Alex Korenstra Class: Sophomore Hometown: New Paris, IN High School: Fairfield Height: 6-2 Event: Sprints

AS A FRESHMAN: Focused on middle distance during freshman season ... finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 49.57 at the Blue and Gold Invitational ... place seventh in the 400 meters at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener (49.97) ... picked up a sixth place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, running the 400 meters in 49.69 ... placed 12th in the 300 meters at the Meyo Invitational, posting a time of 35.16, while also finishing 26th in the 400 meters ... ran the 400 meters in 49.28 at the Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind., good for a fifth place finish ... placed fourth in the 40 meters at the Hillsdale Relays (48.50).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ten-time letterwinner in track and field, football and basketball at Fairfield ... track team was conference champions all four years of his high school career ... three-time regional and two-time state qualifier ... was named all-conference 10 times ... also named all-state ... finished sixth in the 400 meters at the state meet ... was also a two-time football all-conference selection ... member of the National Honor Society, church worship band and concert and show choir ... from the same area as current Irish football player Ryan Burkhart ... born June 6, 1989 in Goshen, Ind. ... son of Bruce and Sandra Korenstra ... youngest of three children ... dad played football at Anderson University ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

KORENSTRA'S CAREER INDOOR BESTS

KORENSTRA'S CAREER OUTDOOR BESTS