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Colgate Runner Top Scholar/Athlete

Wed, Jul 06, 2011

Elise DeRoo continues impressive run at Colgate in the classroom and on the track.

After winning four Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards for cross country and track and field during her past two seasons at Colgate, junior Elise DeRoo earned her top honor to date as she was selected as the 2010-11 Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday. The voting was conducted by one sports information director from each school around the League who could not vote for their own student-athletes.

DeRoo's stellar 2010-11 campaign started in the fall with cross-country season. The Newton, Conn. native led Colgate to the program's first-ever Patriot League Championship by winning the individual crown in a personal-best and school-record time of 19:07. She earned the title of Patriot League Female Runner of the Year for the second time in her career and was the first two-time Patriot League champion for cross country in Colgate history. DeRoo led her team in every race, earning three individual titles and taking home a second place finish at the Paul Shore run. DeRoo was named Patriot League Female Runner of the week three times and Colgate Female Athlete of the Week twice.

DeRoo kept her momentum going into the indoor track season. She garnered First-Team All-Patriot League honors in the 1,000 meters after winning the individual league title with a school and Patriot League-record time of 2:52.37. Throughout the season, she set a new school record in the mile with a time of 4:48.44 and also posted the second fastest time in the Patriot League in the 5,000 meters (16:36.58). As one leg of Colgate's Distance Medley Relay team, DeRoo helped the Raiders break a program and league record with a time of 11:58.26. The previous record was set by Colgate in 1998.

Moving into the spring outdoor season, DeRoo turned in a 37:07.86 time to take third place in the 10,000 meters at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship. Her time of 16:37.58 was the second fasted by a Patriot League competitor in the 5,000 meters. At the Cornell Spring Invitational, DeRoo finished with a personal and school-record time of 9:49.02, which surpassed Colgate's previous record of 10:13.7, set in 1999.

While majoring in molecular biology, DeRoo has earned a 3.93 cumulative grade-point average, the highest among Colgate track and field athletes. During the spring semester, she turned in a 4.10 GPA.

Source: Colgate

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