Alex Thornburg

Class: Junior Hometown: St. Clairsville, Ohio High School: St. Clairsville

Position: Distance

2011-12: Competed in all six cross country meets ... Scored for team with his 19th-place finish at the Horizon League Cross Country Championship (27:23) ... Placed 21st at the UIC Home Opener and took 123rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet ... Finished 12th in the 5,000m at the Horizon League Indoor Championship in personal-best time of 15:06.74 ... Claimed fourth in the open mile at Grand Valley State with time of 4:17.79 ... Finished fifth in the mile at Iowa and placed eighth in the 5K at the Gladstein Invitational ... Posted personal-best time of 8:49.89 in the 3,000m at the Meyo Invite ... Ran fifth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Horizon League Outdoor Championship with new PR of 9:32.01 ... Finished sixth in the same event at the Wake Forest Open.

2010-11: Competed in all seven cross country meets ... Finished 31st overall at the Horizon League Cross Country Championship (26:17) ... Was LU's third finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet after a time of 32:48 in the 10K race ... Took 43rd at the UW Parkside Midwest Open in time of 27:32 ... Finished 12th in the 5K (15:31.93) and 16th in the 3K (8:59.83) at the Horizon League Indoor Championship ... Posted season-best indoor times in the 800m (2:01.13) and the mile (4:27.61) at the UWM Tune-Up ... Took 8th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Horizon League Outdoor Championship in season-best time of 10:00.01 ... Also finished 19th in the 1,500m (4:17.00) at the League meet.

High School: Two-time all-state performer in cross country ... won conference cross country title as a senior ... Two-time conference champion in the 3,200m on the track ... also won conference title in the 1,600m event ... school-record holder in both the 1,600m and 3,200m track events ... three-time Academic All-Ohio honoree.