2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Alli Cash
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission West
- Hometown:
- Lexexa, Kan.
Five-Time All-American
Two-Time Pac-12 Track All-Academic (First-Team - 2015; Second-Team - 2016)
Three-Time Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic (First-Team - 2014, 2015; Second-Team - 2016)
2017-18: Outdoor - Recorded a personal best time of 33:02.89 in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA West Preliminaries to earn a qualifying bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Took fifth place in the 10,000 meters (33:30.50) to score four points for the Ducks, and ninth place in the 5,000 meters (16:41.33) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Finished the 1,500 meters in 4:25.34 at the Oregon Twilight ... Took fifth place in the 5,000 meter invite with a time of 16:40.36 at the OSU High Performance ... Took fifth place in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:57.27 at the Pepsi Invitational. Cross Country: Took 166th place at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:12.4 ... Finished 43rd overall with a time of 20:41.5 in her season debut at the NCAA West Regionals.
2016-17: Indoor - Earned second-team all-America honors in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing ninth in 9:14.98 ... Won the 3000 meters at the MPSF Championships finishing with a time of 9:09.18...Placed fifth at the Columbia East/West Challenge in the mile (4:40.34)... Set a new personal record in both the 3000 meters (9:06.91) and the 5000 meters (16:00.27) at the Husky Classic... Cross Country - Was the Ducks' fourth finisher at the 2016 ISU Pre-National Invitational with a time of 20:59.1... Finished 13th overall and second for the Ducks at the Pac-12 Championships (20:56.7)... Was the first Duck to finish and fifth overall to finish at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 19:43.5... Placed 14th overall at the NCAA Championships with a time of 20:08.2, helping the Women of Oregon to the national title ... Pac-12 all-academic second team.
2015-16: NCAA Indoor and outdoor scorer for the Ducks. Outdoor - 5,000 meter scorer at both the Pac-12 and NCAA championships ... Opened season by running a seasonal best 16:00.90 at the Stanford Invitational ... Returned to that distance for the Pac-12 Championships where she was fourth in 16:14.25 ... Followed that with a solid fifth-place run at the NCAA Championships in 16:04.11 ... Pac-12 all-academic second team. Indoor - A scorer at 3,000 meters for the NCAA Indoor champion Ducks ... Ran a personal-best 9:09.46 in a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Cross Country - Claimed her first collegiate victory at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, finishing in 20:27.5 to lead Oregon's victory...Oregon's first finisher and second place overall at the Washington Invitational in 19:44.6...Oregon's fourth runner and the 53rd overall finisher at the Pre-National Invitational in 10:46.5...Oregon's second finisher and sixth overall at the Pac-12 Championships in 20:05.3...sixth overall and the Ducks' second finisher at the NCAA West Regionals in 20:46.1...Oregon's second finisher and 31st overall at the NCAA Championships in 20:20.9... That finish was good for her first cross country all-America honors...Pac-12 all-academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors – 5,000 Meters – 16:00.90 (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (4/1/16). Indoors - Mile - 4:37.26 (PR), UW Indoor Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/16/16); 3,000 Meters - 9:09.46, NCAA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. (3/12/16).
2014-15: Outdoor - All-American at 1,500 meters and a Pac-10 scorer in the 3,000 meter steeplechase...ran a pair of personal bests at 1,500 meters...fifth at that distance at the Oregon Twilight in 4:21.39...ran a five second PR at the NCAA West Regional of 4:16.56 to advance to the NCAA Championships...was 10th in her semifinal and 19th overall at the NCAA meet (4:21.21) to earn her first All-America award (second team)...in the steeple, finished second at the Pepsi Team Invitational in 10:30.39...ran a personal best 10:25.94 to place fifth at the Pac-12 Championships...Pac-12 all-academic first team. Indoor - Ran the mile twice and the 3,000 meters once...best mile time of 4:43.59 came at the MPSF Championships. Cross Country – Was Oregon's third runner at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, crossing the tape 15th overall in 20:51 (6,000 meters)...strong 14th place finish at the Washington Invitational (20:49, 6,000 meters), clinching Oregon's victory as the team's No. 5 finisher...yet another of Oregon's strong pack runners at the Pre-Nationals Invitational where the team finished second...took 32nd overall in 21:18.6 (6,000 meters)...12th-place finish in 20:33 (6,000 meters) helped Oregon win the 2014 Pac-12 cross country championship...Oregon's fourth runner and 22nd overall in 20:49.8 (6,000 meters) to help the women win the NCAA West Regional...was the team's top finisher at the NCAA Championships, taking 59th in 20:56.4 (6,000 meters)...named Pac-12 all-academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors – 1,500 Meters – 4:16.56 (PR), NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, Austin, Texas (5/30/15); 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:25.94 (PR), Pac-12 Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (5/16/15). Indoors - Mile - 4:43.59, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/15).
2013-14: Outdoor – Qualified for the Pac-12 and NCAA Championships as a freshman…finished in seventh running in her first collegiate race at the Oregon Preview in the 1,500 (4:25.28)…followed up with a third place finish at the Aztec Invitational in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.83…also came in third at the Pepsi Dual in the 1,500 (4:24.84)…claimed third at the OSU High Performance Meet with a time of 4:24.08 in the 1,500…set a personal record in the 1,500 at the NCAA Regionals with a mark of 4:21.48 to claim the 12th and final spot for the NCAA Championships…at the national meet, times 4:23.60 in the 1,500 meters semifinals. Indoor – Redshirt season. Cross Country – Redshirt season. Season Bests: Outdoors – 1,500 Meters – 4:21.48, NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, Fayetteville, Ark. (5/29/14).
Prep: The nine-time state distance champion for Shawnee Mission West High School broke a 32 year-old Kansas state high school record in the 1,600 meters, 4:52.31, at the 2012 state meet where she won four gold medals. She also claimed individual titles in the 800 and 3,200 meters as well as the 3,200 meter relay. Owns a pair of Kansas state cross country titles (2011-12) and set the 4,000 meter course record at the 2012 Rim Rock Farm High School XC Classic in 13:59.30. Was undefeated in cross country as a senior in 2012. Cash was named the Kansas Gatorade Runner of the Year in 2012 for both track and field and cross country. Had the nation’s top time in the mile among high school juniors, 4:39.98, a time that was second overall in the prep ranks. Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the 2012 U.S. Junior National Championships in 4:21.95. Prior to that, Cash took third in the 2012 adidas Dream Mile in 4:39.98. High School Bests: 1,500 Meters - 4:21.95, 2012; Mile - 4:39.98, 2012; 3,200 Meters - 10:32.00, 2012.
Personal: Major is human physiology.
Personal Bests
800 Meters - 2:12.83
SDSU Aztec Invitational
San Diego, Calif., 3/17/14
1,500 Meters - 4:16.56
NCAA West Preliminary Rounds,
Austin, Texas, 5/30/15
Mile - 4:37.26 (I)
UW Indoor Preview,
Seattle, Wash., 1/16/15
3,000 Meters - 9:06.91
2017 Husky Classic,
Seattle, Wash., 2/11/2017
3,000 Meters (Outdoor) - 9:57.27
Pepsi Invitational
Eugene, Ore., 4/7/19
5,000 Meters (Indoors) - 16:00.27
2017 Husky Classic,
Seattle, Wash., 2/11/2017
5,000 Meters (Outdoors) - 16:00.90
Stanford Invitational,
Palo Alto, Calif., 4/1/2016
10,000 Meters - 33:02.89
NCAA West Prelims,
Sacramento, Calif., 5/25/18
3,000 Meters (Steeplechase) - 10:25.94
Pac-12 T&F Championships
Los Angeles, Calf., 5/15/15
NCAA Outdoor Championships
2016 - 5,000 Meters, 5th, 16:04.11
2015 - 1,500 Meters, s-10th, 4:21.21
2014 - 1,500 Meters, s-10th, 4:23.60
NCAA Indoor Championships
2016 – 3,000 Meters, 7th, 9:09.46
2017 – 3,000 Meters, 9th, 9:14.98
Pac-12 Track Championships
2018 - 10,000 Meters, 5th, 33:30.50
2018 - 5,000 Meters, 9th, 16:41.33
2016 - 5,000 Meters, 4th, 16:14.25
2016 - 1,500 Meters, p-18th
2015 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 5th, 10:25.94
2015 - 10,000 Meters - DNF
2014 - 5,000 Meters, 16th, 16:57.57
2014 – 1,500 Meters, p-5th, 4:29.90
NCAA Cross Country Championships
2017 - 166th, 21:12.4
2016 - 14th, 20:08.2
2015 – 31st, 20:20.9
2014 - 59th, 20:56.4
NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2017 - 43rd, 20:41.5
2016 - 5th, 19:43.5
2015 - 6th, 20:46.0
2014 - 22nd, 20:49.7
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2016 - 13th, 20:56.69
2015 – 6th, 20:05.3
2014 - 12th, 20:33
