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Alex Sanders
Alex Sanders

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Kansas City, Kan.

High School:
Raytown South

Last College:
Johson County CC

Height:
5-10

Event:
Sprints



06/10/2013

15 Members of the and Track and Field Team Earn All-American Honors

A total of 12 men and three women earned All-American honors following the Crimson Tide's showing at the recent NCAA Outdoor Championships

06/08/2013

Alabama 4x100m Relay Earns NCAA Runner-up Finish; UA Men 11th Overall

2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

06/07/2013

Track and Field Earns Pair of Fourth Place Finishes on NCAA Championships Day Three

Junior Diondre Batson and senior Alexis Paine finished fourth in the 100m and pole vault, respectively

06/05/2013

Diondre Batson: A Leap of Faith

(RollTide.com contributor Pete LaFleur will be profiling four of Alabama's qualifiers in the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships - Diondre Batson, Elias Hakansson, Alexis Paine and Krystle Schade - over the next few days.)

06/05/2013

Track and Field Sets School 4x100m Record on Day One of NCAA Outdoor Championships

The Crimson Tide's 4x100m relay and SEC 100m champion sophomore Diondre Batson both qualified for finals

Career Bests
• 60 meters - 6.74
• 100 meters - 10.35
• 200 meters - 21.51 (indoor)

Junior
2013 Outdoor Season
Was the first leg runner on the 4x100 relay team at the SEC Championships that finished 2nd with a time of 39.08 ... participated in the preliminary 100 meters at the SEC Championships and finished 27th with a time of 10.65 ... ran on the 1st place 4x100-meter relay team at the Drake Relays that ran the first sub-39 time at UA since 1983 with a 38.97 ... recorded a 100 meter time of 10.60 at the LSU Alumni Gold and finished 11th ... placed 6th in the 100 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational with a 10.46 ... recorded a 100 meter time of 10.58 and finished 2nd at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... competed with the 4x100 meter relay team that ran a 39.17 and won at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... ran with the 4x100 meter relay team at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 39.89 ... finished 2nd at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 10.56 in the 100 meters ... ran as a part of the 4x100 meter realy team at the Alabama Relays that finished 2nd with a time of 40.30.

2013 Indoor Season
Ran a preliminary time of 6.88 in the 60 meters at the SEC Championships ... finished second at the Mark Colligan 60-meter dash with a time of 6.83.

Prep and Personal
Finished third at the 2011 NJCAA Championships in the 55 meters (6.32) ... was ranked No. 1 in the junior college ranks in the 60 meters and third in the 200 meters ... was regarded as the top short sprinter in the junior college ranks ... earned NJCAA all-America honors in indoor and outdoor track ... ran on a sprint medley relay unit that set a national record ... coached by Mike Bloemker at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan. ... coached by Terry Scott at Raytown South High School in Raytown, Mo. ... coached in club track by Tom Lester ... son of William and Dedra Sanders ... born January 16, 1992, in Kansas City, Mo.