Bio

2017-18 (at Tallahassee): Made her Tallahassee debut at the Mountain Dew Invitational (9/23/17) and ran a 25:25.2...posted a 24:43.7 at the FSU Invitational (10/6/17)...ran a 23:54.16 at the Chipola Invitational (10/14/17), lowering her previous-best time by 49 seconds...posted second-best team time at the FCSAA State Championship (10/28/17) when she ran a 23:04.0, 50 seconds better than her previous low time and 1:39 better than her time in the FSU Invitational...ran the half marathon at Barney's Run for Warriors (11/18/17).

High School: Participated in athletics through Lincoln High School where she ran cross country, track, and played cross country...trained under Ben Jackson and Sarah Dixon....was named to the All-Big Bend Cross Country Team, Honorable Mention...recieved awards from Lincoln HS athletics including the 2014 MVP award and the 2013 Trojan Award.

Personal: Born on January 12...daughter of Chris and Kerry McElroy...father, Chris, played baseball at Georgia College...uncle, Jon, played baseball at TCC and Georgia Perimeter College...plans to attend FSU after completion of her AA at TCC.

Personal Records

• 800M: 2:49.09
• 1600M: 6:00.51
• 3200M: 13:18.02
• 5K (XC): 20:37.20
• 5K: 21:16.84

Getting to Know Alexis McElroy

Favorite movie: Lion King…Favorite Food: Black Bean Burger…One food you WON’T touch: Meat…Favorite Type of Music: Christian…Farthest you’ve ever been from home: Dublin, Ireland…If you could visit any place, it would be: Kenya, Africa…My spirit animal is: Racoon…The Top thing on my Bucket List is: Work with elephants…3 Words that best describe me are: Loves nature, rambunctious, empathic…Something most people don’t know about me is: I am pretty shy…The person I admire most is: Jane Goodall…To get ready to run, I like to: Be with my team…The best advice I’ve ever received is: Be who you are… My most memorable moment as an athlete was: When I was able to persevere through a mountain bike race after my bike broke and continued racing...I was about 10 or 11 years old.