* Five-Time All-American *
Career Bests (thru 2016 indoors):
- 1,500 meters: 4:10.95
- 800: 2:04.81
- Mile: 4:38.44i
- 1,000: 2:42.39i
- 3,000: 8:58.88
Stanford Record Book
Outdoors
Indoors
- 3,000: 2nd
- Mile: 5th
- 800: 8th
- DMR: 1st, 5th, 9th
At Stanford:
- Earned All-America honors by placing 12th at the 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships and was the top freshman in the country.
- Second at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track Championships in the 3,000 while setting an American junior indoor record for the distance of 8:58.88.
- First true freshman to reach an NCAA women's outdoor 1,500 final in four years.
2016 Season:
Indoors
- Ran the 1,200 leadoff leg on Stanford's third-place distance medley relay team at the NCAA Championships, earning her third first-team All-America track honor.
- Ran 3:24.04 split.
- In her first race since 2015 NCAA Outdoors, after injury, won the Iowa State Classic mile in a personal best 4:38.44 on Feb. 13.
- Ran one other race, the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships, and placed eighth in 9:18.18.
2015 Season:
Outdoors
- First true freshman to reach the NCAA 1,500 final in four years.
- Placed 10th in NCAA final at 4:24.40, earning second-team All-America honors.
- Ran the third leg on the winning 4x1500 at the Penn Relays, Stanford's first victory at the meet in any event since 2006 (17:24.54).
- Also anchored Stanford to second in the distance medley relay (11:11.07).
- First Stanford NCAA 1,500 finalist since 2009
- Ran season best in the 1,500 of 4:14.05, good for fourth at the Pac-12 Championships.
- 1,500 No. 2 frosh all-time Stanford (4:14.05)
- Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after her performances at the Penn Relays (April 27).
- Second in the Big Meet 1,500 (4:18.36) and third in the 800 (2:08.26).
- USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
Indoors
- Set U.S. junior indoor record in the 3,000 meters, running 8:58.88 to place second in the NCAA Championships to Dominique Scott of Arkansas on March 14, 2015.
- Earned two first-team All-America honors indoors, in the 3,000 and distance medley relay, placing second in each.
- Anchored Stanford to second in the NCAA distance medley relay in a school-record time of 10:53.66, running 4:31.50 for 1,600.
- Eighth in the 800 (2:07.06) at the MPSF Championships.
- Won DMR at the MPSF Championships in 11:02.98.
- Made collegiate track debut by placing fourth in the 1,000 meters in 2:42.39 at the UW Indoor Previw.
Cross Country:
- 2014 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Highest-finishing freshman in the country at the NCAA Championships, placing 12th.
- Placed 12th in Terre Haute (20:17.0; 6K) to earn first All-America honor.
- Second at the Pac-12 Championships in Oakland (20:04, 6K) to Arizona State's Shelby Houlihan.
- Won the Washington Invitational (20:11, 6K) on Oct. 4 in her collegiate debut.
International:
- Placed fourth in the 1,500 at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on July 28, 2014.
- Ran 4:12.82, and was the top American and fastest non-African in that race.
High School:
- Ran 4:10.95 for 1,500 at Stanford's Payton Jordan Invitational in 2014.
- The time made her the No. 3 high school performance all-time at that distance, and the No. 5 U.S. junior ever.
- Converting all 1,500 and 1,600 times to miles, Cranny's 4:31.03c is No. 3 ever among high schoolers.
- Only three college runners were faster than Cranny's 4:10.95 in 2014, and two were NCAA champions.
- Second at the 2014 U.S. junior nationals in the 1,500.
- Won the 2014 U.S. junior national cross country title.
- Best 800 of 2:04.81 was the No. 3 high school time in the country in 2014.
- At Niwot (Colo.) High School, won two cross country state 4A titles.
- In track, Cranny swept the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 at state (4A) as a junior and senior.
- Broke state records in the 1,600 (4:47.56) and 3,200 (10:17.48) that had stood for more than two decades.
- Graduated with a 4.34 GPA as a member of the National Honor Society.
- Dropped her best mile time from 4:58 as a sophomore to 4:40.62 to win the 2013 New Balance Indoor Nationals in what stands as the fifth-fastest high school indoor time ever.
- In cross country, Cranny broke the previous course record at the Nike Cross Nationals, placing second in 16:53.8 for 5 kilometers (her XC best is 16:45).
- 2014 cross country season included a Colorado Class 4A title in a course record and the Nike Cross Southwest Regional title.
- Named Colorado Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
- Led Niwot to the 2013 state 4A team track title.
Personal:
- Parents are Bob and Sandy.
- Interested in a career in neuropsychology.
Career Results:
Year |
Season (Meets) |
Event |
Season Best |
Conf. Finish |
W. Prelims |
NCAA Champs. |
2016 |
Indoors (2) |
Mile |
4:38.44 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
3,000 |
9:18.18 |
8 (MPSF) |
-- |
-- |
|
|
DMR |
10:58.94 |
|
|
3 |
2015 |
Outdoors (6) |
1,500 |
4:14.05 |
4 (Pac-12) |
13 |
10 |
|
|
800 |
2:08.26 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
4x1500 |
17:24.54 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
DMR |
11:11.07 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Indoors (5) |
3,000 |
8:58.88 |
-- |
-- |
2 |
|
|
800 |
2:07.06 |
8 (MPSF) |
-- |
-- |
|
|
1,000 |
2:42.39 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
DMR |
10:53.66 |
1 (MPSF) |
-- |
2 |
|
|
4x400 |
3:55.65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |