Eliot Soderholm
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- Height:
- 5'9"
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- Hometown:
- Reston, VA
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- Year:
- Junior
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- City:
- Reston
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- State:
- Virginia
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- High School:
- South Lakes High School
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- Major:
- Biology
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- Instagram:
- eliot_soderholm
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- Favorite Food:
- Couscous with sun-dried tomatoes and lentils
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- Favorite Class:
- Anything with Don Kirche or Curt Stager
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- Go to warm up song:
- 22 by Taylor Swift
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- Why did you chose PSC:
- Great community, awesome people
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- Fun Fact:
- I'm an Eagle Scout
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- Best PSC Memory:
- Going driving with my friends late at night
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- Best Sports Memory:
- Running with Bob Bolton when he did his first 20-miler back from battling cancer
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- Most Influential Person in your life:
- Jim Tucker
Bio
Eliot Soderholm
Collegiate Sport(s): Cross Country and Snowshoe Teams
Hometown/State: Reston, Virginia.
High School: South Lakes High School 2023.
Athletic Honors Attained (before arriving at Paul Smith’s College): Member of Virginia Class 6 Northern Region runner-up teams (cross country 2022, indoor track 2022-23).
9th at 2022 Woodberry Forest XC Invitational
17th at 2022 Northern Region Cross Country Championship
Ranked top 50 in the state for the 3200 during indoor 2022-23
Personal bests: 400m 59.41, 1000m 2:50.16, 1600m 4:39.00, 3200m 9:47.58
Academic Major: Biology
Collegiate Athletic Honors/Highlights:
2023 Cross Country Season
Aug 26: Vergennes Day 5K: 17:23 for second place finish.
Sep 2: SUNY Plattsburgh Cardinal Classic 5K: 17:33 for 23rd place.
Sep 9: Vermont Tech Maple Syrup Invitational 8K: 30:06 for 14th place in his first 8K race.
Sep 16: Middlebury Aldrich Invitational 8K: 29:31 for 18th place.
Sept 25: Hampshire College Founding Tree Invitational 8K: 27:27 for 2nd place in a PR.
Oct 14: Cross Country Only Championships 8K: 27:08 for 4th place in a PR.
Nov 4: Yankee Small College Conference Championships: 28:41 for first place.
Nov 11: United States Collegiate Athletic Association Championships: 28:56 for 3rd place, earning 1st Team All American honors.
Other Athletic Interests and Activities:
Hiking/Backpacking
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) “Alaska Wilderness” (AKW) Course Graduate 2023, Eagle Scout, and song writer.
Why Paul Smith’s?
It is the only place for me.
News mentions
Morgan Cheney, Bryce Shannon and Eliot Soderholm continue to lead the team's excellence at Dewey Mountain 5 and 10K Challenge Snowshoe Races
Morgan Cheney and Aidan Minihan paced the field through the 5K while Eliot Soderholm won the 10K Bobcat Snowshoe Races held at the Paul Smith's College VIC
Led by Eliot Soderholm and Cazimir Couble, nine members of men's snowshoe team dominated the field in the Summerstown Ontario Trails Snowshoe Races with wins in both the 8.4 K and the 4.4K
Eliot Soderholm wins 10K Canadian National Championships; while Bryce Shannon and Mat Matis place 1st and 2nd in Men’s Junior (U-20) 10K Nationals; Morgan Cheney, Chloe Freund and Joanna Kercher sweep women’s 5K podium for Paul Smith's College
Eliot Soderholm won the men's 10K, while Matt Matis placed second in the 5K and Morgan Cheney placed fourth for the women in the 5K at the annual Cock a Doodle Shoe snowshoe races in Saranac, NY.
Eliot Soderholm becomes PSC's first US Nationals and World Champion in Snowshoeing's Open Division, while Bryce Shannon wins US and Junior World Titles
Eliot Soderholm and Chloe Freund led the men and women through a hilly race course for the 31st Annual Jingle Bell Snowshoe Race to start this winter season at the VIC.