University of Illinois Athletics

TRACK & FIELD | CROSS COUNTRY • 2006-10

The most decorated women’s distance runner in Illini history, Angela Bizzarri was a three-time NCAA Champion and nine-time All-American (five in track & field and four in cross country) at Illinois. She won an NCAA title in the 5,000m outdoors in 2009, the 3,000m indoors in 2010 and the NCAA championship in cross country in 2009. Bizzarri won five Big Ten titles in track including the 5,000m outdoor in 2009, the 3,000m and 5,000m indoor in 2010 and the 1,500m and 5,000m outoor in 2010. On the cross-country course, Bizzarri earned four All-America honors, including Top 15 finishes in 2007 (14th), 2008 (6th) and her championship in 2009. She was a four-time First-Team All-Big Ten selection with finishes of second, third, fifth and seventh during her career. Bizzarri is the Illinois record holder in the indoor mile, 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m, the 1,500m and 5,000m outdoor, and at 6,000m in cross country. She won the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2010 and was the 2009 USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Following her collegiate career, Bizzarri competed professionally for six years. Bizzarri Pflugrath and her husband, Karl, live in Vallejo, California, where she recently finished medical school at Touro University.