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2012-13 Cross Country/Track Roster

Alex Simon

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buffalo, N.Y.
  • High School Hutch-Tech

Biography

 MICHAEL ANVELT'S CAREER BESTS
DISTANCE YEAR MEET/RACE TIME PLACE
5K 2012 LITTLE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP 16:20 2ND
8K 2010 LITTLE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP 25:43 1ST
10K 2012 NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL 32:52 138TH
CAREER MEET-BY-MEET 2009 (Fr.)   2010 (So.)  

 2011 (Jr.)

 

2012 (Sr.)

Meet/Race Time Place   Time Place  

Time

Place

  Time

Place

Duquense Duals (8K)

27:46

41st

 

26:55

33rd

 

 27:41

17th

 

-

-

Little Three Championship (5K) - -  

-

-  

-

-

 

16:20

2nd

Little Three Championship (8K)

27:53

2nd

 

25:43

1st

 

27:48

8th

 

-

-

National Catholic Championship (8K) 27:32 73rd   26:37 63rd  

26:21

93rd

 

26:21

69th

Monmouth Invitational (8K)

28:59

19th

 

-

-

 

-

-

 

-

-

Brooks Paul Short Run (8K) - -   26:29 54th  

27:46

196th

 

26:27

56th

UAlbany Invitational (8K)

26:12

65th

 

26:39

52nd

 

26:57

56th

 

-

-

Fr. Laurence O'Neil Invitational (8K) - -   - -  

-

-

 

26:13

8th

MAAC Championship (8K) 28:48 65th   26:14 29th  

27:20

47th

 

25:47

25th

NCAA Northeast Regional (10K) 36:18 202nd   - -  

36:05

208th

 

32:52

138th


2011 • Junior
• Finished six of the seven races as one of the Griffs' top-five finishers.
• Placed eighth in 27:48 at the Little Three Championship, leading the team to its sixth-consecutive team crown.
• Ran an 8K-season best of 26:21 at the National Catholic Championship to finish 93rd overall.
• Recorded a 47th-place finish at the MAAC Championship with a time of 27:20.
• Posted a career-best in the 10K of 36:05 at the NCAA Northeast Regional.
• Received MAAC All-Academic honors for the second straight year.

2010 • Sophomore
• Led Griffs to their fifth consecutive Little Three Championships, finishing in first-place with a 6k-career best time of 25:43.
• Finished 29th overall at the MAAC Championships with an 8K-career best time of 26:14.
• Competed in all six races, placing in the team's top-five finishers each time.
• Named to MAAC All-Academic Team.

2009 • Freshman
• Competed in all seven races as a freshman in 2009.
• Recorded a second-place finish at the Little Three Championships with a time of 27:23.
• Recorded his best time of the season at the Albany Invitational at 26:12.

Before Canisius
• Earned a total of nine varsity letters as a member of the cross country, and track and field teams at Hutch Tech in Buffalo.
• Helped lead the Engineers to a Buffalo City championship and a Section VI title in 2008 in cross country.
• Was the 800m city champion in 2008 and 2009 in track and field.
• Was a Section VI qualifier in the 800m from 2007 to 2009.

Personal
• Son of Bart Simon and Debra Speidel.
• Majoring in physics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2011-12Junior

    5'11"
  • 2012-13Senior

    5'11"