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Track and Field

2015-16 Track and Field Roster

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Alex Borchers

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool South Sioux City HS
  • Hometown South Sioux City, Neb.

Biography

Career Bests

2015-16
Indoor Track & Field
Ran legs on the Coyotes’ fourth-place distance medley relay and fifth-place 4x400 relay at the Summit League Championships … won the 300 hurdles in 39.37 seconds at the Jim Emmerich Invitational … clocked a season-best 8.79 seconds in the 60 hurdles at the Air Force Team Challenge … ran a season best 50.48 seconds for 400 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 400 hurdles in a season-best 53.87 seconds at the Summit League Championships … also ran on the Coyotes’ fourth-place 4x400 relay at the meet … won the 400 hurdles at the Sioux City Relays in 54.70 seconds … took fourth in the 400 hurdles at the  Husker Spring Invitational and the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … made the Summit League honor roll, earning distinguished scholar status.

Prep
2015 Nebraska all-class champion in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 38.4 ... added a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.8 and anchored the third place 4x400 relay at the 2015 Nebraska Class A Track & Field Championships ... holds school records in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 38.4 and the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.8 ... at the 2014 Nebraska Class A Track and Field Championships, placed third in the 300 hurdles, fifth in the 110 hurdles and seventh in the 4x400 relay ... also played for the Cardinals' 2013 Nebraska State Championship basketball team ... as a senior, averaged 18.0 points, 7.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds ... graduated in the top five percent of his class ... twice earned academic all-state honors and was named academic all-River City Conference three times.

Personal
Son of Rob and Bobbie Borchers... mathematics major.