Mother’s Day Special Track Mom Alisa Harvey 800m Runner

Posted on May 9, 2008 by trackmom

           Alisa Harvey ….. A Mom That Loves To Run

Lorraine Williams May 9th,2008

Monday May 5th I had a wonderful interview with Alisa Harvey 800m Elite and Master’s runner. She was insightful and honest and simply fun to talk with.  If you are not familiar with her I am sure you will enjoy  getting to know her and if you do you will learn more about this amazing Track Mom .

This is a  3 part Alisa Harvey “Mother’s Day Special . Today part in 1 I will introduce you to this Amazing Track Mom .Part 2,Insights on competing as a youth ,college and elite athlete as well as her perspectives on the sport of track and field over the past 20 years.Part 3 Mother’s Day…Up close and personal,family pictures  and the “Mommy” side of Track Mom  Alisa Harvey. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A nine-time All-American at the University of Tennessee from 1984-87, Harvey led the Volunteers to four top-10 national finishes. She won national titles in the 4×800-meter relay in 1984 and in the 1500 meters in 1986. Along the way Harvey ran the second leg of the collegiate record-setting 4×800 relay (8:20.22). She still holds five individual and three relay records at Tennessee, and holds the George Mason Fieldhouse record in the 1000 yards, set in 1987.

A 1988 graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelors degree in speech communications, Harvey competed as a sponsored athlete for several years. A three-time Olympic Trials qualifier in six events, she was a finalist in the 1500 meters in both 1988 and 1992. Additionally she faced international competition at such meets as the World Championships, Goodwill Games and Pan-American Games, where she was a gold medalist in the 1500 meters and a silver medalist in the 800 meters in 1991.

Fast forwarding to this year…

Here is the response people have about Alisha Harvey and her great athlete pursuit……

 Must see photo montage http://photoshow.comcast.net/viewshow/xq2fX2qj 

” Alisa, I told a couple of older sprinters about you and they couldn’t relate. I then said you ran 31 and change per 200 in your 800, and a light bulb went off. Wow!! Another way to evaluate your performance is to go to a treadmill and set it for 14.2 mph; see how that feels.I have followed your career since you were an All American at Tennessee in the 1980s — onward and upward to the Trials and beyond.”"Congratulations to Alisa for a magnificent performance at Reggie in the 800. I watched the race on TV and was happy to see that her impressive results was nicely reported and the camera stayed on her until she crossed the finish line unlike in some races where the camera wanders elsewhere after the winner crosses the finish line. Continue to train hard Alisa and go for the Olympic trials. What a great role model you are for masters athletes as well as for the youngsters!” 

  

Ken Stone of  MasterTrack.Com writes, 

 “After Sunday’s 800 final at the AT&T USA Indoor Championships, third-placer Morgan Uceny, 22, approached the woman she had beaten by less than 2 seconds. Morgan asked Alisa Harvey: “Excuse me, I don’t want to be rude — but how old are you?” Alisa says she just laughed and told her, “42.” (Twenty years older!) That’s just one of several entertaining anecdotes Alisa shares of her Boston nationals experience, where she lowered her W40 American indoor record and provisionally qualified for June’s Olympic Trials. Alisa, who has been called the Tiger Woods of masters track, is just as compelling an athlete as the golf icon”
Alisha has had a very sucessful Masters career l holding two records in the 800m and 1500m. See the links below for more detailed information and articles.
 
 

 

Alisa Harvey on Boston 800: ‘Just gave it all I had’

 

 

 

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