2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Campanella, Alex
Alex Campanella
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Glen Spey, N.Y.
- High School:
- Eldred
Bio
2016-17 (Senior)
Indoor:
- Competed in five meets
- Took 17th in the Mile Run (4:24.15) at the Indiana Relays (1/28)
- Took 15th in the 3000m Run (8:41.58) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (2/25)
- Took sixth in the 5000m Run (15:01.04) at the Indiana Relays (1/27)
- A member of the Distance Medley Relay team that won (10:32.56) the Chicagoland Championships (2/11) and took fifth (10:05.65) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (2/24).
Outdoor:
- Competed in six meets
- Took 16th in the 800m Run (1:57.52) at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invite (4/29)
- Took eighth in the 1500m Run (3:59.71) at the Joey Haines Invitational (4/1)
- Took fourth in the 3000m Steeplechase (9:11.99) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/12)
- A member of the 4x800 relay team that took fifth (7:50.28) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/13).
2015-16 (Junior)
Indoor:
- Recorded a career best in the 1-Mile Run at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/23) with a time of 4:14.77, good for a ninth place finish
- Won the 3000m (8:41.57) at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/4)
- Boasted a career best in the 3000m at the Meyo Invitational (2/6) recording a time of 8:26.53.
Outdoor:
- Recorded a career best at the DePaul Invitational (4/14) in the 800m with a time of 1:55.99
- Runner-up finish at the Illinois Open (5/4) in the Steeplechase
- Competed in the Steeplechase at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship (5/4)
- A member of the 4x1600m relay team that set a new DePaul record and finished fifth at the Drake Relays (4/28) with a time of 16:54.49
- A member of the Distance Medley Relay team that set a new DePaul record and finished seventh at the Drake Relays (4/30) with a time of 9:53.48.
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Indoor:
- Competed in five meets
- Finished third in the 3000 at the Illini Open (1/11) with a time of 9:04.97
- Took second in the 5000 at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (1/17), finishing with a time of 15.25.79.
Outdoor:
- Participated in five meets
- Claimed a pair of top-five finishes in the 1500m for the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invite (3/28) and the Chicagoland Outdoor Championships (4/11)
- Hit a new PR at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invite for the 1500m at 3:57.43
- Placed sixth at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational for the 5000m at a time of 15:13.62.
2013-14 (Freshman)
Indoor:
- Appeared in one meet
- Placed 10th (15:45.28) in the 5000m at the 2013 Notre Dame Blue and Gold.
Outdoor:
- Ran in five meets
- Earned three top-ten results on the year
- Won the 5000m at the Blue Demon Open (4/19) with a time of 15:34.58.
High School:
- Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Eldred High School (N.Y.)
- Five-time state qualifier in cross country
- Three-time Section 9 Champion
- Three-time state qualifier in track & field
- Placed sixth at the Indoor State Championship in the 3200m with a time of 9:25.6
- Two-time National Qualifier in the 1-mile and 5000m
- Three-time team MVP in cross country and one-time MVP in track & field.
Personal:
- Born on April 25, 1995
- Son of Joseph and Dianne Campanella
- Has one brother, Matthew, and one sister, Emily
- Marketing and Management double major.
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