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2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Amanda Eliker

  • Class Senior
  • Position Distance
  • Major Public Health Science
  • Hometown Elkridge, MD
  • High School Howard
  • Instagram aeliker24
  • Opendorse amanda-eliker

Biography

As a junior (2022-23)
Outdoor
  • Ran in five outdoor competitions, placing among the top-10 competitors in three events
  • Registered a personal-record 1500m time of 4:37.68 to take fifth at the Navy Outdoor Invitational (3/25)
  • Notched a pair of top-10 results at the Hopkins Loyola Invitational (4/22) with an eighth-place finish in the 800m (2:22.01) while taking ninth in the 800m (4:47.54)
Indoor
  • Competed in five indoor meets, winning one event title
  • Won the DMR (12:18.71) at the Hokie Invitational (1/20)
  • Ran a personal-best mile time of 5:01.06 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/10)
Cross Country
  • Opened her cross country campaign at the Baltimore Metro Meet (9/1)
  • Set a personal best in the 6k at the Penn State National Open (23:03.4) on (10/14)
  • Competed in the 6k at the Big Ten Cross Country Championship (10/28), finishing in 23:26.6
As a sophomore (2021-22)
Outdoor
  • Opened her season at the Nittany Lion Challenge, racing to a 5:13.14 finish in the mile
  • Set a season best in the mile at the Penn State National Open (5:11.23)
Indoor
  • Did not compete
Cross Country
  • Did not compete
As a freshman (2020-21)
Outdoor
  • Began her first outdoor season competing in the 800m (2:25.09) and the 1500m (4:46.07) at the Maryland B1G Invite (3/26)
  • Placed fourth in the 1500m (4:42.82) at the B1G North Florida Invitational (4/2)
  • Set a season-best time (2:17.92) in the 800m at the Rutgers B1G Tri-Meet (4/10)
  • Competed in the 1500m (4:41.01) at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (4/23)
  • Competed in the 1500m (4:47.94) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Invitational (4/30)
  • Placed sixth in the 1500m at the Jim Thorpe Invite (5/7)
  • Set a season-best time of 4:39.32 in the 1500m at Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14)
Indoor
  • Opened her season competing in the mile (5:16.27) at the Nittany Lion Opener (1/16)
  • Competed in the mile (5:19.8) at the Penn State Tri (2/6)
  • Set a season-best time in the mile (5:05.24) at the B1G Indoor Invitational (2/12)
  • Competed in the DMR (11:59.45) at Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/25)
Cross Country
  • Did not compete
Before Maryland
  • Two-time Howard County Cross Country Runner of the Year
  • Two-time Howard County Cross Country Champion
  • Regional Cross Country Champion
  • Member of State Cross Country Championship-winning team at Howard High School
  • Placed first in the 1600m and the 3200m in Outdoor Counties and Regionals
  • Placed second in the 1600m and the 3200m in the Outdoor States
  • LIsts PRs in 1600m (5:02.86) and 3200m (11:05.98)
  • Member of the National Honor Society
Personal
  • Majoring in public health
  • Aspirations include a career as a physician’s assistant


Updated June 29, 2023

Historical Player Information

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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