Angela Bizzarri Pflugrath is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)[1] and a former American distance runner.

She was the Big Ten Runner of the week after winning her collegiate debut at the Brissman-Lundeen Invite.

Indoor Track: Bizzarri earned her third All-American honor, anchoring the mile leg of the Illini distance medley relay to a sixth-place finish with an overall time of 11:12.

At the Alex Wilson Invitational, she helped the distance medley set a school record of 11:09.09, winning the race.

Outdoor Track: Bizzarri qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials and made the finals, where she finished 13th.

She was also awarded the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week after winning the 5000m at the Brutus Hamilton Invite in a time of 16:16.43.

She received the Dike Eddleman Award as the Illinois Female Athlete of the Year as well.

[8] Cross Country: Bizzarri finished sixth at the National NCAA meet, running 19:59 [13] and earning All-American honors, setting the new school record.

At the Big Ten meet, she won the 5000m (15:54.86) title and placed second in the 1500m (4:16.86), setting a new 1500m school record.

She received her second Dike Eddleman Award as the University of Illinois Female Athlete of the Year.

She earned All-American status once again and became the first female Illini to win a Cross Country national title.

During her impressive senior Cross Country season, Angela was named the National Cross Country Athlete of the Year by the USATF, earned the Honda Sports Award for Cross Country,[14] was named Midwest Region Athlete of the year, and was named Big Ten Runner of the Week on October 20 after her win at Pre-Nationals.

She was named the Division I female cross country Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2009 season.

[15] Indoor Track: Bizzarri won her third national title in the NCAA 3000m, breaking her own school record with a time of 8:57.40, just edging out Lisa Koll of Iowa State University by 12 hundredths of a second.

Angela tried to reach the world championships B-standard of 15:25, but she fell short (15:57) in her only attempt on July 15 in Liege, Belgium.

At the Big Ten Conference meet, Angela won the 1500m in 4:15.42, setting a new school record and beating out Gabriele Anderson of Minnesota by 1 hundredth of a second.

After a short stint in San Diego, she moved to Seattle to be coached by Danny Mackey.

She earned her Molecular and Cellular Biology degree from the University of Illinois in the fall of 2010 and began competing for Brooks in the spring outdoor track season of 2011.