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Alexa Aragon  
Alexa Aragon

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Billings, MT

High School:
Billings Senior


02/06/2012

Irish Cross Country And Track And Field Announce Five Signees For 2012 Season

Highlighting the group is Molly Seidel, who was named the 2011-12 Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.

11/21/2011

Irish Conclude Cross Country Season At National Championships

The Notre Dame men placed 24th, while the women claimed 22nd.

11/19/2011

Irish To Compete Against Nation's Best at NCAA Championships

This season marks the seventh time both squads qualified for Nationals in the same year.

11/12/2011

Five Irish Runners Earn All-Region Citations

The Notre Dame men place fourth, while the women finish fifth.

11/09/2011

Notre Dame Heads To Toledo For NCAA Great Lakes Regionals

The Irish are currently ranked fifth in the men's regional rankings and third in the women's.

AS A SOPHOMORE (Cross Country): Ran in six of the seven meets during the cross country season ... placed 27th out of 138 runners at the 6K BIG EAST Championships (21:03.5) and 28th out of 227 runners at the 6K NCAA Great Lakes Regional (21:22.3) ... also ran for the Irish at the 6K NCAA National Championships (21:19.0) ... opened campaign with a third place finish out of 272 runners at the 5K National Catholic Championships (17:24) ... took 32nd place out of 225 runners in the 5K blue race at the Notre Dame Invitational (17:40) and 85th out of 305 runners at the 6K Wisconsin Invitational (21:09.2).

AS A FRESHMAN: Put together strong first season as a member of the Notre Dame cross country and track and field teams ... competed in four cross country meets ... finished 13th (18:08) at the National Catholic Championships ... finished 24th at the Great Lakes Regional (21:25.22) to earn all-region accolades ... impressive track and field season saw a fifth-place finish in the mile at the BIG EAST Conference Indoor Championships in a time of 4:54.66 ... also placed well at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships in both the 4x800m relay and the 3,000m steeplechase ... placed fourth overall in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:51.63...finished with a personal best 10:46.14 in the 3,000m steeplechase for ninth place at the meet...closed out season with an appearance at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary meet in the 1,500m run ... opened busy track and field season for the Irish at the Blue & Gold Invitational, competing in the mile...placed second overall with a time of 4:59.91...competed in the 3,000m run at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing third overall with a time of 9:54.67...pulled in a second place finish in the 4x800m relay at the Indiana University Relays with a time of 9:00.04...finished second overall in that same meet in the mile with a time of 4:56.04...competed in the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational in both the 1,000m run and the mile...placed fifth in the mile with a time of 4:56.75...finished seventh in the 1,000m with a time of 2:54.47 ... competed in the mile at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational running the event in 4:52.67 for 19th place...continued her season at the Stanford Invitational in both the 800m and 1,500m runs...ran a personal best 2:16.43 in the 800m run...finished the 1,500m in a time of 4:37.70 for fourth place...competed in the Texas Roadhouse Border Battle running a personal best 10:46.94 in the 3,000m steeplechase for third place overall in the event...made a successful showing at the Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational placing first in the 800m run with a time of 2:21.48...placed ninth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:37.60...ran a personal best in the 1,500m with a time of 4:27.73 at the Gina Relays... earned monograms in both sports.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ran both cross country and middle distance while attending Billing Senior (Mont.), lettering eight times ... all-state in both every year, while going on to be her cross country team captain in her junior and senior seasons ... won state in track in each of her three final campaigns ... member of the National Honor Society as well as the Environmental Club ... born June 1, 1992, in Burlington, Vt. ... daughter of Kathleen and Charles Aragon ... father competed on the cross country and track teams for Notre Dame ... has two siblings, Danielle and Christina ... enrolled in the College of Science and is majoring in preprofessional studies.

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