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Ohio State Overview
- 2023 Indoor Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree
- Helped set the program record in the distance medley relay (9:49.01) in 2022
- Ranks second in program history in the 600m (1:16.61) – 2023
- Alex transferred to Ohio State after one semester at Akron
2024-25
Indoor
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Did not compete.
Outdoor
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Competed in the 800m (1:50.38) at the Big Ten Championships
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Won the 800m at the Jesse Owens Classic (1:52.66) and the Cherry Blossom Invite (1:52.39)
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Finished seventh in the 800m (1:52.34) at the Drake Relays
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Rounded out the top 10 in the 4x400m relay (3:12.35) at the USF Invite
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Posted five of the six fastest Buckeye times in the 800m this season
2023-24
Indoor
- Finished fifth in the 600m (1:17.36) at the Big Ten Championships after having the third-fastest time (1:16.74) in the prelims
- Ran a leg of the winning distance medley relay (10:09.79) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Ran the two-fastest Buckeye times in the 600m and 800m
- Was the runner-up in the 400m (48.99) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Was the 800m runner-up (1:50.90) at Louisville, also running the event at Boston (1:50.79) and finishing 45th out of 265 finishers
- Competed in the 800m (1:51.69) at the Big Ten Championships
- Won the 800m (1:50.52) at USF, also running the 1500m (4:01.05)
- Finished ninth in the 800m (1:51.68) at Texas
- Ran the fastest three 800m times for the Buckeyes this season
Indoor
- Ran the two-fastest OSU times of the season in the 600m, including a personal-best 1:16.61 at the Big Ten Championships to finish fifth after running a then personal-best 1:17.45 in the first round (eighth-fastest qualifying time)
- Ran a leg of the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Championships (9:58.09) to finish ninth
- Finished third in the 800m (1:52.07) at the Michigan Invite
- Finished sixth in the 600m (1:20.13) at the Music City Challenge
- Ran the mile (4:18.56) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Had an 800m PR of 1:48.73 at the Big Ten Championships to finish fifth after finishing fourth in the prelims with a then-PR of 1:48.79
- Competed in the 800m at the NCAA East First Round (1:49.39) and quarterfinals (1:52.14)
- Won the 400m (49.78) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invite
- Won the 800m (1:49.47) at the Ohio Invite and the Jesse Owens Classic (1:49.45)
- Posted the six-fastest OSU times of the season in the 800m and finished in the top-four in all four regular-season meets
- Was the runner-up in the 800m at the Tennessee Relays (1:51.23) and was fourth at the Bulls Invite with a then-PR of 1:48.96
- Ran a season-best 49.43 in the 400m at the Bulls Invite
Indoor
- Ran a leg of the winning DMR (10:04.59) at the Notre Dame Meyo Invite
- Ran the 800m (1:51.03) at the Big Ten Championships
- Was the runner-up in the 600m (1:11.03) at the Iowa State Classic
- Finished fifth in the 600m (1:20.04) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Also competed in the 800m and mile during the season
- Ran a leg of the winning 4x800m relay (7:26.16) at the Tennessee Relays
- Competed in the 800m (1:51.64) at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished third in the 800m (1:51.08) at Ohio
- Finished fourth in the 800m (1:51.24) at the Jesse Owens Classic
- State Division I champion in the 800-meters in both 2019 and as a senior in 2020
- Placed fifth outdoors in the 800-meters as a junior in 2019
- Helped Orange’s cross country win the Ohio Capital Conference championship in 2019 and qualify
