Alice Mason (runner)

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Alice Mason
Personal information
Birth nameAlice Mason
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 34)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Marathon

Alice Mason (born 15 June 1987) is a New Zealand long distance runner who runs for the Wellington Harrier Athletic Club.[1]

She ran a PB of 2:38:35 whilst finishing fifth at the Sydney Marathon in September 2019. With that performance she achieved the Olympic qualifying standard after finishing in the top five in a gold label race. A doctor, Mason had put her career on hiatus to try and qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After the Covid-19 pandemic started however, she took a part time job again at an urgent care centre in Tauranga.[2]

In June 2020, Mason changed coaches to join the roster of Craig Kirkwood, a former runner himself, who also looks after Olympic 1500 metre qualifier Sam Tanner and triathlete Hayden Wilde.[3]

Mason, a three-time defending New Zealand champion, won the ASB Auckland Marathon women's title in November 2020.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz.
  2. ^ Guy, Barry (2020-09-20). "Alice Mason: "I was in the best form of my life as we went into lockdown"". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  3. ^ "Christchurch Marathon: One last chance to get to Olympics". Otago Daily Times Online News. April 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Tauranga runner Alice Mason wins ASB Auckland Marathon women's title". NZ Herald.
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