Zephaniaya Alvarado
Zephaniaya Alvarado
Height: 5'4
Hometown: Manhattan, N.Y.
Year: Senior
High School: Match
Major: Sociology

Career Bests

Event Meet Results  Date 
5K (XC) Trinity College Bantam Invitational 18:34.0 9/7/2024
8K (XC) Hopkinton Cross Country Festival 27:42.7 8/29/2025
5 mile (XC) KSC Invitational 29:03.8 10/1/2022

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AS A SENIOR…

  • Ran career first 2 Mile at the New England College Mayflower Kickoff, finished second with a time of 10:53 flat.
  • Notched a new PR in the 8k at the Hopkinton Cross Country Festival with a time 27:42.7.
  • Finished 7th in the 8k for the NAC Championship.
  • Named to NAC First Team All-Conference
  • Ran a 28:21.3 in the Division III East Regionals, the Lynx's top finisher
  • Won the Team MVP Award at the 2026 LES-ley Awards.

AS A JUNIOR...(at Roger Williams): 

  • Ran a new career 8k best at the James Early Invitational (28:53.3)
  • Notched a new PR in the 5k at the Trinity College Bantam Invitational (18:34.0).

AS A SOPHOMORE...(at UMass Boston): 

  • Ran career bests in 5000M (18:43.10) and 8000M (29:03.77)
  • Ran team's third best 5000M of the season at the Brown University Home Meet
  • Finished 54th in the Keene State Invitational with a 29:03.77 time in the 8000M
  • Competed in the NCAA Division III East Regional, finishing with a time of 30:52.5 in the 8000M

AS A FIRST YEAR...(at UMass Boston):

  • Made his collegiate debut on September 11 at the Smith College Co-Ed XC Invite 
  • Placed the third-best time on the team in the 5000M race 
  • Ran a career-best 29:50.90 in the 6000M at the UMass Dartmouth XC Invitational

BEFORE UMass Boston...

  • Graduated from Match High School in Boston in 2021…Was a three-sport athlete (soccer, track, and cross country)
  • Was named captain twice for cross country and track
  • Earned seventh in the MCSAO Cross Country Championship in 2019
  • Competed in a marathon at 17 years old
  • Ran a half marathon in 1:33