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Alex Thomas

Alex Thomas - Men's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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Major Civil Engineering
Hometown Bogart, Ga.
Last School North Oconee High School
Year Fifth Year
Alex Thomas - Men's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Alex Thomas Career Stats

Awards & Honors:

2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

2024 Cross Country: Competed in two meets … Finished 9th in the 8k at the Georgia Tech Cross Country Invitational (25:51.2), the first Yellow Jacket to finish … Also ran the 8k at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (25:01.9)

2024 Outdoor: Competed in six meets … Finished 5th in the 4x400m (3:22.53) and 16th in the 1500m (3:54.81) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … Ran the 800m at the Pepsi Florida Relays and finished with a time of 1:51.73 … Ran in two races at the Tom Jones Memorial: the 800m (1:52.87) and the 4x400m (3:11.93) … Finished 5th in the 800m (1:49.80) at the Georgia Tech Invitational, also ran in the 4x400m (3:20.96) … At the Penn Relays, ran as part of the 4x800m, finishing with a time of 7:28.67 … Ran in the prelim 800m (1:51.25) at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

2024 Indoor: Competed in four meets … Finished 10th in the 800m (1:53:33) at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Ran in the 4×400 (3:24.74) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational, while also running in the 800m (1:55.26) … Finished 7th in the 800m (1:53.26) at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational … Ran the 800m at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship and recorded a time of 1:53.46

2023 Cross Country: Did not compete

2023 Outdoor: Did not compete

2023 Indoor: Did not compete

2022 Cross Country: Raced in five meets … Took home fifth place in the 8K (25:26.3) at the Berry Watermelon Run … Placed second with a PR in the 8K (24:47.3) at the Alexander/Asics Invite … Competed in the 8K (25:35.3) at the ACC Championships

2022 Outdoor: Competed in four meets … Placed second with a personal best  in the 1500m (3:46.57) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Earned a fourth-place finish in the 1500m (3:49.19) at the Florida State Relays … Eighth-place finish in the 800m (1:50.55) at the War Eagle Invite … Raced in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invite, finishing with a seventh-place time of 1:51.17

2022 Indoor: Competed at six meets … Won both the 800m (1:52.45) and the 1000m (2:24.95) at the Commodore Indoor meet … Assisted the DMR to a second-place finish (9:54.24) and finished fifth in the 800m (1:50.37) at the Bob Pollock Invite … Earned a first-place finish as a part of the DMR team (9:48.50) at the Doc Hale VT Elite … Ran an eighth-place time of 1:49.67 in the 800m at the Tiger Paw Invite … Sixth-place finish in the DMR (9:45.22) at the ACC Indoor Championships

2021 Cross Country: Raced in four meets … 19th-place finish and PR in the 6K (19:07.3) at the Kennesaw State Opener … 17th-place finish and PR in the 8K (25:54.4) at the Alexander/Asics Invite

2021 Outdoor: Competed in six meets … Finished sixth at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 800m (1:49.48) … PR’d in the 800m (1:49.09) and competed in the 1500m (3:47.30) at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial

2021 Indoor: Competed at six meets … Turned in a PR in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships (4:09.56) … PR’d in the 1000m at the Orange & Purple Elite (2:33.85) … Set a PR in the Clemson Invite in the 3000m (8:35.60)

2020 Cross Country: Competed in two meets … Season best in the 8k was at the Blazer Classic (26:17.9)

High School: Ran at North Oconee High School … Member of 2019 Area Championship team… All-State Track (2017,2018) … All-Area Track (2017, 2018) … All-Area Cross Country (2016-2020) … All-State Cross Country (2019, 2020) … All-Region Cross Country (2016-2020) … 800m/1600m Area Champion (2018) … Raced at Footlocker Southeast Regionals (2016) … Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Principal’s Honor Roll … Beta Club Liaison … FBLA member … Stock Market Club member … FCA member

Personal: Comes from athletic family … Mother played volleyball at Kentucky, father ran XC/TF at Kentucky as well … Grandfather played baseball for Western Michigan … Picked Tech because of the academics, team environment and city location

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