Skip To Main Content

University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2016-17 Women's Track and Field

Ella Wurth

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Pine Crest School
  • Hometown Boca Raton, Fla.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
400m: 57.44
800m: 2:08.75
1,000m: 2:49.47

CAREER ACCOLADES
First all-time at Penn in the indoor 4x800m relay (8:45.54)
First all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x800m relay (8:33.39)
Second all-time at Penn the outdoor DMR (11:15.76)
Third all-time at Penn in the indoor 1,000m (2:49.47)
Seventh all-time at Penn in the indoor 800m (2:10.13)

OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in eight meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in the 800m, 1,500m, 4x400m relay, 4x800m relay and DMR.
  • Placed fifth in both the 800m and 4x800m relay at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7).
  • Finished sixth in the 800m at the 2017 ECAC Championships (May 12).
  • Took first in the 4x400m relay at the Penn Challenge (March 25).
  • Totaled nine top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in seven meets during the 2017 indoor season, appearing in several middle distance and relay events.
  • Placed second at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26) in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:45.54, a school record time.
  • Took third-place in the 1,000m with a time of 2:50.21.
  • Recorded eight top-10 placements during the year.
  • Finished fifth in the 800m at the FasTrack National Invite (Feb. 10) with a time of 2:10.13, fifth-best in program history.
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
  • Ran in four cross country meets.
  • Placed 16th at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 9).
  • Finished a season-high fourth at the Haverford Invitational (Oct. 21).
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Recorded the eighth-best time in school history in the 800m at the Larry Ellis Invite (April 22).
  • Member of the fifth-place 4x800m relay team at the 2016 Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Won the 800m at the Philadelphia College Classic (March 19).
  • Member of the first-place 4x400m relay team at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
INDOOR 2016
  • Recorded the third-best time in school history in the 1,000m (2:49.47).
  • Placed sixth in the 4x800m relay at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Member of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Lehigh Angry Birds Invite (Jan. 16).
  • Recorded nine top-10 finishes during the season.
CROSS COUNTRY 2015
  • Competed in one meet at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 12).


2014-15: Competed in one cross country meet ... Scored at Indoor Heps as member of DMR (fourth) ... Missed outdoor season.

2013-14: Competed in four cross country meets ... Scored at Indoor Heps as member of 4x800m relay (fifth) ... Won the 1,000m at the Lehigh Fast Times meet (Dec. 7).

High School: 2010, 2011, 2012 district champions in cross country ... 2012 regional champions in cross country ... 2012 and 2013 district track champions ... School record holder in the 1,600m, 800m, 4x800m relay and 4x400m relay ... 2011 first-team All-County for cross country ... Lettered three times in cross country and four times in track and field ... Also lettered three times in tennis ... Served as captain for two years for both cross country and track and field.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Amy Wurth ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Distance
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2015-16Junior

    Distance
  • 2016-17Senior

    MD