2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster
Elizabeth Ndudi
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Nantes, France
- High School:
- Lycée Nelson Mandela
- Major:
- Marketing
 All-American (Indoor Long Jump '24) |
 1x NCAA Championships Qualifier |
 Second-Team All-Big Ten // Long Jump (Indoor) - 2024 |
 2023 U20 European Champion - Long Jump |
2025
Indoor
- Jumped the program's fifth-best long jump in her fifth-place finish at the Fighting Illini Open, 6.42m (21-0 3/4)
Outdoor
- Leaped a season-best long jump, 6.33m (20-9 1/4), at the NCAA West Preliminaries
- Academic All-Big Ten
2024
Indoor
- First-Team All-American (Long Jump)
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (Long Jump)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Long Jump)
- Placed seventh in the long jump, 6.35m (20-10), at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn All-America honors.
- Placed second in the long jump, 6.31m (20-8 1/2), at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
- Leapt the UI Armory facility record and program's third-best long jump, 6.41m (21-0 1/2), in her win at the Illini Challenge
- Ran a personal-best 60m (7.46) at the Illini Open
Outdoor
- Leapt the program's third-best long jump at the Gary Wieneke Memorial, 6.68m (21-11)
- Placed fourth in the long jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 6.21m (20-4 1/2)
- Placed 14th at the NCAA West Preliminaires in the long jump, 6.52m (21-4 3/4)
High School
- Gold medalist at the 2023 U20 European Championships in the long jump with a PB, 6.56m (21-6 1/4)
- Became the first Irish jumps athlete to medal at the U20 European Championships
- Indoor and outdoor Irish long jump National Champion
- PBs: long jump - 6.56m (21-6 1/4), 100m - 11.83, 200m - 24.43
Personal
Daughter of Michael Ndudi and Avril Goossen... Has one brother and one sister... Chose Illinois because of the "Great facilities, a top business school and an ambitious head coach"... Her biggest influence in her athletic career is her younger self and goals she set for herself as a kid... Born in Dublin and proudly represents Ireland
TFRRS Profile
Illini Track I Melissa Wullschleger NCAA Outdoor All-American Heptathlon 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Rose Yeboah NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Kam Garrett NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/13/25
Saturday, June 14
Illini Track I Sophia Beckmon NCAA Outdoor All-American Long Jump 6/12/25
Friday, June 13
