Sarah Attar

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Escondido, Calif.
	High School: Escondido HS

	Height: 5-4
	Event: Distance
	Experience: 2V

03/16/2013

Hurdlers Have Good Outings at Northridge Invitational

Summer Enalen almost breaks her own record and Juliet Casillas gets into the Waves' top five.

02/14/2013

Track Teams Open 2013 Season at Westmont on Saturday

Of the 26 people on the women's roster, 14 are in their first year running track for the Waves.

08/08/2012

Pepperdine's Attar Captures World's Attention at Olympics

Sarah Attar wanted to represent Saudi Arabia at the Olympics as a way of inspiring women.

07/13/2012

Pepperdine Athletics 2011-12 Year in Review

Eighteen student-athletes earned All-American honors and 51 were all-conference.

07/12/2012

Pepperdine 2012 Olympics Headquarters

The Waves head into 2012 having won a total of seven gold medals, eight silver medals and three bronze medals at past Olympics.

08/08/2012

Sarah Attar: 2012 Olympian

Photos from Pepperdine student-athlete Sarah Attar's historic appearance in the women's 800m run at the London Olympics.

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2013: Competed only once as a 2013 junior ... Ran the 3,000 meters at Northridge (3/16) in 11:27.30.

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2012: Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete ... Ran in two meets as a sophomore ... Ran the 1,500 meters at the Cal State Fullerton Ben Brown meet (3/10) in 5:30.51 and the 3,000 meters at the UC Irvine meet (3/24) in 11:37.41.

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2011: Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete ... Competed three times for Pepperdine in the 1500m run as a freshman and posted a season best of 5:35.16 at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.

PEPPERDINE XC 2012: Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention for the second time as a junior ... Ran in four meets ... Was the team's #3 runner at the Stanford Invitational and was #4 on the other three occasions ... Best 5k was 19:42.05 at the Northridge Collegiate Invitational and best 6k was 24:05.7 at the UC Riverside Invitational.

PEPPERDINE XC 2011: WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "silver" honors ... Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete ... Competed at the first five races of the season as a sophomore ... Had a season-best 5k of 20:26 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational and a 6k of 25:02 at the WCC Championships.

PEPPERDINE XC 2010: Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete ... Earned WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "silver" honors ... As a freshman, competed at the last two regular season meets at Santa Clara and Cal State Fullerton ... Finished the course at Fullerton with a season-best 5K mark of 20:16.4 to finish fourth among all Pepperdine runners ... Completed the Santa Clara course in 20:32.4.

OLYMPICS: Became one of the first two female athletes ever to represent Saudi Arabia at the Olympics at the 2012 London Games ... Ran the 800 meters ... The first Pepperdine product to compete in track and field at the Olympics since 1972.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Escondido (Calif.) High School in 2010 ... Was a two-year varsity letterwinner for head coach Jerid Meek in the 1600m and 3200m ... Career best marks include a 5:50 in the 1600m, 12:20 in the 3200m and 2:40 in the 800m ... National Honors Society and California Scholarship Federation member ... Received school's Cougar Award of Excellence in English and Science ... Two-year San Diego All-Academic League honoree ... Earned the Rex Hamilton Memorial Art Scholarship.

PERSONAL: Born and raised in Escondido, Calif. ... Art major ... Chose to attend Pepperdine for its beautiful campus, amazing environment and sense of community.

FAVORITES: Hobbies include art, yoga, hiking, stargazing and exploring ... Favorites include The Alchemist, Into the Wild and The Little Prince (books), 500 Days of Summer and Into the Wild (movies), CSI: NY, Phineas and Ferb and Man vs. Food (TV shows), Death Cab for Cutie, Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes (musical artists), mango, blueberries, muffins, pasta and cereal (food) and volleyball and ultimate frisbee (sports besides running).