2020 Merrimack College Women's Cross Country Roster

Alyssa Abruzzese

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Norwood, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Norwood
  • Major Financial Planning

Biography

2020-21

  • Placed 16th at the Bryant & Sacred Heart 5k (19:31)
  • Placed 28th (team’s 4th best) at the NEC Championship 5k (19:29)

2019-20

  • Ran in all five events during the 2019 cross country season
  • Finished a season-best 18th place at the NEC Championship (19:48)
  • Finished a season-best 11:38.6 at the CCSU Mini-Meet
  • Finished in 44th place at the NEC Championship Meet

2018-19

Indoor Track and Field:

  • Competed in three meets for the Warriors, running the 5K or mile in each meet
  • Placed seventh at the Bowdoin invite
Outdoor Track and Field:
  • Competed in seven outdoor meets for the Warriors
  • Posted her best 5K time of the season at the Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Championships, placing 19th with a time of 19:46.29
  • Posted her best finish at the Assumption-Merrimack Meet, placing third in the 5K
  • Competed in the 5,000, 1,500, 4x400 relay, and mile

Cross Country

  • Competed in five events as a sophomore
  • Finished each race in under 23 minutes
  • Placed a season best 52nd at Shacklette (9/1)
  • Ran a personal best 21:30.5 at Kirsh Cup (10/20)

2017-18

Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed in four meets as a rookie
  • Set a personal-best in the mile run (6:13.87) at the Bowdoin Invitational (1/20) and placed 19th in the event
  • Post her best time in the 3000m event (12:44.34) at the 2018 Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational (1/13) and finished in 11th place.
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Had a 17th place finish in the 5K event (21:38.45) at the NE10 Outdoor Championships, a personal-best in the event.
  • Had a pair of seventh-place finishes in the 3000m steeplechase at teh Skyhawk Invite (4/28) and the Merrimack Invitational (4/21). She posted a career-best at the latter meet.

Cross Country:

  • Raced in a pair of races during her rookie season.
  • Placed 48th with a time of 22:20 at the Shacklette Invitational
  • Placed 56th at the Bowdoin Invitational with a time of 21:58.0

Before Merrimack

  • Attended Norwood High School
  • Most Improved Runner for Cross Country and Indoor Track (senior)
  • Indoor and Outdoor Track Captain (senior)
  • Norwood High School Athletic Boosters Scholarship (senior)

Personal

  • Born March 21, 1999
  • Daughter of Donna and David Abruzzese
  • Sister to Noelle and Julia
  • Sports Management major

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior