University of South Alabama Athletics

2019: Outdoor— Recorded two season-best times at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships: individually, ran the 100m in 12.40 seconds and was part of the 4 x 100m relay team that covered the distance in 48.59 seconds … Helped the Jaguar 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relay teams to victories at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge; finished fifth in the long jump (5.41m) and seventh in the 100m (12.72 seconds) at the same meet … At the South Alabama Invitational, finished third with a season-best 5.51m long jump; also finished fourth in the 100m (12.86 seconds) and first as part of the 4 x 400m relay team (3:58.20). Indoor— Ran season-best times in the 60m (7.86 seconds), 200m (26.29 seconds) and 4 x 400m relay (4:06.20) at the Jaguar Invitational; finished seventh in the long jump (5.36m) at the same meet … Recorded her best long jump of the year—5.40m—at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
 
2018: Outdoor— Finished fifth in the South Alabama Invitational 100m dash with a time of 11.90 seconds and second in the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 3:57.72 … Earned a second-place finish in the Jaguar Classic long jump after a 5.61m performance and a third-place finish in the 100m dash with a time of 11.85 seconds, the fourth-fastest time in USA history; helped the Jaguar 4 x 100m relay team to a fourth-place, 47.08-second finish at the same meet … Won the Jaguar Opener long jump (5.55m), 1,600m sprint medley (4:15.58) and 4 x 100m relay (47.00 seconds). Indoor— Covered the Jaguar Invitational 60m dash in 7.65 seconds, the fourth-best time in the USA record books … Ran the Samford January Invitational 60m dash in 7.70 seconds to finish third and the 200m dash in 25.33 seconds to finish fourth and take eighth place in the all-time Jaguar records … Placed second in the Commodore Invitational long jump with a 5.83m effort which ranks seventh in school history.   
 
2017: Outdoor— At the Jaguar Opener, earned the first victories of her career in the long jump (5.48m) and the 100m dash (12.10 seconds); also placed fourth in the 100m hurdles with a 16.34-second time at the same meet ... Helped South Alabama to a second-place finish at the Jaguar Opener in the 1,600m sprint medley (4:15.97). Indoor— Placed ninth in the Sun Belt Championships long jump with a 5.73m mark, a personal best ... Placed ninth in the Samford Invite long jump (5.55m) ... Placed fourth in long jump at the South Alabama Invitational with a 5.66m jump; placed seventh in the 60m dash (7.77 seconds) and 18th in the 200m at the same meet ... Placed 12th in the long jump at the UAB Blazer Invitational. 

High School: Won the long jump with a personal-best mark of 18-6.75 and placed third in the 60m dash with a career-best 7.76-second finish at the state indoor 6A championships meet in 2015 to help Homewood High place second in the team standings ...  Her efforts at the state 6A outdoor championships — placing third in the 200m, fifth in the 100m dash and sixth in the long jump — helped the Patriots claim the team title...  Best times of 12.08 and 24.93 seconds in the 100m and 200m dashes, respectively, came at the 2014 Mountain Brook Invite, while an 18-9.75 distance in the long jump at the section meet her senior season was the best of her career.
 
Personal: Full name is Elysa Breshae Griffin … Born Jan. 10, 1998, in Anniston, Ala. … Daughter of Rozenia Griffin ... Has a younger sister, Jasmine … Enjoys singing, dance, shopping and hanging out with friends and family ... Favorite movie is Lion King ... Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix … Her favorite part of being a student-athlete is the competition and meeting new people.
 
 
Major: Biology