Alexander Rose

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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Brisbane, Australia
High School:
Anglican Church Grammar School

Career Results
Honors and Awards
2012 All-ACC Academic Indoor Track & Field Team
Indoor Personal Bests
One Mile Run -- 4:05.61 - 2014 Doc Hale VT Elite
1,000m -- 2:26.75 - 2013 Hokie Invitational
3,000m -- 8:13.39 - 2014 Hilton Garden Invitational
Outdoor Personal Bests
800m -- 1:53.30 - 2012 Tarheel Relays
1,500m -- 3:45.89 - 2012 Wolfpack Last Chance
3,000m -- 8:15.10 - 2012 Auburn Tiger Track Classic
5,000m -- 13:59.07 - 2014 Stanford Invitational
DMR: 9:54.87
2014 Outdoor
Took a sixth-place finish at the Wake Forest Open in the 1500m with a time of 3:50.85...Took ninth place in the 1500m at the Wolfpack Last Chance meet. 2013-14 Indoor
Finished first in the 3000m at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational...Part of a second-place finish in the distance medley relay at the UCS Invitational...Finished in the top 10 in the mile at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships. 2013 Outdoor
Finished third at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 1:54.90 ... Took first at the Roanoke Twilight Qualifier in the 1500m with a time of 3:49.91 and placed in the top-10 in three other meets in that event ... Helped the 4x800m relay team take second at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 7:50.16 ... Took fifth at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 14:13.38.
2012-13 Indoor
Finished third in the Virginia Tech Elite Meet in the 3000m, tallying a time of 8:15.40 ... Finished 11th overall in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Took eighth in the one mile at the Hilton Garden Invitational with a time of 4:09.41 ... Helped take second in the DMR at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet with a time of 9:54.87.
2012 Outdoor
A strong runner in the 1,500m, picking up three top-10 finishes on the season ... Placed ninth in the event at the VertKlasse Meeting (3:53.63), second at the Virginia Tech/Roanoke College Qualifier (3:47.04) and recorded a personal-best time of 3:45.89 to place fourth overall at the Wolfpack Qualifier ... Competed once in the 800m at the Tiger Track Classic, crossing the line in 1:55.46 to finish 10th ... Also turned in a superb personal-best time of 8:15.10 in the 3,000m at the Tiger Track Classic to earn a runner-up finish ... Notched a personal-best time of 14:28.44 in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships ... Advanced to the NCAA Regionals in the 1,500m, placing 26th in the preliminary heats after a time of 3:49.99 ... Was a member of the runner-up DMR team at the Wake Forest Open that finished in 10:09.90. 2011-12 Indoor
Raced in the mile run once during the season, finishing 11th in 4:19.55 at the first annual Fast Track Invitational in Winston-Salem ... Placed 33rd in the 3,000 meters at the ACC Championship with a time of 8:35.53 ... Also a member of the DMR squad at the ACC Championship that placed fifth overall in 9:56.27 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team. 2011 Outdoor
Showed great versatility during the season, competing in events as short as the 800m and as long as the 5,000m ... One of five Wake Forest athletes to advance to the NCAA Regionals ... Competed in the 1500m run at the Regionals and narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships after finishing 27th in 3:51.04 ... Season-best time of 3:49.01 in the 1500m came at the Duke Invitational en route to a fifth-place finish ... Finished sixth in the prelims of the event at the ACC Championships to advance to the finals ... Placed eighth in the 1500m finals of the ACC Championships in a time of 3:50.35 ... Raced in the 800m once during the season, finishing fourth in 1:53.30 ... Finished 16th at the ACC Championships in the 5,000m run with a time of 14:41.65 ... A member of the DMR team that placed first at the Wake Forest Open in a time of 10:09.17 ... Also a part of the 4x800m relay team that turned in a time of 7:34.54 to claim first place at the Raleigh Relays. 2011 Indoor
Captured first place in the mile run at the Liberty Quad Meet, finishing in a personal-best time of 4:14.41 ... Twice ran in the 3,000-meters during the season, turning in times of 8:19.70 (16th place) at the ACC Indoor Championship and 8:29.56 at the Virginia Tech Elite meet ... Member of the DMR squad that placed fifth at the ACC Championship in a time of 9:48.92 ... Also a part of the DMR team that finished in 10:02.00 at Virginia Tech Elite. Background
Placed third in the 5,000-meter run at the U20 Nationals ... A multiple state-team representative for both track and cross country. Personal
Full name is Alexander Rose ... Nickname is Rosey ... Son of Colin and Talina Rose ... Majoring in Finance ... Born April 10, 1991, in Brisbane, Australia. Up Close with Alexander
My biggest inspiration is...My coach in Australia.
My favorite food is...Steak.
One place I would like to visit is...Egypt.
My favorite professional sports team is...The Wallabies.
My dream job is to be...A real estate mogul.
My most memorable track and field moment was...Winning the 1500-meter and 3000-meter run in the U20 state meet.
The best book that I have ever read is...The Power of One.
If I could invite any three people, living or deceased, to dinner, I would choose...JFK, Haile Gebrselassie, and Eva Mendes.
I am secretly addicted to ...Oreo's.
A weird fact not many people know about me is...I hate exercising on my own.
My favorite quote is..."To accomplish much, you must first lose everything." - Che Guavara
If I could appear on the cover of any magazine, it would be...ESPN.