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2009 XC: Was the team's top finisher at the NCAA Championships, placing 49th
overall and missing All-America honors by nine places...her time of 20:55.8 over
6,000m at the national meet ranks as the seventh-fastest by an ASU woman in the
NCAA race when it is held in Terre Haute... earned all-region honors by finishing
21st overall... just missed out on all-conference accolades by placing
15th overall at the Pac-10 Championships... opened her season with a
runner-up showing at the ASU Invitational.
Wake Forest: Graduated from Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, N.C.) with a B.A.
in Psychology in June 2009... competed on the cross country and track & field
teams for four years... earned All-ACC honors in cross country in 2008... also
selected the ACC Runner of the Week in 2008.
High School: A 2005 graduate of West Islip High School (West Islip, N.Y.)... lettered
in indoor track four times and three times each in both cross country and
outdoor track... captained all three teams as a senior... finalist at the 2003 Foot
Locker Cross Country Championships... took second place in the indoor mile at the
2004 national championships to earn All-America honors... two-time all-state
honoree, including the indoor mile (2004) and the outdoor 1500m (2004)... holds
WIHS school records on the track in all events from 1000m to 3000m.
Personal:
Majoring in nutrition... parents are Bruce and Barbara Kieffer... born September 16,
1987, in West Islip, N.Y.... hobbies include hiking and traveling... full name is
Allison Kieffer.
Personal
Bests 800: 2:14 1500: 4:27 3000: 9:48
In NCAA Championship Meets
2009 XC
6,000m Course 20:55.80 49th
* Indicates All-America honors attained
