Alex Curtin '16 Recruiting Profile

My name is Alex Curtin. I am 17 years old and am a senior. I attend Whitfield high school in St. Louis, MO. It is a small private school where track has only been around for two years and cross country for six years. I have ran track the last two years of high school, and I have been on the cross country team since my freshman year. I am ready and have been trained to handle it at the collegiate level.

• My peak mileage in cross country is 50 miles a week. I believe in the Church of a calm and relaxed Sunday long run. 
• I have not broken 20 going into my senior year but I aiming to shatter my PR and run in the high 18's to low 19's. My coaches and I believe this is very capable for me.
• My peak mileage in track is 35-37 mile
• I hold the school record in the mile and two mile. My school's running programs are growing but still are just at the beginning. We have 8 girls for cross country. We just won our first ever team title placing 3rd at state in cross country. We are training to win this year.
• This track season I am aiming to be running in the low 11's for a two mile and to run a 5:00-5:05 mile.

I train different than most high school girls. Going to a small school I am usually alone in my runs/speed workouts and rely on my self to push me through each workout. I have never been given the opportunity to train with girls at my level therefore I can see even more improvement and drop in times competing at the college level.