2020-21 Cross Country Roster

Elizabeth Ordeman

  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Oakwood
  • Hometown Oakwood, Ohio

Biography

CROSS COUNTRY
2020-2021:
Did not compete. 

2019: Participated in four meets for Cal in 2019… Made her collegiate debut at the USF Invitational, taking 39th in the event with a time of 22:59.6 to help the women’s team claim the team title… Finished 15th at the Stump Invitational with a 22:38.5 time… Notched her second-consecutive top-20 finish at the Capital Cross Challenge, finishing the race in 22:16.5… Recorded a personal best 6K mark at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a time of 21:35.0… Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection.

TRACK & FIELD
2021:
Did not compete… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Kicked off the 2020 outdoor season at the Cal Opener… Competed in the 1,500-meters, finishing eighth with a time of 4:41.53.

2019: Joined the Bears in the middle of the season and competed in two meets during the 2019 year... Ran 4:40.84 and took fourth place in the 1500m at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational... Ran 17:09.45 in the 5000m at the Pac-12 Championship. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Valedictorian of her high school and was a four-year honor roll student... Won the Daisy Talbott Greene Award for Best All-Around Senior Girl and was a National Merit Commended Scholar... Participated in Model United Nations, Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, volunteered with a refugee assistance program and acted and sung in musicals... Helped her high school cross country team finish in the top-10 in the state meet three times... Competed in soccer, swimming and diving during her high school career. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Richard and Constance Ordeman... Pursuing a Master's in Bioengineering with concentrations in Synthetic and Computational Biology...Undergraduate major at Cal in genetics and plant biology and minor in German... Enjoys playing violin, volunteering at urban gardens, hiking, cooking and traveling... Joined Cal after running for the Strawberry Canyon Track Club for one year.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020-21Senior