2019 Women's Cross Country Roster

Great Northwest Athletic Conference
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Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Alex Bergholtz

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Kenai, Alaska

Summary

Biography


 

#NookNotes
- CoSIDA Academic District Eight At-Large First Team (2015-16)
- GNAC FAR Scholar Athlete (2015-16)
- Three-Time GNAC All-Academic Team (2016, 2017, 2018)
- Alaska Women's Cross Country's Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2016, 2018)
- Team MVP (2018)
- NAAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2018)
 
Career Personal-Bests
5km: 18:58.62 (Sept. 22, 2018 at Ken Garland Invitational)
6km: 22:35.1 (Nov. 3, 2018 at GNAC Championships)

2018 | Redshirt Junior
Appeared in all six meets for the Nanooks … Ran a career-best 22:35.1 in the 6km at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships placing 21st … At the Ken Garland Invitational ran a personal-best 18:58.62 finishing ninth in the 5km race … Finished 121st at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 23:39.05 in the 6km race … Placed fifth overall at the Emerald City Open ... GNAC All-Academic Team ... Team Scholar-Athlete & MVP ... Nanook Athletic Advisory Committee's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. 
 
2017 | Junior
Appeared in four meets as a Nanook … Set a career-best 19:56 in the 5km at the Moda Health Blue Gold Race with a first place finish … Also had a career-best in the 6km at the Sundodger invitational placing 37th with a time of 22:45.6 … Finished 33rd at the GNAC Championships and 98th at the NCAA West Regional Championships … Placed first among Nanooks in all four races … GNAC All-Academic Team.
 
2016 | Sophomore
Did not compete in any meets … GNAC All-Academic Team.
 
2015 | Freshman
CoSIDA Academic District Eight At-Large First Team ... GNAC FAR Scholar Athlete ... Appeared in two meets in her freshman campaign ... Placed 14th overall on Sept. 3 at the Moda Health Alaska Invitational ... Posted career and season-best 25:47.4 5km time ... Recorded a 6K time of 26:54.0 at the Western Washington Invitational on Oct. 10.
 
Prior to Alaska
 
Kenai Central High School
Attended Kenai Central High School ... Graduated as the Valedictorian with over a 4.0 GPA ... Honor Student ... Three-time Cross Country Running Varsity Athlete Academic Award recipient ... Took third place in the 2014 high school cross country running state championships.
 
Personal
Daughter of Chris and Mike Bergholtz ... One sibling, Ithaca ... Father was a collegiate cheerleader at Northern Michigan ... Majoring in Chemistry.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    5'6"

  • 2016-17Sophomore

    5'6"

  • 2017Junior

    5'6"

  • 2018Redshirt Junior

    5'6"

  • 2019Redshirt Senior

    5'6"