2024 Outdoor Track & Field Roster

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Alexia Allen

  • Position:
    Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    3
  • Hometown:
    Austell, Ga.
  • High School:
    New Manchester HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER BESTS
EVENT XC INDOOR OUTDOOR
200m - - 28.26 (3/20/2021, Conway, Ark.)
400m - 1:04.62 (12/13/2020, Jonesboro, Ark.) -
800m - 2:27.63 (1/16/2021, Fayetteville, Ark.) -
400m Hurdles - - 166-10 / 50.87m (5/13/2021, Mobile, Ala. [SBC])
2-mile 13:49.9 (Sept. 25, 2020, Arlington, Texas) - -
4,000m 18:40 (Sept. 3, 2021, Monroe, La.) - -
5,000m 23:22.5 (Oct. 17, 2020, Little Rock, Ark.) - -
 

2021 Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran in two meets with a season-best 5K time of 23:32.9 as she placed 76th at the Texas A&M Invitational (9/25).

2021 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in two events and both relays across five meets ... Posted top times of 28.26 in the 200m and 1:05.92 in the 400m hurdles ... Opened the outdoor season at the Richard Martin, Jr. Invitational (3/19-20) where she ran the first leg of the 4x100m relay that finished as the runner up with a time of 49.3 (hand-timed), placed fifth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:07.37 and ran 28.26 in the 200m to finish 23rd ... Was the runner-up in the 400m hurdles at the Little Rock Open (4/10) with a time of 1:07.37 ... Finished fourth in the 400m hurdles at the Red Wolves Open (4/16-17) with a time of 1:07.93 ... Finished 12th in the 400m hurdles at the Maroon & White Invite (4/30-5/1) with a time of 1:05.92 ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay at the Sun Belt Championships (5/13-15) that finished eighth with a time of 3:53.67 while also placing 21st in the 400m hurdles, running 1:07.18.

2020-21 Indoor (Freshman): Ran in two events and both relays across three meets ... Posted season-best times of 1:04.62 in the 400m and 2:27.63 in the 800m ... Made her first collegiate appearance at the A-State Kickoff Classic (12/13) where she finished eighth in the 400m with a time of 1:04.62 and ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay “B” team that finished fourth with a time of 4:13.76 ... At the Arkansas Invitational (1/16), finished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:27.63 while also running the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished seventh with a time of 4:12.81 ... Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay that ran 3:56.30 to finish seventh at the Sun Belt Championships (2/22-23) while also running the third leg of the distance medley relay that ran 12:49.10 to place seventh.

2020 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in three meets, running a season-best 5K time of 23:22.5 ... Opened the year at the UCA Open (9/12) where she finished 34th with a 5K time of 23:22.9 ... Ran 13:49.9 in the two-mile UTA Invitational (9/25), finishing 31st ... Placed 58th at the Little Rock Open (10/17) with a 5K time of 23:22.5.

High School: Lettered three years at New Manchester High School in cross country and track and field … Named the track team MVP … Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class.
 
Personal: Born Sept. 2 … Daughter of Alisa and Bobby Allen … Has one younger brother, Seth … Wants to be an athletic trainer.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2022Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2023Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2024Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles