Alyssa Karle

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-5
Hometown:
Acton, Calif.
Prev School:
Santa Clarita Christian School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform

600 - 1:41.36 (Indoor)

800 - 2:20.30

1,000 - 3:02.47 (Indoor)

1,500 - 4:39.11

Mile - 5:12.44 (Indoor)

3K - 10:20.98 (Indoor)

2K SC - 7:12.69

3K SC - 10:58.86

All-Big South Honors (4)

2016 Outdoor Steeplechase - 2nd

2017 Outdoor Steeplechase - 2nd

2018 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st

2018 Outdoor Steeplechase - 3rd

2017 Cross Country (R-Sr.)

• The Lady Flames’ lone senior served as the team’s No. 4 runner for most of the season

• Recorded career-best finishes at both the Big South (18^th place) and NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships (162^nd place)

• Raced to a 6K personal-best time of 22:33 for 41^st place at the Paul Short Run

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

• Big South steeplechase runner-up for the second straight year

• Personal-best time of 10:58.86 in the Big South steeplechase final moved her up to No. 3 in program history

• Season also included personal bests in the 800 (2:20.30 at the Gamecock Invitational on April 15) and 1,500 (4:41.91 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier on May 3)

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

• Placed seventh in the Big South mile (personal-best 5:16.94) and eighth in the 3K (10:39.15)

• Improved her 3K best to 10:34.81 at the Liberty Elite Invitational on Feb. 11

2016 Cross Country (R-Jr.)

• Came in 31^st at the Big South meet

• Fastest 5K of the year (19:41.9) was achieved at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic

• Crossed the line 43^rd at the VT Alumni Invite, just missing her 6K personal best with a 23:36.4 effort

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)

• Enjoyed a breakthrough season in the steeplechase, dropping her time from 11:41.32 in 2015 to 11:05.82 in 2016

• Her 11:05.82 effort was good for second place in the Big South steeplechase final and No. 4 in program history, earning her first All-Big South notation

• Raced to a 1,500 personal best of 4:51.95 at the VertKlasse Meeting

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)

• Improved her 3K clocking each of the three times she ran it, culminating with a 10:40.25 at the Liberty Quad

2015 Cross Country (R-So.)

• Ran inside the Lady Flames’ top six throughout the season

• Liberty’s fifth and final scorer at the Big South Championship, where she ran a 5K-best time of 18:50.85 for 19^th place, improving by 29 spots from the 2014 Big South meet

• Raced at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship for the first time, coming in 165^th

• Fastest 6K of the season (23:32.3) came in the Pre-Nationals black race

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)

• Dropped her steeplechase time from 12:07.22 to 11:41.32 during her first season running the race, culminating with an eighth-place Big South finish

• The 11:41.32 effort ranks ninth on Liberty's all-time steeplechase list

• Clocked an 800 personal-best time of 2:21.03 at the Virginia Cup

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)

• Ran the 800-meter leg of the Lady Flames' third-place distance medley relay squad at the Big South Championship

• Recorded a 1,000-meter personal-best time of 3:11.01 at the Hokie Invitational

2014 Cross Country (R-Fr.)

• Served as Liberty's No. 8 runner at the Big South meet, where she placed 48^th overall

• The first Lady Flame to cross the finish line at the Hagan Stone Classic, taking 10^th place in a 5K season-best time of 20:00.61