Alicia Guridy

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Tappahannock, Va.
Prev School:
Essex HS

2011 (R-Jr.): Ran two events at the Big South outdoor meet, placing 10th in the 10K and 13th in the steeplechase … closed the year with a fifth-place 5K finish at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier in a time of 18:44.95 … crossed the line 16th in the Big South indoor 5K final … Cross Country: Set cross country bests for both the 5K (19:42.9 at the Big South meet) and 6K (23:29 at the Brooks Paul Short Run) … placed 38th at the Big South Championship … served as Liberty's top runner at the season-ending Cavalier Open, with a sixth-place finish … Big South Presidential Honor Roll member.

2010 (R-So.): Competed in the steeplechase for the first time in her career, contesting the event twice during the outdoor track season … notched an 11:53.94 in her debut performance, ranking No. 7 in program history … finished sixth in the Big South steeplechase final … indoors, she clocked a personal-best 5K time of 18:42.78 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup … finished 12th in the Big South indoor 5K … Cross Country: Raced five times during the cross country season … broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time at the Hagan Stone Park Classic, where she traversed the 5K course in 19:54.3 … came in 35th at the Big South meet, an improvement of eight places over the previous season.

2009 (R-Fr.): Ran a 20:41.85 in her 5K track debut, Jan. 23 at the Liberty Open indoor meet … less than two months later, she lowered her personal best by more than a minute and a half, clocking 19:08.89 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational … notched a 39:52.93 in her first try at the 10K distance, finishing second at the VMI/Washington & Lee Track & Field Carnival … came in 11th in the Big South 10K final … Cross Country: Placed 43rd at the Big South meet … Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2008 (Fr.): Attended Liberty, but did not compete in either cross country or track & field.

Prep: Two-year team captain at Essex High School … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Cid Guridy and Karen Bell … niece of Liberty Senior Associate Athletics Director Mickey Guridy … major is English education … birthday is May 12.

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
1,000 - 3:23.25 (Indoor)
1,500 – 5:02.42
Mile – 5:20.55 (Indoor)
3K – 10:53.70 (Indoor)
3K SC – 11:52.25
5K – 18:15.99 (Indoor)
10K – 39:47.59