University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2007 ALL-AMERICAN - 400-meter dash
2007 GNAC CHAMPION - 400-meter dash 
2006 ALL-AMERICAN - 400-meter dash
2006 GNAC CHAMPION - 400-meter dash/200-meter dash

2007: Earned second career All-America honor with 4th-place finish in 400-meter dash at 2007 NCAA Championships in Charlotte, N.C. ... twice set school and conference records at NCAAs with a 53.88 time in the prelims and a 53.56 in the finals ... claimed third career Great Northwest Athletic Conference title by winning the 400 at the conference championship meet ... set a new GNAC championship meet record time of 55.45 in the 400 ... placed conference runner-up in the 100 and 200 ... anchored women's 4x100-meter relay team to a third-place finish and 4x400 relay team to a sixth-place effort at GNACs ... collected four all-conference accolades ... bettered her own UAA record in the 200 by posting a time of 24.82 at the Triton Invitational ... captured eight individual victories senior season ... swept the 200 and 400 at the Linfield Icebreaker ... swept the 100 and 200 at both the Washington Outdoor Preview and Willamette Invitational ... placed ninth in the 400 against a Division I field at the prestigious Stanford Invitational ... won 20 career races in two seasons at UAA ... helped lead Seawolf women's 4x100 relay team to a pair of wins (PLU and Linfield) ... earned two GNAC Women's Athlete of the Week honors ... garnered academic all-conference accolades.  

2006: Became first Seawolf to earn All-America honors in track & field with 5th-place finish in the 400-meter dash at 2006 NCAA Championships ... first sprinter in UAA history to compete at Nationals ... broke GNAC record in 400 with 54.82 time in prelims, and lowered that to 54.20 in finals ... entered Nationals ninth out of 22 qualifiers in 400 with time of 55.10 ... voted GNAC Female Newcomer of the Year by the league's coaches ... swept the 200 and 400 titles at 2006 GNAC Championships to earn Women's Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet honor ... set new conference record in 200 (25.07) ... earned third All-Conference award on UAA's second-place 4x100 relay squad ... won 10 of 11 regular-season races, including sweeping the 200 and 400 at five meets ... ran on 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, helping both squads establish new school records.

BEFORE UAA: Ran track at Baylor University in Waco, Texas for two seasons ... participated in the 400- and 800-meter events ... placed 11th in the 800 at the 2004 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... earned track team MVP honors all four years as well as taking the award for the cross country team as a senior at Dimond High ... state and regional record holder in the 400 ... two-time state 200 and 400 champion ... claimed the regional titles in the 200 and 400 all four years of high school ... also raced to a regional title in the 100 as a junior ... earned all-conference and all-region honors in soccer.

PERSONAL: Born February 2, 1984 in Anchorage ... parents are Paris and Debra Pearce ... has three sisters (Rachel, Jillian and Cecilia) and one brother (Joseph) ... majoring in anthropology. 


PEARCE'S CAREER BESTS
100-Meter Dash: 12.37
(4/7/07 at Willamette Invitational) 

200-Meter Dash: 24.82
(4/21/07 at Triton Invitational)

400-Meter Dash: 53.88 
(5/24/07 at 2007 NCAA Championships)