Ellison Goodall Bishop (born October 12, 1954) is an American former

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. She twice represented the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, winning a bronze medal and leading the American women to team gold at the 1979 edition, then sharing in a team bronze medal in

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. She attended

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and won

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n honours for the

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in both track and cross country. She was the second woman to be inducted into Duke University athletic hall of fame. She later appeared in a documentary on former Duke track coach Al Buehler, ''Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story''. Goodall was only the second ever women's champion in the 10,000-meter run at the

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, succeeding Peg Neppel to take the title in 1978. Her

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winning time of 1:15:01 at a race in

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was a

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for several months, taking the best mark from

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before Kathy Mintie broke the record that same year. On the professional

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circuit she was the 1979 winner of the

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, won the 1982 Boston Milk Run, and placed sixth at the 1980

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with a time of 2:42:23 hours.Ellison Goodall

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. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.

International competitions

National titles

**10,000-meter run: 1978

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodall, Ellison Living people 1954 births American female long-distance runners American female marathon runners Duke Blue Devils women's track and field athletes World record setters in athletics (track and field) Duke Blue Devils women's cross country runners 20th-century American sportswomen