Elissa Mann

Height:
5-10
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Louisville, Colo.
High School:
Monarch

2018: Mann competed twice for the Buffs. She started the year off at the Wyoming Invitational, finishing 33^rd overall, before racing to an 81^st place finish at the Stanford Invitational two weeks later.

2017: Mann raced in a pair of meets for the Buffs as a redshirt sophomore. She started the season with a 52^nd place finish at Colorado State Invitational and followed that up with a 24^th place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout.

2016: Did not compete.

2015: Redshirt. Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Mann has been an important part of the Monarch High school cross country and track and field teams, setting five school records. Mann owns the 400 (57.46) and 800-meter (2:10.39) records and is a part of the 4x400 (3:55.68), 4x800 (9:11.89) and 800 meter sprint medley relay (1:48.21) records. Her cross country team won the Colorado 5A Championship three times (2011, ’12, and ’13) and in 2013, the team placed fifth at Nike Cross Nationals. The Coyotes placed second at the state meet her senior year (2014), but they won the Front Range League Championship all four seasons (2011-14). On the track, the 4x800 relay was the state runner-up four times (2012-15), which included her sister Karina. Mann earned four letters on the cross country team and four letters on the track team at MHS. She was a conference all-academic selection for both teams all four years, and a CHSAA Academic All-State First Team selection her sophomore, junior and senior years.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 400-meters: 57.46; 800-meters: 2:10.39; 1,600-meters: 5:07.12.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Mann is majoring in environmental studies while minoring in sociology.

PERSONAL: Elissa Marie Mann was born on February 9, 1997 in Louisville, Colo. She is the daughter of Rick and Viki Mann and has two sisters, Jessie and Karina, her twin, who is also a member of the CU cross country and track and field team. She enjoys snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking and ceramics. Mann has also volunteered at the Ironman Boulder (2014 and ’15).