Alyssa Shupe

  • Alyssa
  • Shupe

  • Class
    Junior
  • High School/Other
    Jefferson Forest
  • Hometown
    Forest, Va.

Updated: November 8, 2017

2017: Was sixth overall at the Hokie Open (4K) with a time of 15:06.7 … Finished 119th at the ACC Championships, running the 6K course in a time of 23:18.8 … Came in 131st at the Adidas Pre-National Invitational (6K - Black race) with a time of 22:59.2 … Was 197th at the Louisville Sports Commission Classic (5K) with a time of 18:40.73 … Ran a career best at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invite (6K) with a time of 22:35.0, finishing 19th … Was fifth at the Hokie Invite (4K) with a time of 14:53.3.

2016: Finished 10th at the Hokie Open (4K) with a time of 14:47.1 … Came in 34th at the VT Alumni Invite with a time of 23:15.90 … Was 15th at the Hokie Invite, running the 4K course in a time of 14:44.60.

2015: Came in fifth at the Hokie Open with a time of 15:06.90 … Was 187th overall in the NCAA Pre-National meet's unseeded race with a time of 23:24.9 … Claimed eighth at the George Mason University Invitational with a time of 23:32.60 … Ran unattached at the VT Alumni Invite (6K) and finished 44th overall with a time of 23:28.35 … Ran unattached at the Hokie Invite (4K) and came in 14th overall with a time of 14:41.16.

High school: Five-time state champion ... In cross country, finished fourth at the Class 4A state meet and helped her team to a state championship … Also helped her team to a cross country state championship as a junior … In track, she was a two-time state champion in the 1,000-meter event during the indoor season, winning the event her junior and senior seasons … Was a state champion in the 800- and the 1,600-meter events as a junior during the outdoor season … Was a state champion in the 800 as a senior during the outdoor season ... The 2015 Jefferson Forest High School Athlete of the Year … The 2014 News and Advance Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year … Owns personal bests of 2:11 for 800 meters, 2:56 for 1000 meters and 4:58 for 1600 meters.

Personal: Born July 16, 1997 in Lynchburg, Virginia … Daughter of Rick and Wendy Shupe … Has a younger sister … Major is human nutrition, foods and exercise, with the goal of having a career in physical therapy or nutrition.

Alyssa Shupe's XC Career Bests

4K: 14:41.16, Hokie Invite (2015)

5K: 18:40.73, Louisville Sports Commission Classic (2017)

6K: 22:35.00, VT Alumni Invite (2017)

italics = ran unattached