2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Alex Shaw

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Highschool Upper St. Clair
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: Received a B.S. in mechanical  engineering in December 2024 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in one meet, running a 9:04.96 3,000m at the Colorado Invitational. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (3,000m steeplechase) … USTFCCCA All-Region (3,000m steeplechase) … RMAC champion in the steeplechase … First-Team All-RMAC (3,000m steeplechase) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Ran the steeplechase in four meets … Set a personal best and the Mines #5 all-time mark of 8:58.47 at the La Verne Leopard Invitational … Won the steeplechase title at the RMAC Championships in 9:12.08 at altitude … Qualified for finals with a 9:18.25 prelim, then ran a 10th-place 9:23.51 in his NCAA Outdoors debut.

2023-24: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Ran one race indoors, the 3K at the Mines Winter Classic in 9:07.36. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (steeplechase) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Steeplechaser appeared in four meets … Ran a career-best 8:59.55 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Scored with a fifth-place finish at the RMAC Outdoor Championships, finishing in 9:16.81.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - Competed once during indoor season, running 9:03.30 in the 3,000m at the Mines Winter Classic.  Outdoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (steeplechase) … Specialized in the steeplechase and won the event at the Mines Mini Meet … Was the RMAC Championships silver medalist in a season-best 9:14.36.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - Distance specialist for the Orediggers, running the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters ... Collegiate indoor debut came at the Mines Winter Classic where he posted an 8:57.50 ... Best 5K of the season was 14:44.44 at the Ichabod Invite in Kansas ... Finished 10th in the conference in his very first RMAC Championships by running 15:49.98 in the 5K.  Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (3,000m steeplechase) ... Focused exclusively on the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the spring ... Collegiate outdoor debut came with a 9:32.82 at the CU Invitational ... Finished fourth in the RMAC at the conference championships thanks to a 9:22.93 ... Posted a NCAA-qualifying time of 9:12.63 at the CSU Pueblo Last Chance Invitational which ranked 22nd in the nation and put him ninth in the program record book.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Dual sport athlete at Upper St. Clair High School in Pennsylvania, competing in cross country and track & field ... Best finish of 53rd at the 3A state championship meet ... Top track times of 4:29 in the 1,600-meter run, 9:43 in the 3,200-meter run and 16:27 in the cross country 5K race.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

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