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2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Preston Ellis

  • Class First-Year
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Walter Payton College Prep
  • Position Middle Distance

Biography



First-Year (2025-26)

Indoor: Placed third in the 4x800m relay (7:34.27) and 13th in the 800m (1:53.26) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships … Finished in 31st in the 800m (1:52.41) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational … Took fourth with a personal-best in the 500m (1:04.39) at the Crimson Open … Placed seventh in the 500m (1:04.73) at the Riverhawk Invitational … Ended the 800m (1:54.88) in 38th place at the John Thomas Terrier Classic … Finished in second in the 500m (1:05.79) at the Harvard Invitational … Earned a win in the 800m (1:55.35) at the Dr. Sander Scorcher … Made his college debut with a win in the 4x440y relay (3:19.77) and a ninth place finish with a personal-best in the 600m (1:20.84) at the Beantown Challenge. 
Outdoor: Concluded the season by taking 30th in the 800m (1:59.03) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships … Took seventh in the 4x400m relay (3:17.11) and 23rd with a personal-best in the 800m (1:51.33) at the Duke Twilight … Orchestrated a fourth place finish in the 800m (1:53.44) at the Tom Jones Memorial … Finished in 10th in the 800m (1:56.18) and 28th in the 400m (51.92) at the UMass Commonwealth Invite … Placed 41st with a personal-best in the 400m (51.12) and 42nd with a personal-best in the 1500m (4:11.62) at the UConn Dog Fight … Began the outdoor season with a fifth place finish in the 800m (1:56.68) at the Kirk Baptiste Invitational.  

Before Harvard

800m: 1:54.86
2024 2A State Champion in the 800m … Finished in third at the Illinois State Championships … Finished fifth place at Nike Nationals … Also earned New Balance Indoor 4x800m All-American honors with a fifth place finish.