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Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Southern Pines,
North Carolina
Last School
Pinecrest High School
Roster Years
2022-2023
BYU Highlights
- Ran 9:15.20 to set BYU's No. 9 all-time women's 3000m finish at 2022 Boston Season Opener
Personal
- Parents are Daniel and Janeth Alder
- Major: Pre-Business
- Has four siblings
- Both parents ran for BYU
- Also recruited by Duke
- Mother, Janeth Caizalitin Alder, a two-time All-American at BYU
- 1996 Indoor 3000m
- 1994 Outdoor 1500m
Before BYU
- Three-time (2019, 2020, 2021) North Carolina Girls Cross Country Gatorade Player of the Year
- Earned 11 individual state titles between cross country/track and field
- Four-time (2021, 2019, 2018, 2017) North Carolina cross country state champion
- Led high school to 29th-straight Sandhills Athletic Conference title
- Holds North Carolina’s fastest girls 5K time of 16:58.90
- Two-time indoor 1600m (2020, 2019) and 3200m (2020, 2018) North Carolina state champion
- Two-time outdoor 1600m (2019, 2018) and 2018 3200m North Carolina state champion
- Fifth-place finish at the National XC Town USA Meet of Champions
Indoor Personal Bests |
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Mark/Time |
Event |
Meet |
2:09.31 |
800m |
2023 Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational |
4:36.93 |
Mile |
2022 Husky Classic |
9:15.20 |
3000m |
2022 Boston Season Opener |
Outdoor Personal Bests |
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Mark/Time |
Event |
Meet |
2:08.78 |
800m |
2022 Sun Angel Classic |
4:14.08 |
1500m |
2023 Bryan Clay Invitational |
Career Results
Women's Cross Country Athlete Profile
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2022
- Indoor
- Represented BYU at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, competing on the DMR squad that earned Second Team All-American honors
- Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 4:36.93 at the Husky Classic, the seventh-best mile time in school history
- Ran a personal time of 2:10.13 in the 800m at the Columbia Challenge
- Competed in five meets during the 2022 season
- Outdoor
- Competed in the 1500m at the NCAA West Preliminary, advancing to the quarterfinal before finishing ninth overall with a time of 4:18.24
- Set a personal best time of 2:08.78 in the 800m at the Sun Angel Classic
- Ran a personal best time in the 1500m at the Stanford Invitational, clocking a 4:16.30
- Competed in six meets during the 2022 season
Sophmore Year
2023
- Indoor
- Set a personal-best 9:15.20 in the 3000m at the Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener
- Competed in five meets during the 2023 indoor season
- Outdoor
- Competed in the 1500m at the NCAA West Preliminary Round finishing 26th (4:19.81)
- Set a new personal-best 4:14.08 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational
- Competed in five meets during the 2023 outdoor season
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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W Track & Field | Apr, 07
Alder sets Ecuadorian national 1500-meter record