2008 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Phil Alexander
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Keizer, Ore.
- High School:
- McNary
Returns as senior for 2007-08 season as key part of UO's NCAA 4x100m and 4x400m qualifiers in 2007. Enters senior season ranked 10th all-time for UO outdoors in the 200m (21.07), and his 400m best (47.30) is only .65 seconds way from the 400m top-10 list (10th is 46.65). Indoors, ranks third all-time for Ducks in the 400m with his junior season personal best and provisional qualifying mark (47.18), and is tied for fifth in 200m with teammate Marcus Dillon (21.46). Outdoors in his first season for UO in '07, ran on 4x400m relay that ran 14th-fastest time in school history (3:07.24) in the NCAA Championships. Also ran on NCAA indoor provisional qualifying 4x400m and distance medley relays in '07. Transferred to Ducks from Lane Community College where he was a four-time league champion in various sprints and relays. As a prep, was a two-time Oregon state champion as a senior in the 200m and 400m in 2003.
2006-07: NCAA Qualifier (4x100m, 4x400m). In outdoor finale, helped 4x100m and 4x400m relays each finish 14th in the NCAA Championships (40.77 / 3:07.24) - four places better than their pre-meet seedings. In weeks prior, helped relays finish top four in the Pac-10 (third / fourth) and West Regional (third / third). Also ran in Pac-10 Championships as an individual in the 100m (ninth) and 200m (fourth-prelims). Early in outdoor regular season, was honored as Pac-10 Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after he helped Ducks to Pepsi Team Invitational team victory after his two individual wins (100m, 10.40W (w:4.7), 4x100m, 40.47), and top-three finishes in the 200m (second, 21.07) and 4x400m (third, 3:11.91). At end of outdoor season, led Ducks in 100m (10.40W / 10.50w / 10.60) and 200m (21.07) and ranked third in the 400m (47.30). Indoors, led squad in the 400m (47.18) and was .07 seconds under the NCAA provisional standard (47.25), and ranked top three in the 200m (second, 21.46) and 60m (third, 6.94). In indoor relay action, ran on 4x400m that placed second in the Mountain Pacific Championships (3:09.92) and ran three NCAA provisional qualifying efforts (3:09.91, 3:09.92, 3:10.03). Also ran 400m leg in distance medley relay that scored NCAA provisional mark in the first meet of the season, the UW Indoor Invitational (fourth, 9:42.06) and ranks fifth all-time for UO. Altogether, competed in 11 races individually outdoors (100m 5, 200m 4, 400m 2) and seven contests indoors (60m 2, 200m 4, 400m 1).
Before Oregon: Attended Lane Community College from 2003-06. Four-time NWAACC Conference champion in 2004 and ’05 in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 4x100m relay. Owned following personal bests: 100m 10.54 (2005), 200m 21.00 (2005), 400m 47.40 (2005).
Prep: Claimed Oregon 4A state titles as prep senior in 2003 in the 200m (21.48) and 400m (48.43), and was also top-four in 100m as senior (third, 10.98), and as a junior in the 200m (second, 21.70), 400m (second, 48.64) and 4x100m relay (fourth, 42.91). Led Oregon state rankings as a senior in the 200m (21.48) and 400m (48.43a). High School: McNary ’03.
Personal Bests
60 meters - Indoors - 6.94-p, UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash., 1/27/07
100 meters - Outdoors (wind-aided (w:>4.0) - 10.40W, W:4.7, Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore., 4/7/07
100 meters - Outdoors (wind-aided (w:>2.0) - 10.50w, w:3.4, 1st, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., 5/5/07
100 meters - Outdoors - 100m 10.54 (2005),
200 meters - Outdoors - 21.00, 2005 (Lane CC)
200 meters - Indoors - 21.46, Mountain Pacific Champs, Seattle, Wash., 2/23/07
400 meters - Outdoors - 47.30, Oregon Invitational, Eugene, Ore., 4/21/07
400 meters - Indoors - 47.18, Husky Collegiate, Seattle, Wash., 2/10/07
NCAA Championships Performances
2007 - 4x100m, 14th-prelims, 40.77
2007 - 4x400m, 14th-prelims, 3:07.24
West Regional Championships Performances
2007 - 4x100m, 3rd, 40.26 (prelims-40.35)
2007 - 4x400m, 3rd, 3:08.79
Pac-10 Championships Performances
2007 - 100m, 9th, 10.76w (injured), w:3.0 (prelims-10.76, w:0.4)
2007 - 200m, 4th-prelims, 21.37, w:1.0
2007 - 4x100m, 3rd, 40.63
2007 - 4x400m, 4th, 3:09.93
Alexander's Top Oregon Performances
100 meters - Outdoors
10.40W, W:4.7, 1st, Pepsi Team Invitational, 4/7/07
10.50w, w:3.4, 1st, Oregon Twilight, 5/5/07
10.60-f, w:2.0, 6th, California Collegiate Challenge, 4/28/07
200 meters - Outdoors
21.07, w:1.2, 2nd, Pepsi Team Invitational, 4/7/07 (UO #9)
21.29, w:1.7, 7th, California Collegiate Challenge, 4/28/07
21.33, w:0.0, 4th, Clif Bar ASU Invitational, 3/24/07
200 meters - Indoors
21.46, 4th, Mountain Pacific Champs, 2/23/07
21.59, 3rd-Heat 1, UW Indoor Invitational, 1/27/07
21.67-p, 4th, Husker Invitational, 2/3/07
400 meters ? Outdoors
47.30, 2nd, Oregon Invitational, 4/21/07 p.m.
47.93, 2nd, Oregon Preview, 3/17/07
