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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

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Elia Ton-That

  • Position DIS
  • Class Senior
  • High School Northside College Prep
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • School Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Biography

2024-25 (Junior): (XC) ran 6K season’s best with time of 20:52.1 at Ivy XC Championships before ending XC season at NCAA DI NE XC national qualifier (ITF) ran season’s best mile with time of 4:46.30 at Columbia’s home meet, competed in both the 3K and 5K at Ivy League Indoor Championships (OTF) finished top 2 in 3000 at Sam Howell Invite with time of 10:24.53

2023-24 (Sophomore): (XC) Ran 5k PR of 17:11.9 at Virginia Invitational, placed 5th in 6k with time of 20:51.0 at Ivy League Heps XC Championships, ran 6k PR of 20:15.8 at NCAA DI NE Region XC Championships. (ITF) Competed on 2nd place 4x8 team and won mile with a PR of 4:43.48, ran 3k PR of 9:11.37 at Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, ran 5k PR of 15:46.13 at 2024 Husky Classic, at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships placed 2nd in the 3K finals with time of 9:22.03 and placed 2nd in 5K finals with time of 15:58.51 and competed on the 4th place final DMR team. (OTF) Competed at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships and made it to NCAA East 1st Round meet to compete in the 3K.

2022-23 (First-Year): (XC) Earned a personal best 6k run time of 20:36.2, placing 7th at the NCAA Northeast XC Championships (Nov. 11) … Qualified for the NCAA D1 XC Championships, running a 6k with a time of 21:08.9 and placing 177th (Nov. 19) … (ITF): Posted 1st place in the 3000m at the Columbia Challenge with a PR time of 9:27.10 (Jan. 27-28) … Ran a personal best 5000m at the David Valentine Invite, placing 21st with a time of 15:55.89 (Feb. 10-11) … (OTF): Earned a personal record 3000 steeplechase time of 10:09.06, finishing second at Mets (Apr. 8)

High School: Eight-time letterwinnner in both track and cross country at Northside College Prep in Chicago, Illinois ... Two-time Junior Olympics All-American (3000m/1500m) ... 2021 Illinois State Champion (1600m) ... Two-time Chicago Public League Cross Country City Champion ... Four-time Chicago Public League champion (800m/4x800m/1600m/3200m) ... Named to the IHSA All-Sate Academic Team.

Personal: Enrolled in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science ... Plans on majoring in biomedical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Junior

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  • 2025-26Senior

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