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. She won the Worcestershire County Championships
3000 meters race in 2011, setting a personal best of 9:39.98 at the distance a few weeks later in
Watford
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Initially a smal ...
.
NCAA
Wright moved to the
United States
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in 2013. In college, Wright was an 11-time
NCAA Division I
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All-American
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(8 time 1st Team, 3 times 2nd Team) at
University of New Mexico
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.
In 2014, Alice Wright led the
New Mexico Lobos women's cross country team to an
NCAA Division I
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cross country team championship title, placing 3rd.
In 2015,
Courtney Frerichs's 5th place (19:48.0) finish led the team to an
NCAA Division I
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cross country team title scoring 49 points. Wright finished in 6th place (19:53.1).
In 2016, Wright led the team to a seventh-place finish in the
NCAA Division I
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cross country Championships.
In 2017, the
New Mexico Lobos women's cross country again won the
NCAA Division I
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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
The University of New Mexico (UNM; ) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, a flagship university in th ...
's 8th-straight top-10 performance at the NCAA Championships — the longest active streak in
NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship history.
Professional
In July 2018, Alice Wright moved to
Flagstaff, Arizona
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Flagstaff is the principal city of the Coconino Cou ...
to train under coach Ben Rosario at Northern Arizona Elite.
In August 2018, Wright placed 6th (later promoted to 5th) while representing
Team GB
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at the
2018 European Athletics Championships
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The United Kingdom of Grea ...
in
10,000 metres
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.
On 12 September 2021, Wright won the Athens Half Marathon in
Athens
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,
Greece
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, in a time of 1:14:53. In November of the same year, Wright broke the British record in the
one-hour run on the track, covering 17,044 meters.
In 2022, Wright made her marathon debut at the
Chevron Houston Marathon in
Houston, Texas
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, where she finished second in a time of 2:29:08.
She then represented Great Britain internationally for the second time at the senior level, finishing 22nd in the
women's marathon at the
2022 European Athletics Championships
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They were part of the 2022 European Championships, European Championships, a multi ...
in a time of 2:35:33.
References
External links
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NAZ Elite Host Eric Senseman talks with Alice Wright about her transition to joining Northern Arizona Elite, her 8 NCAA National Championship All-American Awards, future in the marathon, represent Great Britain at European and World Cross Country and TrackAlice Wright – HOKA NAZ Elite*
at
European Athletic Association
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1994 births
Living people
New Mexico Lobos women's track and field athletes
University of New Mexico alumni
Sportspeople from Worcester, England
English female marathon runners
British female marathon runners
English female long-distance runners
British female long-distance runners
English female cross country runners
British female cross country runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
21st-century American women
21st-century English sportswomen