Alex Ostberg

Photo by: Rebecca Miller

Photo by: Tom Connelly

Position:
Distance
Weight:
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Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Darien, Conn.
High School:
Darien

7-TIME ALL-AMERICA • 2-TIME ALL-REGION • 3-TIME ALL PAC-12 • USTFCCCA ACADEMIC INDIVIDUAL

Personal Bests
5,000m – 13:42.44 • 10,000m – 30:04.99 • 1,500m – 3:49.16 • Mile (I) – 3:59.31 • 3,000m – 7:49.01

2019-20 at Stanford (Fifth-Year Senior): Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships as the No. 9 seed in the 3,000 and as the anchor on the No. 11 seed distance medley relay team • Received USTFCCCA All-America recognition in both events following the cancelation of the NCAA winter championships • Ran personal best 3,000 of 7:49.01 at the Husky Classic, placing eighth overall and third among collegians • Anchored Stanford to NCAA-qualifying DMR of 9:32.42 at the Alex Wilson Invitational • Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic • Received second team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

2019 XC at Stanford: All-American • All-West Region • All-Pac-12 first team • Pac-12 All-Academic honor roll • USTFCCCA All-Academic • Third top-four finish at Pac-12 Championships • Stanford's No. 1 runner at the Pac-12, NCAA West Regional, and NCAA Championships.

2018-19 at Stanford (Senior): Served as a senior captain • Missed advancing to NCAA Outdoor Championships by one place in the 5,000 • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for the outdoor season • Indoors, finished fifth in the NCAA 3,000 meters for first-team All-America honors • Earned another first-team All-America accolade as the leadoff leg on Stanford’s second-place distance medley relay • Leadoff leg on MPSF-winning distance medley relay • Became the 18th Stanford runner to break 4 minutes in the mile • Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time list in the 3,000 • MPSF All-Academic.

2018 XC at Stanford: All-American • 13th at NCAA Championships • All-West Region • Third in Pac-12 for his second consecutive top-four conference finish • No. 2 runner on Cardinal Pac-12 championship team • All-Pac-12 first team • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

2017-18 at Stanford (Junior): Raced once outdoors, in a 1,500 at the Stanford Invitational • Did not compete during the 2018 indoor season.

2017 XC at Stanford: Earned first All-America honor by placing 16th at NCAA Championships • Was Stanford's No. 2 runner while helping team to fourth-place NCAA finish • Fourth at Pac-12 Championships, a 30-spot improvement from 2016 • All-Pac-12 first team • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

2016-17 at Stanford (Sophomore): Outdoors, broke 14 minutes in the 5,000 for the first time to win his section of the Portland Track Festival, in 13:59.35 • Earlier, set PB of 14:06.46 to place seventh at his first Pac-12 Championships, in collegiate outdoor track debut • Ran in one indoor meet, setting a personal best in the mile of 4:05.74 at the UW Invitational.

2016 XC at Stanford: Made collegiate debut at the USF Invitational, placing 24th • Stanford's No. 6 at Pac-12 Championships • Alternate on Stanford's NCAA runner-up team.

2015-16 at Stanford (Freshman): Redshirted the outdoor season, but competed in four meets unattached and set 5,000 personal best of 14:08.09 at the Payton Jordan Invitational • Did not compete during the 2016 indoor season • Placed fourth in the 5,000 at the 2016 U.S. junior nationals.

2015 XC at Stanford: Did not compete during the 2015 cross country season.

Prep: Ran 8:48.88 two-mile to finish third at 2015 New Balance Indoor Nationals at The Armory • Clocked 8:43.93 for 3,200 (converted to 8:46.97 for two miles) at the 2015 outdoor Loucks Games, the No. 3 time in the U.S • Ran the fastest 5,000 in the nation in 2014 when he clocked 14:16.61 to win the New Balance Outdoor Nationals by 13 seconds • Ran 8:52.64 for 3,200 as junior, a 17-second improvement • Ninth in the 2014 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships, and 11th in 2013 • Won the 2014 New England Championships in cross country and the Connecticut State Open, the latter in a course record 14:58 for 5K.

Personal: Alex Ostberg is the son of Petter and Eileen • Born February 15 in Norwalk, Conn. • In high school, served as an emergency medical technician, earning certification with 140 hours of course work and exams.

Eligibility: Indoor (SR-4) • Outdoor (SR-4)

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