Hall of Fame
Ari Fisher made All-MAC six times in her career as a distance runner, three times in cross country and three times in track & field. Fisher is one of only five runners in MAC history to win back-to-back cross country titles, achieving that feat in 2009 and 2010. She qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championship Meet three times in her career, earning All-America honors in 2010. Fisher won the individual MAC title as a sophomore in 2009, pacing UT to a second-place finish in the conference championship meet. She then took ninth place at the NCAA Regionals and qualified for her first NCAA Championship Meet. A year later, she won the conference title again, leading the Rockets to a MAC title. She was third at the NCAA Regionals and 26th at the NCAA Championship Meet. In 2011, Fisher came in third place at the MAC Championships as UT again won the team title. She was 17th at the NCAA Regionals and 76th at the NCAA Championship Meet, helping UT to its highest national finish ever (21st place). Injuries hampered her track career, but she was named the league’s “Outstanding Distance Runner” at the 2010 Indoor Championship when she won the 5K by more than 26 seconds. In 2011, she set the MAC record in the 5K at the Iowa State meet. Her time of 16:04.56 was one of the top-10 fastest times in the world that year. She was one of the favorites to win the 5K at the NCAA Indoor Championships that year but an injury forced her to withdraw from the race. In 2012, she won the 10K at the MAC Outdoor Championships.
