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2024 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

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Allyssa Romero

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School Alamosa
  • Hometown Alamosa, Colo.

Biography

  • 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2024 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
  • 2024 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 400 meters)
  • 2024 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, March 17
  • 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2023-24 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 400 meters)
  • 2023-24 Academic All-RMAC first team (indoor track & field)
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District (track & field and cross country)
  • 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
  • 2023 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 200 meters)
  • 2023 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 400 meters)
  • 2023 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 4 x 100 relay)
  • 2023 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Jan. 16
  • 2022-23 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Dec. 12
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2022 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
  • 2021-22 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2021-22 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 400 meters)
  • 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
OUTDOOR INDOOR
100 12.44 (0.9)  60  7.91
200 25.06 (-2.6) 200 25.37
400 56.75 400 56.63

Career: Prior to the 2023-24 academic year, she was the school record holder indoors in both the 200 meters (25.37 seconds) and 400 (56.63), while outdoors she ranked second in both the 200 (25.06) and 400 (56.75) while also being a member of school-record 4x100 and 4x400 relays. She had run the program's four fastest indoor 200 times, and its five fastest (and eight of the top nine) indoor 400 times. Outdoors she had run three of the five fastest 200s and 400s that ranked second through sixth. She was part of the eight fastest 4x100 relays as well as three of the top five 4x400s.
 
2023 Outdoor: Part of the school record-setting 4x100 relay that not only had the fastest time in program history (46.58 seconds), but also had the five fastest times ever recorded by a Roadrunner unit. ... The 4x100 relay's best time, converted for altitude to 46.70, ranked 55th in Division II. ... Individually, ranked 104th in the 400 with a time adjusted for altitude of 56.86. ... Ran for 4x100 relay as it clocked 46.91 at the May 13 Loper Twilight. ... Helped the 4x100 relay to a 46.75-second clocking while running unopposed at the May 6 CSU Pueblo Last Chance, and she turned in another 25.06 in the 200 for first place. ... At the April 28-30 RMAC Championships, scored points individually with fifth-place finishes in both the 200 (25.31) and 400 (56.82) and also ran a leg on the second-place 4x100 relay (47.00), and the eighth-place 4x400 relay that ran a school-record 3:55.43. Would have broken her program record in the 200 in prelims at 25.06, but teammate Claire Hummel ran 25.04. ... Set the program record in 200 with a first-place clocking of 25.19 at the April 21 Mines Mini Meet. ... Won the 200 in 25.24 on April 14 at the Beach Invitational, and posted 400 times of 58.88 (April 13 Cal State Los Angeles Twilight) and 57.37 (April 15, Bryan Clay Invitational) on the team's California trip. ... Helped 4x100 relay to a program-record second-place time of 46.58 while also finishing fifth in the 400 (56.75) at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 8. That time was converted for altitude to 56.86, also a season best.

2022-23 Indoor: Ranked tied for 48th in Division II in the 400 meters at 56.63 seconds and 107th in the 200 with a time converted for altitude and track size to 25.13: both her raw times were program records. ... Unable to compete at the RMAC Championships. ... Ran a personal-best 60 of 7.91 for third place at the Feb. 18 Air Force Collegiate Open. ... Broke the program record in the 400 with a provisional qualifying time for NCAA Nationals of 56.63 at the Gorilla Classic on Feb. 11, finishing sixth in a talented field. The day before she was 27h in the 200 in 25.50. ... Broke her own program record while winning the 200 in 25.37, and ran a leg on the victorious 4x400 relay (4:15.03) at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open. ... Winner in the 400 at 58.08 and placed second in the 200 in 25.59 at the Jan. 21 UCCS Invitational. ... Broke the program record in the 200 at 25.42 for seventh-place, and finished fourth in the 400 (58.64) on Jan. 14 at the Potts Invitational. ... Won the 400 (59.07) and was third in the 200 (25.97) at the season-opening UCCS Pre-Holiday Invitational on Dec. 9 and 10, respectively.

2022 Outdoor: Ran a leg on the second-place 4x400 relay, and ran a personal-best 100 of 12.44 that made her MSU Denver's fifth-fastest individual in the event, at the CU Invitational on April 9. ... Sprinted to personal bests of 56.92 in the 400 and 25.13 in the 200, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively, and also ran a leg on the first-place 4x100 relay at the Maverick Classic on April 2. Converted for altitude, her 400 time of 57.03 ranked 89th in Division II for the season. Her 200 time was the second-best electronic time ever recorded by an MSU Denver athlete in the event. ... Ran a personal-best 200 of 25.34 for 12th place and ran on the first-place 4x400 relay at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 26. ... Opened the season by finishing fifth in the 400 in a personal-best 58.37 and also had a wind-aided personal best 200 of 25.31 for sixth at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird on March 19.

2021-22 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships, placed sixth in the 400 meters in 58.77 seconds after qualifying second in 58.54 -- the second-fastest time ever at MSU Denver behind her own school record. ... One day after setting the school record in the 400, she turned in a 58.68 clocking in the event that was tied for the second-fastest ever run at MSU Denver on the Feb. 12 GVSU Big Meet (Saturday). ... Set a school record in the 400 at 57.95, good for 18th place at the prestigious GVSU Big Meet (Friday) on Feb. 11. The time wound up ranked 99th in Division II for the season. ... Ran a personal-best 200 of 26.44 for third place and also ran a leg on the first-place 4x400 relay at the Mountain Lion Open on Jan. 29. Her 200 time put her sixth among individuals all-time at MSU Denver. ... Finished fourth in the 400 in a then-personal best 59.77 and was sixth in the 200 in 26.73 at the UCCS Invitational on Jan. 22. ... Finished sixth in the 400 (59.97) at the Potts Invitational on Jan. 15. ... Ran on the first-place 4x400 relay and placed 15th in the 60 in 8.12 at the season-opening UCCS Pre-Holiday Invitational and Multi on Dec. 11. Her 60 time put made her MSU Denver's eighth-fastest individual in the event.

2021 Outdoor: At the RMAC Championships, qualified sixth in the 400 in a personal-record 57.17 seconds that put her second on MSU Denver's all-time performer list before being disqualified in the final. Also ran on relays that finished fourth (4x400) and fifth (4x100). ... Helped break the school record in the 4x100 once again on April 24 at the Mines Pre-Conference Invitational, as the group finished second in 47.80, .07 better than it had three weeks earlier. Also ran a personal-best 200 time of 25.57 for third that put her sixth on MSU Denver's all-time performer list in the event. ... Won the 400 (58.72) at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 18, and ran on a school-record setting 4x400 relay that finished third in 3:58.07 to break a program record that had stood since 2013. ... Helped set a second straight school record in the 4x100 relay, which finished in 47.87 for fourth at the Jo Meaker Classic on April 3. With the conversion to 47.99, the unit ranked 33rd in Division II at the point of the season. Also became just the second MSU Denver competitor to break 58 seconds in the 400, sailing to a 57.66 clocking for sixth. ... Ran on school-record setting 4x100 relay, which clocked 48.70 for fourth place, but second among Division II teams, at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 28. The previous school record of 49.40 had been set in 1984. Also ran 25.85 for 11th place in the 200. ... Made her outdoor debut at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird on March 20, finishing fifth in the 400 (58.12) and 12th in the 200 (26.10).

2020-21 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships, finished seventh in the 400 meters (59.96 seconds) after qualifying eighth (1:00.12) and ran on the fifth-place distance medley relay (12:10.26) and the sixth-place 4x400 (4:13.55). .... Became MSU Denver's third-ever sub-60 second competitor in the women's 400 indoors with a second-place tme of 59.89 at the Mines Front Range Invitational #4 on Feb. 20. Finished 15th in the 400 at the Ichabod Invitational on Feb. 13 (1:00.71). ... Ran a personal-best 200 of 26.60 for seventh place at the Grizzly Invitational on Feb. 6 and also ran a leg on the distance medley relay team that moved into fourth in program history (12:33.87 raw time) and ranked seventh in Division II at the point of the season (converted 12:04.02) with a provisional qualifying time for the Indoor National Championships. ... Placed second in the 400 (1:00.88) to move into sixth on MSU Denver's all-time performer list, and fifth in the 200 (27.01) in a triangular at Western Colorado on Jan. 30. ... Finished third in the 200 in 26.72, putting her seventh on the program's all-time performer list, during her MSU Denver debut in a dual at UCCS on Dec. 11.


High School: Alamosa High School, class of 2020. ... Ran on two-time state championship 4x400 relay team, and also placed eighth in the 200 and ninth in the 400 at the 2019 Class 3A State Championships. ... Ran a personal-best 400 time of 58.77 in the prelims at the State Championships in 2019) and ninth (2018) at the State Championships in the 200. ... Multiple-time state qualifier in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 100, 200 adn 400. ... Personal bests included 15 feet, 2 1/2 inches in the long jump, 12.68 in the 100, 25.97 in the 200, and 58.67 in the 400. Indoor personal bests include 26.87 in the 200 and 1:01.55 in the 400. ... Finished seventh in the 400 at the Class 3A State Championships in 2018 with a time of 1:00.40, after running 59.64 in the prelims. ... Ran on fourth-place 4x400 team at the 2017 Class 3A State Championships as a freshman. ... Coached by Christopher Martinez. ... Also competed in basketball and volleyball.

Club: Competed for Alamosa Elite and Team Colorado. ... Represented Colorado in the Great Southwest Open. ... Placed second at the Western Indoor.

Personal: Born Allyssa Patreece Romero. ... Birthday is June 3. ... Daughter of Leland and Alicia Romero. ... Majoring in criminalistics and criminal justice, with minors in English and writing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2022Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2023Junior

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2024Senior

    Sprints
    5'3"