2012 Track and Field Roster
Catrina McAlister
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
- High School:
- San Clemente/Arcadia
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Mile: 5:10.15 (2012)
3,000 Meters: 9:40.95 (2012)
OUTDOOR
800-meters: 2:17.74 (2015)
1,500-meters: 4:30.31 (2012)
5,000-meters: 17:59.90 (2012)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015)
2015: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: McAlister raced the 800 and 1,500 during her last season. She recorded her 800 personal best (2:17.74) at the CU Invite (4/11). McAlister’s season best in the 1,500 was at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/17), where she finished in 4:38.15.
2014: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: McAlister ran the 1,500 at the Fum McGraw Open (3/29) and placed second in 4:45.38. She also ran on the 4x400 relay at the meet; the team placed fourth in 4:12.70.
2013: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
2012: Indoor: McAlister raced three times as a freshman. She started the season with a second-place finish in the mile (5:10.15) at the Air Force Team Challenge (1/28). Her other two races were 3k’s. She recorded a time of 9:53.79 at the Husky Classic (2/11), but two weeks later, McAlister improved on that time by running 9:40.95 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships.
Outdoor: McAlister focused on the 1,500, racing it three times during the season. She clocked a personal best of 4:30.31 at Mt. SAC Relays (4/19). McAlister raced the 1,500 and the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships. In the prelims of the 1,500, she placed 18th in 4:37.80. McAlister came back the following day in the 5k, clocking a time of 17:59.90.
CROSS COUNTRY: (2014) McAlister ran in two meets for CU as a junior. She raced to an eighth place finish in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals and was 63rd at Pac-12s. (2013) McAlister raced three times for the Buffs as a sophomore. She started the season by placing ninth at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. McAlister was CU’s seventh runner to finish at NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing 163rd overall. Her final race of the season was the Pac-12 Championships where she placed 30th as the fifth scorer, helping CU take second in the team race. (2012) McAlister earned a spot on the varsity roster as a redshirt freshman. Her first meet of the season was the Santa Clara Bronco Invite where she placed 41st overall. McAlister followed up that performance with a 70th-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships. She was the alternate at regionals and nationals.
HIGH SCHOOL: McAlister ran most of her high school career at Arcadia High School. While attending AHS she was very successful on the cross country course and on the track. McAlister was an all-state selection in cross country as a junior and senior. She was ninth in 2009 and 10th in 2010 at the state championship. McAlister was the Pacific League Champion in 2010 as well. She went on to compete at the FootLocker meets where she was seventh in the west and finished 25th in the finals. On the track McAlister was the Pacific League Champion her sophomore and junior seasons in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs. McAlister placed 10th at the state championship in the 3,200 as a junior.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 4:50.78; 3,200-meters: 10:24.85.
IN THE CLASSROOM: McAlister was an English and philosophy major. She recorded a GPA greater than 3.20.
PERSONAL: Catrina Jean McAlister was born on August 21, 1993 in Los Angeles, Calif. She is the daughter of Claron and Carla McAlister and has two younger siblings, Cocean and Caiya, twins. McAlister enjoys writing, surfing, photography, gardening and playing the guitar.
