The University of Mississippi Athletics
2018 Cross Country Roster
Elkin, Anna
Anna Elkin
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Carrollton, Texas
- High School:
- Hebron
- Major:
- Social Work
Bio
TFRRS Bio
2020 (Redshirt Senior)
Second-Team All-SEC (8th Place)
Second-Team All-SEC following her career-best eighth place finish at the SEC Championships at a 6K PR of 20:15.9 ... Helped lead the Rebel women to their fifth consecutive top-three SEC finish with a third-place slot (Ole Miss hadn't finished in the top-three prior to 2016) ... Recorded the best NCAA finish in Ole Miss women's history with a 49th place performance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships at a 6K time of 21:03.7 ... Helped lead the Rebel women to their best national team finish in program history (12th) ... Second straight year she led Ole Miss at the national meet ... Finished no lower than 11th prior to NCAAs, taking a sixth-place finish in the 5K at the SEC Preview (17:20.7), fifth in the 5K at the Live in Lou Classic (17:00.4) and 11th in 6K at UAB's Blazer Invite (20:32.3).
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
NCAA South All-Region (10th Place)
Ran in six meets during the outdoor season ... Placed 92nd at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:13.0 ... Finished 10th at the NCAA South Regional Championships (20:34.1) ... Placed 15th at the SEC Championships (20:46.6) ... Finished 81st at Pre-Nationals (21:17.1) ... Placed 51st at the Joe Piane Invitational (5K, 17:06.2) ... Opened the season by finishing 16th at the Commodore Classic (21:51.7).
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Finished 170th at the NCAA Championships with a 6K time of 21:35.9, helping propel the Rebel women to the highest team finish in program history in 22nd place ... Finished 37th at the NCAA South Regional with a 6K time of 21:31.7 ... Part of third consecutive Ole Miss women's team to punch ticket to the national meet after earning an at-large bid ... Finished 38th at the SEC Championships with a career-best 6K time of 20:31.7 ... Finished eighth in the unseeded Gray race at the Pre-National Invitational, running a 6K time of 21:49.4 ... Placed 69th at the Battle in Beantown, running a 5K of 18:17.3 ... Ran a career-best 4K of 14:00.3 at the SEC Preview at Auburn, finishing 12th overall ... Finished 14th at the Memphis Twilight, running a 5K time of 18:36.5.
2017 (Sophomore)
Redshirted.
2016 (Freshman)
Competed in four total meets in the 5K and 6K ... Had a season-best 17:40.4 in the 5K at the Rebel Invitational, finishing 13th ... Had a season-best 21:44.2 in the 6K at the Penn State National Open, finishing 79th.
High School
Lettered in both cross country and track ... Placed 36th at the 2015 Nike Cross Nationals, running as one of the five representatives from the South Region ... Led Hebron to the 2014 cross country class 6A state team title ... Also led Hebron to 2014 Nike South Regional title ... Team qualified for the 2014 Nike Cross Nationals ... Placed fifth in the 3200-meter and eighth in the 1600-meter at the 2016 Texas UIL 6A State Championships ... Personal bests of 4:55.93 (1600m), 17:57.30 (5K), and school records in the 800-meter (2:15.1) and the 3200-meter (10:32.83) ... Academic All-State ... National Honor Society.
Personal
Born May 5, 1998, to Beth and Gregg Elkin ... Her mother is the VP of marketing at JDA Software, while her father works in PR at Texas Motor Speedway and her brother works for the Dallas Mavericks ... Majoring in social work.
2020 (Redshirt Senior)
Second-Team All-SEC (8th Place)
Second-Team All-SEC following her career-best eighth place finish at the SEC Championships at a 6K PR of 20:15.9 ... Helped lead the Rebel women to their fifth consecutive top-three SEC finish with a third-place slot (Ole Miss hadn't finished in the top-three prior to 2016) ... Recorded the best NCAA finish in Ole Miss women's history with a 49th place performance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships at a 6K time of 21:03.7 ... Helped lead the Rebel women to their best national team finish in program history (12th) ... Second straight year she led Ole Miss at the national meet ... Finished no lower than 11th prior to NCAAs, taking a sixth-place finish in the 5K at the SEC Preview (17:20.7), fifth in the 5K at the Live in Lou Classic (17:00.4) and 11th in 6K at UAB's Blazer Invite (20:32.3).
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
NCAA South All-Region (10th Place)
Ran in six meets during the outdoor season ... Placed 92nd at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:13.0 ... Finished 10th at the NCAA South Regional Championships (20:34.1) ... Placed 15th at the SEC Championships (20:46.6) ... Finished 81st at Pre-Nationals (21:17.1) ... Placed 51st at the Joe Piane Invitational (5K, 17:06.2) ... Opened the season by finishing 16th at the Commodore Classic (21:51.7).
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Finished 170th at the NCAA Championships with a 6K time of 21:35.9, helping propel the Rebel women to the highest team finish in program history in 22nd place ... Finished 37th at the NCAA South Regional with a 6K time of 21:31.7 ... Part of third consecutive Ole Miss women's team to punch ticket to the national meet after earning an at-large bid ... Finished 38th at the SEC Championships with a career-best 6K time of 20:31.7 ... Finished eighth in the unseeded Gray race at the Pre-National Invitational, running a 6K time of 21:49.4 ... Placed 69th at the Battle in Beantown, running a 5K of 18:17.3 ... Ran a career-best 4K of 14:00.3 at the SEC Preview at Auburn, finishing 12th overall ... Finished 14th at the Memphis Twilight, running a 5K time of 18:36.5.
2017 (Sophomore)
Redshirted.
2016 (Freshman)
Competed in four total meets in the 5K and 6K ... Had a season-best 17:40.4 in the 5K at the Rebel Invitational, finishing 13th ... Had a season-best 21:44.2 in the 6K at the Penn State National Open, finishing 79th.
High School
Lettered in both cross country and track ... Placed 36th at the 2015 Nike Cross Nationals, running as one of the five representatives from the South Region ... Led Hebron to the 2014 cross country class 6A state team title ... Also led Hebron to 2014 Nike South Regional title ... Team qualified for the 2014 Nike Cross Nationals ... Placed fifth in the 3200-meter and eighth in the 1600-meter at the 2016 Texas UIL 6A State Championships ... Personal bests of 4:55.93 (1600m), 17:57.30 (5K), and school records in the 800-meter (2:15.1) and the 3200-meter (10:32.83) ... Academic All-State ... National Honor Society.
Personal
Born May 5, 1998, to Beth and Gregg Elkin ... Her mother is the VP of marketing at JDA Software, while her father works in PR at Texas Motor Speedway and her brother works for the Dallas Mavericks ... Majoring in social work.
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