Outdoor Track and Field 2013: Earned the Stoney Burgess Award at the annual GSU Blue Carpet Awards for being the female senior student-athlete with the highest GPA...Competed in the 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase during the season...Finished eighth in the steeplechase at the Sun Belt Championships to score a point for the team...Notched four top-five finishes in the steeplechase during the season...Named to the President’s List during the spring semester.
Indoor Track and Field 2013: Competed in the 3,000m and 5,000m for the Panthers...Finished 16th in the 3,000m at the Sun Belt Championships with a personal-best time of 10:40.62...Also ran a season-best of 18:46.79 in the 5,000m at the Sun Belt meet to place 25th.
Cross Country 2012: Competed in all eight meets for the Panthers...Set a new personal 6K best of 22:57.1 at the NCAA Region meet...Registered best performance of the season with a 4th place-finish at the Jaguar Invite as part of a perfect team score for GSU...Placed 27th overall in the team Sun Belt Championship.
Outdoor Track and Field 2012: Placed sixth in the 1,500m at the Southern Invitational with a time of 18:44.48...Registered a time of 18:56.51 in the 5,000m at the Georgia Collegiate...Fourth place finisher in the 3,000m steeplechase at the UGA Relays...Runner-up in the steeplechase at the Yellow Jacket Invite...Won the steeplechase at the Mississippi Open by running 11:28.95...Finished sixth in the steeplechase at the War Eagle Invite...Placed fifth in the steeplechase at the CAA Championships to score four points in a third place women’s finish.
Indoor Track and Field 2012: Ran in the 5,000m at the UAB Blazer Invite...Finished seventh in the 5,000m at the Birmingham Invitational...Placed fifth in the 5,000m at the Vulcan Invite...Notched a third place finish in the 3,000m at the Sewanee Invite.
Cross Country 2011: Contributed a 13th place finish to a team victory at the Auburn Invitational, running the 4K course in 15:25.7...Placed 15th at the GSU Invite with a 6K time of 23:43...Ran a 23:01 at the 6K Paul Short Run, finishing 184th overall and third on the team...Finished fifth overall in the team victory at the Jaguar Invite, with a time of 24:11.2...Placed forth overall after running 19:34.85 at the Coach "O" Invite...Placed 35th at the CAA Championship with a time of 23:54...Finished 99th overall at the NCAA South Regional in a personal best time of 23:00.3.
Outdoor Track and Field 2011: Competed in the 5,000-meter run and the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the outdoor season...Ran a personal best in the 5,000m at the War Eagle Invitational to finish third out of 34 runners with a time of 18:12.60...Ran a personal best in the steeplechase at the Mississippi Open, finishing second out of 14 runners with a time of 11:19.61...Finished fifth in the steeplechase at the CAA Championships to score four points for the Panthers...Named to the Dean’s List during the spring semester.
Indoor Track and Field 2011: Participated in three meets during the outdoor season...Ran the 5,000m at the Tiger Paw Invitational and placed second with a 18:49.51 mark, which was a personal-best record...Earned a fourth-place finish at the Clemson Invitational in the same event...Participated in the 3,000m at the Mountaineer Open and earned herself another personal best record with a time of 11:14.18.
Cross Country 2010: Turned in strong sophomore campaign, racing in seven meets for the Panthers...Produced personal-best 5K time at the Clemson Cross Country Invitational (18:58.99) finishing 23rd out of 86 runners...Placed 10th out of 63 runners at the GSU Invitational with a time of 21:22.40...Finished seventh out of 53 runners at the Struts JSU Opener 4K with a time of 14:33...Ran a 19:07.9 at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational 5K and a 19:30.8 at the Blue Ridge Open...Personal-best 6K time came at the NCAA South Regional Championship with a time of 23:10.36...Finished 49th out of 95 runners at the CAA Championship with a time of 23:20...Earned a spot on the President’s List during the fall semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Outdoor Track and Field 2010: In the outdoor season competed primarily in the 3,000m steeplechase...Opened with a 12:33.53 at the Gem of the Hills Invitational...Ran 12:09.69 to post a season-best time at the War Eagle Invitational...Placed 11th overall at the CAA Championships with a time of 12:10.47...Earned Dean’s List honors in the spring and received CAA All-Academic honors.
Indoor Track and Field 2010: Competed in two meets during the indoor season...Ran the 3,000-meter run at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational with a time of 11:34.77...Raced the 5,000-meter run at the Clemson Games, receiving a time of 19:33.00.
Cross Country 2009: Competed in all six races during the fall season...Season-best 5K time came at the Greater Louisville Classic (19:36.98)...Best 6K time came at the CAA Championships (23:42.73)...Ran a 20:27.38 at the season-opening Sewanee Invitational to finish 22nd out of 110 runners...Finished the Commodore Classic in 20:24.57 and the JMU Invitational in 21:17.40...Completed the 6K NCAA South Regionals in 23:44.04...Named to the fall semester’s Dean’s List with a 3.94 GPA.
Prep: Competed in cross country and track and field in high school...Ran for coach Shurrod Dickey at Woodland...Picked up four letters in cross country and three in track...Finished sixth in the state in 3A in 2007...Was the Region 4 3A champion in 2007 and 2008...Was named Henry County Female Athlete of the Year in 2007-08...Ran a personal best 19:05 at the Footlocker 5K in 2007...Finished fifth in the two-mile run in track in 2009 after finishing eighth in 2008...Region champion in the two-mile run in 2007...Graduated in the top 10% of her class and received the Coca-Cola award.
Personal: Alison Justine Bishop was born May 29, 1991... Parents are Tom and Maureen Bishop...Father played college football at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio...Has an older brother Seth and sister Jenna...Majoring in biology.
