| Alaina Perez |
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RS Freshman
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| Hometown:
Jacksonville, Fla.
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| High School:
Bartram Trail
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| Event:
Distance
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| Experience:
FR-RS/FR-RS
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COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 3,000m- 10:14.08 at Aztec Invitational (3/15/13)
• Outdoor 5,000m- 18:06.93 at Texas Relays (3/28/13)
• Indoor Mile- 5:29.86 at Leonard Hilton Invitational (1/18/13)
• Cross Country 5K- 19:36 at Pac 12 Preview Invite (9/21/12)
• Cross Country 6K- 23:11.6 at Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/13/12)
2012-13
Indoor:
Competed at the Leonard Hilton Invitational and clocked a Mile time of 5:29.86.
Cross Country:
Raced in four meets during her redshirt freshman campaign ... posted a time of 23:11.6 in her only 6K race at the Pre-Nationals Invitational ... placed 22nd at the Grass Routes Grand Prix (19:58.35) ... ran a season-best 19:36 at the 5K Pac 12 Preview Invite, finishing 51st ... also competed in the UT/UTSA Dual to open the season, finishing fourth.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Redshirt season.
Indoor:
Redshirt season.
Cross Country:
Redshirt season.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Bartram Trail High School under coach David Frank ... captain of cross country and track teams during her senior year ... named Bartram Trail's Freshman of the Year in cross country in 2007 ... was district champion in the 1,600m during her junior season ... helped Bartram Trail to team cross country state championships in 2007 and 2008 ... picked up individual all-state honors for cross country in 2008 ... two-time all-district and all-region honoree for cross country.
PERSONAL
Born Alaina Marie Perez on March 22, 1993, to Wally and Pamela Perez in Memphis, Tenn. ... has two siblings, Heather (16) and Nathan (14) ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for three semesters of her academic career ...graduated Magna Cum Laude in the top five percent of her class at Bartram Trail High School ... was president of high school National Honor Society chapter and treasurer of math honor society ... also active in science honor society, Senior Women and Business Academy ... chose The University of Texas for its strength in academics ... majoring in chemistry.
