Allegra Egizi
Allegra Egizi
Height: 5-0
Year: Senior
Hometown: Beverly, Mass.
High School: Nazareth Academy
Major: Nutrition and Dietetics

2017 Season: Named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Conference Second Team after placing 11th at the GNAC Championship with a personal-record time of 20:30 to shatter her personal-record time by 21 seconds at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I. on October 28 ... Named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team ... Posted four top-35 efforts during the season ... Began the year by placing 11th at the two-mile Roger Williams Invitational with a time of 13:00 ... Clocked in at 25:17 to finish 22nd at the Seven Sisters Championship with a time of 25:17 ... Registered a personal-best six-kilometer time of 23:49.0 to place 137th at the NCAA Regional Championship in Gorham, Maine on November 11.

2016 Season: Tabbed to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Competed in four meets for the Sharks ... Posted a pair of sub-21-minute times, including 21:09 to place 19th at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship at historic Franklin Park in Boston on October 29 ... Finished 183rd with a six-kilometer personal-record time of 24:32.21 at the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championship on November 12 in Westfield, Mass. 

2015 Season:
Named to the GNAC All-Academic Team ... Competed in all six meets in her debut season for the Sharks ... Finished among Simmons' top three in every race ... Posted a personal-record 5K time of 20:51.3 at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association Championship to place 142nd on October 10 ... Placed 11th to just miss all-conference honors at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship with a time of 20:57 on October 31 ... Registered three sub-21 minute efforts for the year ... Turned in a personal-best 6K mark of 24:47.0 at the NCAA Division III Regionals on November 14 to place 176th.

2014 Season: Competed in four meets for Division I Seton Hall University ... Placed 62nd overall with a time of 18:09.1 in the 4K Monmouth University Cross Country Kick-Off on August 30 to make her collegiate debut ... Finished 54th at the Saint John's University/Hofstra Fall Festival on September 7 with a time of 23:34 ... Placed 40th with a time of 28:56.27 at the 6K Delaware Cross Country Invitational on September 13 ... Recorded a season-best 5K time of 23:21.4 to place 95th at the Metropolitan Championship on October 10.

High School/Personal: Two-year letterwinner in cross country in addition to earning four letters in basketball, three in softball and volleyball for Nazareth Academy ... Won eight meets individually and was named the Dragons' Most Valuable Performer for cross country as a senior ... Helped NA cross country win all nine meets during her senior campaign Earned the Kristen O'Keefe Athlete Award at Nazareth Academy to cap her senior year ... Tabbed the NA basketball team's Most Improved Player as a sophomore and the Coach's Award for the Nazareth softball squad as a first year ... Two-year Captain for the NA basketball team and was also chosen a Captain for the softball team as a junior and volleyball squad as a senior ... Played Amateur Athletic Union Basketball from 2010-14 ... Earned a four-year full academic scholarship to Nazareth Academy and graduated third in her class ... Member of National Honor Society and earned the Diligence Award at Nazareth ... Named to the Honor Roll all four years at Nazareth Academy ... Recipient of the Saint Anselm's Scholastic Book Award at Nazareth ... Tabbed a Student Ambassador/Orientation Leader at NA ... Member of Theatre/Drama Club, Model United Nations and Bible Club at Nazareth Academy ... Volunteered for the Special Olympics, My Brother's Table Soup Kitchen and Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry ... Transferred from NCAA Division I Seton Hall University, where she ran cross country as a first year ... Born October 23, 1995 ... Majoring in Nutrition and Dietetics at Simmons and would like to pursue a career as a Community/Sports-Focused Registered Dietitian ... Daughter of Evangeline and Vincent Egizi ... Serves as a Resident Assistant at Simmons and was named RA of the Month in 2017 ... Served as Nutrition Liaison Secretary at Simmons ... Earned Dean's List honors in every semester at Simmons ... Enjoys training for races, online blogging, writing nutrition meal plans, community service, working out, reading, cooking and traveling ... Has run four half marathons and is hoping to run the Chicago Marathon in October 2017.