Ellison Goodall Bishop (born October 12, 1954) is an American former long-distance runner.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] She later appeared in a documentary on former Duke track coach Al Buehler, Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story.[4]
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.[5] [6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
| 1979 | World Cross Country Championships | Limerick, Ireland | 3rd | Senior race | 17:18 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Senior team | 29 pts | ||
| 1980 | World Cross Country Championships | Paris, France | 35th | Senior race | 16:42 |
| 3rd | Senior team | 49 pts |