Ellison Goodall Bishop (born October 12, 1954) is an American former long-distance runner.[1] She twice represented the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, winning a bronze medal and leading the American women to team gold at the 1979 edition, then sharing in a team bronze medal in 1980.[2]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing the  United States
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| IAAF World Cross Country Championships | ||
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1979 Limerick | Senior race |
She attended Duke University and won All-American honours for the Duke Blue Devils in both track and cross country. She was the second woman to be inducted into Duke University athletic hall of fame.[3] She later appeared in a documentary on former Duke track coach Al Buehler, Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story.[4]
Goodall was only the second ever women's champion in the 10,000-meter run at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, succeeding Peg Neppel to take the title in 1978.[5][6]
Her half marathon winning time of 1:15:01 at a race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was a world record for several months, taking the best mark from Miki Gorman before Kathy Mintie broke the record that same year.[7] On the professional road running circuit she was the 1979 winner of the Falmouth Road Race, won the 1982 Boston Milk Run, and placed sixth at the 1980 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:42:23 hours.[8]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | World Cross Country Championships | Limerick, Ireland | 3rd | Senior race | 17:18 |
| 1st | Senior team | 29 pts | |||
| 1980 | World Cross Country Championships | Paris, France | 35th | Senior race | 16:42 |
| 3rd | Senior team | 49 pts |
National titles
edit- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 10,000-meter run: 1978
References
edit- ^ Ellison Goodall Archived 2017-01-26 at the Wayback Machine. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ Ellison Goodall Bishop. Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ Ellison Goodall Bishop. IMDB. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ United States Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ Ellison Goodall. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 Archived August 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine IAAF, pp. 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
- ^ Ellison Goodall. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
