Alisa Meraz-Fishbein

Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.
High School:
Albuquerque
Major:
Journalism (Business and Creative Writing Minors)

2021: XC:

TF: -35th at Pac-12 (5000)

-12th at Pac-12 (3000S)

2020: XC: -10th at FSU Classic

-6th at Battle Born Collegiate Challenge

TF: -36th at NCAA Preliminaries (3000S)

-32nd at Pac-12 (5000)

-8th at Pac-12 (3000S)

2019: XC: -Redshirted

TF:

2020: Ran in a pair of meets for the Buffs … was 10^th in the gold section of the FSU Winter Classic, finishing sixth overall for the team … at the Battle Born Collegiate Challenge she improved to sixth overall as the third scorer in the green race.

2019: Redshirt ... did not compete ... raced twice unattached ... was 43^rd at the Wyoming Invitational ... placed 16^th at the RoadRunner Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded three-straight top-10 finishes at the New Mexico State High School Cross Country 5A Championships, including a third-place finish as a junior... her team broke the sprint medley state record (4:11.10) en route to winning the state title in 2019; Meraz-Fishbein ran the anchor leg (800m) ... in the same meet, she placed second in the individual 800 and was third in the 1,600 ... as an eighth-grader, she won her first of three state titles in the 400 ... also won the 800 in her sophomore season, clocking a PR time of 2:15.90 ... was a midfielder on the school’s soccer team and earned a pair of all-district honors ... was named a National Merit Scholar Finalist, a National Hispanic Scholar, and Albuquerque High School Athlete of the Year.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:15.90; 1,600-meters: 5:08; 3,200-meters: 11:21.10.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Journalism major ... owns a 3.98 GPA … member of the 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: Alisa Meraz-Fishbein ... born December 28, 2000 in San Antonio, Texas ... daughter of Jeremy Fishbein and Alicia Meraz of Albuquerque, N.M ... .has one sister, Gabriela ... father played soccer at IC Santa Barbara ... mother played tennis for University of New Mexico and played professionally, representing Mexico ... has dual citizenship with Mexico and the United States and is bilingual with Spanish as her first language.

Results
2020........................... Fin/CU.... Time
at FSU (Gold)....................... 10/6.......... 21:53
at Battle Born (Green)...... 6/3............ 21:20

2019........................... Fin/CU.... Time
at Wyoming Invite............. +43........... 20:34
at RoadRunner Invite........ 14/3.......... 23:37

+ran unattached

HONORS
2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll