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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2021-22 Women's Track and Field

Ellen Byrnes

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Sacred Heart Academy
  • Hometown Port Washington, N.Y.

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

PERSONAL RECORDS

400: 56.25
500: 1:16.27
600: 1:35.04
800: 2:11.29
1000: 2:56.38
1500: 4:37.96
400 Hurdles: 1:01.80

CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (4x800m)
2020 Indoor Heps Champion (4x800m relay)
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Outdoor Heps Champion (4x800)
2019 First-Team All-Ivy (4x800)
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion

OUTDOOR 2021
  • Raced in seven meets for the season, totaling nine events
  • Competed in the 800m at the Penn Challenge, taking first place with a time of 2:14.38
  • Set a personal-best mark in the 1,500m at the Penn Twilight with a time of 4:37.96
  • In the final meet of the regular season at the TCNJ Last Chance, took first place in the 800m with a career-mark time of 2:11.29
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
OUTDOOR 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed in seven meets, earning a championship at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:55.51, clinching the team title.
  • Ran a collegiate-best 800m of 2:14.13 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 25) to finish 21st. 
  • Finished third in the 1,000m at the season-opening Navy Invitational (Dec. 7) with a time of 2:56.38.
  • Scored top-10 finishes in the 600m at the Sykes Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8) and in the 4x400m at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 18). 
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, including the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship (May 5) and the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 27).
  • Helped the 4x800 team to the Heps championship, finishing in 8:45.48.
  • Racked up four top-10 individual finishes along the way with a season-best third at the Rider Invitational (April 13) in the 800m.
INDOOR 2019
  • Appeared in seven meets during her freshman indoor year, competing in a variety of middle distance events and relays.
  • Scored a point with the DMR team at Ivy League Indoor Heps (Feb. 24) with a sixth-place finish.
  • Picked up a win with the 4x400 relay team at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 8), finishing in 3:51.03.
  • Totaled seven top-five finishes, including a pair of runner-up finishes with the 4x400 relay teams at the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1) and Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12).
High School: Placed third at the 2018 New York State Championships in the 400m hurdles ... Placed third in the 800m at the 2016 New York State Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Mary and Tom Byrnes ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Senior

    Middle Distance