Fatima Alanis

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Coahuila, Mexico
High School:
Staples
Prev School:
Queens University

2024 T&F AT UNC: INDOOR SEASON:Took part in four indoor meets ... Won the mile event at the Dick Taylor Challenge with a personal record 4:49.72 ... Finished 6th with a personal record of 16.02.86 in the 5,000m at the Eagle Elite hosted by Boston College which placed her fourth all time in Tar Heel history in the 5,000m... Finished sixth in the 5,000m (6:13) and recorded a personal best 9:22.08 en route to eighth in the 3,000m ... Captured second team all conference honors in the 5,000m at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Named indoor Academic All-ACC Team. OUTDOOR SEASON: Competed in the 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m... Finished 10th at the prestigious Bryan Clay Invitational in the 10,000m with a time of 33:14.75 ... Captured a pair of second place finishes at the Charlotte Invitational in the 5,000m (16:25.38) and with a personal record in the 1500m (4:22.94) ... Season-best 5,000m time was 16:04.49 at the ACC Outdoor Championship where she finished 8th ... Competed at the NCAA East First Round in the 10,000m and finished 13th with a personal best in 33:14.39 placing her third on the Tar Heels all time list for the event ... Also competed in the 5,000m at the NCAA East First Round finishing 23rd (16:21.07) ... Earned a spot on the outdoor Academic All-ACC Team.

2023 XC AT UNC: Earned All-America, All-ACC and all-region honors … She finished 32^nd at the NCAA Women’s Cross Country Championship meet, 12^th at the ACC Championships and ninth at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships … Her best 6K time of the season was 20:00.03 at the NCAA Southeast Region championships … Posted a time of 20:03.6 at the national championship meet … Placed second at the Charlotte Opener with a 4K time of 13:46.9.

2023 T&F: Took part in three indoor meets in her first track season as a Tar Heel ... Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters in 16:39.55 at the Penn State National Invitational ... Posted a season-best time of 16:28.44 in the 5,000 meters at the ACC Championships, finishing 12th ... Also finished 21st at ACCs in the 3,000 meters in 9:25.90 ... OUTDOOR SEASON: Competed in the 5K and 10K ... Season-best 5K time was 16:39.84 at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Finished 15th at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 5K in 16:48.57 ... Took ninth place at ACC Outdoors in the 10,000m in a season-best time of 34:00.15 ... Competed at the NCAA East First Round in the 10K and finished 14th in 34:09.39 ... Earned a spot on the outdoor Academic All-ACC Team.

2022 XC AT UNC: Earned All-ACC honors in her first year as a Tar Heel ... Finished 20th in the 6K ACC Championship in a time of 20:16.6 ... Also earned All-NCAA Southeast Regional honors after finishing the 6K race in 20:38.4 to finish 17th ... Her best 6K time of the season came at the Paul Short Run, where she finished in 20:00.6 to take 20th place ... Finished fourth at the 5K Charlotte Opener in 17:31.3 ... A transfer from Queens University who joined the Carolina squad prior to the 2022-23 academic year.

2022 T&F AT QUEENS: Named USTFCCCA All-American, USTFCCCA All-Region, USTFCCCA Track Athlete of the Year (Indoor and Outdoor)

2021 AT QUEENS: Earned second-team All-America honors.