2024 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Kendell, Eleanor

Eleanor Kendell
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Royal Oak Shrine
- Hometown:
- Huntington Woods, Mich.
Bio
Collegiate Bests:
Academic All-Big Ten
Competed in six races for the Spartans and posted a personal best in two of the six events ... Ran her personal best of 17:27.1 at the Virgina Invitational (9/23, 5K) ... Posted her 6K personal best at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Meet with a time of 21:25.3 landing her in 45th place (11/10, 6K) ... Earned 17th place at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships with a time of 21:42.1 (10/27, 6K) ... Competed at the NCAA Championship meet and finished with a time of 211:55.7 (11/18, 6K).
2022:
Ran in four races as a junior ... Scored a career-best time of 21:46.7 en route to a 38th place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational ... Ran a 21:49.1 at the Big Ten Championships that saw Kendell and the Spartans hoist the conference title trophy for the second time in her three years with the program (10/28, 6K).
2021:
Raced in three events for the Spartans on the season ... Crossed the line in 23rd at the MSU Spartan Invitational with a time of 22:40.8 (9/17, 6K) ... Cracked a sub-22 minute time for the first time at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a time of 22:18.8 (10/15, 6K).
2020-21:
Competed in one event during the COVID-shortened season ... In the Big Ten Championship, finished 58th with a time of 22:02.5 to help the Spartans to the conference championship (1/30, 6K).
High School:
Four-time letterwinner in track and cross country for Royal Oak Shrine … Two-time All-State selection in cross country … MHSAA State Champion in the 1600 and 3200 … All-State honoree for 4x800 relay.
Personal:
Daughter of Michelle and William Kendell … Both parents were student-athletes at Detroit-Mercy; mother ran cross country team and dad was a fencer … Brother, Ben, ran cross country and track at Detroit Mercy from 2014-19 … Sister, Claire, competed for Detroit Mercy from 2017-19 on the cross country and track and field teams before finishing running career at MSU from 2019-21.
- 5K – 17:27.1
- 6K – 21:25.3
Academic All-Big Ten
Competed in six races for the Spartans and posted a personal best in two of the six events ... Ran her personal best of 17:27.1 at the Virgina Invitational (9/23, 5K) ... Posted her 6K personal best at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Meet with a time of 21:25.3 landing her in 45th place (11/10, 6K) ... Earned 17th place at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships with a time of 21:42.1 (10/27, 6K) ... Competed at the NCAA Championship meet and finished with a time of 211:55.7 (11/18, 6K).
2022:
Ran in four races as a junior ... Scored a career-best time of 21:46.7 en route to a 38th place finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational ... Ran a 21:49.1 at the Big Ten Championships that saw Kendell and the Spartans hoist the conference title trophy for the second time in her three years with the program (10/28, 6K).
2021:
Raced in three events for the Spartans on the season ... Crossed the line in 23rd at the MSU Spartan Invitational with a time of 22:40.8 (9/17, 6K) ... Cracked a sub-22 minute time for the first time at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a time of 22:18.8 (10/15, 6K).
2020-21:
Competed in one event during the COVID-shortened season ... In the Big Ten Championship, finished 58th with a time of 22:02.5 to help the Spartans to the conference championship (1/30, 6K).
High School:
Four-time letterwinner in track and cross country for Royal Oak Shrine … Two-time All-State selection in cross country … MHSAA State Champion in the 1600 and 3200 … All-State honoree for 4x800 relay.
Personal:
Daughter of Michelle and William Kendell … Both parents were student-athletes at Detroit-Mercy; mother ran cross country team and dad was a fencer … Brother, Ben, ran cross country and track at Detroit Mercy from 2014-19 … Sister, Claire, competed for Detroit Mercy from 2017-19 on the cross country and track and field teams before finishing running career at MSU from 2019-21.
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