career-best time of 20:53.3 … Finished 49th at the ACC Championships (6K) with a time of 22:01.4 … Was 46th at the Pre-National Invitational with a time of 20:55.4 … Took eighth place at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (6K) with a time of 21:40.8 … Finished eighth at the Virginia Tech Invitational (4K) with a time of 14:10.7.

2018: Competed as part of Virginia Tech's lineup at the NCAA Southeast Regional and ran the 6K course in a time of 22:23.0 … Was 72nd overall at the ACC Championships (6K) with a time of 22:04.1 … Finished 131st at the Penn State National Open (6K), running the course in 22:08 … Came in 158th at the Paul Short Run (6K) with a time of 22:32 … Was sixth at the VT Alumni Invite (6K) in a time of 22:28.7 … Finished second at the Virginia Tech Invitational (4K) with a time of 14:35.2.

2017: Came in second overall at the Hokie Open (4K) with a time of 14:29.8 - the best time of her career at this distance … Finished 89th at the ACC Championships (6K) with a time of 22:23.9 … Was 117th at the Louisville Sports Commission Classic (5K) with a time of 18:03.94 … Ran unattached at the Hokie Invite and came in sixth with a time of 14:54.6.

High school: A four-year letter winner in cross country for Mason High School … Earned all-state honors in cross country as a freshman and a senior … Led her team to the 2013 Ohio state championship … Finished 15th individually at that Ohio state cross country meet … Was third at the state cross country meet as a junior … Ran a personal-best time of 18:08 (5K) at the state cross country meet as a senior and finished 11th overall … Came in sixth at the Mid-East Regional for seniors … Anchored the 3,200-meter relay team that won the state title in track and field her senior season with a state-record time of 8:56 … Finished third in the 1,600 at the state meet her junior season … Was the conference champion in both the 800 and 1,600 her junior and senior years … Was the conference runner of the year in track and field as a senior and earned all-state honors all four years.

Personal: Born Aug. 24, 1998 in Cincinnati, Ohio … Daughter of Gary and Kari Brush … Has a sister (Erin) who runs cross country and track at Johns Hopkins … Has another sister, Josie … Father played hockey at Bowling Green … Pursuing degrees in accounting and finance.

Ellie Brush's XC Career Bests

4K: 14:10.7, Virginia Tech Invitational (2019)

5K: 18:01.6, Panorama Farms Invitational (2020)

6K: 20:53.3, NCAA Southeast Region (2019)