2021 Track & Field Roster
Elias Opsahl
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Redlands, CA
- High School:
- Redlands East Valley HS
2021-22 -- Cross Country: Competed in first three meets of his fourth season at Cal Poly ... top finish was 30th in season-opening Stump Invitational with a time of 24:29.6 for 8,000 meters ... also placed 99th in Bronco Invitational and 124th in Dellinger Invitational.
2020-21 -- Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Track and Field: Earned team points in two events for Cal Poly in Big West Conference Championships ... placed third in 1,500 with personal-best time of 3:48.07 and 10th in 5,000 at 14:41.14, also a career best ... second in 1,500 at Wildflower Invitational (3:52.00) and Cal Poly Four-Way Meet (3:54.23) and was third in Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet (3:52.83) ... earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors.
2019-20 -- Cross Country: Helped lead the Mustangs to the Big West title on Nov. 2 in Riverside, where he took 13th place at the Conference Championships ... at his top-15 debut at the finals, clocked an 8k performance of 25:09.6 around Ag. Ops. Course, as Cal Poly earned its fourth consecutive trophy upon a team score of 44 points ... previously on the same course, tallied ninth place at the UCR Invite hosted in the Inland Empire on Sept. 14, when he posted an effort of 24:35.7 ... also earned 21st place at the Capital XC Challenge held in Sacramento on Sept. 28, via 24:34.6 ... additionally, made the Big West All-Academic Team. Track: Spring 2020 season was cancelled; however, retains year of eligibility moving forward ... meanwhile, earned Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically.
2018-19 -- Track: Excelled in the 1,500 meters his first year on campus, including a PR of 3:52.70 at home on March 23 for the 37th annual Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational (where he came in third) ... as a true freshman, clocked the Big West Championships’ third-leading prelims performance in the 1,500m, qualifying in 3:55.38 for Day 2 of the Conference Finals, ultimately taking ninth at his postseason debut, via 3:57.46 in Santa Barbara ... also recorded a time of 3:53.49 at the UCSB dual April 27, finishing third at Pauley Track in his first Blue-Green Rivalry event. Cross Country: Redshirted.
Prep -- Came in third place at the 2018 CIF State Championships for the 1,600 meters, with a career-best time of 4:10.79 as a Redlands East Valley High School senior ... his PR also ranked No. 3 throughout all of California for the entirety of the 2018 season ... had posted a performance of 4:11.66 at the Southern Section Masters Meet ... top 800m showing — 1:52.81 — took sixth place at the 2018 Steve Scott Invitational ... added a 1:53.54 to take fourth place at the Mt. SAC Relays ... won the CIF Division 2 State Cross Country championship in 2017, earning a 5k of 15:16.9 ... also added a 3-mile time of 14:01.6 at the Woodbridge Classic in his final fall with the Wildcats, good for second place ... won the 2018 Citrus Belt League 1,600m title in 4:18.55, after claiming the CBL cross country crown in 15:17.1 ... his divisional state championship for cross country came by a 3.7-second gap; he also finished ninth overall at the state meet regardless of division classification.
Personal -- Majors in Forestry & Natural Resources.
