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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Elijah Jorgensen

Elijah Jorgensen

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Dearborn, Mich.
  • High School:
    Divine Child

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2024)

2024: 
  • Was 116th at the National Catholic Championships in a time of 28:10.8
  • Took 63rd at the Falcon Invitational with a run of 27:43.8
  • Placed 107th at the Horizon League Championship in 29:27.8


2023:

  • Participated in all six events as a freshman
  • Recorded his fastest 8k time at the Horizon League Championships running 26:51 for 79th
  • Claimed 201st in 34:39 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships
  • Made his collegiate debut tallying a time of 17:39 for 32nd at the Michigan Open
  • Placed 82nd at Notre Dame with a time of 28:07


Prior To Detroit Mercy:

  • A letterwinner in cross country and track and field
  • All-Region and All-Catholic in cross country as a senior, helping the team to its first CHSL title since 1993 and a seventh-place MHSAA finish
  • Claimed a bronze medal in the 3200-meters as a senior
  • Ran club with Mills, Cardinal Gibbons and DC

Personal:
  • Son of Sarah and Greg Jorgensen
  • Has a younger sister and brother
  • His grandmother graduated from the University
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the family connection with her grandmother, it was close to home and a Catholic institution
  • A Computer Science major 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

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  • 2024Sophomore

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  • 2025Junior

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