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NEW MEXICO:Improving long distance prospect who is coming off his most productive cross country season...has not shied away from racing, appearing in 11 cross country and 8 indoor track races in his young career...redshirted the 2006 outdoor season and has redshirts remaining in cross country and indoor track...was also an accomplished Nordic skier as a prep in his hometown of Leadville, Colo., which sits 10,000 feet above sea level...2-time Academic All-MWC honoree...2007: (cross country) One of 2 men to run in 6 meets...ran with the top-7 in each race and scored twice...30th at the MWC Championships and 80th (33:36) in his NCAA Mountain Region Championships debut...ran 4th on the team and 15th overall in the season-opening Lobo Invite...6th in a B team race at New Mexico State...career-best 8K time of 25:39 at Oregon...Academic All-MWC... 2006-07: (outdoor) Redshirt season...(indoor) Busy winter, doubling in the 3,000 and 5,000 in all 4 meet appearances (8 races)...3 top-5 finishes...season-bests of 8:45.14 in the 3K and 15:22.60 in the 5K...Academic All-MWC...(cross country) Appeared in five meets, scoring twice and running with the Lobos' top-7 four times...top finish of 10th at the NMSU Kachina Classic...recorded a season-best 8K time of 26:17 at Stanford...was the team's No. 7 runner at the MWC Championships (43rd overall)...Academic All-MWC and MWC Scholar Athlete Award winner... HIGH SCHOOL:A 2006 graduate of Lake County High School in Leadville, Colo...two-time conference champion and placed fourth at the state meet as a senior...lettered all four years in cross country, track and Nordic skiing...qualified for the 2006 Nordic Skiing Junior Olympics...active in jazz, concert and pep band and salutatorian of his senior class...graduated with a 4.02 GPA...PERSONAL:Born on April 6, 1988, in Leadville, Colo...age is 19...full name is Alex William Willis...son of Jeanne Willis...major is Architecture. |
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