Ellison Goodall Bishop (born October 12, 1954) is an American former long-distance runner.Ellison Goodall . All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06. 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 1980.World Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
She attended Duke University and won All-American honours for the Duke Blue Devils in both track and cross country. She was the second woman to be inducted into Duke University athletic hall of fame.Ellison Goodall Bishop. Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved on 2016-03-06. She later appeared in a documentary on former Duke track coach Al Buehler, Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story.Ellison Goodall Bishop. IMDB. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
Goodall was only the second ever women's champion in the 10,000-meter run at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, succeeding Peg Neppel to take the title in 1978.United States Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.Ellison Goodall. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
Her half marathon winning time of 1:15:01 at a race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was a world record for several months, taking the best mark from Miki Gorman before Kathy Mintie broke the record that same year.12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 IAAF, pp. 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653. Retrieved on 2016-03-06. On the professional road running circuit she was the 1979 winner of the Falmouth Road Race, won the 1982 Boston Milk Run, and placed sixth at the 1980 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:42:23 hours.Ellison Goodall. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-03-06.
International competitions 1979World Cross Country ChampionshipsLimerick, Ireland3rdSenior race17:181stSenior team29 pts1980World Cross Country ChampionshipsParis, France35thSenior race16:423rdSenior team49 pts
National titles USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 10,000-meter run: 1978
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