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Cass Elliott
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- West Seattle
Bio
2023 All-America First Team (400m Hurdles)
2023 All-America Second Team (800m, Indoors)
2022 and 2023 Pac-12 400m Hurdles Champion
2022 All-America Second Team (400m Hurdles)
2022 All-America First Team (Distance Medley Relay)
2021 All-America Honorable Mention (400m Hurdles)
2021 Pac-12 400m Hurdles Bronze
2019 All-America Second Team (Distance Medley Relay)
Elliott Features
ยปย Despite Pandemic, Elliott Prepares For 2021 (UW Daily; Apr. 23, 2020)
2023: Cemented status as the best 400m hurdler in school history in his final season, breaking the school record, defending his Pac-12 title, and reaching his first NCAA Outdoor final ... at NCAAs in Austin, lowered his own School Record in the semis with a 49.13 to reach the final, where she placed seventh in 49.21 to earn First Team All-America honors ... advanced to the semifinals of the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing ninth in the semis in 49.44, just missing the final by one spot ... defended his Pac-12 title in the 400m hurdles, becoming the first Husky two-time Pac-12 sprint champion since James Alaka won consecutive 200-meters in 2011-12 โฆ won Pac-12s in 49.31, leading a 1-3-4 Husky finish in the event which helped UW win the team title for the first time โฆ broke the School Record that had stood since 2006 with a victory at the Desert Heat Classic, running 49.26 โฆ advanced through NCAA West Prelims 400m hurdles with a 50.40 in the first round and a 49.57 time in the quarterfinals โฆ broke 50-seconds for the first time at the Mt. SAC Relays, taking second in 49.65 โฆ third at the Texas Relays in 50.28 after going 50.05 in the prelim โฆ indoors, made his first NCAA Indoor Championships as an individual, qualifying in the 800-meters, and placing 13th overall for Second Team All-America honors โฆ twice broke the School Record in the 800-meters indoors, first going 1:47.22 at the UW Invitational, and then running 1:46.76 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier โฆ ran the 800m leg on the DMR that ran the No. 2 time in NCAA history at the Arkansas Qualifier, going 9:16.65 โฆ also broke the School Record at 600-meters, running 1:16.51 โฆ part of the third-fastest indoor 4x4 in school history and the fastest in 17 years as the group ran 3:07.63 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
2022: Won the Pac-12 Championship in the 400-meter hurdles, becoming the first Husky since 2006 to win the event, as he ran 50.80 in the finals โฆ advanced to a second-straight NCAA Championships and finished 13th overall in the semifinals in a time of 50.50 to earn All-America Second Team honors โฆ competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships and reached the semifinals, placing 11th overall in 50.68 โฆ season-best hurdles time was 50.49 in the first round of NCAA Prelims โฆ ran on the fastest 4x100m relay of the season, winning the UW-WSU Dual in 40.11 โฆ indoors, earned All-America First Team honors as the 800-meter leg on the distance medley relay, which placed seventh at NCAA Indoors in 9:29.27 โฆ was part of the third-fastest DMR mark in NCAA history, as the Huskies ran 9:21.10 to set the school record at the Arkansas Qualifier โฆ DMR team was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week after Arkansas record โฆ also tied for the No. 2 800-meter time indoors in school history with a 1:48.40 run at the Pac-12 Invitational โฆ also clocked a 1:48.77 at the Husky Classic.
2021: Lowered his PR and advanced to his first NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles, earning All-America honorable mention โฆ placed 22nd overall at his first NCAA Outdoor meet in a time of 51.86 โฆ qualified for and competed at his first U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 19th overall in a time of 51.19 ... took third at the Pac-12 Championships with a new PR of 50.07 seconds, moving up to No. 4 in school history โฆ the first Husky to make NCAA Outdoors in the 400m hurdles since 2008 โฆ advanced to NCAAs by finishing 11th overall at NCAA Prelims in a time of 50.11 seconds โฆ second in the 400m hurdles at the West Coast Relays in 50.91 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual 400m hurdles in 52.00 seconds โฆ ran on 4x400m relay at Pac-12s that took seventh in a season-best 3:10.71 โฆ indoors, competed at two meets, getting a 400-meters best of 48.35 at the Husky Classic.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A strong indoor season with PRs across the board โฆ ran the No. 9 time in school history at 800-meters with a time of 1:49.66 at the UW Invitational, taking third โฆ opened the season with the third-fastest 600-meters in school history, winning the UW Indoor Preview in 1:18.67 โฆ ran an indoor 400m PR of 48.05 (converted for altitude from 47.94) at New Mexico โฆ ran the 400m leg on the top DMR of the season that ran a track-converted time of 9:35.64 at the JDL DMR Invite โฆ also ran the 400m leg on the DMR that took second-place at the MPSF Championships โฆ was eighth at the MPSF meet in the 800m in 1:51.74.
2019: Enjoyed an excellent freshman season focusing on the 400-meter hurdles outdoors where he set the UW Freshman Record, scored at Pac-12s, advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals, and was the U.S. junior runner-up โฆ indoors, earned All-America Second Team as part of the Husky DMR โฆ in the 400-meter hurdles, took second at the USATF U20 Championships in June, running 51.30 seconds in the final to qualify for the Pan-Am U20 Championships โฆ at NCAA Prelims, was 16th overall in the quarterfinals with a time of 51.20 and ran on the 4x400m relay that was 19th overall in 3:10.30 โฆ placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in a PR of 50.38, the third time he set the UW freshman record, and the No. 4 overall time in school history โฆ also part of the 4x400m relay that was fourth at Pac-12s in a season-best 3:09.22 โฆ took third in the 400m hurdles at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas in 51.02 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual Meet with a time of 52.19 โฆ broke the 400m hurdles Freshman School Record in his outdoor debut, running 51.13 at the Stanford Invitational to take second โฆ indoors, ran the 400m leg on the DMR which took 10th at NCAA Indoors in Birmingham โฆ primarily ran the 800-meters indoors, finishing the indoor season with a PR of 1:50.55 to take eighth at the MPSF Championships โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR that won the Last Chance Elite Meet in 9:28.14, the third-fastest time in school history, to qualify for NCAAs.
High School and Personal: Born in Kirkland, Wash. โฆ parents are Sonya and Jason Elliott โฆ has an older sister, Charli โฆ one of the top hurdlers in Washington state history, as he set the 300-meter hurdles state record and won the 3A state championship as a junior and a senior โฆ as a junior in 2017, he broke the 3A state record in the 300 hurdles by more than half a second, posting a time of 37.11 โฆ won the title again as a senior and had a season-best of 37.13 โฆ stepped up to the 400m hurdles several times, and set a PR in 2018 with a time of 51.72 seconds at the U.S. Junior Championships where he placed fourth โฆ second at the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018 in the 400m hurdles โฆ also completed multiple decathlons, winning the 2017 Washington State Multi-Events title last year and posting a decathlon PR of 6,235 to win the Junior Olympic Regional title โฆ a four-year letterwinner in basketball and two-time letterman in football where he was an All-Metro League punter.
Major Meets
2019 MPSF - 8th, 800m
2019 NCAA Indoors - 10th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2019 Pac-12 - 4th, 400m Hurdles | 4th, 4x400m
2019 NCAA Prelims - 16th, 400m Hurdles
2019 USA U20 Champs - 2nd, 400m Hurdles
2020 MPSF - 8th, 800m | 9th, 4x400m | 2nd, DMR
2021 Pac-12 - 3rd, 400m Hurdles | 7th, 4x400m
2021 NCAA Prelims - 11th, 400m Hurdles
2021 NCAA Outdoors - 22nd, 400m Hurdles (All-America Hon. Mention)
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials - 19th, 400m Hurdles
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 - 1st, 400m Hurdles (Pac-12 Champion) | 9th, 4x400m
2022 NCAA Prelims - 12th, 400m Hurdles
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 13th, 400m Hurdles (All-America Second Team)
2022 USA Outdoors - 11th, 400m Hurdles
2023 NCAA Indoors - 13th, 800m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 - 1st, 400m Hurdles (Pac-12 Champion) | 8th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Prelims - 5th, 400m Hurdles
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 7th, 400m Hurdles (All-America First Team)
2023 USA Outdoors - 9th, 400m Hurdles
Outdoors Bests
400m Hurdles.......49.13ย (School Record)
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Indoor Bests
400m.......48.05
600m.......1:16.51ย (School Record)
800m.......1:46.76ย (School Record)
2023 All-America Second Team (800m, Indoors)
2022 and 2023 Pac-12 400m Hurdles Champion
2022 All-America Second Team (400m Hurdles)
2022 All-America First Team (Distance Medley Relay)
2021 All-America Honorable Mention (400m Hurdles)
2021 Pac-12 400m Hurdles Bronze
2019 All-America Second Team (Distance Medley Relay)
Elliott Features
ยปย Despite Pandemic, Elliott Prepares For 2021 (UW Daily; Apr. 23, 2020)
2023: Cemented status as the best 400m hurdler in school history in his final season, breaking the school record, defending his Pac-12 title, and reaching his first NCAA Outdoor final ... at NCAAs in Austin, lowered his own School Record in the semis with a 49.13 to reach the final, where she placed seventh in 49.21 to earn First Team All-America honors ... advanced to the semifinals of the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing ninth in the semis in 49.44, just missing the final by one spot ... defended his Pac-12 title in the 400m hurdles, becoming the first Husky two-time Pac-12 sprint champion since James Alaka won consecutive 200-meters in 2011-12 โฆ won Pac-12s in 49.31, leading a 1-3-4 Husky finish in the event which helped UW win the team title for the first time โฆ broke the School Record that had stood since 2006 with a victory at the Desert Heat Classic, running 49.26 โฆ advanced through NCAA West Prelims 400m hurdles with a 50.40 in the first round and a 49.57 time in the quarterfinals โฆ broke 50-seconds for the first time at the Mt. SAC Relays, taking second in 49.65 โฆ third at the Texas Relays in 50.28 after going 50.05 in the prelim โฆ indoors, made his first NCAA Indoor Championships as an individual, qualifying in the 800-meters, and placing 13th overall for Second Team All-America honors โฆ twice broke the School Record in the 800-meters indoors, first going 1:47.22 at the UW Invitational, and then running 1:46.76 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier โฆ ran the 800m leg on the DMR that ran the No. 2 time in NCAA history at the Arkansas Qualifier, going 9:16.65 โฆ also broke the School Record at 600-meters, running 1:16.51 โฆ part of the third-fastest indoor 4x4 in school history and the fastest in 17 years as the group ran 3:07.63 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
2022: Won the Pac-12 Championship in the 400-meter hurdles, becoming the first Husky since 2006 to win the event, as he ran 50.80 in the finals โฆ advanced to a second-straight NCAA Championships and finished 13th overall in the semifinals in a time of 50.50 to earn All-America Second Team honors โฆ competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships and reached the semifinals, placing 11th overall in 50.68 โฆ season-best hurdles time was 50.49 in the first round of NCAA Prelims โฆ ran on the fastest 4x100m relay of the season, winning the UW-WSU Dual in 40.11 โฆ indoors, earned All-America First Team honors as the 800-meter leg on the distance medley relay, which placed seventh at NCAA Indoors in 9:29.27 โฆ was part of the third-fastest DMR mark in NCAA history, as the Huskies ran 9:21.10 to set the school record at the Arkansas Qualifier โฆ DMR team was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week after Arkansas record โฆ also tied for the No. 2 800-meter time indoors in school history with a 1:48.40 run at the Pac-12 Invitational โฆ also clocked a 1:48.77 at the Husky Classic.
2021: Lowered his PR and advanced to his first NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles, earning All-America honorable mention โฆ placed 22nd overall at his first NCAA Outdoor meet in a time of 51.86 โฆ qualified for and competed at his first U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 19th overall in a time of 51.19 ... took third at the Pac-12 Championships with a new PR of 50.07 seconds, moving up to No. 4 in school history โฆ the first Husky to make NCAA Outdoors in the 400m hurdles since 2008 โฆ advanced to NCAAs by finishing 11th overall at NCAA Prelims in a time of 50.11 seconds โฆ second in the 400m hurdles at the West Coast Relays in 50.91 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual 400m hurdles in 52.00 seconds โฆ ran on 4x400m relay at Pac-12s that took seventh in a season-best 3:10.71 โฆ indoors, competed at two meets, getting a 400-meters best of 48.35 at the Husky Classic.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A strong indoor season with PRs across the board โฆ ran the No. 9 time in school history at 800-meters with a time of 1:49.66 at the UW Invitational, taking third โฆ opened the season with the third-fastest 600-meters in school history, winning the UW Indoor Preview in 1:18.67 โฆ ran an indoor 400m PR of 48.05 (converted for altitude from 47.94) at New Mexico โฆ ran the 400m leg on the top DMR of the season that ran a track-converted time of 9:35.64 at the JDL DMR Invite โฆ also ran the 400m leg on the DMR that took second-place at the MPSF Championships โฆ was eighth at the MPSF meet in the 800m in 1:51.74.
2019: Enjoyed an excellent freshman season focusing on the 400-meter hurdles outdoors where he set the UW Freshman Record, scored at Pac-12s, advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals, and was the U.S. junior runner-up โฆ indoors, earned All-America Second Team as part of the Husky DMR โฆ in the 400-meter hurdles, took second at the USATF U20 Championships in June, running 51.30 seconds in the final to qualify for the Pan-Am U20 Championships โฆ at NCAA Prelims, was 16th overall in the quarterfinals with a time of 51.20 and ran on the 4x400m relay that was 19th overall in 3:10.30 โฆ placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in a PR of 50.38, the third time he set the UW freshman record, and the No. 4 overall time in school history โฆ also part of the 4x400m relay that was fourth at Pac-12s in a season-best 3:09.22 โฆ took third in the 400m hurdles at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas in 51.02 โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual Meet with a time of 52.19 โฆ broke the 400m hurdles Freshman School Record in his outdoor debut, running 51.13 at the Stanford Invitational to take second โฆ indoors, ran the 400m leg on the DMR which took 10th at NCAA Indoors in Birmingham โฆ primarily ran the 800-meters indoors, finishing the indoor season with a PR of 1:50.55 to take eighth at the MPSF Championships โฆ ran the 400m leg on the DMR that won the Last Chance Elite Meet in 9:28.14, the third-fastest time in school history, to qualify for NCAAs.
High School and Personal: Born in Kirkland, Wash. โฆ parents are Sonya and Jason Elliott โฆ has an older sister, Charli โฆ one of the top hurdlers in Washington state history, as he set the 300-meter hurdles state record and won the 3A state championship as a junior and a senior โฆ as a junior in 2017, he broke the 3A state record in the 300 hurdles by more than half a second, posting a time of 37.11 โฆ won the title again as a senior and had a season-best of 37.13 โฆ stepped up to the 400m hurdles several times, and set a PR in 2018 with a time of 51.72 seconds at the U.S. Junior Championships where he placed fourth โฆ second at the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018 in the 400m hurdles โฆ also completed multiple decathlons, winning the 2017 Washington State Multi-Events title last year and posting a decathlon PR of 6,235 to win the Junior Olympic Regional title โฆ a four-year letterwinner in basketball and two-time letterman in football where he was an All-Metro League punter.
Major Meets
2019 MPSF - 8th, 800m
2019 NCAA Indoors - 10th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2019 Pac-12 - 4th, 400m Hurdles | 4th, 4x400m
2019 NCAA Prelims - 16th, 400m Hurdles
2019 USA U20 Champs - 2nd, 400m Hurdles
2020 MPSF - 8th, 800m | 9th, 4x400m | 2nd, DMR
2021 Pac-12 - 3rd, 400m Hurdles | 7th, 4x400m
2021 NCAA Prelims - 11th, 400m Hurdles
2021 NCAA Outdoors - 22nd, 400m Hurdles (All-America Hon. Mention)
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials - 19th, 400m Hurdles
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 - 1st, 400m Hurdles (Pac-12 Champion) | 9th, 4x400m
2022 NCAA Prelims - 12th, 400m Hurdles
2022 NCAA Outdoors - 13th, 400m Hurdles (All-America Second Team)
2022 USA Outdoors - 11th, 400m Hurdles
2023 NCAA Indoors - 13th, 800m (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 - 1st, 400m Hurdles (Pac-12 Champion) | 8th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Prelims - 5th, 400m Hurdles
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 7th, 400m Hurdles (All-America First Team)
2023 USA Outdoors - 9th, 400m Hurdles
Outdoors Bests
400m Hurdles.......49.13ย (School Record)
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Indoor Bests
400m.......48.05
600m.......1:16.51ย (School Record)
800m.......1:46.76ย (School Record)
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