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2025 Cross Country Roster

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Alayna Sparr

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Farmington HS
  • Hometown Farmington, Mo.

Biography

2024 Cross Country: Ran in every race…Started the season of with a 5k time of 20:56.0 (55th) at the Redhawks Invite…Crossed the line at 23:56.7 for 37th at the UT Martin XC OVC Preview…Timed in at 23:21.6 (272nd) in the 6k race at the Gans Creek Classic…Achieved a new personal best 6k time of 23:11.1 after crossing the line at for 45th at the Angel Mounds Invitational…At OVC Championship placed 55th with a ending 6k time of 23:51.2…Ended the season at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a time of 23:29.4 (217th) in the 6k race.

2024 Outdoor: Ran in four meets…Finished with two top-ten finishes and four PR’s during the season…At the Ole Miss Classic recorded a PR in the 3000-meter with a time of 10:59.53 and crossed the finish line in 5:05.35 in the 1500-meter race…Placed fourth and ran fast enough (19:21.48) to record a PR in the 5000-meter at the Joey Haines Invite…In the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Gary Wieneke Memorial posted a time of 12:20.90 and a new personal best…During the Memphis Tiger Invitational placed eighth and recorded a new PR in the 1500-meter with a time of 4:54.49.

2024 Indoor: Ran in five meets…Posted two top-six finishes on the season…Opened the season running in the mile at the Redhawks Invite and finished with a six place finish and a time of 5:32.19…Recorded a new personal in the mile run at the PNC Bank Bellarmine classic, finishing with a time of 5:20.30…At the 2024 Redhawks Open placed fourth with a time of 5:28.42 in the mile.

2023 Cross Country: Ran in five meets…Registered a new personal best in every race…Placed 15th at the Redhawk Invite with a time of 15:47.8 while the SEMO women finished first overall…Ran the 5k race in 19:46.6 (108th) at the John McNichols Invite (9/23)...Finished her first two 6k’s of the year with times of 24:01.2 (163rd) and 23:54.0 (68th) at the Gans Creek Classic and the Angel Mounds Invitational…Ended the Season at the OVC Championship (10/28) finishing in 61st, crossing the line at 23:51.14 helping the women finish third overall.

2023 Outdoor: Ran in four meets…At the 2023 Joey Haines Invite set a new personal best in the 800-meter with a time of 2:36.33 placing 20th…Set another PR at the Cougar Classic with a time of 11:37.00 in the 3000-meter placing 16th…Posted a time of 5:04.43 in the 1500-meter at the Memphis Tiger Invitational which was a new personal best.

2023 Indoor: Ran in three meets…Registered four top-ten finishes and three top-five finishes…To begin her season set a PR in the mile at the 2023 Redhawks Invite with a run of 5:42.11 while placing 5th. At the John Gartland Invitational she and her team topped the competition in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:33.64 with a first place finish… During the 2023 Redhawks Open set a new personal best in the mile running a 5:31.26 putting her in third for the event.

2022 Cross Country: Ran at four meets…Notched three new personal bests in her first three meets in the 4k with a time of 16:14.7 (29th) at the Redhawks Invite, the 5k crossing the line at 21:11.8 (26th) at the McKendree Bearcat Classic and the 6k with a finishing time of 24:50.4 (86th) at the Bradley Pink Classic.

Prep: Ran in the 3200m, 2-mile and 5000m events at Farmington High School...State Qualifier in the 5000m where she finished 13th with a personal record time of 19:18.3...Won the 3200m with a personal best 11:46.2 at the Farmington Postal Meet.

Personal: Born September 8, 2003...Daughter of Brad and Kelli Sparr...Majoring in Nursing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior