Eliza Nicholson

The Louisville women's team races off the start line at the ACC Cross Country Championships.

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Eliza Nicholson races at the Southern Showcase

Louisville women's cross country wins the 2025 Southern Showcase team title.

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Kent, England
High School:
Mander Portman Woodward

Eliza Nicholson TFRRS Profile

2025-26
Cross Country:
• Competed at five meets, scoring for the team in each of them
• Placed 48th overall and second for the team at the ACC Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 20:28.4
• Raced to a 6K time of 20:34.5 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships to finish 48th individually
• Recorded a season-best 6K time of 20:26.8 at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational to earn 33rd place
• Led the team through the line at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, placing 65th in 20:50.1
• Made her collegiate debut at the Southern Showcase, finishing 18th after covering the 5K course in 17:11.1

High School:
• Contested both the 3000m and 5000m at the 2025 UK U20 Championships, earning bronze in the 3000m
• Finished as the runner-up in the 3000m at the 2023 UK U20 Championships before placing third inn the same event at the Commonwealth Youth Games
• Placed 25th at the 2024 U20 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, helping Great Britain to a fifth-place finish in the team standings