Alex Frey Season 2024

ALEX FREY'S TFRRS PROFILE
 
2022-23
Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Ten (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Track & Field)
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Sophomore

• Raced in five meets in the 1,500m, 5,000m and 4x1600
• Picked up two top-25 finishes at the Big Ten Championships, in the 5,000m (24th, 15:15.07) and 1,500m (25th, 3:51.26) from May 12-14
• Ran the fifth-fastest time in school history and was the runner-up in the 5,000m in 14:00.81 at the Indiana Invite on April 21
• Placed third in the 1,500m in 3:47.41, a PR, at the Fighting Illini Challenge on April 8

Indoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Sophomore

• Competed in four meets in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m
• At the Big Ten Championships, was 13th in the 3,000m with a PR of 8:09.15 and 16th in the 5,000m in 14:40.20 from Feb. 24-25
• Notched a collegiate-best mile time of 4:10.51 and was fifth overall at the Midwest Invite on Jan. 14

Cross Country / As a Junior

• Ran in six meets
• Posted a personal-best 10k time of 31:51.9 to finish 83rd overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 11
• Placed 26th at the Big Ten Championships with an 8k time of 24:53.4 on Oct. 28
• Earned a 5-mile PR of 25:00.0 at the Joe Piane Invite on Sept. 30
• Opened the season with a 15th-place finish at the Winrow Open in a career-record 6k time of 18:47.3 on Sept. 2

2021-22
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Academic All-Big Ten (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Track & Field)
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Raced at two meets in the 1,500 and 5,000
• Placed second in the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 14:24.46 at the Illini Classic on April 9
• Earned a collegiate-best 1,500m time of 3:52.09 and was the runner-up at the Blizzard Buster on March 18

Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Did not compete

Cross Country / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Competed in three meets
• Won the Stan Lyons Bulldog Invite with a personal-best 8k time of 25:25.6 on Oct. 22
• Ran the 8k in 26:26.6 and was 27th overall at the John McNichols Invite on Sept. 18
• Placed 13th overall at the Winrow Open with a 6k mark of 18:53.2 on Sept. 3

 
2021
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Redshirted

Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Competed in one meet in the 3,000
• Placed second in the 3,000 in 8:33.25 at the Hoosier Hills Invite on Feb. 6

Cross Country / As a Freshman

• Did not compete in Purdue’s two-meet cross country season

 
HIGH SCHOOL

• Helped North Central High to a track & field state title in 2019
• Won a conference title in the 3,200-meter in 2019
• At the 2019 state meet, was a runner-up in the 4x800 relay and was sixth in the 3,200
• Earned academic all-conference and all-state accolades in 2019
• Won the 2018 cross country conference championship
• Served as cross country team captain in 2019
• Personal-best marks are 15:17 in the 5,000, 9:12 in the 3,200, 4:16 in the 1,600 and 1:58 in the 800

 
PERSONAL

• Parents are Kuk and Stephen
• Has one sibling
• Majoring in computer science