Allison McMahon - Women's Cross Country - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Allison McMahon

Distance

Class Sophomore
Hometown Carmel, Ind.
High School Carmel
Bio

Personal Records:
4K — 15:01
5K — 18:59

2008: Season was limited to pair of races… Ran 4K distance in 17:30.35 at the Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener, then notched a 21:43.58 effort for 5K at the Commodore Classic home meet.

2007: Finished 49th at the Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener, 44th at the Commodore Classic, 73rd at the Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge, 32nd at the Southeastern Classic and 10th at Race for the Cure. Was the top team performer at Southeastern Classic after running 5K distance of 20:20.53. Ran a personal record in 5K with 18:59 at Race fro the Cure.

2006: Finished seventh on the team at Blue Ridge Open (5K) in 19:59 … Finished eighth on the team at Belmont Invite with a time of 15:42 and ninth on the team at Commodore Classic with a time of 20:24.

High School/Prep:
Personal records include 5:16 (1600) and 15:01 (4k) … Earned six varsity letters … Served two years as team captain.

Personal:
Allison Marie McMahon … Born July 17, 1987 … Parents are Amy and Jim … Has two brothers and two sisters … Majoring in human and organizational development, with a minor in financial economic and corporate strategy … Enjoys boating, roller blading, laughing, traveling, exploring, watering skiing and loves chicken terriaki.

Off the Course with Allie:

First job I had: Lifeguard

Dream job: Working for the Travel channel

Item I brought to VU to remind me of home: A picture of my family

Dream vacation: A trip to Lagos, Portugal

Favorite restaurant: Ken[apos]s

Favorite class this semester: Intermediate Spanish

Best concert I[apos]ve ever attended: Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, John Mellencamp and Uncle Kracker in one show

Favorite ‘non-school’ related reading material: Mystery stories