Ella Zeigler

Academic Highlights
2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2023-24
Cross Country
Appeared in three meets during the season before coming down with an injury that shut down the rest of her fall campaign … Opened the year with a 30^th place finish at the Eye Opener with a time of 18:30.1 … Two weeks later she recorded the sixth fastest 5K time in program history when she posted a time of 17:22.8 to finish ninth at the Gamecock Challenge – setting a new personal record in the 5K … Ran in one 6K event on the season at the Paul Short Run, making it count with a new personal best in the event following a time of 22:11.5.

2022-23
Indoor
Appeared in six indoor competitions as a true freshman, running the mile, 3000m and the 5000m, along with one distance medley relay … Competed at the 2023 SEC Indoor Championship in the 3K, clocking 10:07.10 … Made her indoor debut at the Gamecock Opener, running 5:07.35 in the mile to finish seventh, while also running as the anchor in the DMR team that won with a time of 12:10.64 … Her fastest indoor mile was at the USC Indoor Open, running 4:58.10 to finish second overall … Clocked an indoor PR at the Tiger Paw Invite in the 3K, running 10:00.23 to finish sixth … Ran one indoor 5K on the season, resulting in a runner-up finish at the Columbia Challenge with a time of 17:22.10.

Outdoor
Took part in five meets during the outdoor season, running the 1500m, 3000m and one 5000m race … Made her outdoor debut at the Island Relays Bahamas, turning in a personal best time in the 1500m with a mark of 4:48.89 to finish seventh … The following week, she set a personal best in the outdoor 3K when she finished third with a time of 10:17.95 … The week after that, Zeigler finished 10^th in her lone 5K race of the season, turning in a personal best time of 18:13.74.

Cross Country
Appeared in six meets as a true freshman, leaving her mark in her collegiate debut with a runner-up finish at the Carolina Challenge with a time of 18:53.3 … Also placed fourth at the Winthrop Invitational 5K, posting a mark of 19:02.3 … Set her 5K personal record at the Live in Lou Classic following a time of 18:12.3, the 46^th-fastest 5K in program history … Ran her 6K personal record at the 2022 SEC Cross Country Championship with a time of 22:18.11 … Appeared in the NCAA Regionals, stopping the clock with a 22:55.9 6K race.

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Lettered in cheerleading, cross country and track & field at James Hubert Blake HS in Olney, Maryland … Claimed the 2022 4A Indoor State Championship in the 3200m and the 4×400-meter relay … Captured the 2022 4A Outdoor State Championship in the 3200m, 1600m and the 800m … Helped lead the track & field team to being the Montgomery County Champions … 4A North Regional Champions and State Runner-Up title in 2022 … Placed 2^nd and All-American in the 5000m at 2022 Adidas Indoor Track Nationals … Placed 4^th and All-American in the 5000m at 2022 New Balance Outdoor Nationals … Holds school records in the Sprint Medley Relay, 800m, 1500m, 1600m, 3000m, 3200m, 3-mile run and the 5000m … Selected 1^st Team All-Met for Girls’ Track and Field and Honorable Mention All-Met for Indoor Track & Field in 2022 … Montgomery County Road Runner’s 2022 Outstanding High School Runner Award Recipient … Was a straight-A student and Honor Roll student each of her four years in high school … Finished in the Top 5% of her graduating class and was Class Council Treasurer all four years … Member of the National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Leadership Institute and the Principal’s Award Recipient.

Personal
Born to her mother Elisa Zeigler on June 18, 2004 … Has two siblings, Owen (brother) and Abigail (sister) … Plans to major in Management and Marketing … Will be part of the Honors College at Carolina … Rewarded the Academic Scholar Superlative Award and the Business Administration Scholarship.

Personal Records
Indoor

Outdoor

Cross Country