Elsa Forsberg Season 2019

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests
5K: 17:47.9 (9/6/19)
6K: 21:11.2 (11/3/19)

Honors
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)
Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018, 2019)
Nebraska Most Improved Runner (2019)
Nebraska Outstanding Scholar Award (2019-20)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018; Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2018)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020)

2019 (Senior)
Began the year at the Augustana Twilight and took ninth with a 5K personal-best time of 17:47.9...placed 14th at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite in a time of 18:01.8...was the runner-up at the Small Town Showdown, clocking a time of 16:55.0...took 23rd at the Under Armour Pre-Nationals with a time of 21:42.6...placed 32nd at the Big Ten Championships in a time of 21:11.2, good for a new PR in the 6K...wrapped up her cross country career at the NCAA Midwest Regional, taking 35th in a time of 21:38.5.

2018 (Junior)
Opened the year at the Augustana Twilight and finished 17th with a time of 18:34.0…took 53rd at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite and clocked a time of 23:13.6…placed 85th at Loyola Lakefront with a time of 18:27.1…finished 153rd at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals and ran a time of 22:20.2…placed 55th at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 21:41.7…finished 92nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:01.4...earned academic All-Big Ten honors.

2017 (Sophomore)
Started the season at the Augustana Twilight, finishing 34th with a time of 18:55.8...finished 29th at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational with a time of 23:40.4...finished 103rd at the Bradley Classic with a time of 22:43.4...finished 77th at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 22:21.1...finished the season at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 129th place with a time of 22:00.6...was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and academic All-Big Ten selection...earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both semesters and received a Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership award in addition to a Tom Osborne Citizenship Team selection.

2016 (Freshman)
Began her collegiate career as a Husker at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational, placing 36th with a time of 23:42.8...finished 125th at the ISU Pre-National Invitational (23:27.2)...came in at 92nd at the Big Ten Championships (23:34.0)...posted a 145th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional (22:30.1) and was the Huskers’ fifth finisher...was a Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member.

Before Nebraska
Attended Lincoln Southeast High School...set prep bests in the 800m (2:16.26), 1,600m (5:03.01) and 3,200m (10:57.43)...was the runner-up at the state meet in the 1,600m and 3,200m with a sixth-place finish in the 800m as a senior...posted a pair of third-place finishes in the 1,600m and 3,200m at the 2015 state meet while taking sixth in the 800m...won gold medals in the 1,600m and 3,200m at the highly competitive Harold Scott Invite, breaking the meet record in the 1,600m with a time of 5:05.89...finished fourth at the 2015 Class A State Cross Country Championships in October, running the 5,000m course in 19:23.1...her time was a nine-second improvement from her junior state meet, when she also finished fourth.

Personal
Born Feb. 11, 1998...parents are Michael and Patty...major is wildlife biology.