2024 Cross Country Roster
Tapanes, Alyssa

Alyssa Tapanes
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Kinesiology Exercise Science
- Hometown:
- Downey, Calif.
- High School:
- Downey HS
- Prev School:
- Downey HS
Bio
Alyssa Tapanes - Season/Career Statistics
2024 (Junior): Ran in all five events ... Established a 4k-best of 14:31.3 at the Waves Invite to finish 26th ... Lowered 6k-best time to 21:46.6 to finish 55th at the Big West Championships ... Ran 22:10.5 at the NCAA West Region Championships (155th) ... Went 22:20.6 at the UC Riverside Invitational.
2023 (Sophomore): Competed in five meets ... Ran a career-best 5k of 19:43.0 at the Big West Preview... Ran a season-best 6k of 22:05.5 at the Highlander Invitational... Ran 22:44.3 at the NCAA West Region Championships ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2022 (Freshman): Did not compete.
High School: Ran cross country and track and field at Downey High School … Helped her team finish top three in league every year of her high school career, including a track championship as a freshman … Won the individual league title for the 1600m as a junior … Owns a lifetime best 18:11 in the three-mile and a 19:36 in the 2.93-mile race … Academically, earned the Dean’s Award (2019-22), Scholar-Athlete Award (2018-19, 2019-20), and the Viking Award (2022).
Personal: Daughter to Paula and Julia Tapanes … Has a sister, Maxine, and two brothers, Matthew and Thomas … A Kinesiology Exercise Science major.
2024 (Junior): Ran in all five events ... Established a 4k-best of 14:31.3 at the Waves Invite to finish 26th ... Lowered 6k-best time to 21:46.6 to finish 55th at the Big West Championships ... Ran 22:10.5 at the NCAA West Region Championships (155th) ... Went 22:20.6 at the UC Riverside Invitational.
2023 (Sophomore): Competed in five meets ... Ran a career-best 5k of 19:43.0 at the Big West Preview... Ran a season-best 6k of 22:05.5 at the Highlander Invitational... Ran 22:44.3 at the NCAA West Region Championships ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2022 (Freshman): Did not compete.
High School: Ran cross country and track and field at Downey High School … Helped her team finish top three in league every year of her high school career, including a track championship as a freshman … Won the individual league title for the 1600m as a junior … Owns a lifetime best 18:11 in the three-mile and a 19:36 in the 2.93-mile race … Academically, earned the Dean’s Award (2019-22), Scholar-Athlete Award (2018-19, 2019-20), and the Viking Award (2022).
Personal: Daughter to Paula and Julia Tapanes … Has a sister, Maxine, and two brothers, Matthew and Thomas … A Kinesiology Exercise Science major.
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs UCLA
Tuesday, September 02
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Oregon State
Monday, September 01
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Stanford
Saturday, August 30
Men's Volleyball Weekly Press Conference
Monday, May 05