Honors: Three-time second-team All-American ... 2019 and 2022 Big Ten champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase ... two-time NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the steeplechase ... 2019 and 2021 second-team All-Big Ten in cross country ... 2021 All-Region in cross country ... UW record holder in the steeplechase ... three-time Academic All-Big Ten Â
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| Â Personal Bests |
| Â Indoor |
 Outdoor |
 Cross Country |
| Â Mile |
 4:45.65 |
 1/12/19 |
 1500 meters |
 4:27.45 |
 5/3/19 |
 5K |
 16:41.7 |
 10/4/19 |
| Â 3000 meters |
 9:18.90   |
 12/3/21  |
 5000 meters |
 16:17.13 |
 5/10/19 |
 6K |
 20:10.2 |
 11/12/21 |
| Â 5000 meters |
 16:43.45 |
 2/23/19 |
 3000 Steeplechase |
 9:39.96 |
 6/11/22 |
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TFRRS Profile
2022 Outdoor Track: Placed third in the steeplechase in 9:50.98 at the Oregon Relays (April 22-23) ... member of the seventh-place 4x1500-meter relay in 17:34.43 and 10th-place distance medley relay in 11:14.12 at the Penn Relays (April 28-30) ... Big Ten champion in the steeplechase in 10:01.16 (May 14)... finished seventh in the steeplechase in 10:00.72 at the NCAA West Prelims (May 25-28)... ran a personal best of 9:39.96 in the Steeplechase finals finishing 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 8-11)
2022 Indoor Track: Finish fourth with a personal best of 9:13.96 in the 3000 meters at the 2022 Indiana University Relays (Jan.28-29)... placed second in the DMR with a time of 11:14.41 at the Badgers Windy City Invite ( Feb.11-12)...finished seventh in the 3000 meters, crossing the line at 9:17.17 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.25-26)...debuted her outdoor season in the 3000-meter Steeplechase , finishing third with a time of 9:50.98 at the Oregon Relays (April 22-23)
2021 Cross Country: Led the Badgers at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 20), finishing 68th in 20:16.3 ... earned all-region honors, crossing the line in a personal best time of 20:10.2 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12) .... earned second-team All-Big Ten honors at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 29), placing 10th in 21:01.3 ... took 29th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 15) in 20:40.8 ... placed 24th at the Louisville Classic, covering the 5k course in 17:08.7
2021 Outdoor Track: Placed 12th in the steeplechase in 10:12.13 at the NCAA Championships after running a personal best and school record of 9:41.12 in the preliminaries ... finished ninth in the steeplechase in 9:54.45 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 26-29) ... placed second in the steeplechase in 9:48.91 at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16)... won the steeplechase at the M City Classic (April 30-May 1) in 10:06.61 ... finished eighth in the 5000 meters in 16:43.36 and was a member of the third-place DMR (11:25.54) at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (April 23) ... placed 21st in the 1500 meters in 4:29.49 st the Big Ten Invite #2 (April 9-10) ... placed in first place in the steeplechase in 10:25.11 at the B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3)
2021 Indoor Track: Finished 15th in the 5000 meters in 17:02.46 and placed fourth in the DMR in 11:20.74 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-27)... placed sixth in the mile in 4:50.86 and placed fourth in the 3000 meters in 9:32.32 at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational ( Feb. 12-13)... placed in fourth in the 3000 meters in 9:43.68 at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan. 16)
2020-21 Cross Country:Â Finished 35th and third amongst the Badgers in the Big Ten Championships ( Jan. 30) at 21:32.3
2020 Outdoor Track: Season canceled due to COVID-19
2020 Indoor Track: Redshirt season ... placed eighth in the mile in 4:55.14 at the Indiana Relays (Feb. 1) ... took 27th in the 3000 meters at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15) in 9:21.97
2019 Cross Country: Finished 52nd and third for the Badgers at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 23) in 20:58.7 ... placed 26th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15) in 21:00.5 ... ran a personal best of 20:33.1 at the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 3) to finish ninth, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors ... placed 59th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 18) in 20:52.8 ... ran a 5K personal best of of 16:41.7 at Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 4)
2019 Outdoor Track: Secured second-team All-America honors with an 11th-place showing in the 3000-meter steeplechase at NCAA Championships (June 5-8) after a then-school-record performance of 9:51.60 in prelims ... punched ticket to NCAAs with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary meet (May 23-25), crossing in 9:53.54 ... Big Ten champion in the steeplechase (May 11) in 10:06.13 ... also took 10th in the Big Ten 5000 meters in 16:17.31 ... was runner up in the 1500 meters at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 3) in 4:27.45 ... member of the fourth-place 4x1500-meter relay (17:58.39) and seventh-place DMR (11:11.39) at the Penn Relays (April 25); times rank fifth and sixth, respectively in UW history ... finished fourth in the invitational steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational (March 29) in 10:05.96
2019 Indoor Track: Earned second-team All-America honors as a member of the ninth-place DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championship in 11:21.71 ... took 11th in the 3000 meters at the Big Ten Championship (Feb. 22) in 9:43.85 ... ran the 1200-meter leg in the DMR at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 16) and helped set a school record with a time of 10:59.72 ... took 11th in the invitational 3000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 9) in 9:24.11 ... runner-up in the mile in 4:48.89 time at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 26)... was the runner-up in the mile with a personal best time of 4:45.65 at the Badger Icebreaker Jan. 12)
2018 Cross Country: Placed third for the UW and 107th overall at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 17) in 21:08.2 ... finished fourth on the team and 25th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 9) in 21:03.9 ... took fifth on the team and 33rd overall at the Big Ten Championship (Oct. 28) in 20:59.3 ... competed at the Wisconsin Pre-National Meet (Oct. 13) and finished fourth on the team and 35th overall in 20:57.9 ... ran at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Sept. 28) and finished 69th overall and fourth on the team in 20:56.9 ... finished sixth overall and fourth on the team at the Badger Classic (Sept. 14) in 22:38.8
2018 Outdoor Track: Ran a season-best time of 10:13.70 in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary (May 25) to finish 22nd ... finished 13th in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:10.49 and finished fourth in the 3000 steeplechase in 10:18.89 at the Big Ten Championships (5/11-13) ... won the steeplechase in 10:30.69 at the National Relays (April 27) ... placed 12th in the 3000 steeplechase in 10:30.69 at the Mt. Sac Relays (April 20) ... finished third in the 5000 meters in 16:45.42 at the California Collegiate Open (March 31)
2018 Indoor Track: Member of the eighth-place DMR at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (Feb. 24) in 11:32.75 ...took 10th in the 5000 meters in 16:59.07 at the ISU Classic (Feb. 9) ... finished 34th in the 3000 meters in 9:52.34 at the Dr. Sanders Invitational (1/26) ... finished sixth in the mile in 5:04.29 at The Dual (Jan. 13)
2017 Cross Country: Finished 15th overall and third for UW at the Indiana Open in 18:10.8 (Sept. 2) ... finished fourth overall and third for UW at the Wisconsin Mayflower Day Open (Sept. 16) in 21:59.2 ... placed sixth for the Badgers and 55th overall with a time of 17:32.06 at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 30) ... finished fourth for UW and 74th overall at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 13) in 20:59.7 ... finished 23rd overall and fourth for UW at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28) in 20:55.2 ... finished fifth for UW and 36th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11) in 21:22.8 ... finished 131st overall and fourth for UW at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 18) in 20:59.4
2017 Outdoor: Redshirt season ... did not compete
2017 Indoor: Ran a 5:22.30 in the mile to take third at the Shell Shocker (Feb. 17) ... placed fifth in the 800 meters in 2:26.36 at the Minnesota Dual (Jan. 21) ... finished third in the mile at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan. 14) in 5:16.57
2016 Cross Country: Redshirt season ... placed 69th overall and fifth for the Badgers in 24:16.9 at the Nuttycombe Invitational open race (Oct. 14) ... ran unattached at the Badger Classic (Sept. 23) in 23:54.6
High School: 2015 state D3 cross country champion ... also won conference title in cross country ... conference champion in the 800 meters as a senior ... also competed in cross country skiing, qualifying for state three times ... two-time junior national qualifier in skiing
Personal: Daughter of Dale and Susan Niggemann ... has one sister, Makayla ... graduated in May 2021 with a degree in rehabilitation psychology ... currently a graduate student in educational leadership and policy analysis
Why Wisconsin?
“I chose Wisconsin for its beautiful town, outstanding history in academics and athletics, and for the great community and traditions that have surrounded the school for years."
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Off the course with Alissa
Where is your favorite place to run in Madison? Arboretum Lost City Trails
How would your teammates describe you? A quirky rotting corpse (6th year probz)
How would you describe the team? kinda odd!
My favorite thing about Wisconsin cross country is: the way this team operates like a family.
Which teammate have you learned the most from and what have you learned? Michele Lee, she was a fifth-year senior when I was a freshman. The power of believing in yourself and the power of what some dang good banana bread can do for you.
Do you have any pre-meet rituals? Big fan of playing The Lonely Island or throwback 00s and getting ready for race day with my teammates at the hotel beforehand.
The best thing about the Zimmer Course is: that it is one of the loveliest yet toughest courses in NCAA that we have the honor to train on daily.
What is the strangest thing that has happened to you in a race? Probably the time I fell into a creek during a race in high school.
What are your team goals for the season? Win Big Tens baby
When did you start running competitively? Sophomore year of college
Why did you choose cross country and/or track? Honestly, seemed like a better option to pursue than cross country skiing at the time.
If you could go on a run with any one person, who would it be? Mick Byrne circa late 1970s
What causes I care about? Mental health awareness
