Alex Reinhart

Position:
Distance
Height:
6-0
Weight:
0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mequon, Wis.
High School:
University School

Junior: Ran as the No. 7 man for Duke on the IC4A cross country championship team at New York’s Van Cortlandt Park ... indoors, Alex got ready for the steeple outdoors by running a personal best mile of 4:22.18 at the ACC Championships ... outdoor competition saw a steady improvement in the 3000m steeplechase as Reinhart opened with a 9:36.33 for third place at the Wake Forest Open, then returned to Winston-Salem for the ACC Championships where he clocked 9:12.11, a personal best and an IC4A qualifying time ... at the IC4A Championships in Princeton, N.J., Alex lowered his personal best again to 9:06.71, placing 7th and earning All-East honors for the first time ... more importantly, Reinhart’s six-second improvement was under the NCAA East Regional qualifying standard, extending his season an additional two weeks ... unfortunately Reinhart caught a leg on a barrier mid-way thru the race and went down hard in the regional ...

Sophomore: The transfer from Colorado College spent his first year at Duke as the team’s top steeplechaser and came painfully close to scoring in the ACC and qualifying for the IC4As in the event ... at the ACC meet in Tallahassee, he held onto 7th place most of the race before fading to 12th on the final lap ... lowered his time in each of his four steeple races in 2005, finishing up with a 9:16.83 PB at the Duke Twilight meet, missing the IC4A qualifying standard by less than a second ... indoors, he ran 8:53.87 in the 3000m in Blacksburg, Va. ...

Freshman: Competed at Colorado College in Colorado Springs ... earned All-West Region honors with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division III West Region Championships ... earned the Colorado College Freshman Award and Inspiration Award during the track season ... set the school record in the 3000m steeplechase, while also a member of the school-record DMR.

PB Indoors:
Mile 4:22.18
3,000m 8:53.87

PB Outdoors:
3,000m 9:16.83
Steeplechase 9:06.71

Honors: All-East Outdoors (2006)