2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
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Ella Cronhardt
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lee's Summit West High
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
Collegiate XC PR | 5k: 17:33.80 (10/4/25), 6k: 21:13.60 (11/1/25)
High School XC PR | 5k:Â 19:25.9
High School Track PR | 800m:Â 2:17.0, 1600m:Â 5:13.0
CUSA Commisioner's Honor Roll: 2025-26
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026
2025
Competed in five meets for the Bears ... Made her season debut at the Queen City Invitational (9/13), leading Missouri State with a third-place finish in 17:55 and helping the Bears capture the team championship ... Recorded a personal-best 5K time of 17:33.80 at the Chile Pepper Festival (10/4), placing 40th overall and becoming the 15th-fastest performer in program history ... Finished 34th at the Bradley Pink Classic (10/17) with a 6K time of 21:24.74, helping Missouri State place third in the Red Race ... Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 21:13.60 at the Conference USA Championship (11/1), placing 24th and becoming the seventh-fastest 6K performer in program history as the Bears earned their best conference finish since 2010 ... Led Missouri State at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (11/14), placing 72nd in 21:59.60 and helping the Bears finish 20th in a 32-team field.
2024
Competed in all six meets for the Bears ... Recorded a personal best 5k with a time of 18:30.34 at the Queen City Twilight (9/13) and a personal best 6k time at the Gans Creek Classic (9/27) with a time of 22:12.9 ... Finished in a scoring position at the first five meets of the year ... Finished third for the Bears and seventh overall during the Bears win at the Redhawks Invitational (8/30) ... Finished third for the Bears and fifth overall during the Bears win at the QCT (9/13).
2023
Competed in five meets for the Bears ... Recorded a career best in the Bears' win at the Billiken XC Invitational (9/16) with a time of 18:33.6 and a sixth place finish ... Ran in the Evansville Angel Mounds Invitational and finished in 25th place with a time of 22:37.5 for a new personal record.
High School
Was a four-time all-conference and all-district distance specialist at Lee's Summit (Mo.) West High for coach Jessie Griffin ... Turned in a PR 19:25.9 at the state Class 5 cross country meet as a senior to finish 21st in the Missouri's largest classification ... Earned all-state honors in both cross country and track as a senior in 2022-23 ... Turned in a PR 2:17 in the 800m and 5:13 in the 1600m as a senior ... Was a two-time all-state performer as a junior ... Was an individual state qualifier as a sophomore ... Helped lead Titans to a team cross country title in 2019 as a freshman.
Personal
Ella Corinne Cronhardt was born 9/21/04 in Kansas City, Mo. ... Daughter of Chris and Stacy Cronhardt of Lee's Summit, Mo. ... Has a brother, Ian ... Majoring in Radiography.
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