Alex Schwedt

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Reno, Nev.
High School:
McQueen
Prev School:
Michigan

Honors: 2021 All-ACC Second Team (4x400m Relay, Indoor), 2019 USTFCCCA All-American Second Team (4x400m Relay, Outdoor)

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7723638/Duke/Alexander_Schwedt.html

2021-22 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor

Clocked 48.41 seconds in the 400m and 3:11.31 in the 4x400m at the ACC Championships
Won both the 400m (47.53) and 4x400m relay (3:10.12) events at the High Point Meet of Champions; 4x400m time is No. 3 in Duke history
Took third in the 400m (47.05) and fourth in the 4x400m relay (3:15.50) at the Duke Invite
Set the school record in the 4x200m (1:25.03) and 4x400m (3:09.01) at the Texas Relays

Indoor

Earned All-ACC Second Team honors following a fourth-place finish of 3:14.00 in the 4x400m at the ACC Championships
Took fourth as a member of the DMR squad that clocked 9:38.62 at the JDL DMR Invite, No. 4 all-time at Duke
Placed second in the 400m (47.94) and 10th in the 200m (21.96) Darius Dixon Memorial Invite
Finished sixth in the 400m (48.47) and seventh in the 200m (21.96) at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet
Finished third in the 300m (34.07) and 4x400m (3:13.32) and fourth in the 400m (47.77) at the Hokie Invite; 300m time was a personal best and No. 2 in Duke history
Clocked 3:14.86 as part of the 4x400m unit and ran 500m personal best (1:02.42), No. 2 in Duke history

2020-21 T&F: Joined Duke as a transfer for the 2020-21 season ... Made his Blue Devils debut with a fourth place finish in the 600m, recording a time of 1:20.89, while taking eighth in the 300m with a time of 35.39 at the Orange & Purple Elite (1/9) ... Won both events he competed in, setting the fourth best mark in program history in the 500m with a time of 1:04.01, while running a time of 48.26 seconds in the 400m at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1/15) ... Set the third best mark in program history in the 300m with a run of 34.39 to take fourth overall, while finishing fourth in the 400m with a run of 48.05 seconds at the Hokie Invitational (1/22) ... Took home second as part of the 4x400m relay team that ran a time of 3:14.69, while finishing eighth in the 200m with a time of 21.98 second and 15th in the 800m with a time of 1:58.27 at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite (2/5) ... Took home ninth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:14.38, while finishing 19th in the 400m (48.11 seconds) and 20th in the 200m (21.90 seconds) at the Tiger Paw Invite (2/12) ... Took home All-ACC Second Team honors as part of the 4x400m relay team that finished fourth, running a time of 3:11.15 at the ACC Indoor Championships (2/25) ... Further results included the second best time in Duke history in the 200m (21.48 seconds) to finish 10th and the fourth best time in program history in the 400m (47.67 seconds) to finish 10th ... Opened the outdoor season with a sixth place finish as part of the 4x100m relay team, running a time of 41.07 seconds, while taking 18th in the 200m with a run of 21.74 and 19th in the 100m with a time of 10.87 at the Raleigh Relays (3/25 - 3/27) ... Took home a third place finish as part of the 4x100m relay team that broke the school record with a time of 40.82 seconds at the Virginia Invitational (4/2) ... Helped set the second fastest mark in program history in the 4x400m relay with a second place finish and time of 3:10.24, while recording a PR in the 400m with a time of 47.59 seconds to finish tenth at the Virginia Challenge (4/17) ... Set a PR in the 400m, running a time of 47.34 to take first place, while finishing second in the 4x100m relay with a time of 41.20 at Duke Twilight (5/3) ... Set the second fastest time in program history in the 400m with a run of 46.68 seconds in the preliminaries to ultimately finish eighth, while add another eighth place finish in the 4x100m relay at the ACC Outdoor Championships (5/13 - 5/15) ... Helped set the third fastest 4x400m relay time in school history at 3:10.34 to finish 17th while taking 32nd in the 400m with a time of 47.18 seconds at the NCAA East Regional (5/26 - 5/28).

2019-20 T&F (Michigan): Recorded a time of 1:20.21 in the 600m to take second and ran a leg of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/18) ... Ran a time of 1:19.52 in the 600m to finish 11th, while taking eighth place in the 4x400 relay at the Big Ten Championships, scoring .25 points for the team (2/28 - 2/29) ... Did not compete in any outdoor events due to the season being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 T&F (Michigan): Opened the season with a career-best 1:20.97 in the 600m for second at the Wolverine Invitational (1/12) ... Improved last week's career-best with a time of 1:19.98 in the 600m for second at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (1/19) ... Set a new career-best for the third straight week with a run of 1:19.86 in the 600m to finish fourth at the Power Five Invitational (2/1 - 2/2) ... Ran a 400m time of 49.82 to finish 28th at the Music City Challenge (2/8 - 2/9) ... Set a new career best in the 600m to finish in 11th place at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22 - 2/23) ... Also ran a leg of the fourth place DMR team and seventh place 4x400 relay team ... Started the outdoor season with a time of 48.82 in the 400m to finish 11th at the Hurricane Invitational (3/15 - 3/16) ... Set a PR in the 200m with a time of 22.17w to finish 22nd and took home 10th in the 400m with a time of 49.18 at the Black and Gold Invitational (3/22 - 3/23) ... Finished 23rd in the 400m with a time of 49.33 at the Stanford Invitational (3/30) ... Turned in a 21st place finish in the 400m with a time of 46.60 at the Virginia Challenge (4/20) ... Ran a time of 48.88 seconds to finish third in the 400m at the Len Paddock Open (5/3) ... Finished 23rd with a time of 48.94 in the 400m at the Big Ten Championships (5/10 - 5/12) ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships by finishing 12th in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:07.31 at the NCAA East Preliminaries (5/23 - 5/25) ... Earned All-American Second Team honors by finishing 14th in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:07.09 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5 - 6/8).

2017-18 T&F (Michigan): Exclusively competed in the outdoor season ... Turned in a time of 48.24 in the 400m to finish fifth, while finishing second in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:13.72 at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (3/16 - 3/17) ... Sprinted to a time of 48.50 in the 400m to finish seventh, while taking third in the 4x400m relay, running a time of 3:14.64 at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (3/23 - 3/24) ... Earned a win in the 4x400m relay and ran a time of 48.30 in the 400m to finish fifth at the Battle of the Blue (4/6) ... Recorded an eighth place finish in the 4x400m relay and notched a time of 48.89 in the 400m at the National Relay Championships (4/27 - 4/28) ... Ran a career-best time of 48.11 in the 400m to finish 24th, while running a leg of the eighth-place 4x400 relay at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/11 - 5/13).

2016-17 T&F (Michigan): Ran a time of 50.63 in the 400m to finish third at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/14) ... Turned in a career-best time of 48.28 seconds in the 400m to take third at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/21) ... Finished 24th in the 400m with a time of 48.97 at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/3 - 2/4) ... Set a PR with a time of 22.47 in the 200m, while running a mark of 48.75 in the 400m to take 21st at the Spire Invitational (2/10 - 2/11) ... Ran the 400-meter leg of the team that clocked 9:43.85 in the DMR to finish sixth, while finishing 11th in the 4x400m relay at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24 - 2/25) ... Ran a time of 49.75 in the 400m to finish 19th, while finishing fifth in the 4x400m relay at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (3/24 - 3/25) ... Finished second in the 400m with a time of 48.73, while adding a second place finish in the 4x400m relay and a fourth place finish in the 200m with a time of 22.32 at the Battle of the Blues (4/1).