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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Ellyse Wolfrath

  • Position Hurdles/Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Fox Valley Lutheran
  • Hometown Hortonville, Wis.

Biography

2024-25
  • Named NMU's Female Athlete MVP of the Year
Indoor:
  • Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 60m hurdles, placing 13th in the nation
  • Named All-Region by the USTFCCCA in the 60m hurdles
  • Set a 60m hurdles school record at the GLIAC Championships, finishing at 8.46 to be crowned GLIAC Champion
  • Earned 60m hurdle wins at the UW-Oshkosh Invite (8.69), the Karl Schlender Invite (8.74), and the W-C-W Meet (8.72) 
  • Collected a 55m hurdle victory at the Parkside Classic with a time of 8.00
Outdoor:
  • Ran at eight meets
  • GLIAC Champion in the 100m hurdles with a PR of 13.76
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the Ashton May Invite (14.06) and the St. Norbert Invite (14.05)
  • A member of the 4x100m relay team that won the UW-Oshkosh Invite with a time of 49.10
  • Named a GLIAC Track Athlete of the Week following the Ashton May Invite
2023-24
Indoor:
  • Named a Second Team All-American after placing 12th in the nation in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships
  • Named to the USTFCCCA All-Region team in the 60m hurdles
  • Earned a 2nd place podium finish at the GLIAC Championship in the 60m hurdles, finishing at 8.68
  • Set the 60m hurdles school record at the Maverick Premier with a time of 8.52
  • Collected multiple 1st place finishes at the WCW Meet and the SVSU Jet’s Pizza Invite, running in the 60m and the 60m hurdles
Outdoor:
  • Named Midwest All-Region in the 100m hurdles
  • Won three meets in the 100m hurdles throughout the season: 13.94 at the NCC Carius/Gregory Invitational, 14.09 at the St. Norbert Invitational, and 14.54 at the Elaine Leigh Invite
  • Helped the 4x100m relay team win the Spartan Invite in a time of 48.23 and the St. Norbert Invitational with a time of 47.78
  • Earned a 3rd place podium finish in the 100m hurdles at the GLIAC Championships, finishing in 13.89
  • Placed 4th at the GLIAC Championships as part of the 4x100m relay team
2022-23
  • Named to the USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Team
  • Named to the 2022-23 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
Indoor:
  • Named to the USTFCCCA All-Region Team in the long jump, pentathlon, and the 60m hurdles
  • Finished in 5th in the 60m hurdles at the GLIAC Championships, but ran the best time in the prelims at 8.77
  • Took 1st in both the 55m hurdles (7.37s) and the 55m (8.31s) at the Lake Michigan Open
  • Placed 1st in the 55m hurdles, 4th in the 55m, and 5th in the 200m at the WCW Meet. Her time of 8.17 in the 55m hurdles set a new school record
Outdoor:
  • Competed in five meets during the outdoor season including the GLIAC Championships where she took 4th in the 100m hurdles (14.11s) and the 4x100m (47.62s)
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative with a time of 14.41
2021-22
Indoor:
  • Finished 7th in the 60m hurdles at the GLIAC Championships with a time of 9.05
  • Ran a season-best 8.93 in the 60m hurdles for a 2nd place finish at the WCW Meet
  • At the Lake Michigan Open, took 3rd in the 55m hurdles at 8.66 and 4th in the 55m dash at 7.59
Outdoor:
  • At the GLIAC Championships, finished 8th in the 100m hurdles in a time of 15.21 and helped NMU take 5th in the 4x100m relay
  • Finished 2nd in the 100m hurdles at the Drake Alternative Meet with a season-best time of 14.72 and helped the NMU relay team take 1st
  • Also took part in the 4x100m relay victory at the GVSU Al Owens Classic
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the SNC Twilight Meet with a time of 15.05
Before NMU
  • 2021 Track and Field Athlete of the Year
  • All-Conference and All-Region in Track & Field
  • Placed 1st at the Wisconsin state finals in the 100m hurdles
  • Set new Wisconsin D2 record in the 100m hurdles
  • Placed 2nd at the Wisconsin state finals in the 4x100m relay
  • Holds high school record in the 100m hurdles at 14.26
Personal
  • Daughter of Chad and Katie Wolfrath
  • From Hortonville, Wisconsin
  • Enjoys going to the beach and being outdoors

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2023-24Junior

    Hurdles/Sprints/Relays
  • 2024-25Senior

    Hurdles/Sprints