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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Elena Von Handorf

  • Height 5-8
  • Year First-Year
  • Hometown Centerville, Ohio
  • High School Centerville
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

2025 (First-year)


Competed in four races for the Spartans during the 2025 season… Recorded a season-best 6K time of 23:13.0 at the Inter-Regional Rumble, placing 23rd overall and sixth among Spartans… Was the team’s top finisher at the All-Ohio Classic, placing 68th overall and 27th among Division III runners… Was the team’s eighth finisher at the UAA Championship, placing 65th overall… Ended the year ranked 868th among 4,584 total DIII runners in the XCRI… View her complete list of times and finishes from the season.

Prior to CWRU


Competed for the Centerville High School cross country team for two seasons and for the track & field team for three years, serving as a team captain of the cross country squad as a senior… Coached by Darcy Whyte, Steve Perez, James Weckesser, and Matt Somerlot… Helped her team qualify for the cross country state championship as a senior and win the district championship for cross country and track & field as both a junior and senior… Named to the All-GWOC Cross Country First Team and was a regional qualifier in the 3,200m run as a senior… Recorded career-best times of 19:47 in the 5K for cross country and 11:59 in the 3,200m run… Named an OHSAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2025… Graduated Summa Cum Laude… Named to the Academic All-State Team for cross country in 2024… Was a U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate… Also competed in Alpine Skiing… Was a four-time Science Olympiad Competitor and a 12-time Science Olympiad State Medalist.

Personal


Born June 19… The daughter of Kevin and Raquel… Her father is a CWRU alumnus and played basketball for the Spartans from 1997-2001.