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Clea Formaz

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Kantonsschule Asserschwyz, Pfaeffikon
  • Hometown Pfaffikon, Switzerland

Biography

Pronunciation – Clay-uh For-moz

 

2012, 2013, 2014 All-Pac-12 (Steeplechase)

2013, 2014 MPSF All-Academic

2013, 2014 All-Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

2013 USTFCCCA Academic All-American

 

2014: Indoors, Formaz clocked personal-best times in the 3K and 5K … Formaz ran the 3K in 9:49.84 at the MPSF Championships, finishing 25th overall … Formaz ran the 5K at the Husky Classic, clocking a personal-best time of 17:11.13, good for sixth place overall … Outdoors, Formaz’s season-best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase came at the Mt. SAC Relays when she posted a time of 10:24.40, good for ninth place overall … Formaz finished in sixth place at the Pac-12 Championships, clocking a time of 10:38.11, the third-straight year she earned all-conference honors … Formaz qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the event finished 19th place overall with a time of 10:25.34.

 

2013 (XC): Formaz only competed in one race during the cross country season, finishing in 98th place overall at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 22:32 in the 6K race.

 

2013: Indoors, Formaz ran the 3K at the MPSF Championships and took 22nd place with a personal-best time of 9:53.32 … Formaz also ran at the Razorback Invitational and Husky Classic … Outdoors, Formaz clocked the No. 3 time in UA history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays … She posted a personal-best time of 10:12.96 and earned a fifth-place finish in the race … She earned an eighth-place finish in the steeplechase for the second-straight year at the Pac-12 Championships … She clocked a time of 10:29.47 … At the NCAA West Preliminary round, Formaz finished in 38th place overall in the steeplechase in 10:41.29.

 

2012 (XC): At the Dave Murray Invitational, Formaz took seventh place in the three-mile race with a time of 17:51 … She was also the seventh Wildcat to finish the race … She finished in 40th place at the Pac-12 Championships, seventh on the team, clocking a time of 21:35 in the 6,000-meter race … Formaz’s time of 21:20 in the 6K at the NCAA West Regional was good for 79th place and sixth on the team … She also ran at the NCAA Championships and finished the 6K in 245th place and sixth on the team … Her time was 22:12.0.

 

2012: Indoors, ran in the 3,000-meter race twice as a freshman … She posted a time of 10:06.09 in the 3K at the Husky Classic … At the MPSF Championships, Formaz clocked a time of 10:13.73 in the 3K … Outdoors, Formaz earned All-Pac-12 accolades in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … In the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays, Formaz clocked a time of 10:38.83, good for eighth place … Formaz took second at the UA-ASU-NAU Double Dual Meet, clocking a time of 10:45.33, good for second place … At the Pac-12 Championships, Formaz scored for the Wildcats, clocking a personal-best time of 10:25.84 and taking eighth place in the event … Formaz qualified for the preliminary round of the NCAA Championships, finishing in 30th place with a time 10:47.56.

 

2011 (XC): Ran in two meets as a freshman … She took third place at the Grand Canyon Invitational, posting a time of 18:29.6 in the 5,000-meter race … She posted a time of 22:01 in the 6,000-meter race at the Pac-12 Championships.

 

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Kantonsschule Ausserschwyz … Did not compete for her high school as Swiss schools don’t have athletics teams … Holds personal bests of 4:38 in the 1,500 meters, 10:40 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 17:09 in the 5,000 meters.

 

PERSONAL: Born in Lachen, Switzerland, she is the daughter of Arsene and Bea Formaz … Has two younger sisters … Majoring in psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Redshirt

    5'7"
  • 2012Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2013Junior

    5'7"
  • 2014Senior

    5'7"
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