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Alice Wright - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Alice Wright

Class

Fr.

Hometown

Worcester, England

Previous School

The King's School, Worcester

2017-18
2017 XC:
Saw action at four meets for the Lobos, scoring at all four … Opened her season with a runner-up finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, running 16:12.0 to place second on the team … No. 4 finisher at the Wisconsin Invitational, clocking a time of 19:45.1 as the Lobos’ No. 2 runner … Snapped up fifth place overall and fourth on the team at the Mountain West Championships, running 20:54.87 … She finished her career as the only female MW athlete to earn All-Mountain West honors in four straight years … Placed 14th overall (No. 4 on the team) at the NCAA Championships, earning her fourth All-American honor and helping the Lobos to their second national championship in the last three years with her time of 19:49.73 … She is just one of 17 female runners to earn All-American honors at four straight NCAA Championships since the NCAA began hosting the women’s cross country championships in 1981. 
2018 Indoors:
Competed in two meets this season, including the NCAA Championships… placed ninth in the 5000 at the NCAA Championships with a time of 16:07.66.
2018 Outdoors: Saw action in five meets… opened her season by setting a UNM record at the Stanford Invitational in the 10,000 where she placed fourth in her heat via a time of 32:15.73… placed second in the 5000 at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 15:54.17… finished the 10,000 in second place at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (32:19.03)… competed in the 10,000 at the NCAA Championships where she placed fourth via a time of 32:17.92.

2016-17
2016 XC:
Competed at five meets for New Mexico … kicked off her season with a runner-up finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, running 16:16.0 to lead the team … logged another second-place finish, clocking a team-leading time of 20:01.9 at the Wisconsin Invitational … claimed back-to-back wins at the Mountain West Championships (20:02.70) and NCAA Mountain Regionals (19:59.9) … earned MW Women’s Student-Athlete of the Year for cross country and USTFCCCA Mountain Regional Female Athlete of the Year … also named All-MW by the conference and All-Region by the USTFCCCA … notched her third straight All-American nod in cross country at the NCAA Championships, taking 19th overall (and first on the team) with a time of 20:13.2. 
2017 Indoors
: Ran at four meets, all in the 5000-meter run … opened her season at the Husky Classic, running 16:00.67 to place seventh … logged a winning time of 16:02.11* at the Last Chance Qualifier at Montana … won the Mountain West title in the 5K at the MW Championships, clocking a then-PR of 15:56.94* … advanced to the NCAA Championships, placing ninth and just missing All-American honors via her time of 15:56.24.
2017 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets, including the NCAA Championships … kicked off her season at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running a third-place time of 15:53.28 … broke the school record in the 10,000-meter run at the Payton Jordan Invitational, running 32:29.28 … placed first collegiately at the Payton Jordan, earning her Mountain West Female Track Athlete of the Week honors … won the 5000 at the MW Championships, clocking a time of 15:53.85* … captured another victory in the 10,000 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, punching her ticket to the NCAA finals with a time of 34:06.78 … earned her second straight runner-up finish in the 10K at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing the 25-lap event in 32:42.64 … also captured a second straight CoSIDA Academic All-America honor.

2015-16
2015:
Saw action at four meets for the national champion Lobos … never finished out of the top-10 at any of the four meets … opened with a fifth-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, running 16:29.5 to place third on the team … finish seventh overall and fourth for UNM at the Wisconsin Invitational, clocking in at 19:43.8 … New Mexico’s No. 2 at the Mountain West Championships, finishing fourth overall in 22:24.42 … claimed her second straight All-American nod on the grass at the NCAA Championships, finishing fifth overall (and second on the team) with a time of 19:53.1. 
2016 Indoors
: Did not compete.
2016 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets, including the NCAA Championships … opened the season with similar performances in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational (16:01.67) and Bryan Clay Invitational (16:01.80), winning at the Bryan Clay … almost broke the New Mexico record in the 10,000 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, running 32:36.11 to finish as the second-best collegian and punch her ticket to the NCAAs … took second in the 5000 at the Mountain West Championships, clocking a time of 16:19.11 … claimed second place in the 10,000 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, advancing to the NCAA Championships via her time of 34:21.95 … at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, captured runner-up honors in the 10K after leading for most of the race and rallying late for a time of 32:46.99 … earned CoSIDA Academic All-American honors.

2014-15
2014 XC:
Competed at all six meets, serving as the team leader throughout the postseason … opened with a second place team and overall finish at the Lobo Invitational … eighth overall and second on the team at the Notre Dame Invitational … 42nd overall and second on the team at the Wisconsin Invitational … took over as the team’s ace at the Mountain West Championships, as she took fourth overall … won the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, covering the 6K course in 20:51.10 to earn USTFCCCA Mountain Region Women’s Athlete of the Year … Captured All-American honors at the NCAA Championships, running to a team-leading 20th in Terre Haute … placed ninth at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships. 
2015 Indoors
: Competed at five meets … ran a time of 16:09.38 in the 5000 at the Washington Husky Classic, placing 11th … clocked a time of 9:26.42 in the 3000 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … won the 5000 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 16:05.62* … also scored a runner-up finish n the 3000 at the MW Championships, finishing in 9:28.47* … ran with the Lobos’ 10th-place DMR team at the NCAA Championships.
2015 Outdoors: Saw action at five meets … opened with a 10th-place performance in the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitationa, finishing in 32:56.33 … ran 15:45.87 in the 5000 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, taking eighth … won the 10K at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 33:18.25 … also placed third in the 5K at the MW Championships, running 16:12.76 … qualified to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, where she placed second in the 10,000 with a time of 34:25.04 … at the NCAA Championships, rallied over the final laps for an eighth-place time of 33:41.86.

2013-14
2013 XC:
Competed at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 157th overall with a time of 19:03.07 over the 5-kilometer course.
2014 Indoors & Outdoors
: Did not compete.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Won the 3000-meter run three times in 2011, including at the Inter Counties Schools’ Championships, the Hereford & Worcester County Schools Championships and the Worcestershire County Championships … placed first at the 2011 Worcestershire Championships, while also claiming second at the 2011 English Schools’ Championships.

XC HONORS

  • USTFCCCA First-Team All-American: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • USTFCCCA Mountain Regional Female Athlete of the Year: 2016
  • Mountain West Female Athlete of the Year: 2016
  • First-Team All-Mountain West: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • USTFCCCA All-Mountain Region: 2014, 2016

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

  • USTFCCCA First-Team All-American: 2015 (8th, 10K), 2016 (2nd, 10K), 2017 (2nd, 10K), 2018 (4th, 10K)
  • USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American: 2015 (DMR), 2017 (5K), 2018 (5K)
  • All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2015 (3000/5000), 2017 (5K)
  • All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2015 (5000/10K), 2016 (5K), 2017 (5K)
  • Mountain West Track Athlete of the Week: 2/24/15, 5/9/17
  • CoSIDA Academic All-America: 2016, 2017
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District: 2015, 2016 & 2017

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol