Alex_Parsons_D_J_Principe_JPL_05022021_0128

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

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf.RegionNCAA
2020-21Outdoors (5)10,00028:31.45--14 (29:26.99)--
5,00013:36.5210 (13:46.53)10 (13:57.70)--
3,0008:05.02------
1,5003:45.19------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (4)8K22:59.05 (22:59.0)--
10K31:19.5----82 (31:19.5)
2019-20Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (2)5,00013:54.423 (13:54.42)----
3,0008:13.2216 (8:13.22)----
Cross Country (5)8K23:40.422 (23:40.4)10 (30:01.8)34 (31:14.4)
2018-19Outdoors (5)10,00028:56.01--22 (29:29.51)--
5,00013:47.599 (14:01.91)----
3,0008:15.86------
Indoors (3)5,00013:58.175 (14:00.95)----
Mile4:04.80------
Cross Country (6)8K23:10.84 (23:10.8)----
10K29:52.6--23 (29:59.1)30 (29:52.6)
2017-18Outdoors (2)5,00014:08.90------
10,00029:59.466 (29:59.46)----
Indoors (2)3,0008:07.93------
5,00013:58.87------
Cross Country (6)8K24:10.821 (24:14.8)----
10K30:00.1--24 (30:00.1)145 (31:05.6)
2016-17Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (0)----------
Parsons_Alek
2017-18
Distance
Alek_Parsons_DB_10042017_607
2018-19
Distance
Alek_Parsons_JT_100318_388
2019-20
Distance
Alek_Parsons_Track_Field_KAH_101019_406
2020-21
Distance