2019 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Slenning, Alex
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Alex Slenning
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Portland, Ore.
- High School:
- Wilson
Bio
2019 U.S. U20 Steeplechase Champion
2021 (Track): Ran once during the indoor season, focusing more on cross country, but clocked a 5,000m PR of 13:54.76 … did not compete outdoors ... (Cross Country): Top-seven on the squad at all three meets as the Huskies placed 25th at the NCAA Championships … finished 216th overall at the NCAA Championships, sixth on the squad … was 21st at the Pac-12 Championships, the No. 6 Husky, helping the team take third overall … the third Husky finisher at the Silver State Invite, placing 15th overall.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Competed three times during the indoor season, starting with a 3k at the UW Invitational in 8:18.57 … had a PR in the mile of 4:09.67 at the Husky Classic ... (Cross Country): A strong close to his sophomore season, scoring for the Huskies at the West Regional and National Championship meets … at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, finished 104th overall as the No. 2 Husky finisher in a time of 32:00 to help the team place 19th overall … was the No. 4 scorer at West Regionals, placing 33rd overall in 30:36 to help UW qualify for NCAAs … at the Pac-12 meet was 45th overall and eighth on the squad … seventh on the squad and 80th overall at Pre-Nationals in 24:40 … first race was the John Payne Invite where he took third overall in 24:49.
2018-19 (Track): Turned in an outstanding freshman season in the steeplechase, winning the USATF U20 Championship in June to qualify for the Pan America U20 Championships … broke the UW freshman record in the steeplechase that had stood since 1976 when he ran 8:43.23 at NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, finishing 13th overall to just miss a trip to NCAA Outdoors by one spot, and going to No. 9 in school history … scored at his first Pac-12 Championships with a fifth-place finish in the steeple in 9:06.95 … ran a 15-second PR at the Cardinal Classic, taking fourth in the steeple in 8:53.96 … took third in the steeple at the UW-WSU Dual in 9:08.13 … ran one 1,500-meters, going 3:49.72 at the Ken Shannon Invite … indoors, ran a mile season-best of 4:11.11 at the Last Chance Elite Meet … ran a 3k in 8:17.22 at the Husky Classic … opened his track season with a 2:30.41 time in the 1,000-meters at the UW Indoor Preview ... (Cross Country): Raced twice in his first collegiate season … traveled to the Pre-Nationals at Wisconsin and ran in the B race, finishing ninth overall in 25:03 … also ran at the Battle In Beantown and was ninth on the squad and 93rd-place overall.
High School and Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon … parents are Jan and Todd Slenning … has one older brother, Nick, who runs track for Pacific University (Ore.) beginning in 2016 … one of the top mid-distance recruits in his class, as he capped his senior season with a big 1,500m PR of 3:49.58 at the Portland Track Festival, ranking third in the nation at that distance … that came after he won his first Oregon 6A state track title in the 1,500m in spring of 2018, winning in 3:55.96, and also took runner-up in the 3,000m final in 8:32.42 … captured the 2017 Oregon 6A State Championship in cross country … won the Portland Interscholastic League XC title as a senior and was PIL 3,000m Champion on the track in 2016 and 2017 … third at the 6A XC state meet as a junior … ran at UW's Dempsey Indoor in 2018, running a 3k in 8:36.96 to take second at the UW High School Invitational … ran everything from 4x400m relay carries to 800-meters up to the 3,000-meter steeplechase … as a sophomore he ran a 3k PR of 8:26.41 to take fifth at the Oregon state track meet.
Major Meets
2019 Pac-12 TF - 5th, Steeplechase
2019 NCAA Prelims TF - 13th, Steeplechase
2019 USA U20 Champs - 1st, Steeplechase (U.S. U20 Champion)
2019 Pac-12 XC - 45th (8th UW)
2019 Regional XC - 33rd (4th UW)
2019 NCAA XC - 104th (2nd UW)
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 21st (6th UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 216th (6th UW)
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......3:49.72
3000m Steeplechase.......8:43.23
Indoor Bests
Mile…….4:09.67
3000m…….8:17.22
5000m.......13:54.76
2021 (Track): Ran once during the indoor season, focusing more on cross country, but clocked a 5,000m PR of 13:54.76 … did not compete outdoors ... (Cross Country): Top-seven on the squad at all three meets as the Huskies placed 25th at the NCAA Championships … finished 216th overall at the NCAA Championships, sixth on the squad … was 21st at the Pac-12 Championships, the No. 6 Husky, helping the team take third overall … the third Husky finisher at the Silver State Invite, placing 15th overall.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Competed three times during the indoor season, starting with a 3k at the UW Invitational in 8:18.57 … had a PR in the mile of 4:09.67 at the Husky Classic ... (Cross Country): A strong close to his sophomore season, scoring for the Huskies at the West Regional and National Championship meets … at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, finished 104th overall as the No. 2 Husky finisher in a time of 32:00 to help the team place 19th overall … was the No. 4 scorer at West Regionals, placing 33rd overall in 30:36 to help UW qualify for NCAAs … at the Pac-12 meet was 45th overall and eighth on the squad … seventh on the squad and 80th overall at Pre-Nationals in 24:40 … first race was the John Payne Invite where he took third overall in 24:49.
2018-19 (Track): Turned in an outstanding freshman season in the steeplechase, winning the USATF U20 Championship in June to qualify for the Pan America U20 Championships … broke the UW freshman record in the steeplechase that had stood since 1976 when he ran 8:43.23 at NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, finishing 13th overall to just miss a trip to NCAA Outdoors by one spot, and going to No. 9 in school history … scored at his first Pac-12 Championships with a fifth-place finish in the steeple in 9:06.95 … ran a 15-second PR at the Cardinal Classic, taking fourth in the steeple in 8:53.96 … took third in the steeple at the UW-WSU Dual in 9:08.13 … ran one 1,500-meters, going 3:49.72 at the Ken Shannon Invite … indoors, ran a mile season-best of 4:11.11 at the Last Chance Elite Meet … ran a 3k in 8:17.22 at the Husky Classic … opened his track season with a 2:30.41 time in the 1,000-meters at the UW Indoor Preview ... (Cross Country): Raced twice in his first collegiate season … traveled to the Pre-Nationals at Wisconsin and ran in the B race, finishing ninth overall in 25:03 … also ran at the Battle In Beantown and was ninth on the squad and 93rd-place overall.
High School and Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon … parents are Jan and Todd Slenning … has one older brother, Nick, who runs track for Pacific University (Ore.) beginning in 2016 … one of the top mid-distance recruits in his class, as he capped his senior season with a big 1,500m PR of 3:49.58 at the Portland Track Festival, ranking third in the nation at that distance … that came after he won his first Oregon 6A state track title in the 1,500m in spring of 2018, winning in 3:55.96, and also took runner-up in the 3,000m final in 8:32.42 … captured the 2017 Oregon 6A State Championship in cross country … won the Portland Interscholastic League XC title as a senior and was PIL 3,000m Champion on the track in 2016 and 2017 … third at the 6A XC state meet as a junior … ran at UW's Dempsey Indoor in 2018, running a 3k in 8:36.96 to take second at the UW High School Invitational … ran everything from 4x400m relay carries to 800-meters up to the 3,000-meter steeplechase … as a sophomore he ran a 3k PR of 8:26.41 to take fifth at the Oregon state track meet.
Major Meets
2019 Pac-12 TF - 5th, Steeplechase
2019 NCAA Prelims TF - 13th, Steeplechase
2019 USA U20 Champs - 1st, Steeplechase (U.S. U20 Champion)
2019 Pac-12 XC - 45th (8th UW)
2019 Regional XC - 33rd (4th UW)
2019 NCAA XC - 104th (2nd UW)
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 21st (6th UW)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 216th (6th UW)
Outdoor Bests
1500m.......3:49.72
3000m Steeplechase.......8:43.23
Indoor Bests
Mile…….4:09.67
3000m…….8:17.22
5000m.......13:54.76
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
