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Born May 9, 1973 in Baie d'Urfé, Que., and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, the-5-foot-8 cross-country and track star competed for McGill between 1997 and 2003, and went on to become one of the most decorated athletes in school history. She earned Academic All-Canadian honours and made the McGill Principal's student-athlete honour roll in each of her five seasons, before graduating in 2006 with a doctorate in pharmacology and therapeutics.
Ali-Khan merited an unprecedented three consecutive Gladys Bean trophies as the McGill female athlete of the year (1999-00 to 2001-02). She earned All-Canadian honours five times in track and four times in cross-country, and was the Team MVP in both sports each season.
She competed for the Canadian national team at 2003 IAAF world cross-country championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Over her four seasons of cross-country competition at McGill, she finished in the medal hunt 19 times in 22 races (earning 12 golds, five silver medals, two bronzes), including one silver and a bronze at four CIS national championships.
The top McGill medal winner in McGill track history, she captured a school record 65 medals in 26 meets, including 50 golds, 14 silvers and one bronze. At the CIS track championships, she won a McGill record total of 13 medals in five meets – including seven golds, five silvers and a bronze – breaking the previous mark of six medals, held by Dr. Linda Thyer between 1992 and 1995.
Ali-Khan was a three-time recipient of the CIS track athlete-of-the-year award and a two-time Quebec conference nominee for the prestigious Howard-Mackie Award (now the BLG Award), presented annually to the Canadian university athlete of the year.
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