Ellison Goodall

Ellison Goodall
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
1979 Limerick Senior race

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]

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

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

References

  1. Ellison Goodall. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  2. World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  3. Ellison Goodall Bishop. Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  4. Ellison Goodall Bishop. IMDB. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  5. United States Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  6. Ellison Goodall. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  7. 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 IAAF, pp. 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
  8. Ellison Goodall. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.

External links

Records
Preceded by
Miki Gorman
Women's half marathon world record holder
March 10, 1979 – August 25, 1979
Succeeded by
Kathy Mintie
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