Utah State University Athletics

Sarah Ellis | TFRRS Profile

HONORS: USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2025 T&F, 2026 T&F); CSC Academic All-District (2026); Academic All-Mountain West (2022 XC, 2023 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F, 2025 XC, 2026 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2022 XC, 2023 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F, 2025 XC, 2026 T&F); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks third all-time at USU in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:20.05, set in 2026… Ranks seventh all-time at USU in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:32.64, set in 2025.

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Owns the Utah State record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:50.07, set in 2026… Ranks seventh all-time at USU in the 10,000 meters with a time of 34:41.57, set in 2025… Ranks 10th all-time at USU in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:57.34, set in 2024.

2026 (SR)
Cross Country (2025): Placed fifth at the Utah-hosted Beehive Invitational with a 5K time of 18:03.78… Finished 34th at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with a 6K time of 20:31.4… Took 190th at the Missouri-hosted 2025 Pre-National Invitational with a 6K time of 21:50.9… Placed 20th at the Mountain West Championships with a 6K time of 20:40.2, helping USU finish fourth… Finished 36th with a 6K time of 21:38.8 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships… Named to Academic-All MW team… MW Scholar-Athlete.
 
Indoor: Finished 13th in the 5,000 meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 16:59.17… Ran a personal-best time of 16:20.05 in the 5,000 meters placing her sixth all-time at USU as she placed 12th in her section at the Washington-hosted Husky Classic… Placed 34th in the 3,000 meters at the Washington Invitational with a season-best time of 9:41.04… Ran a personal-best mile of 5:02.57 at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open, taking sixth place.
Outdoor: Took 45th in the semifinals of the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West First Rounds, finishing in 16:53.15… Took 11th in the 5,000 meters at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:34.72… Broke the school record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:50.07, placing fourth in her section at the Azusa Pacific-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational… Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic team… CSC Academic All-District… Received Academic All-MW honors… MW Scholar Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar Athlete.

2025 (JR)
Cross Country (2024): Took fourth at the Utah State Alumni Challenge with a 5K time of 18:08.82, helping the Aggies sweep the top five places and the team title… Placed 18th at the UC Riverside Invitational with a 6K time of 20:26.9, helping the Aggies to a team title… Finished 95th at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with a 6K time of 21:23.2… Took 82nd at the Princeton Fall Classic with a 6K time of 21:03.8… Placed 66th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 6K time of 21:20.9… Academic-All Mountain West honoree… MW Scholar-Athlete.
 
Indoor: Finished 18th in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 9:49.33… Set a personal best in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:32.64, which ranks seventh-best in program history, as she placed 99th in the field at the Boston University-hosted Valentine Invitational… Placed second in her section of the 5,000 meters at the Washington Invitational with a season-best time of 16:24.30.
Outdoor: Placed 46th in the semifinals of the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West First Rounds, finishing in a time of 17:13.39… Took fifth in the 10,000 meters at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a personal-best time of 34:41.57, which ranks seventh overall at USU… Broke the school record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:04.58, placing fifth in her section at the Stanford Invitational… USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree… Received Academic-All MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2024 (SO)
Cross Country (2023): Started season by placing fifth with a 5K time of 18:43 at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, helping USU to the team title… Finished 121st with a 5K time of 17:51.1 at the Virginia Invitational… Took 202nd with a 6K time of 22:06.0 at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational… Placed 31st with a 6K time of 21:16.8 at the Mountain West Championships… Finished 67th with a 6K time of 21:12.8 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships… Earned Academic-All MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete.
 
Indoor: Set a season best in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:17.38 as she placed 19th at the Washington Invitational.
Outdoor: Placed 16th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:55.31 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Set a season best in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:28.46, which ranks sixth in school history, as she took third in her heat at the Azusa Pacific-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational… Took second in the 3,000 meters with a personal best time of 9:57.34, which ranks 10th in school history, at the Utah Tech Invitational… Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:05.74 as she placed 15th at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational... Academic-All MW honoree… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2023 (FR)
Cross Country (2022): Placed 51st with a 6K time of 21:38.3 at the Mountain West Championships, where the Aggies placed third as a team… Began her collegiate career by placing 13th with a 5K time of 18:47 at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, helping the Aggies place first as a team… Finished 122nd with a 6K time of 20:58.7 at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run as Utah State placed fourth out of 46 teams… The first Aggie to cross the finish line in the 6K B Race at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational, placing 22nd with a time of 21:29.8… Received Academic-All MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Placed third in the 3,000 meters at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Invitational with a season-best time of 10:10.25… Finished 16th in the 5,000 meters at the Washington Invitational with a season-best time of 17:26.34.
Outdoor: Placed 15th in the 5,000 meters at the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic with a career-best time of 17:02.60… Named to the Academic-All Mountain West team… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: A five-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Crimson Cliffs High School in Washington, Utah… Earned First-Team All-State honors in cross country her senior season, placing third at the UHSAA Class 4A State Championships… Placed ninth at the 2020 UHSAA Class 4A State Championships to earn Second-Team All-State accolades her junior year… Made First-Team All-State in track & field in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters during her senior season, placing second and third, respectively, at the UHSAA State Championships… Earned First-Team All-State honors in the same events during her junior year, finishing eighth and fourth, respectively, at the 2021 UHSAA 1A-4A State Championships… Recorded career-best times of 2:32.86 in the 800 meters, 5:04.22 in the 1,600 meters and 11:07.02 in the 3,200 meters… Earned Academic All-State accolades in both cross country and track & field… Member of the All-State choir in high school.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Tom and Tina Ellis… Has three older siblings… Member of the Logan LDS Institute Choir… Majoring in environmental engineering… Pursuing a career in environmental restoration.

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