Eastern Connecticut State University

High School: Four-year member of soccer and track & field programs who also played two seasons of basketball... In soccer, played center midfield as a four-year member of the program and three-year starter…also ran track & field for four years… named all-league honorable mention as a senior captain who led her team in points on a 14-6-1 team which placed second in the league… member of four state qualifiers in soccer…  recipient of track program’s Coaches’ Award in 2019… as a senior in track, was second in the 4x800 and fifth in the mile in the league meet… academic honors included the Springfield College Junior Book Award in 2019… finished in top ten percent of her senior class…

Other: Plays with the Scorpions Soccer Club out of Taunton, MA as a center fielder, with the team advancing to the NPL nationals as league champion… played 12 years with Franklin Town Soccer… member of Massachusetts Tournament of Champions in 2018…

PERSONAL: born Carly R. Alston May 1, 2002… Parents: Michelle and Joshua… Sibling: Aimee…
Major: Education… Career plans: History teacher and Coach… Residence: Franklin, MA…

CARLY… REVEALED

 
Your pre-race ritual: Going to the bathroom many many times
Personal goal for the season: Run a sub 20 5k and do my best to help the team win LEC’s
Your most overused phrase: I gotta pee
Biggest waste of money: Gambling
Biggest adjustment to college life: Biggest adjustment to being a grad student would be having less classes and more work
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be?: To run fast, duh
Your dream job: Teaching
What is something your friends would consider “so you”?: Randomly doing a triathlon with no training… which I did this summer