| Ali Kielty |
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Arizona State: Enters the track season after earning her first All-America honor by placing 42nd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships... was the 2006 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year in cross country... ranks fifth all-time at ASU indoors in 3,000m (9:28.02) and 5,000m runs (16:14.67)... 2007 XC: Garnered her first All-America accolade after finishing 42nd at the NCAA Championships and leading the team to a fourth-place finish... earned All-Pac-10 First Team honors by finishing seventh at the conference meet... also garnered all-region honors by finishing 11th at the NCAA West Region Championships... selected as the team's Coaches Award recipient... finished third at the Dave Murray Invitational to help ASU to team title... finished 15th at the Roy Griak Invitational and 32nd at the NCAA Pre-National meet, helping ASU to runner-up finishes in both meets... 2007 Outdoor: Scored in a pair of events at the Pac-10 Championships... placed third in the 10,000m run and fourth in the 5,000m event... placed fifth at the NCAA West Region in the 5,000m run to qualify for the NCAA meet... placed 23rd in the event at the national meet... scored at the Double Dual by finishing third in the 1,500m run... selected for USTFCCCA All-Academic and Honorable Mention Academic All-Pac-10 honors... 2007 Indoor: Qualified and competed in the NCAA Championships... placed 16th in the 5,000m run at the national meet... scored in the 3,000m run at the MPSF Championships by placing fourth... took fifth at the Husky Classic in the 3,000m run with the fifth-fastest time in school history (9:28.02)... also ranks fifth on the 5,000m run list after clocking 16:14.67 at the Washington Last Chance meet... earned Academic All-MPSF distinction... 2006 XC: One of three freshmen to help the team return to the NCAA Championships... was the top freshman finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, placing 13th overall... her finish earned her Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year honors as well as a place on the All-Pac-10 Second Team... earned All-Region accolades by finishing 21st at the West Region meet... earned Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention accolades... 2006 Track: Redshirted... 2005 XC: Ran unattached in three races, finishing fifth twice and sixth once... took fifth at the ASU Invitational and the Canyon West Classics... sixth at the Dave Murray Invitational... voted as the teams' Newcomer of the Year.
High School: A 2005 graduate of West Torrance High School (Torrance, Calif.)... closed out her prep career with two school records and several honors earned in 2005... holds the WTHS marks on the track in the 1,600m (4:56) and 3,200m (10:48) runs... earned All-America honors by helping her distance medley relay teammates to a fifth-place finish... added all-area honors in both cross country and track and field in 2005... lettered four times in track and field, three times in cross country and once in soccer... captained both running teams twice in her career... current Sun Devil Angela Spadafino was Kielty's teammate at WTHS.
Personal: Major is kinesiology... parents are Phil and Donna Kielty... has one sister, Lauren... born December 29, 1986, in Torrance, Calif. ... hobbies include holding 90s Nights with teammate Jocelyn Buras.
Personal Bests - 1500: 4:32.45, 1600: 4:56, 3000: 9:28.02, 3200: 10:48, 5000: 16:14.67, 10000: 35:49.38
| IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS (* = All-America honor earned) |
| Meet |
Event |
Time/Mark |
Place |
| 2007 Cross Country |
6K Course |
21:08.80 |
42nd * |
| 2007 Outdoor T&F |
5,000m (p) |
16:37.14 |
23rd |
| 2007 Indoor T&F |
5,000m (f) |
17:58.83 |
16th |
| 2006 Cross Country |
6K Course |
21:51.30 |
68th |
