2010-11 Track & Field Roster
Ali Bishel
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Chesterton
- Hometown:
- Chesterton, Ind.
2010-11 (5th Year Sr.): Cross Country - Academic All-Mid-American Conference ... led the Cardinals in all six meets she competed in ... placed third at the Indiana Intercollegiates with a season-fast 5K time of 17:42.10 ... also placed third at the Notre Dame Invitational (17:48) ... paced BSU at the MAC Championship with a 19th-place effort of 21:37.7 for her fastest 6K run of the year ... placed 46th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:47.59 ... Indoor – Ran her fastest 3,000m time at the Hoosier Hills Invite with a time of 9:56.65 ... logged the fastest 5,000m for BSU this season with a 17:26.64 at the MAC Championships, finishing 12th ... clocked the second fastest time for Ball State this season in the mile run with a time of 5:09.04
2009-10 (Sr.): Cross Country - Named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team after finishing fourth at the 2009 MAC Championships (22:33.10) ... earned Academic All-MAC accolades ... finished 67th at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships with a career-fast 6K time of 21:04.7 ... placed seventh at the 2009 NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a 6K time 21:07.07 to earn All-Region honors ... BSU's top runner at every meet she competed in ... posted BSU's season-fast 5K time (17:28) in a winning effort at the Indiana Intercollegiates ... recorded a third-place effort at the 5K Notre Dame Invitational (17:44) ... finished sixth at Sam Bell Invitational (22:10.20/6K) ... Indoor - Redshirted ... Outdoor - Placed fifth in the 10,000m run at the MAC Championships with a BSU season-fast time of 36:13.11 to earn four points for the Cardinals ... her time of 17:24.52 in the 5,000m run at the league meet was also a BSU season-best clocking and helped her earn 12th in the event.
2008-09 (Jr.): Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Second Team ... Cross Country - Redshirted ... Indoor - Academic All-MAC ... earned the Women's Most Outstanding Performer award and named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team for her efforts at the 2009 MAC Championships ... contributed 20 of the Cardinals 73 points at the meet claiming victories in the 3,000m (9:43.23) and the 5,000m (16:39.80) ... her time in the 5,000m was a MAC season-best by over 11 seconds and was good for an NCAA provisional qualifying mark ... clocked a personal and MAC season-best in the 3,000m (9:34.16) at the Gladstein Invitational to place second ... the time also ranks as the second-best individual mark in program history ... owned the seventh-best MAC time in the mile for her first-place performance at the Ball State Quadrangular (4:57.79; 1st) ... led BSU in the 3,000m, 5,000m and the mile ... registered five first-place finishes overall ... Outdoor - Academic All-MAC ... earned All-MAC Second Team accolades after placing second in the 10,000m run (35:59.11) and fourth in the 5,000m run (17:21.55) at the MAC Championships ... scored a season-best time of 35:51.83 in the 10,000m at the "GINA" Relays ... led BSU in the 1,500m (4:38.10), the 5,000m (17:18.15) and the 10,000m ... her top times in the 5,000m and 10,000m were the seventh and second best individual times in the MAC, respectively.
2007-08 (So.): Cross Country - Academic All-MAC ... First Team All-MAC selection ... named to U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country All-Region Team ... MAC Runner of the Week (Oct. 7-13) ... BSU's top performer in every meet including five top-10 finishes ... clocked in a season-best time of 17:38.9 (5K) at the MAC Championships where she placed second ... 52nd out of 253 competitors at the NCAA Championships (21:12) ... Indoor - Academic All-MAC ... named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team ... earned All-MAC First Team honors ... broke school record in the 5,000m at the Alex Wilson Invitational (16:21.66) ... recorded second-best time in BSU history in the 3,000m placing first at the MAC Championships (9:40.59) . . . also placed first in the mile run at the MAC Championships finishing in 4:53.72, which is the third-best mark in BSU history ... part of the distance medley relay team that posted a first-place finish at the MAC Championships in the fifth-fastest time in school history (11:44.33) ... tallied team-high marks in the 800m, mile and 3,000m ... placed 16th in the 5,000m at the NCAA Championships (16:53.92) ... Outdoor - Academic All-MAC ... led BSU with top times in the 1,500m, 5,000m and 10,000m ... time of 16:23.39 in the 5,000m at the Stan Lyons Invitational ranked as the second-best in BSU history ... placed fourth in the 10,000m (36:29.43) and eighth in the 5,000m (17:59.08) at the MAC Championships ... her career-best time of 34:37.63 in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational was an NCAA regional qualifying mark, however she did not compete in the meet ... the effort also ranks as the second-best individual time in program history.
2006-07 (Fr.): Cross Country - Competed in all seven meets ... placed third at the Bronco Invitational clocking in at 18:36 (5K) ... Indoor - Notched a time of 9:53.99 in the 3,000m at the MAC Championships to place third ... won the 3,000m at the Anderson Invitational clocking in at 10:05.13 ... finished fourth in the 800m at the Bowling Green Quadrangular (2:22.53) ... Outdoor - Recorded BSU's best time in the 1,500m at the MAC Championships (4:34.65) ... recorded the team's fastest time in the 3,000m at the Stan Lyons Invitational (10:05.67) ... recorded the second-best BSU time in the 5,000m at the Dave Rankin Invitational (18:00.06)
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in cross country and track and field at Chesterton ... 2005 IATCCC Girls' Cross Country All-State Third Team ... academic all-state honorable mention ... two-time All-DAC honoree ... member of the 2003 cross country team that finished as state runner-up ... all-regional and all-semi-state her senior year ... helped the track team win three sectional championships ... 4x800m First Team All-State
