Alisa Harvey

Spouse: Leslie H. McFarling   

Children:

• Virginia M. Hill  (daughter)
• Skylar H. McFarling  (son)

Thomas Jefferson High School (Alexandria, VA) Highlight

• Graduated in1983
• Kinney Footlocker Cross Country National Finalist - 1982
• Virginia State High School T&F Champion (Indoor) - 1600m, 1000m - 1983
• Virginia State High School T&F Champion (Outdoor) - 1600m, 800m - 1983
• U.S. Junior National Team Member - 800m, 1500m, & 3000m - 1983
• #1-ranked High School 1600m/Mile - 1983

University of Tennessee Highlights

• Graduated in 1988 with B.A. Speech Communications
• Track & Field/Cross Country, 1984-87
• SEC Indoor Champion, 4 x 800m Relay, 1984
• SEC Indoor Champion, 1000m, 1986
• SEC Indoor Champion, 1000m, 1987
• SEC Indoor Champion, 1500m, 1987
• SEC Outdoor Champion, 1500m, 1984, 1985, 1987
• SEC Outdoor Champion, 800m, 1986, 1987
• SEC Indoor Meet Record, 1000m, 1987 (2:44.33)
• SEC Indoor Meet Record, 1500m, 1987 (4:22.05)
• NCAA Indoor Champion, 4 x 800m Relay, 1984
• NCAA Outdoor Champion, 1500m, 1986
• Nine-Time All-American
• NCAA Outdoor Runner-up, 800m & 1500m, 1987
• U.S. World University Games Team Member, 1987

Coaching Highlights

• Head Coach George Mason High School, Cross Country & T&F, 2013 & 2014
  • Coached 200m & 800m State Champions, Outdoor T&F, 2014
• Assistant Coach Battlefield High School, T&F, 2012
  • Coached 800m & 4 x 400m State Champions, Outdoor 2012
• Women's Distance Coach, George Mason University, 2003-2005
  • Coached CAA Conference Champion & Runner-up, Women's 800m, 2005

Professional Career Highlights:

• Holds World Indoor record for the 800m in the 45 to 49 age group division.
• Holds the American Indoor records for the 800m in the 40 to 44, 45 to 49, and 50 to 54 age group divisions.
• Holds the American Outdoor records for the 800m in the 40 to 44 and the 45 to 49 age group divisions.
• Previously held the world indoor record for the mile in both the women’s 35 to 39 and the 40 to 44 age group divisions.
• Qualified for the 800M at the 2008 US Olympic Trials at 42 years old.
• Ran a 2:49:28 marathon in 1999 to qualify for the Olympic trials.
• Set an American record in the mile at 4:46.29 in 2006, the year she turned 40.
• Outright won the 2006 Army 10 Miler and set a masters record of 59:00.
• Is the only four-time winner of the Army 10 Miler (1998, 1999, 2003, and 2006).
• Ranked in the US top ten in the 1500 meters eight years in a row from 1986 through 1993. In 1994, she took off for maternity leave, but returned to the list in 1998 and 1999.
• Achieved the number 1 ranking in the 1500M in 1993.
• Ranked in the US top ten in the 800 meters six times between 1988 and 1996.
• Became the 24th American woman to break 4:30 for a mile in 1998.
• Won the 1991 and 1999 New York City Fifth Avenue Mile.
• A member the University of Tennessee 4×800 team that set the NCAA record.
• Won the 1986 NCAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship at 1500 meters.

Current Projects:

• Writing my autobiography with a fellow runner.
• Training to break American age-group records at 400m, 800m, & Mile.
• Training to run a sub-19:00 5K

Feelings/Statements about being inducted:

I am thrilled to be a part of such accomplished and motivated Black women runners.  For decades I have not shied away from being the only Black female; in the classroom, on the starting line, or on the team.  My solitude is now being rewarded.  Being a member of the NBMA inductees has given me a chance to mingle with my kindred spirits.  This opportunity is an extremely satisfying highlight to my career.