2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
2023 NCAA Great Lakes All-Region Second Team (XC)
2023 NCAA XC Championships Qualifier
2023 All-BIG EAST Second Team (XC)
Collegiate Results:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7906943/Butler/Elsa_Rusthoven.html
2024-25 Track
Ran a 4:57.61 in the mile at the Blue & Gold Invitational...finished fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:10.67 at the GVSU Extra Meet...posted a new personal best of 36:47.48 in the 10,000 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
2024 Cross Country
Posted a time of 21:30.8 in the 6K at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invite…Earned 36th at the BIG EAST Championships with a mark of 22:15.4…Ran a season-best at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in 21:06.3.
2023-24 Track: Set new personal best in the 5,000 meters at 16:32.90 during the Boston DMR Challenge…placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Michigan Invitational…earned fifth in both the 3k and 5k at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships…posted a mark of 4:32.46 in the 1,500 meters at the Clark Wood Open…ran a time of 17:01.19 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
2023 Cross Country: Finished 191st in the 6k at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (21:26.3)... Set a career best in the 6k a the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championship, placing 15th (20:50.6)... Placed 13th in the 6k at the 2023 Big East Cross Country Championship (21:01.7)... Finished 53rd in the 6k at the Nuttycombe Invite (22:39.7)... Set a career best in the 5k at the Live in Lou XC Classic, placing 34th (17:43.5)... Placed third at the IUPUI Jaguar Invitational in the 5k (17:59.6)... She placed sixth and set a career best in the 4k at the Vic Godfrey Open (14:34.0).Â
2022-23 Track: Placed eighth in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
2022 Cross Country: 8th place finish at the Rose Hulman Opener (9/1)... Set personal record at the Redbird Invite (9/16)... Earned lifetime best at the Illini Open (10/21)
2021-22 Track: Won the Mile at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite (12/10) and the Gerry England Invitational (2/12)...Won the 3000m at the Illini Classic (2/18)...5th place finish in the 3000m at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/3)
PRIOR TO BUTLER: Holds the school record with a time of 18:21.8 on the state course…her personal-best is a time of 18:13.52…finished ninth at the 2020 Division I state meet after a 26th-place finish in 2019…earned All-State honors in both 2019 and 2020…helped her team to a state runner-up finish in 2018…holds personal-bests of 5:08.63 in the 1,600 meters and 11:03.11 in the 3,200 meters…two-time team captain…four-time all-conference selection…her academic honors include CAAC Academic Honors, Scholar Athlete Award, AP Scholar Academic Hall of Fame and the National Honors Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Hollie and Brad…has one sibling, Reid.
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2022-23Sophomore
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2025-26Redshirt Senior
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