2023 Cross Country Roster
Ella Fullmer
- Position:
- Cross Country
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Utica
- Hometown:
- Shelby Township, Mich.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Earned Academic All-MAC (outdoor 2023) ... earned Academic All-MAC (cross country 2023).
2024 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in four meets ... won the 5000m run at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 23) with a time of 18:21.54 ... ran a personal-best time by nearly 20 seconds in the 5000m run at the Tennessee Invite (Apr. 5), crossing the finish line with a time of 18:01.94 ... finished eighth in the 1500m run with a collegiate-best time of 4:50.60 and ran a collegiate-best in the 800m run with a time of 2:23.65 at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 13).
2024 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in two meets ... ran a collegiate-best time of 11:31.89 in the 3000m run at the Bob Parks Memorial meet (Jan. 20).
2023 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets ... finished tenth at the We Fly 2023 Collegiate Cross Country Invitational (Sep. 1) with a 5k time of 20:30.4 ... ran a personal best 6k time of 23:43.2 at the 2023 MAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28).
2023 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in six meets … placed eighth in the 800m at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 25) with a time of 2:27.41 and 13th in the 1500m with a time of 4:59.01 … ran a college-best 5k at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 8) with a time of 18:29.73 … placed 11th in the 1500m at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 15) … ran a college-best in the 1500m at the Music City Challenge (Apr. 29) with a time of 4:52.32.
2023 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in two meets … improved mile time from 5:33.17 at the 2023 Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 20) to college-best of 5:32.12 at the GCSU Big Meet (Feb. 11).
2022 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets … ran a college-best 6k at the BGSU Falcon Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 14) with a time of 24:50.6.
2023 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in six meets … placed eighth in the 800m at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 25) with a time of 2:27.41 and 13th in the 1500m with a time of 4:59.01 … ran a college-best 5k at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 8) with a time of 18:29.73 … placed 11th in the 1500m at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 15) … ran a college-best in the 1500m at the Music City Challenge (Apr. 29) with a time of 4:52.32.
2023 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in two meets … improved mile time from 5:33.17 at the 2023 Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 20) to college-best of 5:32.12 at the GCSU Big Meet (Feb. 11).
2022 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets … ran a college-best 6k at the BGSU Falcon Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 14) with a time of 24:50.6.
2022 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in four meets after battling back from injury … improved 1,500-meter time to a season-best 5:18.31 at the Jack Shaw Invite (April 30) from 5:32.82 at the Blizzard Buster (March 18) … logged season-best 800-meter run time of 2:48.35 at the We Fly Challenge (April 16).2022 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Did not compete in any meets.
2021 CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete in any meets.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Utica High School … competed for head coach Chris Scott … earned all-conference honors three times and all-region laurels twice … was a two-year team captain … qualified for state in the 4x800-meter relay … labeled as the team MVP in cross country in 2019 and 2020 … tabbed as the team’s rookie of the year in both cross country and track in 2018 … graduated Magna Cum Laude … member of the National Honor Society … earned AP Scholar recognition.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Greg and April Fullmer … has one sibling: Natalie … uncle, Bernard Pelc, played soccer at Eastern Michigan … cousin, Louis Carabelli, played football at Ave Maria University … cousin, Giovanni Carabelli, played hockey at UMass Boston … cousin, Calena Carabelli, played lacrosse at Ave Maria University … plans to major in architecture … chose Ball State because of the academic program, beautiful campus and running opportunities.
