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2019-20 Men's Track and Field

Ace McAlister

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 134
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Shasheman, Ethiopia
  • Highschool Northfield-Mt. Hermon (Mass.)

Biography

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018-19: Earned All-New England Division III outdoor honors as a member of Trinity's fifth-place 4x800-meter relay...posted Trinity's top times of 8:46.35 in the 3,000-meter run, 14:52.19 in the 5,000-meter run, and 15:06.29 in the outdoor 5,000-meter run...won the mile run in the Wesleyan Tri-Match.  won the 3,000-meter run in both the Massassoit and the Triangle Invitationals at Springfield.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017-2018: Earned All-New England indoor honors for his sixth-place time of 8:38.23 in the 3,000-meter run...received All-New England indoor honors for his second-place time of 14:50.58 in the 5,000-meter run...won the NESCAC title in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:03.82...earned All-New England Outdoor honors with a second-place time of 14:50.58 in the 5,000-meter run...won the mile run in both the Smith Invitational and the Massassoit Invitational at Springfield and the the 3,000-meter run in the Wesleyan Indoor Invitational...won the 1,500-meter run at both the Trinity Invitational and the Wesleyan Outdoor Invitational and the 5,000-meter run at both the Coast Guard Invitational and the MIT Outdoor Invitational..posted Trinity's top indoor time of 8:33.97 in the 3,000-meter run.

AS A FIRST-YEAR IN 2016-17: Earned All-New England outdoor honors with an eighth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run...finished 11th overall and fifth among NCAA Division III runners in the 5,000-meter run at the New England Open Outdoor Championships...finished 6th in the 5,000-meter run in the NESCAC Championships...won the mile run at the Smith College Winter Classic...ran a leg of Trinity's winning 4x800-meter relay in the Trinity Invitational...posted Trinity's top time in the mile run (4:29.00), the 1,500-meter run (3:57.71), and the outdoor 5,000-meter run (14:53.43).

BEFORE TRINITY: Three-time all-league honoree, an All-Western Mass. selection, and won a league 3,000-meter championship and the Eastern/Western Massachusetts 3,200-meter championship for his high school team that won a league title...also ran cross country and played soccer in high school.

PERSONAL: Also runs cross country for the Bantams...moved to Massachusetts when he was 12 years old...also attended the Northfield-Mount Hermon School...majoring in environmental science...son of Rosemary and Steve McAlister.