MONSON Alicia

United States of America
Athletics
13 May 1998
23
Female
 
United States of America
BOULDER, CO
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's 10,000m 13

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's 10,000m Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Baking, cooking, coffee, spending time with friends, spending time outdoors. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2020; on-running.com, 10 Aug 2020)
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Athlete
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Nutrition, Science - University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America
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English
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On Athletics Club [Boulder, CO, USA]
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Dathan Ritzenhein [club]
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In 2021 she was hospitalised with hyperthermia after competing in the US trials for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (runnersworld.com, 15 Jul 2021)
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She took up running while at middle school. (on-running.com, 10 Aug 2020)
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"My family has always been involved in sports, so I grew up playing basketball, volleyball and gymnastics, and usually showed up to my eye doctor with broken glasses after playing football with my brother. I got into running in middle school after copying my older sister, and I continued with cross-country and track during high school. As my running career progressed, I decided I wanted to pursue it further in college at the University of Wisconsin." (on-running.com, 10 Aug 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 28 Jul 2021)
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She has a peanut butter and banana sandwich with a coffee and listens to music before a race. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2020; on-running.com, 10 Aug 2020)
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During her time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States of America, in 2018 and 2019 she was named US Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA] Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year. In 2018 she was also named USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women's Athlete of the Year, and in 2019 was Big Ten Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. (uwbadgers.com, 01 Jan 2019)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC TRIALS EXHAUSTION
After finishing third in the US trials for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she was taken to hospital after suffering from hyperthermia due to the heat during the race. "The last couple of laps, I don't really remember. Even at five kilometres, I thought, 'Man, it's getting kind of hot'. [Officials] helped me to the tunnel to get cold towels and water. Then I came back out for an interview and the podium, but I don't remember that much either. During the victory lap, I kept getting more and more tired. About three-quarters of the way through, I stopped to hug my boyfriend and my family and started to black out. I got into a cold tank for three or four minutes. I was feeling better at first, but then I started shutting down more. They realised I was hyperthermic at that point. I was 94 degrees [fahrenheit] when they took my temperature. That was scary, my body was totally in shock. By the next day, the cardiologist said, 'All that really happened was you had heat exhaustion and you really needed fluids'. It was definitely not your traditional making-an-Olympic-team experience." (runnersworld.com, 15 Jul 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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