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2017-18 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Alex Rodriguez

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sagamore Hills, Ohio
  • Highschool Walsh Jesuit HS

Biography

Rodriguez's up-to-date results

As a Senior (2017-18)
• First-Team All-Ivy (Outdoor Long Jump)
• Outdoor Heps champion in the long jump (23-11 3/4).
• Placed seventh in the long jump at the Indoor Heps (22-7 1/4).
• Came in third at the IC4A Outdoor Championships (24-2 1/2).
• Tallied seven event wins on the year.
• Notched a win at the Kane Invitational with an indoor season-best mark of 24-0 3/4.
• Also earned a win at the Larry Ellis Invitational with an outdoor season-best distance (24-4 1/4).

As a Junior (2016-17)
• Competed in 11 meets as a junior, making major contributions to the Big Red jumps squad in the long jump.
• Indoors, finished third at the Cornell Cabin Fever Invitational and was fifth overall at the Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships on a seasonal-best of 23’7.25”.
• Outdoors, was second at the Ithaca College Tuesday Meet, third at the Big Red Outdoor Invitational and fourth at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational before taking sixth at outdoor Heps (23’11.75”).

As a Sophomore (2015-16)
• Had a stellar sophomore season, primarily as a long jumper, for the Big Red.
• Indoors, finished second at the Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships (23’9.5”) and also took home four first place finishes at meets prior to that at the Greg Page Relays, Southern Tier Collegiate Open, the Robert J. Kane Invitational, and the Cornell Sunday Invitational.
• Outdoors, finished second at the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships (23’10”) and then won the IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal record jump of 24’10” before finishing 34th at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary meet.

As a Freshman (2014-15)
• Competed primarily as a long jumper in his freshman season.
• Indoors, competed in five meets, placing third at the Southern Tier Open (21’ 11.5”) and the Cornell Sunday Invitational (22’ 7.75”) and fourth at the Kane Invitational (21’ 11.5).
• Outdoors, also competed as a member of a 4x100 relay team, which placed third in 43.99 at the Upstate Challenge.
• In the long jump, competed in three outdoor meets, finishing third (23’ 6.75”) at the Cornell Outdoor Invitational.

Before Cornell
• Rodriguez specialized in the long jump during his high school career.
• He marked a career best 22' 4" jump en route to a 2nd place finish in Regionals, while also qualifying for the Ohio State Championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2016-17Junior

    Jumps
  • 2017-18Senior

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