Elena Malone '22 Recruiting Profile

My identity was always a soccer player until I was encouraged to try track by a senior basketball player. When track started, I focused on high jump for the first two weeks.  With a friend’s encouragement, I tried the team time trial in the 400m dash and won! In retrospect, my love for running track began on that day.

Over the last year, track has replaced my first love, soccer, to the point that I now see myself as a track athlete first. I love the feeling of running someone down, especially in a relay. I love competing against better athletes than me, who push me to run faster than I thought possible, and I love working hard to reach team and personal goals. 

My hope is to compete in track and field in college, for a program and a coach that challenge me as an athlete and a person. I hope to one day look back on my track career and remember that I loved the competition, pushed myself to outperform my goals, and had a great college team and coach that brought out the best in me.