Elissa Barnard
- Class Junior
- Hometown Wildwood, Missouri
- High School Lafayette High School
- Event Cross Country-Middle Distance-Distance
HONORS
2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026 CROSS COUNTRY
Placed 14th at the Mizzou XC Opener (5k, 18:01.9) … 14th again at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational in Nebraska (5k, 18:34.9) ran unattached at the Gans Creek Classic (6k, 22:21.2) …took 200th at the Pre-National Invitational (6k, 21:55.5)...placed126th at the SEC Championships (6k, 23:00.8)
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
Placed 3rd at the Cougar Classic in the 3000m run (10:23.12) and established a PR in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (4:45.00).
Indoor
Placed 4th in the mile in the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational (5:07.27 )... 6th place in the mile at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational and Show-Me Showdown.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
Placed 15th at the Mizzou XC Opener (5k) with a time of 18:43.0 … finished 131st at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (6k) in 22:46.2 ... posted a 209th-place finish at the Gans Creek Classic (6k) with a time of 22:39.2 ... ran a season-best 21:54.1 at the Alabama Crimson Classic (6k), placing 97th ... placed 164th at the SEC Championships (6k) in a time of 22:17.5 at the SEC Championship, finishing 164th ... competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (6k), no results recorded.
2023 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor
Made her collegiate debut in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational, running 5:07.80 ... finished 8th in the mile at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a time of 5:14.22.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Born Sept. 14, 2004 in Raymore, Missouri … daughter of Sara and Jeff, both Mizzou graduates … has five siblings: Kate, Natalie (a teammate at Mizzou), Andrew, Lily and Holly … majoring in political science, economics … inspired by NBA’s Tyreese Halliburton (“great guy, good spirit”).