2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Hester, Ali

Ali Hester
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Yorkville, Ill.
- High School:
- Yorkville HS
Bio
Cross Country
2015
- Ran in six meets.
- Had a personal best 18:47.0 5k at the OVC Championships to place 33rd.
- Ran a season best 23:10.4 6k at Pre Nationals...
2014
- Ran in seven meets.
- Had 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.
- Recorded 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
2016-17
- Set a personal record in the 800m (2:18.53).
- Ran a personal best in the mile (5:01.98) which ranks second all-time.
- Ran a personal best in the 3,000m (9:54.26) which ranks third all-time.
- Ran a personal best in the 5K (17:18.16) which ranks third all-time.
- Ran a personal best in the steeplechase (11:04.74) which ranks fourth all-time.
- Placed fourth in the 1,500m at the WKU Hilltopper Relays and the Memphis Invitational.
- Won the 4X400 at the APSU Governors Invitational.
- Finished second in the mile at the Jesse Owens University Classic.
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.
- 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 of 10:25 in the 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, the second-fastest on the team in 2013
- Finished 12th in the same event at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
- Competed in the 5K, finishing 16th with a time of 18:41.
Before MSU
- Competed at Yorkville High School.
- 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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