David Alber Class: Junior Hometown: Dayton, OH High School: Butler Height: 6-0 Event: Distance Birthdate: 08/15/1981

AS A SOPHOMORE: Returned to the 2001 cross country lineup as one of the top eight runners on the team ... ran first race of the season at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing 38th ... helped the team claim the BIG EAST Conference championship with a 20th-place effort at the meet ... aided another team victory at the Great Lakes Regional Championship, finishing 26th ... one of Notre Dame's eight runners on the sixth-place team at the NCAA Cross Country Championship in Furman, S.C. ... began the 2002 indoor track season running the 3,000 meters at the Tri Meet against Michigan State and Ball State, taking second place in 8:34.08 ... ran the mile run against Michigan State the next weekend, finishing fourth in 4:16.10 ... moved up to the 5,000 meters for the Meyo Invitational, taking seventh place in 14:26.63 ... earned all-BIG EAST honors for the first time in his career at the league indoor meet, finishing third in the 5,000 meters (14:21.45) ... competed in a highly-competitive field in the 5,000 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational, finishing 26th ... made the trip to the Stanford Invitational to begin the outdoor season and finished 21st in section two of the 5,000 meters (14:31.73) ... began steeplechase competition at the Tom Botts Invitational, finishing second behind teammate Luke Watson in 9:01.70 ... just missed all-BIG EAST honors at the outdoor meet, finishing in fourth place of the steeplechase competition (9:03.82).

AS A FRESHMAN: One of the top eight harriers on the cross country team ... competed at the 2000 NCAA Cross Country Championship, helping the Irish finish ninth in the field ... also ran at the 2000 BIG EAST Cross Country Championship, the eighth Irish runner across the finish line in 75th place ... began the cross country season with a 10th-place effort at the Valparaiso Invitational ... scored in the National Catholic Invitational as Notre Dame's fourth runner across the line in 19th place, helping the Irish earn the team title ... competed in the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing sixth on the team ... also ran at the Pre National meet ... improved dramatically from his first collegiate 3,000 race (9:02.72) vs. Michigan State compared to his second (8:53.81) at the Meyo Invitational ... wrapped up the indoor season with an 18th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... developed into the top steeplechase specialist on the team ... finished fifth in his first collegiate steeplechase at the Spring Opener ... moved up to a second-place finish with a personal-best 9:26.79 in the steeplechase at the Tom Botts Invitational ... posted another runner-up finish in the steeplechase at the Boilermaker Open (9:35.03) ... competed in his first BIG EAST track and field championship at the 2001 outdoor meet, finishing 13th in the steeplechase.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Butler High School ... earned all-state honors all four years in cross country ... named team MVP of the cross country and track team his junior and senior seasons ... set records in all the distance cross country and track events at Butler High School ... best times were 15:19 in the 5,000 meters, 9:14 in the 3,200 meters and 4:20 in the 1,600 meters ... earned all-Greater Miami Valley Conference honors all four years in track and cross country ... competed in the 1999 cross country Midwest Meet of Champions ... placed 10th at the 2000 Junior Nationals in the two-mile indoor event ... born Aug. 15, 1981, in Dayton, Ohio ... plans to major in electrical engineering ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.