UNC Greensboro

2014 Outdoor Track
Turned in a career-best time of 1:59.18 in the 800-meter race at the Wake Forest Open (March 21) … Posted a personal-best time of 4:10.87 in the 1,500-meter race at the Raleigh Relays (March 28).

2014 Indoor Track
Posted a career-best time of 1:58.51 in the 800-meter race at the Southern Conference Championships (March 1) … Turned in a personal-best time of 4:41.44 in the mile run at the UCS Invitational (Feb. 14) … Ran the 60-meter hurdles at the UNCG Spartan Team Challenge (Jan. 26) with a time of 10.53.

2013 Cross Country
Named to the fall Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Team … Posted a time of 29:10.50 in the 8,000-meter race at the Royals Cross Country Challenge (Oct. 11) … Clocked in at 29:47.00 at the Elon Invitational (Sept. 14).

2013 Outdoor Track
Posted a personal-best time of 52.87 in the 400-meter dash at the High Point VertKlasse Meet (March 22-23)… Turned in another personal-best time of 2:00.77 in the 800-meter race at the Southern Conference Championships (April20-21) … Recorded a time of 4:14.74 in the 1,500-meter race at the Raleigh Relays (March 29-30).

2012-13 Indoor Track
Turned in a personal-record and the top time by a Spartan in the 800-meter distance with a 2:00.20 at the Southern Conference Championships (Feb. 23-24) … Tallied a time of 54.51 in the 400-meter dash at the Hilton Garden Invitational (Feb. 1-2) … Member of the Distance Medley Relay Team that placed third at the Hilton Garden Invitational (Feb. 1-2) with a time of 10:36.52 … Recorded a personal-best time of 4:43.57 in the mile at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 8-9) … Added a time of 1:26.62 in the 600-meter race at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 25-26).

2012 Cross Country
Posted a career-best time of 28:58.33 in the 8,000-meter race at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29)… Placed 19^th at the Elon Invitational (Sept. 15) with a time of 29:11.

High School
Ran at Northern Guilford High School in Greensboro, N.C. … earned all-conference honors in outdoor track from 2009-12 … also earned all-state accolades in outdoor track in 2012 … was an AAA Scholar-Athlete award-winner in track from 2011-12 … earned all-conference and academic all-conference honors in cross-country in 2012 … has school records in the 500 meter distance … he was MVP of his indoor track team in 2012. 

Personal
John Joseph Elwood … born June 3, 1994 in Norwalk, Conn. … son of John and Lauren Elwood … has a younger brother, Michael … majoring in international business.

Top Performances
Cross Country
5k: 17:24.00 (Wolfpack Challenge, 9/19/14)
8k: 28:58.33 (Greater Louisville Classic -9/29/12)

Indoor
60H: 10.53 (UNCG Spartans Team Challenge, 1/26/14)
400m: 53.66 (Hilton Garden Invitational,2/1/13)
800m: 1:58.51 (Southern Conference Championships, 3/1/14)
Mile: 4:41.44 (UCS Invitational, 2/14/14)

Outdoor
200m: 24.05 (Coastal Carolina Invitational 3/13/15-3/14/15)
400m: 52.48 (Terrier Relays, 4/4/15)
800m: 1:59.18 (Wake Forest Open, 3/21/14)
1,500m: 4:10.87 (Raleigh Relays, 3/29/14)