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Alex Wilson - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Alex Wilson

Position Hurdles
Class Senior
Hometown Shawnee, Okla.
High School Shawnee HS
Position Hurdles

Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Finished third at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) as a part of the 4×100-meter relay team, clocking in at 40.77 … Posted a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.09 … Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6) with a personal-best time of 52.25.

2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Claimed third-place as a member of the relay team in the 4×400-meter relay at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2/16) with a time of 3:30.10 … Finished fourth at the Bob Timmons Challenge in the 600-yard run, clocking in at 1:18.04.

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Qualified for his first NCAA West Preliminary (5/28), where he placed 26th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.47 … Claimed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a time of 53.10 … Won the 400-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 52.29 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a second-place finish at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 40.71 … Took fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays (4/23) after a clocking of 53.47 … Member of the victorious 4×100-meter relay team at the Kansas Relays, finishing in 40.26 … Set a personal-best 200-meter time of 22.22 at the Mesa Classic (4/8), good for 18th place.

2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Took second in the 600 yards at the Bill Easton Classic after a personal-best 1:15.47 clocking … Runner-up in the 600 yards at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 1:15.61 … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a win at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 3:18.54 … Placed 12th in the 400 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/19) after clocking a time of 49.39.

AT OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (2014-15) 
Achieved NAIA All-America status three times in two seasons running for the Bison … Claimed a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2014 NAIA Outdoor Championships with a time of 53.98 … Fastest 400-meter hurdle clocking as a Bison came at the 2015 OBU Last Chance when he finished first in a time of 51.80 … Achieved All-America status as a member of the OBU 4×400-meter squad that claimed a runner-up finish at the 2014 NAIA Outdoor Championships in a time of 3:11.71 … Also helped the Bison distance medley squad to All-America status with an eighth-place finish at the 2014 NAIA Indoor Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL
Broke the school records in both the 300-meter hurdles and the indoor 300-meter dash … Fastest 300-meter hurdle time came in a first-place finish at the 2011 Southwestern Christian Invite with a time of 41.11.

PERSONAL
Son of Avon and Olivia Wilson … Has five siblings: Nicole (39), David (29), Sabrina (23), Avon (19) and Armon (15) … Father, Avon, played football at Arizona State … Majoring in sport science.