2020 Cross Country Roster

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Alek Parsons

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Ogden, Utah
  • High School Ogden
  • Major Environmental Systems Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades
  • Two-Time All-American
  • Two-time XC All-West Region (2018, 2019)
  • Two-time All-Pac-12 XC first team (2018, 2020-21)
  • Three-time Pac-12 XC champions (2017, 2018, 2020-21)
  • Pac-12 XC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2020-21)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (XC 2019)
  • Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F 2019, 2020, 2021; XC 2019, 2020-21)
  • CoSIDA T&F/XC Academic All-District 8 first team (2020)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team (T&F 2019)
  • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic second team (XC 2017, XC 2018)
  • Two-time MPSF All-Academic (2019, 2020)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2019, T&F 2020, 2021)
Personal Bests (thru 2021 outdoors)
  • 10,000: 28:31.45
  • 5,000: 13:36.52
  • 3,000: 8:05.02
  • Mile: 4:04.80i
  • 1,500: 3:45.19
As a Fifth-Year Senior (2020-21)
Outdoors
  • Moved to No. 9 on Stanford all-time list in 10,000
  • Set lifetime bests in every event in 2021: 10,000, 5,000, 3,000, and 1,500
  • Ran 10,000 best of 28:31.45 at Stanford Invitational
  • Second in the 5,000 at West Coast Classic in PB of 13:36.52
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
  • Did not compete
Cross Country • Pac-12 Champions
  • Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Placed fifth at Pac-12 Championships
  • Was Stanford's No. 3 runner on first-place team
  • Four-time member of Stanford's NCAA lineup
  • Stanford's No. 5 runner at NCAA's, placing 82, and helping Cardinal to fifth
As a Senior (2019-20)
Outdoors
  • Season canceled
  • CoSIDA T&F/XC Academic All-District 8 first team
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
  • Placed third at the MPSF Championships in the 5,000
  • Season best of 13:54.42 placed him No. 33 in season rankings
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • MPSF All-Academic
Cross Country
  • All-American
  • All-West Region
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Stanford's No. 2 runner at the NCAA Championships
  • Earned his second cross country All-America honor
As a Junior (2018-19)
Outdoors
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team
  • Set 10,000 PB of 28:56.01 at the Stanford Invitational
  • Set 5,000 PB of 13:47.59 at the Cardinal Classic
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
Indoors
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Fifth in MPSF 5,000
Cross Country • Pac-12 Champions
  • Earned first All-America honor by placing 30th at NCAA Championships
  • Improved by 115 places at NCAA Championships in one year
  • All-West Region
  • Fourth in Pac-12
  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team
As a Sophomore (2017-18)
Outdoors
  • Placed sixth at Pac-12 Championships in first 10,000, in collegiate outdoor track debut
Indoors
  • Ran first sub-14 5,000 at Iowa State Classic, running 13:58.87 for seventh
  • Established 3,000 personal best of 8:07.93 at UW Invitational, in collegiate track debut
Cross country • Pac-12 Champions
  • All-West Region selection by placing 24th at NCAA West Regional
  • Team's No. 6 at NCAA Championships in first season of competition
  • Placed 21st at Pac-12 Championships for first-place team
  • Made collegiate debut with fourth-place finish at USD Invitational
  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team
As a Freshman (2016-17)
Outdoors
  • Redshirted, but ran 14:10.33 in the 5,000 at the Hornet Invitational while unattached
Indoors
  • While unattached in the 3,000, ran 8:18.81 at the UW Invitational
Cross Country
  • Ran in the Stanford Invitational unattached, placing ninth
Prior to Stanford
  • Third at the 2015 Nike Cross Nationals for Ogden High, covering the 5K course in 15:05.60 in his second consecutive appearance at the meet
  • Second at the 2015 Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional (14:43.0, 5K)
  • 2015 Utah 4A cross country champion, running 3 miles in 14:58.9
  • Finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman for his athletic and academic achievements
  • Ran 8:55.56 in the 3,200 at the 2015 Arcadia Invitational
  • Anchored Ogden's 4xMile that won the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals (17:04.55)
  • Second in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200 at the 2016 Utah 4A track championships
Personal
  • National Honor Society.
  • Grand Concours National de Francais Laureat
  • National Merit Scholar Semifinalist
  • Academic Olympiad
Career Results
Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Region NCAA
2020-21 Outdoors (5) 10,000 28:31.45 -- 14 (29:26.99) --
5,000 13:36.52 10 (13:46.53) 10 (13:57.70) --
3,000 8:05.02 -- -- --
1,500 3:45.19 -- -- --
Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
Cross Country (4) 8K 22:59.0 5 (22:59.0) --
10K 31:19.5 -- -- 82 (31:19.5)
2019-20 Outdoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
Indoors (2) 5,000 13:54.42 3 (13:54.42) -- --
3,000 8:13.22 16 (8:13.22) -- --
Cross Country (5) 8K 23:40.4 22 (23:40.4) 10 (30:01.8) 34 (31:14.4)
2018-19 Outdoors (5) 10,000 28:56.01 -- 22 (29:29.51) --
5,000 13:47.59 9 (14:01.91) -- --
3,000 8:15.86 -- -- --
Indoors (3) 5,000 13:58.17 5 (14:00.95) -- --
Mile 4:04.80 -- -- --
Cross Country (6) 8K 23:10.8 4 (23:10.8) -- --
10K 29:52.6 -- 23 (29:59.1) 30 (29:52.6)
2017-18 Outdoors (2) 5,000 14:08.90 -- -- --
10,000 29:59.46 6 (29:59.46) -- --
Indoors (2) 3,000 8:07.93 -- -- --
5,000 13:58.87 -- -- --
Cross Country (6) 8K 24:10.8 21 (24:14.8) -- --
10K 30:00.1 -- 24 (30:00.1) 145 (31:05.6)
2016-17 Outdoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
Cross Country (0) -- -- -- -- --

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior

  • 2020Fifth Year