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Alex Comerford
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Kalamazoo, MI
- High School:
- Ostego
Bio
Career Honors:
2x USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region XC (2021, 2023)
All-ACC Academic Team XC (2021)
Comerford's collegiate performances
Senior XC (2024): Secured 19th place and USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region in the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/15) running the 10k with a time of 30:24:56 ... Placed 20th in the ACC Cross Country Championships (11/1) securing All-ACC with a time of 23:00.5 running the 8k ... Finished the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (10/19) 8k with a time of 23:35.4 ... Placed 8th overall at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13) with a time of 25.05.5
Senior Track and Field (2023-24):
Indoor: Finished sixteenth in the 1500-meter setting a new PR with a time of 3:46.17 at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20). Finished the 10000-meter with a time of 29:07.79 at the Stanford Invitational (3/29-30)...Completed the 5000-meter run in 14:02.92 minutes and set a PR for the 3000-meter run in 8:03.48 at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/22-24) ... Ran a 13:57.82 time for the 5000 meter run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9 -10)... Finished the 3000 meter run with a time of 08:07.93 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27)... Finished with 14:00.61 time for the 5000 meter run at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/2/23)...
Outdoor: Ran the 1500m with a time of 3:46.17 at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20)... Completed the 10k run in 29:07.79 minutes at the Standford Invitational (3/29-30) ...
Redshirt Junior XC (2023): Placed 17th at the NCAA Regionals (11/10) with a time of 30:06.3.. .Finished the Nuttycombe Invite (10/13) with a time of 24:15.7... Finished the Virginia Invitational (9/23) with a time of 23:57.8... Finished the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8) in 6th place with a time of 25:41.0.
Redshirt Senior Year Track and Field (2022-2023):
Indoor: Doubled in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-25), finishing with times of 8:06.90 and 14:31.78, respectively ... Set a new PR in the 5k at the David Hemery Valentine Inviational (2/10-11), with a time of 13:56.76 ... Opened the year with a PR in the 3,000-meter run at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27-28), crossing the line in 8:04.51
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim in the 10,000-meter run, finishing in 42st with a time of 30:55.49 ... Finished 13th in the 10,000-meter run at the ACC Championships (5/11-13), crossing the line in 30:35.78 ... Ran a time of 14:45.45 in the 5k at the Wake Forest Invitational (4/21) ... Set a personal best in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational (3/31-4/1), with a time of 28:58.14.
Redshirt Sophomore Year XC (2022): Finished 30th at the ACC Championships (10/28) with a time of 23:36.2 ... Finished 66th in the Open Race at the Nuttycombe Invitational (10/14) with a time of 25:07.7 ... Placed 89th at the Cowboy Jamboree (9/24) in 24:32.7 ... Finished in 10th place at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/9), crossing the finish line at 25:28.0.
Redshirt Junior Year Track and Field (2021-22):
Indoor: Set a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 8:07.99 on the way to a 38th place finish at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/11-2/12)...Finished 7th in the 5000m with a time of 14:10.62 at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/30).
Outdoor: Placed 18th in the 10k at the ACC Championships (512-5/14) ... Finished second in the 5000m with a time of 14:12.48 at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Competed in the 10,000m event at the Raleigh Relays. Finished in 53rd place with a time of 29:40.26 (3/24-3/26).
Redshirt Junior XC (2021): Finished the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 31:38.8 (11/20)... Earned All-Region honors at the Northeast Regional Championships with a 21st-place finish and a 24:36.5 (11/12)... Placed 47th at the ACC Cross Championships in 24:36.5 (10/29)... Ran a 24:57.8 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/24)... Finished 32nd at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational in his season debut with a time of 26:10.9 (9/10).
Redshirt Sophomore Track and Field (2020-21):
Indoor: Ran a time of 14:04.94 in the 5000m finals at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-2/27) ... Set a PR and finished 4th in the 5000m at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 14:33.86 (1/15-1/16).
Outdoor: Finished 24th in the finals of the ACC Championships posting a time of 29:38.55 in the 10,000m (5/13-5/15) ... Placed 21st in the mile with a time of 4:08.53 at the Virginia Grand Prix (5/1) ... Placed 18th in the 10k with a time of 30:06.09 at the Virginia Challenge (4/16-4/17).
Redshirt Sophomore XC (2020-21): Ran a PR time of 24:01.0, placing 8th, at the FSU Winter XC Last Chance (3/5)...Ran a time of 24:23.80, setting a PR, in the 8k at the FSU Winter XC Classic (2/5)...Finished 80th at ACC Championships (10/30) with a time of 24:39.5... Scored for the Orange in victory at Battle in Beantown with a 5th place finish and time of 24:55.4 (9/25)... Scored for Syracuse in season debut at Army, finished 5th with a 7.5k time of 22:55.7 (9/12) ...
Freshman Year (2019-20): Ran a PR of 8:22.16 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
Redshirt Freshman (2019): Placed 92nd in the 3000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational with a time of 8:22.16 (2/14-2/15) ... Finished 56th in the 5000m event with a time of 15:05.50 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/7).
Redshirt Freshman XC (2019): Raced unattached at the John Reif Memorial finishing second in a time of 15:23.5 (10/25)
Before SU: Graduated from Otsego High School. Won state championships in 2018 in the 3200 and the Michigan Division 2 Cross Country Championships. He finished eighth place in the New Balance Indoor Nationals 5K his senior year. He holds PRs of 4:13 in the 1600, 9:00 in the 3200 and 14:55 for the 5K in cross country.
Personal: Majoring in applied data analytics in the School of Information Studies.
2x USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region XC (2021, 2023)
All-ACC Academic Team XC (2021)
Comerford's collegiate performances
| Top Performances | Mile | 1500m | 3000m | 5000m | 10,000m | 7.5k | 8k | 10k |
| Indoor | 8:03.48 | 13:56.76 | ||||||
| Outdoor | 4:08.53 | 3:46.17 | 14:12.48 | 28:58.14 | 22:55.7 | 23:36.2 | 30:06.3 |
Senior XC (2024): Secured 19th place and USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region in the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/15) running the 10k with a time of 30:24:56 ... Placed 20th in the ACC Cross Country Championships (11/1) securing All-ACC with a time of 23:00.5 running the 8k ... Finished the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (10/19) 8k with a time of 23:35.4 ... Placed 8th overall at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13) with a time of 25.05.5
Senior Track and Field (2023-24):
Indoor: Finished sixteenth in the 1500-meter setting a new PR with a time of 3:46.17 at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20). Finished the 10000-meter with a time of 29:07.79 at the Stanford Invitational (3/29-30)...Completed the 5000-meter run in 14:02.92 minutes and set a PR for the 3000-meter run in 8:03.48 at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/22-24) ... Ran a 13:57.82 time for the 5000 meter run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9 -10)... Finished the 3000 meter run with a time of 08:07.93 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27)... Finished with 14:00.61 time for the 5000 meter run at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/2/23)...
Outdoor: Ran the 1500m with a time of 3:46.17 at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20)... Completed the 10k run in 29:07.79 minutes at the Standford Invitational (3/29-30) ...
Redshirt Junior XC (2023): Placed 17th at the NCAA Regionals (11/10) with a time of 30:06.3.. .Finished the Nuttycombe Invite (10/13) with a time of 24:15.7... Finished the Virginia Invitational (9/23) with a time of 23:57.8... Finished the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8) in 6th place with a time of 25:41.0.
Redshirt Senior Year Track and Field (2022-2023):
Indoor: Doubled in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-25), finishing with times of 8:06.90 and 14:31.78, respectively ... Set a new PR in the 5k at the David Hemery Valentine Inviational (2/10-11), with a time of 13:56.76 ... Opened the year with a PR in the 3,000-meter run at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27-28), crossing the line in 8:04.51
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim in the 10,000-meter run, finishing in 42st with a time of 30:55.49 ... Finished 13th in the 10,000-meter run at the ACC Championships (5/11-13), crossing the line in 30:35.78 ... Ran a time of 14:45.45 in the 5k at the Wake Forest Invitational (4/21) ... Set a personal best in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational (3/31-4/1), with a time of 28:58.14.
Redshirt Sophomore Year XC (2022): Finished 30th at the ACC Championships (10/28) with a time of 23:36.2 ... Finished 66th in the Open Race at the Nuttycombe Invitational (10/14) with a time of 25:07.7 ... Placed 89th at the Cowboy Jamboree (9/24) in 24:32.7 ... Finished in 10th place at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/9), crossing the finish line at 25:28.0.
Redshirt Junior Year Track and Field (2021-22):
Indoor: Set a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 8:07.99 on the way to a 38th place finish at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/11-2/12)...Finished 7th in the 5000m with a time of 14:10.62 at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/30).
Outdoor: Placed 18th in the 10k at the ACC Championships (512-5/14) ... Finished second in the 5000m with a time of 14:12.48 at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Competed in the 10,000m event at the Raleigh Relays. Finished in 53rd place with a time of 29:40.26 (3/24-3/26).
Redshirt Junior XC (2021): Finished the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 31:38.8 (11/20)... Earned All-Region honors at the Northeast Regional Championships with a 21st-place finish and a 24:36.5 (11/12)... Placed 47th at the ACC Cross Championships in 24:36.5 (10/29)... Ran a 24:57.8 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/24)... Finished 32nd at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational in his season debut with a time of 26:10.9 (9/10).
Redshirt Sophomore Track and Field (2020-21):
Indoor: Ran a time of 14:04.94 in the 5000m finals at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25-2/27) ... Set a PR and finished 4th in the 5000m at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 14:33.86 (1/15-1/16).
Outdoor: Finished 24th in the finals of the ACC Championships posting a time of 29:38.55 in the 10,000m (5/13-5/15) ... Placed 21st in the mile with a time of 4:08.53 at the Virginia Grand Prix (5/1) ... Placed 18th in the 10k with a time of 30:06.09 at the Virginia Challenge (4/16-4/17).
Redshirt Sophomore XC (2020-21): Ran a PR time of 24:01.0, placing 8th, at the FSU Winter XC Last Chance (3/5)...Ran a time of 24:23.80, setting a PR, in the 8k at the FSU Winter XC Classic (2/5)...Finished 80th at ACC Championships (10/30) with a time of 24:39.5... Scored for the Orange in victory at Battle in Beantown with a 5th place finish and time of 24:55.4 (9/25)... Scored for Syracuse in season debut at Army, finished 5th with a 7.5k time of 22:55.7 (9/12) ...
Freshman Year (2019-20): Ran a PR of 8:22.16 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
Redshirt Freshman (2019): Placed 92nd in the 3000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational with a time of 8:22.16 (2/14-2/15) ... Finished 56th in the 5000m event with a time of 15:05.50 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/7).
Redshirt Freshman XC (2019): Raced unattached at the John Reif Memorial finishing second in a time of 15:23.5 (10/25)
Before SU: Graduated from Otsego High School. Won state championships in 2018 in the 3200 and the Michigan Division 2 Cross Country Championships. He finished eighth place in the New Balance Indoor Nationals 5K his senior year. He holds PRs of 4:13 in the 1600, 9:00 in the 3200 and 14:55 for the 5K in cross country.
Personal: Majoring in applied data analytics in the School of Information Studies.
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