2025 Cross Country Roster

Ansley Long

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Ruston, La.
  • High School Cedar Creek School
  • Prev School New Orleans

Biography

Personal bests – as of May 12, 2025
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
Jan. 12 2024 800 Meters (Indoor) 2:36.27 LSU Purple Tiger
April 20 2024 800 Meters (Outdoor) 2:29.33 LSU Alumni Gold
April 19 2025 1500 Meters 4:48.16 Jim Mize Relays
Feb. 9 2024 Mile 5:23.37 Howie Ryan Invitational
March 23 2024 3000 Meters (Outdoor) 10:54.28 Kayth Talley Invitational 
Feb. 1 2025 3000 Meters (Indoor) 10:30.09 Robert Platt Invitational
March 22 2025 5000 Meters (Outdoors) 17:55.21 Louisiana Classics
Feb. 19-20 2024 5000 Meters (Indoors) 18:22.89 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships
Oct. 7 2023 5K (XC) 18:17.8 Louisiana Tech Mook 4 Invitational
Nov. 15 2022 6K (XC) 21:59.4 NCAA Division I South Central Region Cross Country Championships
 
2025 Outdoor (Senior)
  • Competed at six meets
  • Registered a new PR at the Louisiana Classics, placing second in the 5,000m with a time of 17:55.21
  • Placed fourth in the 3,000m Steeple at the Bobcat Invitational (11:50.07)
  • Took first place in 3,000m Steeple at the Warhawk Classic (11:42.03)
  • Established a new personal best time in the1,500m at the Jim Mize Relays with a sixth place finish (4:48.16)
  • Ended the season with a new PR in the 3,000m Steeple with a top-15 finish at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships (11:24.60)
2025 Indoor (Senior)
  • Featured at four meets
  • Established a new personal best in the 3,000m at the Robert Platt Invitational, placing 14th with a time of 10:30.09
  • Followed up with a top-10 finish in the 3,000m at the Green & Gold Invite (7th, 10:43.10)
  • Competed in the 5,000m at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships, recording a time of 18:42.32
2024 Cross Country (Senior)
  • Competed in six meets.
  • Placed fourth in the 5k at the Mississippi College Opener (9/6).
  • Seventh place at the Louisiana Tech Mook 4 Invitational (10/5).
2024 Outdoor (Junior)
  • Competed in seven meets.
  • Third place in the 3000m at the Keyth Talley Invitational (3/24).
  • Placed sixth in the 5000m at the Carl Knight Invitational (4/11-13).
  • Set personal bests in 800m and 1500m at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/20). 
2024 Indoor (Junior)
  • Competed in four meets.
  • Earned seventh place in the 800m at the LSU Purple Tiger (1/12).
  • Set personal best 5:23.37 time in the mile at the Howie Ryan Invitational (2/9).
  • 18:22.89 mark in the 5000m at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (2/19-20).
2023 Cross Country (Junior)
  • Competed in seven meets.
  • Placed third in Warhawk Invitational (9/16) in the 5k.
  • Set personal best 18:17.8 in the 5k, earning third place at the Louisiana Tech Mook 4 Invitational (10/7).
  • Eighth place in the 5k at the McNeese State Cowboy Stampede (9/23).
2023 Outdoor (Sophomore)
  • Competed in four meets
  • Finished 36th in the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11) in 19:26.82
  • Set an outdoor personal best in the 1500 at the Warhawk Classic (April 22) in 5:16.69
  • Posted an outdoor personal best time in the 5000 in 18.35.56 at the Louisiana Classic (March 17).
 2023 Indoor (Sophomore)
  • Competed in four meets
  • At the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (May 20-21), finished 23rd in the 5000 meters in an indoor personal-best time of 18:42.96 while placing 37th in an indoor personal-best time of 10:46.77 in the 3000
  • Took third place in the 3000 in 11:38.96 at the LSU Purple Tiger (Jan. 13).
2022 Cross Country (Sophomore)
  • Competed in five meets as a sophomore in the fall of 2022
  • Had her best finish, placing 16th in 20:59.0 in the 5K at the ULM Warhawk Invitaitonal (Sept. 17)
  • Set a personal best in the 5K in 19:45.1 to place 64th at the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships in Foley, Alabama (Oct. 28)
  • Set a personal best in the 6K in 23:47.8 to finish 143rd at the NCAA Division I South Central Region Cross Country Championships at Texas A&M (Nov. 11).
2022 Outdoor (Freshman)
  • Competed in three outdoor meets as a true freshman in the spring of 2022
  • Set a personal best in the 1500 meters in 5:17.84 at the Louisiana Classic (March 18-19)
  • Finished with a personal best in the 3000 meters in 11:56.89 to take 10th at the LSU Battle On The Bayou (April 2)
  • Had a personal-best time of 21:00.94 in the 5000 meters to finish sixth at the Warhawk Classic (April 22-23).
2022 Indoor (Freshman)
  • Did not compete
2021 Cross Country (New Orleans)
  • Competed in cross country for New Orleans as a freshman in 2021
  • Appeared in one meet, placing 21st in the 5K in 21:20.0 at the LSU Cross Country Invitational (Sept. 17).
Cedar Creek HS
  • Five-time Louisiana state champion at Cedar Creek High School
  • Captured five individual titles during her time with the program; three in cross country, one during indoors and another during outdoors
  • Both the indoor and outdoor championships on the track were in the 3200.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior

  • 2025Graduate Student