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2012 Men's Cross Country Roster

Alex Nelson

  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Hometown Red Wing, Minn.
  • High School Red Wing

Biography

2012:  Ran a season-best 29:13 at the open-race portion of the conference championship.

2011:  Finished 53rd at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:41.46…ran a season-best 27:33.10 at the Minnesota “Roy Griak Invitational.”

2010:  Ran a season-best 27:58.90 at the University of Minnesota “Roy Griak Invitational.”

2009:  Ran a 30:17.20 at the CCIW Men’s Cross Country Championship…ran a career-best 27:14.38 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.

High School:  A four-time All-Missota Conference honoree…his senior-year team won a conference championship…coached by Jesse Nelson…four-year member of the track and field team…National Honor Society member and honor student.

Personal:  Double major in biology and music…distance runner on the 2010-13 Carthage track and field teams…named to the dean’s list three times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 17, 1991.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009Freshman

  • 2010Sophomore

  • 2011Junior

  • 2012Senior