UNH Alum Elle Purrier St. Pierre Improvements to Olympic Semifinals
DURHAM, N.H. – Elle Purrier St. Pierre, a 2018 graduate with the College of New Hampshire and member of Staff United states, designed her Olympics debut Aug.one in the 1st round of the women's one,500-meter operate at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo and advanced on the semifinals by inserting third in Warmth 2 using a time of 4 minutes, five.34 seconds.
The top six runners of each in the three heats in the very first spherical -- as well as the subsequent six speediest runners -- advanced on the Aug. four (six a.m. Jap) semifinals. The semis will likely be broadcast on Peacock. You can also enjoy gatherings streaming on NBCOlympics.com as well as the NBC Sporting activities app.
Purrier St. Pierre was near the front of the warmth two lead pack -- ranging from 3rd-to-fourth place though working the inside lane -- after which maneuvered towards the entrance of the pack with 400m remaining. She remained while in the lead until the ultimate forty meters, but very easily held onto third spot to progress towards the semifinals.
Purrier St. Pierre built the 2021 U.S. Olympic Workforce by winning the 1,500m on the track & area U.S. Olympic Staff Trials at Hayward Field on June 21 with a personal-finest time of three minutes, fifty eight.03 seconds.
The 1,500m Olympic finals are Aug. six at eight:50 a.m. (Japanese).
During the 2021 calendar calendar year, Religion Kipyegon of Kenya has the swiftest one,500m time of three:51.07. The Olympic field also contains Sifan Hassan (Netherlands; three:fifty three.60), Freweyni Gebrezzibeher (3:fifty six.28) and Diribe Welteji (3:fifty eight.93) of Ethiopia, along with Laura Muir (three:55.fifty nine) of Good Britain and Linden Corridor (three:fifty nine.67) of Australia, all of whom have operate a sub-four 1,500m time in 2021.
Purrier St. Pierre will be the fifth Wildcat with a tie into the UNH observe & subject program to depict The usa with the Olympics. Richmond "Boo" Morcom '47 competed within the pole vault while in the 1948 Olympics, Jeffrey Bannister '70 represented Staff United states inside the decathlon at the 1972 online games, and Joanne Dow '86 competed while in the race stroll on the 2008 Olympics. Clare Egan '11 (MA) went on click here to contend in the biathlon with the 2018 Wintertime Olympics.
Purrier St. Pierre was an 11-time All-American and 17-time The us East champion across UNH's cross nation, indoor observe & field and outdoor observe & subject teams; she was the NCAA countrywide champion while in the mile on the 2018 indoor fulfill.
She also excelled while in the classroom by completing a double big of Diet: Wellness and EcoGastronomy in May 2018 which has a 3.seventy one cumulative grade position ordinary.
Purrier St. Pierre swept the The usa East convention Scholar-Athlete year awards for Ladies's cross place, Females's indoor track & area and ladies's outdoor observe & industry in each the 2016-17 and 2027-18 tutorial several years. She was also named the America East Scholar-Athlete from the Yr equally decades.
Purrier St. Pierre retains 6 individual documents and is an element of four file relays within the UNH record reserve. About the indoor leaderboard, she is at the very best of the record inside the 800 meters (two:03.64), one,000m (2:forty six.02), mile (four:26.55) and three,000m (eight:55.68); she is additionally part of the report length medley relay team. About the outside leaderboard, she's the very best 'Cat from the one,500m (four:10.08) and steeplechase (nine:43.65), along with the sprint medley, 4x800m and 4x1,500m relays; she also graduated because the UNH record holder inside the 800m.
Her title in much more than the school's record e book. At the 2020 Millrose Game titles, Purrier St. Pierre ran the second-fastest Girls's indoor mile in background and broke a 37-12 months old American record that has a time of 4:sixteen.eighty five. And in February 2021, she broke the American indoor 2-mile report in nine:ten.28.
During the 2017 cross region time at UNH, Purrier St. Pierre gained her third The us East individual title to lead the Wildcats to your fifth consecutive team title; she went on to repeat as NCAA Northeast Regional winner, was named Regional Runner of your Year and positioned 18th in the NCAA Championships.