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

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race in 2011, setting a personal best of 9:39.98 at the distance a few weeks later in

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NCAA

Wright moved to the

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in 2013. In college, Wright was an 11-time

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(8 time 1st Team, 3 times 2nd Team) at

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. In 2014, Alice Wright led the New Mexico Lobos women's cross country team to an

cross country team championship title, placing 3rd. In 2015, Courtney Frerichs's 5th place (19:48.0) finish led the team to an

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

cross country Championships. In 2017, the New Mexico Lobos women's cross country again won the

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

'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

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to train under coach Ben Rosario at Northern Arizona Elite. In August 2018, Wright placed 6th (later promoted to 5th) while representing

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at the

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. On 12 September 2021, Wright won the Athens Half Marathon in

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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

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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

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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 Track

Alice Wright – HOKA NAZ Elite
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Alice 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