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Alyssa Allison
Indoor: Junior
Outdoor: Junior
XC: Junior
Herculaneum, Mo.
Track:
2011-12:
Did not compete in the indoor or outdoor seasons.
Previous colleges:
Arkansas: placed 15th overall at SEC cham-
pionships...Named SEC Freshman of the Year...NCAA Cham-
pionships qualifier...Arizona State: member of Track & Field
team... Ranked seventh all-time in program history in the indoor
mile after running with a time 4:51.35.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in six meets for the Salukis...Highest finish of seventh
place came at the Saluki Invitational on Sep. 22.
2011:
Competed in three meets, all unattached...Won two meets
(Walt Crawford Open and the Saluki Invitational), and finished
second in the SIU Early Bird.
High school:
Nine time Missouri state champion...Represented
the United States in Trinidad at the 2009 Junior Pan Am Games
in the steeplechase, finishing fifth overall.
Personal:
Full name is Alyssa Nichole Allison...Born September
5, 1990 on Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Illinois...Daughter
of Jeffrey and Tracy Allison...Has two brothers, Eli and Cole...
Cole also a member of SIU cross country team...Majoring in art
education.
Cole Allison
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Junior
XC: Sophomore
Festus, Mo.
Track:
2011-12:
Did not compete in the indoor season...Ran in four
events (1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m) in five meets in the
outdoor season...Notched three top-ten finishes, including a win
in the 3000m at the Memphis Tiger Invitational on April 28 with
a time of 8:40.63...His 10,000m time of 32:02.23 at the MVC
Outdoor Championships on May 11 garnered him tenth place
and was the 16th best 10,000m time in the MVC all season.
2010-11:
Competed in six meets during the indoor season for the
Salukis...Placed third in the GVSU Big Meet in the 3000m with
a time of 8:37.30...Participated in the MVC Indoor Champion-
ships...Outdoor season competed in five meets...Finished ninth
in 10,000m and 15th in the 500m at the MVC Outdoor Champi-
onships...Recorded a season best second place finish at the Ole
Miss Invitational in the 5000m with a time of 15:01.98.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in six meets for Southern...Placed in the top-15 twice
and the top-30 twice...Best finish of fifth place came at the un-
scored SIU Early Bird on Aug. 31.
2011:
Named to All-MVC team...Competed in six meets for the
Salukis...Had four top-ten finishes, including a career best third
place finish at the Evansville Invite on Oct. 15 with a time of
25:16.30...Finished tenth at the MVC Championship with a time
of 25:31.0...Had an average finish of 24th place.
2010:
Redshirted
High School:
Qualified for the state cross country meet in all
four years of high school...Highest finish at state was second
during his senior season...Led Festus High School to the 2009
Class 3A state cross country title...Finished eighth in the 4x800
relay in 2009.
Personal:
Born on July 11, 1991, in Farmington, Mo...Full name
is Cole Anthony Allison...Son of Jeffrey and Tracy Allison...
Father is a mortician and mother is a correctional nurse...Major
is pre-major/undecided.
Alyssa Allison
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 4:23.11
1500m - 4:11.66
3000m - 8:37.30
3000m - 8:40.63
5000m - 15:01.98
10,000m - 31:46.71