Elijah Poore

Career Honors and Recognition
2025 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results

2026

Indoor

Did not compete during the indoor season.

2025

Indoor

Appeared in three indoor meets during his first collegiate indoor season, running the mile and the 3000m … Opened his season with a 4:14.61 time in the mile at the Gamecock Challenge … Completed the 3K event at the Scarlet & White Invitational, clocking 8:23.61 for the ninth fastest indoor 3K time in program history.

Outdoor

Took part in five meets during the outdoor season, running the steeplechase, a pair of 5K events and one 1500m race … Ran the fifth fastest steeplechase in program history, clocking 9:08.11 at the SEC Outdoor Championship to place 16^th overall … Won his first steeplechase event of his collegiate career, running 9:37.65 at the Gamecock Invite for the gold medal … Also ran the 5K at the SEC Outdoor Championship, clocking a personal best time of 14:41.99 … Won the Weems Baskin Invitational 1500m (3:53.47) and the 5K (15:27.81).

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Earned letters in cross country and track & field at Walhalla High School in Walhalla, S.C. … Holds the school record for the Razorbacks in: one mile, 3200m, 5K, 4x800m relay, 4x1600m relay, DMR and the SMR … Finished as the state champion in the 3200m during the 2024 season and was also a state champion in cross country in 2023 … Finished runner-up at states in the 3200m in 2022 & 2023 as well as cross country in 2022.

Personal
Son of Scott and Alison Poore, born on June 22, 2006 … Has one younger brother, Isaac … Was a member of the National Honors Society, Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta and was also a Hamilton Career/Technology Center National Honor Society … Palmetto Boys State Delegate and Counselor … Finished 10^th overall in his class … Plans to major in exercise science with a career goal of becoming a physical therapist … Is on the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship at Carolina.

Personal Records

Indoor

Outdoor