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Ali Hester
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Yorkville, Ill.
- High School:
- Yorkville HS
Cross Country
2015: Ran in six meets... Ran a personal best 18:47.0 5k at the OVC Championships... Finished in 33rd place at OVC Championships... Ran a season best 23:10.4 6k at Pre Nationals...
2014: Ran in seven meets…Ran a personal best 5k at the OVC Championships with a time of 18:48.31…Finished 3rd at the Austin Peay Invitational and helped the team rack up a perfect score…Finished 8th at the EIU Walt Crawford Open
2013: Competed in all seven races for MSU ... Ran a personal-best 19:07.92 at the Saluki Invitational ... Placed 39th at the OVC Championships in 19:33.88. Ran in the Southeast Regional Meet, finishing the 6K in 23:49.1.
Track and Field
2015-16: Ran a personal best in the mile (5:02.34) that ranks fifth all-time... Broke the school record in the 3,000m (9:54.26), a time that ranks third all-time... Won the OVC Championship in the DMR... Did not compete in outdoor season
2014-15: Set personal record in the 800m (2:18.73) at the GVSU Big Meet... Set personal record in the mile (5:03.47) at the OVC Indoor Championship... Set personal record in the 3000m (10:08.12) at the OVC Indoor Championship... Ranked 10th (800m), 5th (mile), and 5th (3000m) on the MSU All time best for Indoor... Set personal records for the1500m(4:38.22) and the 3000m steeplechase (11:10.69) at the Alabama Relays during outdoor... Made her way onto the MSU All-time best list for outdoor in the 1500m (4th), mile (3rd) and 3000m steeplechase (4th)
2013-14: Ran the 1200m leg as a part of the school record setting distance medley relay team at the Indoor OVC Championships, which placed second in 12:07.03 … Set PR’s in every indoor event she ran from 800m to 5,000m and in the 800m and 1500m runs outdoors … Placed fourth at the Indoor OVC Championships in the mile with a time of 5:06.25, the sixth fastest time in school history … Ran a PR 10:25.19 3,000m, the ninth fastest time in school history at the Indiana Relays.
2012-13: Ran each event from the 800m to the 5000m … Set a personal best in the steeplechase at the Vanderbilt Invitational in 11:27.24, the second-fastest on the team in 2013, and finished 12th in the event at the OVC Outdoor Championships … Also competed in the 5K, finishing 16th (18:41.96) and the 3000m at the indoor OVC Championships finishing 16th (10:46.39). Ran the 1500m in 4:47.57, the third fastest time for the Racers this season.
Before MSU: Her 4x800 track and field team placed second in the state her senior year … Ran a personal best in the 1600 with a time of 5:06 … Recorded a time of 11:04 in the two mile in 2012 … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born December 20, 1993 ... Daughter of Rich and Diana Hester ... Majoring in nursing.
2015: Ran in six meets... Ran a personal best 18:47.0 5k at the OVC Championships... Finished in 33rd place at OVC Championships... Ran a season best 23:10.4 6k at Pre Nationals...
2014: Ran in seven meets…Ran a personal best 5k at the OVC Championships with a time of 18:48.31…Finished 3rd at the Austin Peay Invitational and helped the team rack up a perfect score…Finished 8th at the EIU Walt Crawford Open
2013: Competed in all seven races for MSU ... Ran a personal-best 19:07.92 at the Saluki Invitational ... Placed 39th at the OVC Championships in 19:33.88. Ran in the Southeast Regional Meet, finishing the 6K in 23:49.1.
Track and Field
2015-16: Ran a personal best in the mile (5:02.34) that ranks fifth all-time... Broke the school record in the 3,000m (9:54.26), a time that ranks third all-time... Won the OVC Championship in the DMR... Did not compete in outdoor season
2014-15: Set personal record in the 800m (2:18.73) at the GVSU Big Meet... Set personal record in the mile (5:03.47) at the OVC Indoor Championship... Set personal record in the 3000m (10:08.12) at the OVC Indoor Championship... Ranked 10th (800m), 5th (mile), and 5th (3000m) on the MSU All time best for Indoor... Set personal records for the1500m(4:38.22) and the 3000m steeplechase (11:10.69) at the Alabama Relays during outdoor... Made her way onto the MSU All-time best list for outdoor in the 1500m (4th), mile (3rd) and 3000m steeplechase (4th)
2013-14: Ran the 1200m leg as a part of the school record setting distance medley relay team at the Indoor OVC Championships, which placed second in 12:07.03 … Set PR’s in every indoor event she ran from 800m to 5,000m and in the 800m and 1500m runs outdoors … Placed fourth at the Indoor OVC Championships in the mile with a time of 5:06.25, the sixth fastest time in school history … Ran a PR 10:25.19 3,000m, the ninth fastest time in school history at the Indiana Relays.
2012-13: Ran each event from the 800m to the 5000m … Set a personal best in the steeplechase at the Vanderbilt Invitational in 11:27.24, the second-fastest on the team in 2013, and finished 12th in the event at the OVC Outdoor Championships … Also competed in the 5K, finishing 16th (18:41.96) and the 3000m at the indoor OVC Championships finishing 16th (10:46.39). Ran the 1500m in 4:47.57, the third fastest time for the Racers this season.
Before MSU: Her 4x800 track and field team placed second in the state her senior year … Ran a personal best in the 1600 with a time of 5:06 … Recorded a time of 11:04 in the two mile in 2012 … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born December 20, 1993 ... Daughter of Rich and Diana Hester ... Majoring in nursing.
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