2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kraule, Eliza
Eliza Kraule
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Riga State Gymnasium No. 2
- Hometown:
- Riga, Latvia
Bio
Kraule's TFRRS Results
Rice All-Time Ranking (as of July 15, 2024)
No. 1 in Heptathlon - 5,774 points (5/24/24)
No. 1 in Pentathlon - 4,335 points (3/7/24)
No. 1 in 60m Hurdles - 8.37s (2/2/24)
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2024 NCAA Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American (20th - Heptathlon)
2024 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (5th - Pentathlon)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2024 AAC Outdoor - Heptathlon
2024 AAC Indoor - Pentathlon
2023 C-USA Outdoor - Heptathlon
2022 C-USA Indoor - Pentathlon
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2024 AAC Outdoor Heptathlon (1st)
2024 AAC Indoor Pentathlon (1st)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Heptathlon (1st)
2022 C-USA Indoor Pentathlon (1st)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Heptathlon (3rd)
2021 C-USA Outdoor High Jump (3rd)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 NCAA Outdoor - 20th, Pentathlon, 5,529 points
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 38th, 100m Hurdles, 13.67s
2024 AAC Outdoor - 1st, Heptathlon, 5,774 points
2024 AAC Outdoor - 5th, Long Jump, 6.02m / 19-9
2024 AAC Outdoor - 9th, 100m Hurdles, 13.83s
2024 AAC Outdoor - 11th, High Jump, 1.63m / 5-4.25
2024 NCAA Indoor - 5th, Pentathlon, 4,353 points
2024 AAC Indoor - 1st, Pentathlon, 4, 335 points
2024 AAC Indoor - 5th, High Jump, 1.69m / 5-6.5
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 27th, High Jump, 1.72m (5-7.75)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 1st, Heptathlon, 5501 pts
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 7th, High Jump, 1.65m (5-5)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 8th, Long Jump, 5.85m (19-2.5)
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships- 1st, Pentathlon, 3981 pts
2021 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 3rd, Heptathlon, 5083 pts
2021 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 3rd, HJ, 1.70m (5-7.00)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 12th, Javelin, 30.72m (100-9.0)
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships - 5th, Pentathlon, 3431 pts
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24
Indoor: Competed at six meets...Earned First Team All-American honors after placing fifth in the pentathlon at the NCAA Championships while breaking her own school record in the event...Claimed the pentathlon title at the AAC Championships while also finishing fifth in the high jump...Outdoor: Competed at six meets...Finished 20th at the NCAA Championships earning Honorable Mention All-American honors...Was the heptathlon champion at the AAC Championships while also finishing fifth in the long jump, ninth in the 100m hurdles and 11th in the high jump.
2022-23
Indoor: Competed in one meet before missing the rest of the indoor season due to injury. Outdoor: Competed in four meets to end the season...Won the heptathlon at the C-USA Championships with a personal best 5501 points, breaking the Rice record in the event. Later went on to finish seventh in high jump and eighth in long jump.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at five meets...earned her first career C-USA title with a victory in the pentathlon at the C-USA Championships, accumulating a personal best 3981 points...also placed seventh in the pentathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with 3648 points.
2020-21
Indoor: Finished 5th in the pentathlon (3431 pts) at the C-USA Championships, the only meet of the season. Outdoor: Saw action at eight meets, completing a pair of heptathlons...earned Third Team All-Conference honors by scoring 5083 points in the heptathlon at the C-USA Championships...also earned Third Team All-Conference honors by also competing in the high jump and finishing third (1.70m).
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Riga State Gymnasium No. 2 (Riga, Latvia)...placed sixthin heptathlon at the World Youth Championships...was also 12th at the European Youth Championships and 14th at the World Youth Olympics.
PERSONAL
Parents: Girts Kraulis and Beate Bluma (one brother, one sister)...Major: Civil Engineering...Rice College: Will Rice.
Rice All-Time Ranking (as of July 15, 2024)
No. 1 in Heptathlon - 5,774 points (5/24/24)
No. 1 in Pentathlon - 4,335 points (3/7/24)
No. 1 in 60m Hurdles - 8.37s (2/2/24)
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2024 NCAA Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American (20th - Heptathlon)
2024 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (5th - Pentathlon)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2024 AAC Outdoor - Heptathlon
2024 AAC Indoor - Pentathlon
2023 C-USA Outdoor - Heptathlon
2022 C-USA Indoor - Pentathlon
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2024 AAC Outdoor Heptathlon (1st)
2024 AAC Indoor Pentathlon (1st)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Heptathlon (1st)
2022 C-USA Indoor Pentathlon (1st)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Heptathlon (3rd)
2021 C-USA Outdoor High Jump (3rd)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 NCAA Outdoor - 20th, Pentathlon, 5,529 points
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 38th, 100m Hurdles, 13.67s
2024 AAC Outdoor - 1st, Heptathlon, 5,774 points
2024 AAC Outdoor - 5th, Long Jump, 6.02m / 19-9
2024 AAC Outdoor - 9th, 100m Hurdles, 13.83s
2024 AAC Outdoor - 11th, High Jump, 1.63m / 5-4.25
2024 NCAA Indoor - 5th, Pentathlon, 4,353 points
2024 AAC Indoor - 1st, Pentathlon, 4, 335 points
2024 AAC Indoor - 5th, High Jump, 1.69m / 5-6.5
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 27th, High Jump, 1.72m (5-7.75)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 1st, Heptathlon, 5501 pts
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 7th, High Jump, 1.65m (5-5)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 8th, Long Jump, 5.85m (19-2.5)
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships- 1st, Pentathlon, 3981 pts
2021 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 3rd, Heptathlon, 5083 pts
2021 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 3rd, HJ, 1.70m (5-7.00)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 12th, Javelin, 30.72m (100-9.0)
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships - 5th, Pentathlon, 3431 pts
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24
Indoor: Competed at six meets...Earned First Team All-American honors after placing fifth in the pentathlon at the NCAA Championships while breaking her own school record in the event...Claimed the pentathlon title at the AAC Championships while also finishing fifth in the high jump...Outdoor: Competed at six meets...Finished 20th at the NCAA Championships earning Honorable Mention All-American honors...Was the heptathlon champion at the AAC Championships while also finishing fifth in the long jump, ninth in the 100m hurdles and 11th in the high jump.
2022-23
Indoor: Competed in one meet before missing the rest of the indoor season due to injury. Outdoor: Competed in four meets to end the season...Won the heptathlon at the C-USA Championships with a personal best 5501 points, breaking the Rice record in the event. Later went on to finish seventh in high jump and eighth in long jump.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at five meets...earned her first career C-USA title with a victory in the pentathlon at the C-USA Championships, accumulating a personal best 3981 points...also placed seventh in the pentathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with 3648 points.
2020-21
Indoor: Finished 5th in the pentathlon (3431 pts) at the C-USA Championships, the only meet of the season. Outdoor: Saw action at eight meets, completing a pair of heptathlons...earned Third Team All-Conference honors by scoring 5083 points in the heptathlon at the C-USA Championships...also earned Third Team All-Conference honors by also competing in the high jump and finishing third (1.70m).
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Riga State Gymnasium No. 2 (Riga, Latvia)...placed sixthin heptathlon at the World Youth Championships...was also 12th at the European Youth Championships and 14th at the World Youth Olympics.
PERSONAL
Parents: Girts Kraulis and Beate Bluma (one brother, one sister)...Major: Civil Engineering...Rice College: Will Rice.

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