James Alexander at DirectAthletics
Career Highlights
Second in 200-meters at 2011 BSC Indoor Championships
All-Conference, 2010 200-meters and 4X400-meter relay outdoors
Won his heat at 2009 Outdoor IC4A Championships (200-meters)
Finished fifth in the 200 at the 2009 Big South meet, both indoors and outdoors
Also fifth in the 100 at the 2009 Outdoor Conference Championships
2009-10: Continued to grow into a threat at the conference level...was second in the 200-meters at the Big South Outdoor Championships, thanks to a time of 21.52...also anchored the 4X100-meter relay to an IC4A qualifying time at that meet, as well as leading the 4X400-meter relay to a second-place finish...ran a lifetime best 10.71 in the 100-meters Apr. 5 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational...was fourth in the 200-meters at April's UVA invite...finished second in both the 100 and 200-meters at the Military Championships, held in Lexington in March...qualified for IC4A's in both the 100 and 200-meters...during the indoor season, was fifth in the Big South in the 200-meters with a time of 22.36...also ran a lifetime best in the 400-meters at February's Akron Invitational, a 48.77 clocking...qualified for the indoor IC4A Championships in the 200-meters...served as one of two team captains.
2008-09: Was VMI's top threat in the short sprints...finished fifth in the 200-meters at the Big South Indoor meet, thanks to a 22.48 clocking...ran an indoor PR for the 200 at February's Akron Open, 22.28...also ran a lifetime best in the 400 at that meet, clocking in at 49.96...had even stronger outdoor campaign, highlighted by fifth-place finishes in both the 100 and 200-meters at the outdoor conference meet...set a new 100-meter PR in the preliminaries at that event, clocking in with a 10.74...won his heat in the 200 at the IC4A Championships, thanks to a personal-best time of 21.43, which was the third-fastest effort of the preliminary round...placed fifth in the 200 at the UVA Invitational on Apr. 10, with a time of 22.03...captured 100 and 200-meter titles at the VMI/W&L Outdoor Carnival in early March, with times of 10.97 and 22.02 respectively.
2007-08: Enjoyed success during the outdoor season, including a March 29 IC4A qualifying time in the 100-meter dash (10.89)...time was the Keydets' top 100-meter time of the year...also qualified for the 4 X 100-meter relay, running a 41.87 at that same meet in South Carolina...also ran the Keydets' top time in the indoor 60-meter dash, a 7.09 at the early-season meet in Kent State.
High School: Finished
third as a member of the 4x100m relay team at the VHSL Group AAA State
Outdoor Championships...majoring in Computer Science at VMI.
Personal Bests:
55-meters: 6.59 (2/5/11 - VMI Winter Relays)
60-meters: 7.03 (12/2/09 - Liberty Kickoff)
100-meters: 10.71 (4/2/10 - Liberty Collegiate)
200-meters: 21.43 (outdoor - 5/16/09 - IC4A Champs), 21.81 (indoor - 2/12/10 - Akron Invitational)
400-meters: 48.77 (indoor - 2/12/10 - Akron Invitational)
