2021 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Grande, Alex

Alex Grande
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Castaic, CA
- High School:
- Valencia HS
Bio
Alex Grande TFRRS Page
2021 (FRESHMAN)
OUTDOOR: Competed in the 800m five times...posted season-best time of 2:34.97 at the UC Riverside Distance Invitational Apr. 29...charted season-best finish in the 800m of sixth which was recorded during the Apr. 23 Matador Invitational...ran the 400m on one occasion, going 1:08.96 to finish 10th at the Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge Mar. 24.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Valencia High School…posted prep bests of 1:01.18 in the 400m, 2:18.98 in the 800m, and 31-9 1/2 in the triple jump…was named most improved on the track team in 2018.
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PERSONAL: Son of David and Melissa Grande…a marketing major...favorites include Allyson Felix, Evan Peters, Jennifer Lawrence, American Horror Story, Coraline, Filipino Food, Grandson, and Billie Eilish…chose CSUN because it is close to home…greatest sports moment so far is breaking 2:20 in the 800 at the CIF meet…she says the best thing about being an athlete is the life lessons that it teaches you…says the toughest thing about being an athlete is being sore or injured…the person in history she would have liked to meet is Jesse Owens…says the biggest obstacle she has overcome is recovering from her ACL injury and getting back into running…her greatest hero is her dad because he shaped her into the person she is today.
OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS
2021 (FRESHMAN)
OUTDOOR: Competed in the 800m five times...posted season-best time of 2:34.97 at the UC Riverside Distance Invitational Apr. 29...charted season-best finish in the 800m of sixth which was recorded during the Apr. 23 Matador Invitational...ran the 400m on one occasion, going 1:08.96 to finish 10th at the Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge Mar. 24.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Valencia High School…posted prep bests of 1:01.18 in the 400m, 2:18.98 in the 800m, and 31-9 1/2 in the triple jump…was named most improved on the track team in 2018.
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PERSONAL: Son of David and Melissa Grande…a marketing major...favorites include Allyson Felix, Evan Peters, Jennifer Lawrence, American Horror Story, Coraline, Filipino Food, Grandson, and Billie Eilish…chose CSUN because it is close to home…greatest sports moment so far is breaking 2:20 in the 800 at the CIF meet…she says the best thing about being an athlete is the life lessons that it teaches you…says the toughest thing about being an athlete is being sore or injured…the person in history she would have liked to meet is Jesse Owens…says the biggest obstacle she has overcome is recovering from her ACL injury and getting back into running…her greatest hero is her dad because he shaped her into the person she is today.
OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS
400m | 1:08.96 | Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge | 3/24/21 |
800m | 2:34.97 | UC Riverside Distance Invitational | 4/30/21 |
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