Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site

Jack Eliason

Cross Country/Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Crozet, Va.
Hometown
Western Albemarle High School
High School
Instagram
Jack Eliason - Cross Country - Virginia Cavaliers

NCAA East Preliminary Round
2023 Outdoor:
5000m

All-ACC
2023 Outdoor:
5000m (second team)

TFRRS Profile
(for PRs and full results)

2024 Indoor
• Did not compete

2023 Cross Country
• Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
• Finished 36th at the ACC Cross Country Championships
• Finished 32nd in an 8k at the XC23 Pre-National at Panorama Farms
• Placed 111th at the Virginia Invitational
• Kicked off the 2023 campaign with an eighth-place finish in a 6k at the Spider Alumni Open

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries in the 5000m
• Recorded a crucial fourth-place finish in the 5000m at the ACC Championships running 13:51.84
• Broke the four-minute barrier in the mile running 3:59.64 at the Virginia High Performance
• Third in the 5000 meters at the Virginia Challenge with a PB of 13:47.07
• Third in the 1500 at the Virginia Grand Prix running 3:42.07

2023 Indoor
• Placed seventh at the ACC Indoor Championships recording a personal-best time of 4:02.40
• Ran a personal-best 3000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational

2022 Cross Country
• Named to 2022 All-ACC Academic Team
• Finished 56th at the ACC Championships
• Placed 44th at the Panorama Farms XC Invitational
• Finished fourth at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown helping UVA to a win
• Ran a personal-best 8k time of 23:55.4 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown
• Placed 13th at the Virginia Invitational helping UVA to a victory
• Led the Cavaliers with a third-place finish at the Spider Alumni Open

2022 Outdoor
• Competed in the 1500 meters at the ACC Championships
• Clocked a personal-best mile at the Virginia High Performance (4:05.32)
• Won the 5000m at the Virginia Grand Prix with a time of 14:11.60
• Placed second in the 1500m at the Virginia Open with his time of 3:53.01
• Ran the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays
• Competed in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge

2022 Indoor
• Competed in the 5000m at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Ran a 4:09.53 in the mile at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet
• Clocked 8:18.38 in the 3000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2021 Cross Country
• Raced to a third-place finish at Spider Alumni Open (5k/14:49.9)

2021 Outdoor
• Set PB (14:19.78) in 5000m at ACC Championships
• Finished fifth in 1500 at UVA Opener
• Raced in 1500m at Virginia Invitational
• Competed in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge
• Named to 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021 Indoor
• Raced in the 3000m at the Virginia Beach Invitational

2020 Cross Country
• Ran a time of 24:51.7 at the ACC Championships
• Placed 20th at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• Finished 12th at the Wolfpack Invite with a career-best time of 24:15.9
• Placed 27th at the Virginia Invite

Background
• Back-to-back 3200m Virginia indoor state champion, in addition to winning the 4x800m in 2019
• Helped lead his team to a fifth-place finish at the 2019 Nike Cross Nationals
• Won the Virginia state cross country team championships three times (2017-18-19)
• Finished as the Nike Southeast Regionals runner-up with the Western Albemarle cross country team in 2019
• Placed 51st at the 2019 Nike Cross Nationals
• 16-time all-state selection
• 11-time All-District honoree and eight-time All-Region selection
• Named the 2016-17 Cross Country Rookie of the Year

Personal
• Majoring in American Studies
• Son of Anne and Dean Eliason
• Has a brother, Quinn
• Anne, mom, played soccer and lacrosse at Skidmore