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2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster

Alesha Knudson

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Class Senior
  • High School Mountain Range HS
  • Hometown Westminster, Colo.

Biography

Knudson's Top Performances
100h19.71
Pentathlon2575
400m57.08
600m1:36.13
800m2:12.93
As a Senior (2014-15)
Individually, Knudson's best finish as a senior was fourth place in the 400m at the Upstate Challenge. In the relays, she helped her 4x400 team to a win at the indoor Greg Page Relays.

As a Junior (2013-14)
Knudson did her finest work on the relay teams in her third season. Indoors, she helped the 4x4 relay team to a 1st place finish at the Deneault Memorial and 2nd place finish at the Greg Page Relays. She also helped the distance medley relay team to a 2nd place showing at the Nittany Lion Challenge. Individually, she ran the 600, posting a career best 1:36.13 in an 8th place finish at the Nittany Lion Challenge. Outdoors, Knudson continued to participate in the 400 and 800. Individually, she posted a career best 800 of 2:14.77 in a 6th place finish at the Larry Elllis Invitational. She added a career best 400 of 57.08 at the Outdoor Heps. She also helped the 4x8 relay team to the ECAC’s, with a 1st place finish at the Penn Relays and a 4th place finish at the Outdoor Heps.

As a Sophomore (2012-13)
Knudson was a young multi-eventer for the Big Red during her first year with the team, scoring a best of 2,575 in the pentathlon indoors. She set personal records in seven events during her sophomore year: the 600, the 60 hurdles, the 100 hurdles, the high jump, the long jump, the shot put and the pentathlon.

Before Cornell
One of Colorado’s best at 800 meters, Knudson was a also a terrific basketball player and plans to do the multi-events in college.

Personal
Alesha Knudson is the daughter of Mark Knudson and has a twin sister.  She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2013-14Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2014-15Senior

    Mid-Distance