Pepperdine University Athletics

ACADEMIC AWARDS: Earned WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "bronze" honors in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 ... Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2018 (JR): Took part in two events ... Season-best 8K of 26:48.6 at the Bronco Open (10/13).
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2017 (SO): Ran at five of the six meets ... Season-best 8K was 26:49.0 at the Capital Cross Challenge (9/30).
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2016 (FR): Competed at all six meets ... Was Pepperdine's #3 runner at the Bronco Invitational (10/15) and the NCAA West Regional (11/11) ... Best 8K was 26:12.9 at the Bronco Invitational.
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2019 (JR): Competed at seven of 10 meets ... Had the team’s top time in the 800 (1:57.71 at Long Beach State on 3/2) ... Also ran the 1,500 multiple times (best of 4:04.67 at Cal Poly on 3/23), the mile twice (best of 4:33.04 at the Ben Brown Invitational on 3/9) and the 400 once ... Ran anchor on the 4x400 relay team that set the school record (3:22.78 at Pomona-Pitzer on 4/6).
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2018 (SO): Ran at seven of nine meets ... Helped set a couple of school records in the 4x400 relay ... Had the team’s three best times in the 800 meters, including a 1:55.46 at UC San Diego (4/14) ... Also ran the 1,500 (best of 4:07.23 at UC Irvine on 3/17) and mile (best of 4:27.54 at UCLA on 3/30).
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2017 (FR): Broke individual school records in the 400, 800 and 1,500 ... Went 50.94 seconds in the 400 at the Ben Brown Invitational (3/11), 1:54.06 in the 800 at UCLA (3/31) and 3:55.26 in the 1,500 at UC Irvine (3/18) ... Also had the team's best time in the 200 (23.33 at Pomona-Pitzer on 4/8) ... Ran the mile twice with a best time of 4:27.99 at Westmont (2/18) ... Had the team's top five times in the 800 ... Also part of the school-record time in the 4x400 relay.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Canyon (Texas) High School in 2016 ... Ran four years of varsity cross country and three years of track ... The Amarillo Globe News Athlete of the Year for cross country as a senior ... Earned all-region and all-state honors as a junior and senior in cross country ... Cross country team won three district championships and two regional titles ... Also earned all-region and-all state as a senior in track ... Also lettered in swimming ... Made the Academic All-State team for track ... A Superintendent Scholar and made the honor roll and the National Honor Society.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Amarillo, Texas ... Son of Randy and Sandy Allison ... Has five siblings: Zain, Seth, Sann, Mesa and Ayse ... His brother Seth ran cross country for Pepperdine between 2007-10 ... Sann ran at Texas and Mesa runs at Harding ... Majoring in natural science.
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys playing video games, building things and playing pickup games of any sport ... Favorites include Steve Prefontaine (pro athlete), Ranger's Apprentice (book), Star Wars (movie), Game of Thrones (TV show), Johnny Cash (musical artist), poppy seed chicken (food) and ultimate frisbee (sport other than running) ... Favorite thing about running is "it's one of the only sports that reflects the guts and work you put into it directly."