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Alex Cornwell - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Alex Cornwell

Hometown

London, England

Previous School

Birmingham University

2014-15
2014 XC: Ran to a fifth-place finish at the Lobo Invitational with a 15:26.93 time … finished 17th at the Notre Dame Invitational on a time of 23:43.0 … completed the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in 24:45 (112th) … placed fifth at the MW Championships at 23:44.0 … ran 32:03.26 at the NCAA Mountain Regionals to finish 70th … registered a time of 32:12.6 at the NCAA Championships.

2013-14
2013 XC: Competed twice for the Lobos … opened at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 111th over the five-mile course in 25:54.3 … took 228th at the Wisconsin Invitational, finshing in the 8K course in 25:13.
2014 Indoors:
Ran at four meets for New Mexico … Opened with a seventh-place time of 1:53.05* in the 800 at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational … Ran the 800 and the mile at the New Mexico Team Invitational, placing 15th (1:56.04*) and 16th (4:13.17*), respectively … Raced the same double at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, finishing seventh in the 800 (1:53.57*) and fourth in the mile (4:03.38*) … Scored in the mile at the distance medley relay at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, with a sixth-place time of 4:12.80* in the mile.
2014 Outdoors: Competed at six meets for the Lobos, mostly in the 1500 … Won the 1500 at the Jim Click Shootout in 3:54.80 to start the season … Shaved more than 10 seconds off his time at the Bryan Clay Invitational, placing 14th with a time of 3:44.59 … Took ninth at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge and fifth at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational to close out the regular season … Scored in the metric mile at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, finishing in 3:50.86* … Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, placing 45th with a time of 3:54.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Placed second in the 3000-meter run and fifth in the 1500 at the 2013 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Indoor Athletic Championships … Earned seventh in the 1500 at the 2013 British Athletics European Trials & UK Championships … Finished 16th at the 2013 BUCS Cross Country Championships Men’s A Race.

PERSONAL RECORDS

800 meters: 1:53.14
1,500 meters: 3:43.34
Mile: 4:03.38*
3,000 meters: 8:09.50
5,000 meters: 14:44.84

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

• All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2014 (DMR)
• Academic All-Mountain West, 2014
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, 2014
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, 2014

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol