Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Graduate transfer from North Carolina who came to Villanova with one year of remaining eligibility in all three seasons ... Made a significant impact in her one year running for the Wildcats in 2018-19 ... Was a first team All-American outdoors in the 10000 meters and earned second team All-America accolades in the 5000 meters ... Was the BIG EAST champion outdoors in each event and was also the conference individual champion in cross country ... Garnered five All-BIG EAST honors across the three seasons ... Was part of a Penn Relays title in the 4x1500 meter relay ... Tallied the second-fastest time in school history in the 10000 meters and the program's sixth-fastest mark in the 5000 meters ... Became the Wildcats first women's runner in 25 years to score in the 10000 meters at the NCAA Championships.
 

2018: Mid-Atlantic All-Region honoree ... Won the BIG EAST individual title and headlined a dominant performance by the Wildcats at the conference championships ... Was the individual champion three times in six races during the year ... Two-time BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week after individual victories at the Main Line Invitational and the Princeton Invitational; Main Line Invitational (9/14): Ran to a victory with a winning time of 16:03.0 on the three-mile course at Haverford ... Posted the fastest time ever by a Villanova runner on the course, which the Wildcats were running on for the 16th consecutive year ... Named the BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week after her first career race in a Villanova singlet; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Came in 12th overall out of 227 runners and was second on the team with a time of 20:00.0 ... Tallied her fastest career time on a 6000 meter course ... The meet featured 15 nationally-ranked teams, including seven of the top-10 teams in the most recent national poll prior to the meet; Princeton Invitational (10/12): Raced to a first place finish for the second time in three starts ... Crossed the finish line with a winning time of 20:23.9 on the 6000 meter course at West Windsor Fields and led a 1-2-3 Villanova sweep ... All five of the Wildcats scoring runners placed in the top eight overall and Villanova dominated the field of 22 teams to win the meet; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Led wire-to-wire along the way to winning her first career conference title ... Posted a winning time of 20:12.4 on the 6000 meter course at Northview Church, where Villanova also won the team title in dominant fashion ... Becomes the 17th individual BIG EAST individual champion for the Wildcats in women's cross country ... Her winning time set a course record at the Northview Church site, which was previously home to the 2014 BIG EAST meet ... Villanova won its record 16th team title at the conference championships and tied a program record by placing nine runners in the top 20 finishing spots; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9): Crossed the finish line second in the Villanova lineup and third overall at the regional meet ... Posted a time of 21:11.8 on the 6000 meter course at Penn State ... Helped the Wildcats easily win the team title at the meet to claim an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ... Earned all-region honors for the third time in her career and the first time in a Villanova uniform after twice being an All-Southeast Region performer at North Carolina; NCAA Championships (11/17): Posted a time of 22:46.2 and came in 243rd overall at the national meet.

2017: North Carolina: Competed in four meets during the season ... Was an All-ACC and All-Southeast Region selection ... Named to the All-ACC Women's Cross Country Academic Team for the second time in her career; Greater Louisville Classic (9/30): Opened the season with a 36th place finish and posted a time of 17:18.1 over 5000 meters; Penn State National Open (10/13): Top finisher for UNC and came in fourth overall at the meet ... Her time of 20:26.0 was a then-personal best for a 6000 meter course; ACC Championships (10/27): Led the team with a 12th place finish and a time of 20:27.6 at the conference meet; NCAA Southeast Regional (11/10): Finished 17th in the field and second on the team with a time of 20:52.4, good for all-region accolades.

2016: North Carolina: Was the individual winner in each of the first two races of the season; Elon Opener (9/1): Champion of the 4000 meter race with a time of 13:41.7; adidas Cross Country Challenge (9/16): Covered the 5000 meter course at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. in a winning time of 16:42.4.

2015: North Carolina: Earned All-ACC honors and was named to the All-ACC Women's Cross Country Academic Team ... One of the top three finishers on the team in all four of her starts during the season; Princeton Interregional Meet (10/3): Opened the season with a 14th place finish and a time of 21:19.7 over 6000 meters; Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/16): Led the Tar Heels with a 55th place overall finish ... Posted a time of 20:33.0 in the 6000 meter race; ACC Championships (10/30): Came in a team-best 12th place at the conference meet ... Earned All-ACC recognition for the second straight year ... Recorded a time of 20:33.0 for the second time in as many races; NCAA Southeast Regional (11/13): Came in 14th overall and third on the team at the regional meet ... Crossed the finish line in 21:11.4 and earned All-Southeast Region honors.

2014: North Carolina: One of the scoring runners for North Carolina in six of her seven starts during the season ... Was an All-ACC performer; Covered Bridge Open (8/29): Overall runner-up and top UNC finisher in her collegiate debut ... Posted a time of 18:24.16 over 5000 meters in the race hosted by Appalachian State; VT Alumni Invite (9/19): Came in fifth overall and third on the team with a time of 21:20.8 over 6000 meters; Roy Griak Invitational (9/27): Placed third in the North Carolina lineup for the second straight race ... Tallied a 29th place overall finish and crossed the finish line in 22:05.5; Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/17): Broke 21 minutes on a 6K course for the first time while finishing third on the team and 68th overall with a time of 20:51; ACC Championships (10/31): Posted a season-best time of 20:43.4 ... Came in 17th overall and fourth on the team to earn All-ACC honors and help the Tar Heels win the team title at the conference meet; NCAA Southeast Regional (11/14): Was the fifth scoring runner on the team and placed 35th overall with a time of 21:08.7; NCAA Championships (11/22): Crossed the finish line in 21:39.5 and registered a 164th place finish in her NCAA Championships debut.
 

2019: Ran the sixth-fastest 5000 meters (15:45.64) in school history and the third-fastest indoors at the Husky Classic ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Came in third in the Mile with a time of 4:48.73 at the first meet of the indoor season ... Ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay as part of a team that tallied a first place finish with a time of 11:25.22; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Tallied a first place finish in the 3000 meters with a season-best time of 9:14.72; Husky Classic (2/8): Set a new personal best time of 15:45.64 in the 5000 meters ... Registered the sixth-fastest overall time in school history and the third-fastest indoors  ... Lowered her previous personal best time by more than 15 seconds and ran the fastest 5K by a Villanova runner since the 2012 outdoor season; JDL DMR Invitational (2/16): Set a meet record in the 3000 meters and won the fastest section of the race in 9:15.07 ... The race was run on a flat track and the time converted to 9:10.36, which ranked her 26th on the season's national performance list at the time of the race; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Contributed to the Wildcats team title at the conference meet by earning All-BIG EAST honors in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters ... Was the runner-up in the 5K on the first day of the meet with a time of 16:48.66 ... Came in third in the 3000 meters a day later with a time fo 9:26.95.

2018: North Carolina: Competed in five meets during the season ... Recorded personal best times in the Mile and the 3000 meters, as well as for a 1600 meter relay split ... Second team All-ACC honoree in the 5000 meters; Dick Taylor Carolina Cup (1/13): Double winner in the Mile and the 3000 meters in her first meet of the indoor season ... Recorded winning times of 4:50.96 in the Mile and 9:51.47 in the 3K; Notre Dame Invitational (1/20): Runner-up in the Mile and established a personal best time of 4:45.13; Camel City Invitational (2/3): Ran in the Camel City Elite race in the 3000 meters ... Came in seventh in the section and registered a personal best time of 9:12.61; UCS Invitational (2/16): Anchored the Tar Heels to a runner-up finish in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:17.78 ... The time was converted down to 11:10.60 based on the flat track surface; ACC Championships (2/22-2/24): Led the DMR squad to a fourth place finish on the first night of the conference meet ... Produced a split of 4:42.12 over 1600 meters on the anchor leg of the relay ... Came in sixth in the 5000 meters the next night and earned second team All-ACC honors with a time of 16:42.67 ... Placed eighth in the 3000 meters on the last day of the meet with a time of 9:26.18.

2017: North Carolina: Notre Dame Invitational (1/21): Came in fourth in the Mile with a time of 4:49.56 in her only race of the indoor season.

2015: North Carolina: Competed at seven meets during the season, running primarily in the Mile and the 3000 meters; Gene Anderson Invitational (1/9): Runner-up in the 800 meters with a time of 2:17.44 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay for a squad which came in third with a time of 4:06.28; Dick Taylor Carolina Cup (1/16): Individual winner in the 3000 meters with a winning time of 9:39.67; Hokie Invitational (1/23): Tallied a fourth place finish in the Mile and crossed the finish line in 4:49.77; Hilton Garden Invitational (1/31): Came in eighth in the Camel City Elite race with a time of 9:30.63; Husky Classic (2/13): Finished 52nd in the Mile and posted a time of 4:54.54; UCS Invitational (2/21): Runner-up in the Mile with a season-best time of 4:47.12; ACC Championships (2/26, 2/28): Anchored the distance medley relay to a seventh place finish with a time of 11:28.00 on the first night of the conference meet ... Recorded a split of 4:48.29 over 1600 meters on her leg of the race ... Also came in 10th individually in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:27.18.

2019: Earned a pair of All-America honors for her performances at the NCAA Championships, including first team recognition in the 10000 meters and second team accolades in the 5000 meters ... Was the BIG EAST champion in each of those events and was then an automatic qualifier in the national semifinal round of both events at the NCAA East Preliminary ... Ran a leg of the Wildcats champion 4x1500 meter relay team at the Penn Relays ... Lowered her PR in the 10000 meters at the Stanford Invitational to a mark which ranks second in school history ... Competed at seven meets in all during the outdoor campaign; Penn Challenge (3/23): Opened the outdoor season by winning the 1500 meters in 4:28.58 at Penn; Stanford Invitational (3/29): Came in 18th in her section of the 10000 meters with a time of 32:53.26 ... That is the second-fastest mark in school history, trailing only the school record of 32:22.96 set by Carole Zajac almost 27 years earlier ... She joined Zajac as the only runners in program history to break 33 minutes; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Ran the 1500 meters in 4:19.85 and placed sixth in the seeded section of the event; Penn Relays (4/25-4/26): Ran legs of the distance medley relay and the 4x1500 meter relay ... Led off the DMR with a split of 3:31.61 over 1200 meters and Villanova eventually placed third in the Championship of America race with a time of 11:05.67 ...  Ran the third leg of the 4x1500 relay with a split of 4:28.0 and was part of the team's Championship of America victory with a winning time of 17:39.26; BIG EAST Championships (5/10-5/11): Helped the Wildcats win the team title at the conference meet by finishing as the individual champion in both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters ... The team victory finished off Villanova's second straight BIG EAST "triple crown" with championships in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... Won the 10000 meters on the first day of the conference meet with a winning time of 34:42.28 ... Came back the next day to post a winning time of 15:51.13 in the 5000 meters ... That time qualified her for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 5K in her first race of the season in the event; NCAA East Preliminary (5/23, 5/25): Automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships in both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters ... Ran in the national semifinal round of the 10K on the first night of the East regional meet and came in seventh with a time of 33:31.75 ... Two nights later ran a strong race in the 5000 meters and came in third in 16:05.78 to punch her second ticket to nationals; NCAA Championships (6/6, 6/8): Recorded a fifth place finish in the 10000 meters and an 11th place finish in the 5000 meters at the national meet ... Moved up nine spots from where she finished in the 10K a year earlier while running for North Carolina ... Her time of 33:20.70 was the ninth-fastest in the Villanova record book and the third top-10 time she set during the season ... Became the first Villanova runner since Carole Zajac in 1994 to score in the 10000 meters at the NCAA Championships ... Posted a time of 16:18.66 in the championship race of the 5000 meters ... Earned first team All-America honors for the first time in her career for her finish in the 10K and was also a second team All-American in the 5K.

2018: North Carolina: Second team All-American in the 10000 meters ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career ... Second team All-ACC performer in the 1500 meters ... Tallied personal best times in both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters during the season ... Competed at a total of seven meets during the outdoor campaign; Raleigh Relays (3/30): Ran the 10000 meters for the first time in a collegiate race and was the runner-up at the meet with a time of 33:54.23; Battle of the Blues (4/6): Came in third in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:25.50; Virginia Challenge (4/21): Competed in the invitational section of the 5000 meters and recorded a personal best time of 16:01.59 to finish third in her section; Virginia Grand Prix (4/28): Runner-up in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:23.66; ACC Championships (5/10, 5/12): Tallied a sixth place finish in the 1500 meters and also was 11th in the 5000 meters ... Recorded a season-best time of 4:21.25 in the final of the 1500 meters after ranking seventh in the preliminary heats with a time of 4:22.31 ... Registered a time of 16:33.11 in the 5000 meters ... Earned second team All-ACC accolades for her finish in the 1500 meters; NCAA East Preliminary (5/24, 5/26): Qualified for the meet for the third time in the national semifinal heats of both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters ... The first race was in the 10K, where she crossed the finish line in 33:58.22 and placed third overall to advance to the NCAA Championships ... Came in 32nd overall with a time of 16:53.75 in the 5000 meters two nights later; NCAA Championships (6/7): Finished 14th in the national championship race of the 10000 meters with a personal best time of 33:49.81 ... Earned her first career All-America honor as a second team selection in the 10K.

2016: North Carolina: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 5000 meters for the second straight year ... First team All-ACC selection in the 1500 meters and a second team performer in the 5000 meters ... Competed at seven meets during the outdoor campaign; Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays (3/18): Competed as an unattached runner ... Came in first in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:45.51; Battle of the Blues (4/2): Finished third in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:25.79 and was eighth in the 3000 meters in 9:50.31; Mt. SAC Relays (4/15): Ran in the invitational elite section of the 5000 meters and recorded a time of 16:22.42 to finish 35th overall in the top-seeded section of the event; Virginia Challenge (4/23): Recorded a season-best time of 16:19.42 in the 5000 meters and placed 12th in her section; Wolfpack Last Chance (5/6): Runner-up in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:24.36; ACC Championships (5/13, 5/15): Came in third in the 1500 meters and sixth in the 5000 meters in a strong showing at the conference meet ... Was third in both the preliminary heats and the final of the 1500 meters ... Posted a time of 4:27.52 in the heats and lowered it to a personal best time of 4:18.57 in the final ... Registered a time of 16:44.24 in the 5000 meters ... Earned her first career first team All-ACC nod for the third place finish in the 1500 meters, and was a second team honoree in the 5000 meters; NCAA East Preliminary (5/28): Finished 30th overall in the national semifinal round of the 5000 meters with a time of 16:57.53.

2015: North Carolina: Competed at six meets during the season ... Earned second team All-ACC honors in the 5000 meters and competed in the 5K at the NCAA East Preliminary; Raleigh Relays (3/27): Came in 14th in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:29.53 in the first meet of the outdoor season; Stanford Invitational (4/3): Recorded a time of 16:13.09 in the 5000 meters and placed fourth in her section; Virginia Challenge (4/18): Tallied a 29th place finish in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:25.19; Duke Twilight (5/6): Individual winner in the 1500 meters with a season-best time of 4:23.32; ACC Championships (5/16): Finished sixth in the 5000 meters and crossed the finish line with a time of 16:32.04 ... Earned second team All-ACC recognition for her top-six finish; NCAA East Preliminary (5/30): Ran in the national semifinal heats of the 5000 meters and finished 17th overall with a time of 16:23.77.

North Carolina: Four-year member of the Tar Heels track & field and cross country teams ... Second team All-American outdoors in the 10000 meters in 2018 ... Eight-time All-ACC performer spanning the three seasons and a two-time All-Southeast Region honoree in cross country ... Qualified for the 2018 outdoor NCAA Championships and competed at the NCAA East Preliminary meet outdoors three times.

West Springfield High School: Earned a total of 11 varsity letters during her scholastic career, including four each in indoor and outdoor track & field as well as three in cross country … Was the New Balance High School Girls’ Mile champion at the Millrose Games in 2014 with a winning time of 4:46.06 … Anchored her school to three national championships in the distance medley relay at the New Balance Nationals, including the 2014 indoor and outdoor titles as well as the 2013 outdoor championship … Also anchored the DMR to a Championship of America title in the high school girls race at the Penn Relays in 2014 … Earned all-state honors each year of high school.
 
Personal: Born 5/27/96 in Springfield, Va. … One of five children of John Alcorta and Linda Wuckovich … Siblings are Christina, Bella, Iñaki and Xavier … Mother competed for the track & field teams at Anderson University … Graduated from North Carolina in the spring of 2018 and enrolled in graduate school at Villanova to pursue a degree in public administration and with hopes of becoming a public health administrator in her professional career ... Came to Villanova with one year of remaining eligibility in all three seasons (cross country, indoor, outdoor) ... Chose to continue her education at Villanova because it offered the degree program she was looking for and because of the history of success of the Wildcats track & field program.