British long-distance runner
Alice Wright
Nationality British Born (1994-11-03 ) 3 November 1994 (age 30) Worcester, England Home town Albuquerque, New Mexico '13-18Flagstaff, Arizona '18-PresentHeight 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Country England Great Britain Sport Track and field ,Road racing ,Cross country Event(s) 5 km , 10 km , Half marathon , Marathon , Cross country College team New Mexico Lobos women's cross country Team Hoka One One Turned pro 2018 Coached by Ben Rosario Personal best(s) 3000 metres: 9:39
Alice Wright (born 3 November 1994) is an English-born long-distance runner.
Early life and prep
Wright represented Worcester AC as a junior athlete.[ 1] 3000 meters race in 2011, setting a personal best of 9:39.98 at the distance a few weeks later in Watford .[ 2]
NCAA
Wright moved to the United States in 2013. In college, Wright was an 11-time NCAA Division I All-American (8 time 1st Team, 3 times 2nd Team) at University of New Mexico .[ 3]
In 2014, Alice Wright led the New Mexico Lobos women's cross country team to an NCAA Division I cross country team championship title, placing 3rd.[ 4] [ 5]
In 2015, Courtney Frerichs 's 5th place (19:48.0) finish led the team to an NCAA Division I cross country team title scoring 49 points. Wright finished in 6th place (19:53.1).[ 6]
In 2016, Wright led the team to a seventh-place finish in the NCAA Division I cross country Championships.[ 7]
In 2017, the New Mexico Lobos women's cross country again won the NCAA Division I cross country team title, with individual winner Ednah Kurgat taking 1st place (19:19.5). Wright was the team's fourth runner, finishing 14th (19:49.73). The 2017 team was University of New Mexico 's 8th-straight top-10 performance at the NCAA Championships — the longest active streak in NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship history.[ 8]
Representing University of New Mexico
School Year
Mountain West Conference Cross Country NCAA Cross Country MWC Track NCAA Track MWC Track NCAA Track
2017-18 Senior
6000 m 5th
6000 m 14th, 5000 9th 5000 2nd
10000 m 4th,
2016-17 Junior
6000 m 1st,
6000 m 19th, 5000 m 1st,
5000 9th 5000 m 1st
10000 m 2nd,
2015-16 Sophomore
6000 m 4th,
6000 m 5th, 5000 m 2nd
10000 m 2nd,
2014-15 Freshman
6000 m 4th,
6000 m 20th, 5000 m 1st,
DMR 10th 5000 m 3rd
10000 m 8th,
Professional
In July 2018, Alice Wright moved to Flagstaff, Arizona to train under coach Ben Rosario at Northern Arizona Elite.[ 9]
In August 2018, Wright placed 6th (later promoted to 5th) while representing Team GB at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in 10,000 metres .[ 10]
On 12 September 2021, Wright won the Athens Half Marathon in Athens , Greece , in a time of 1:14:53.[ 11] one-hour run on the track, covering 17,044 meters.[ 12]
In 2022, Wright made her marathon debut at the Chevron Houston Marathon in Houston, Texas , where she finished second in a time of 2:29:08.[ 13] women's marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in a time of 2:35:33.
References
^ "Friday Focus: Alice Wright - FloTrack" . www.flotrack.org . Retrieved 16 August 2022 .^ "Athlete Profile" . www.thepowerof10.info . Retrieved 16 August 2022 .^ Malloy, Mike (8 June 2012). "Running is athlete's road to aid Kenyans" . ESPN . Retrieved 15 September 2016 . ^ "NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships November 22, 2014 - EVENTS:Women's 6k" . TFRRS. Retrieved 25 July 2018 .^ "Fall Sports Issue: Q & A with Alice Wright By Liam Cary-Eaves Published 09/12/16 10:18 am" . DailyLobo.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018 .^ "NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships November 21, 2015 - E.P. Tom Sawyer Park Louisville, KY HOST: University of Louisville" . TFRRS. Retrieved 25 July 2018 .^ "NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships November 19, 2016 - LaVern Gibson Championship XC Course Terre Haute, IN 47801 HOST: Indiana St. University" . TFRRS. Retrieved 25 July 2018 .^ University of New Mexico Lobos (18 November 2017). "UNM Women's Cross Country wins 2017 NCAA Title" . University of New Mexico . Retrieved 25 July 2018 . ^ "Clark, Murphy and Wright join HOKA NAZ Elite" . HOKA NAZ Elite . 11 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2022 .^ 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres results ^ "Results - Athina Half Marathon" . athinahalfmarathon.gr . Retrieved 16 August 2022 .^ "British wins in US Conferences for Hicks, Beattie and Dee - weekly round-up" . AW . 1 November 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2022 .^ Hartman, Mike. "NAZ Elite This Week: Wright's marathon debut in Houston highlights strong weekend for team" . Arizona Daily Sun . Retrieved 16 August 2022 .
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