Alicia Craig
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname(s) | Run and Gun |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | Alicia Craig June 14, 1982 |
| Home town | Gillette, Wyoming |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
Alicia Craig, also known as Alicia Shay and Alicia Vargo (born June 14, 1982, in Gillette, Wyoming), is an American distance runner. She is a two-time NCAA 10,000 meter champion. In 2004, she set the women's collegiate 10,000-meter record in just her third race and repeated as winner the following year.[1][2] She ran at Stanford University. Her husband Ryan Shay died November 3, 2007, while competing in the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials.[3]
In 2012, she returned to racing following a number of injuries that began even before she was widowed and in 2017 recorded the then Fastest Known Time for the Rim to Rim.[4][5][6] In 2016, she married Chris Vargo.[7]
