Julia Bell

Elon University Athletics

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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Personal Best Times

At Elon
2025 (Sr.)

Races four times for the Phoenix as a senior
Placed 25th with a time of 21:51.0 in the 6K at the CAA Championship, helping Elon win its third conference title in her four-year XC career
Ran a personal-best 6K time of 21:45.0 & placed 20th at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 3)
Posted a time of 18:40.5 at the adidas XC Challenge 5K (Sept. 19)
Was 22:01.2 at the Panorama Farms Invitational 6K (Oct. 17)

2024 (Jr.)

Ran in five events for Elon during her junior cross country season
Clocked a personal-best 5K time of 18:27.2 at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 20)
Finished 12th in the Elon Phoenix XC Invitational (Oct. 18) 6K with a time of 22:46.8
Placed 46th after clocking 22:43.4 in the 6K at the CAA Championship (Nov. 1)

2023 (So.)

Races in five meets as a sophomore
Ran 22:30.1 & placed 38th to help Elon win the CAA Championship title
Was seventh overall at the Winthrop/adidas Invitational (Sept. 30) with a 5K time of 18:59.4
Ran a season-best 5K time of 18:27.9 at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 15)
Set a season-best 4K time of 14:17.1 at the Elon Opener (Sept. 1)

2022 (Fr.)

Competed in all six meets for the Phoenix as a freshman
Helped Elon win the 2022 CAA Championship, clocking 23:15.0 in the 6K for 43rd place individually
Ran a 14:32.9 in her collegiate debut in the Elon Opener 4K
Competed in the 5K at the adidas XC Challenge and ran a time of 19:03.4
Clocked 22:37.4 in the Paul Short Run 6K

Before Elon
High School

Competed at Ward Melville High School under head coach Tom Youngs
4x800-meter relay NBNO in 2019
All-Long Island First Team Winter Track in the 4x800m relay in 2019
Suffolk Country Champions in the 4x800m relay in the winter and spring seasons in 2019
All-County First Team cross country in 2020 and 2021
All-League Winter Track in 2019
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Award in 2019

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