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Born Carrie Verdon, she was educated at [[Campolindo High School]] in [[Moraga, California]], and competed for the [[University of Colorado]] between 2013 and 2017. She placed 20th and was the top American finisher at the World U20 Cross-Country Championships in 2013 in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/12/20/east-bay-girls-cross-country-runner-of-the-year-campolindos-carrie-verdon/amp/ |website=Mercury News|accessdate=6 December 2025|title= East Bay Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year: Campolindo’s Carrie Verdon|date=20 December 2011

Born Carrie Verdon, she was educated at [[Campolindo High School]] in [[Moraga, California]], and competed for the [[University of Colorado]] between 2013 and 2017. She placed 20th and was the top American finisher at the World U20 Cross-Country Championships in 2013 in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/12/20/east-bay-girls-cross-country-runner-of-the-year-campolindos-carrie-verdon/amp/ |website=Mercury News|accessdate=6 December 2025|title= East Bay Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year: Campolindo’s Carrie Verdon|date=20 December 2011

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In March 2020, she was runner-up to [[Geneviève Lalonde]] at the [[2020 Pan American Cross Country Cup]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/pan-american-cross-country-cup-2020-oliveira |date=1 March 2020|website=World Athletics|accessdate=5 December 2025|title= De Oliveira and Lalonde crowned Pan American cross-country champions }}</ref>

In March 2020, she was runner-up to [[Geneviève Lalonde]] at the [[2020 Pan American Cross Country Cup]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/pan-american-cross-country-cup-2020-oliveira |date=1 March 2020|website=World Athletics|accessdate=5 December 2025|title= De Oliveira and Lalonde crowned Pan American cross-country champions }}</ref>


Latest revision as of 10:58, 6 December 2025

Carrie Ellwood (née Verdon born 8 March 1994) is an American cross country runner. She won the USA Cross Country Championships in January 2025.[1]

Born Carrie Verdon, she was educated at Campolindo High School in Moraga, California, and competed for the University of Colorado between 2013 and 2017. She placed 20th and was the top American finisher at the World U20 Cross-Country Championships in 2013 in Poland.[2][3][4]

In March 2020, she was runner-up to Geneviève Lalonde at the 2020 Pan American Cross Country Cup in Victoria, British Columbia.[5]

On 11 January 2025, Ellwood won the USA Cross Country Championships over 10km in Lubbock, Texas, running the course in 34:22 to secure the win by a margin of 23 seconds.[6][7][8]

In March 2025, she had a top-ten finish at the USA half marathon championships in Atlanta, Georgia.[9] In May 2025, competing on the roads in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ellwood won the USATF 25 km Championships title and set a new American record for the distance, winning in 1:22:27 to better the American record set by Betsy Saina on the same the previous year.[10] In September 2025, she placed fifth at the USATF 20k Championships in New Haven, Connecticut to move to second behind Taylor Roe on the USATF Road Running Circuit standings.[11] In November 2025, Ellwood ran 68:34 to win the Monumental Half Marathon in Indianapolis.[12][13][14]

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