Alex Phillip

Position:
Distance
Weight:
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Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Akron, Oh.
High School:
St. Vincent- St. Mary

2024 T&F at UNC: INDOOR SEASON: Second Team All-America in the 5,000m finishing 12th at NCAA Indoor Championship (13:43.00) ... Competed in five indoor meets ... Ran the Mile, 3,000, 5,000, and DMR ... Recorded a personal record in the mile at the Penn State National Open finishing 13th (4:01.71) ... Set a personal record in the 5,000m at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (13:27.83) ... Finished second in the 5,000m at the ACC Indoor Championships earning First Team All-ACC ... Finished fifth in the 3,000m at the ACC Indoor Championships earning Second Team All-ACC ... Joined the UNC all-time performers list in the 3,000m and 5,000m ... Sits at No. 8 in the 3,000m (7:56.03), No. 2 in the 5,000m (13:27.83) OUTDOOR SEASON: Second Team All-America in the 10,000m finishing 12th at NCAA Indoor Championship (28:21.16) ... Competed in four meets during outdoor season ... Ran the 5,000m and 10,000m ... Won the prestigious Bryan Clay Invitational in the 10,000m setting the school 10,000m record and recording the nations fastest time 27:51.26 ... Claimed First Team All-ACC in both the 5,000m and 10,000m finishing second and third at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Moved into the No. 5 spot on the UNC all-time performers list for the outdoor 5,000m at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 13:34.11 ... Placed at the third at the NCAA East Regional in Lexington, Kentucky ... Earned outdoor Academic All-ACC.

Before UNC: Graduate of John Carroll University … 2021 and 2022 USTFCCCA Division III Men's Cross Country National Athlete of the Year … 2021 and 2022 NCAA Division III National Champion; only the fifth runner in Division III history to win back-to-back National Championships … Became the school’s first individual cross country national champion … Three-time Division III All-America (2019, 2021, 2022) … Two-time Great Lakes Regional Runner-of-the-Year (2021, 2022) … Two-time Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) champion (2021, 2022) … Three-time first-team all-conference (2019, 2021, 2022) … 2019 Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year … Four-time USTFCCCA and OAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

More on Phillip : Son of Jeff and Christi Phillip … Has an older sister, Lauren, and younger brother, Ben … Attended the same high school as LeBron James, St. Vincent-St. Mary’s High School.