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| Year: | Jr. |
| Hometown: | Mebane, N.C. |
| High School: | Eastern Alamance |
2013 Outdoor
Track
Placed ninth at the Southern Conference
Championships (April 20-21) in the 1,500-meters, posting a
personal-best time of 3:55.19 to place just out of the scoring
… Turned in a career-best time of 1:54.98 in the 800-meter
race at the Wake Forest Open (March 15-16) … Finished third
in his heat in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:19.13 at the
High Point VertKlasse Meet (March 22-23) … Recorded his
first sub-four minute time in the 1,500-meter race at the Raleigh
Relays (March 29-30) with a time of 3:58.17.
2012-13 Indoor
Track
Set a personal-record in the mile run at the 2013
Southern Conference Indoor Track Championships, posting a time of
4:26.90 (Feb. 23-24) … Place third in his section of the
mile at the SoCon Championships … Turned in a time of
4:29.21 at the Hokie Invitational (Jan.2 5-26) in the mile …
Posted a season-best time of 9:11.53 in the 3,000-meter distance at
the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 8-9) … Member of
the Distance Medley Relay Team that placed third at the Hilton
Garden Invitational (Feb. 1-2) with a time of 10:36.52.
2012 Cross
Country
Posted a season-best time of 26:18.40 in the
8,000-meter race when he placed 257th at the
Pre-Nationals in Louisville (Oct. 13) … Set a career-best
time of 33:37.87 in the 10,000-meter race at the NCAA Southeast
Regional (Nov. 9) … Placed 54th at the Southern
Conference Championships (Oct. 27) with a time of 26:49.64 …
Finished 14th at the Elon Invitational (Sept. 15) with a
time of 28:09.
2012 Outdoor
Track
Set an outdoor personal record in the 3,000m at
the Wake Forest Open crossing the line in 8:54.29 to win his heat,
finished 14th overall (Mar 17) … finished
26th overall in the 1,500m at the competitive Duke
Invitational running a personal best time of 4:00.93 (Apr 6)
… SoCon Academic All-Conference ... SoCon Academic Honor
Roll.
2011-12 Indoor
Track
Ran a personal record time of 8:58.35 in the 3,000m at the Fast
Track Invite placing 35th (Feb 11) … set a season best time
in the 800 meters at the Dick Taylor Invite running a time of
2:01.01 to place 15th (Jan 21)… earned SoCon Academic
All-Conference honors.
2011 Cross
Country
Ran a personal-record in the 8,000 meters at the Elon
Invitational with a time of 25:54 to finish in seventh place
overall (Sept 17) … completed the grueling course at the
Panorama Farms Invite in a time of 26:52, to finish in
66th place (Oct 14) … ran a personal best time of
34:50 in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Southeast Regional
Championships in Louisville, Ky., (Nov 12).
2011 Outdoor
Track
Ran a season-best time of 1:56.19 in the 800 meters at the Wake
Forest Open … came in third place in the 1,500 developmental
race at the Duke Invitational with a season-best time of 4:05.17
… ran a 1:58.49 in the 800 meter prelims at the Southern
Conference Championship … ran a 1:59.22 in the 800 meters at
the UNCW Seahawk Invitational to finish in ninth.
2010-11 Indoor
Track
Ran a team-best time of 2:00.92 in the 800 meters at the
Tiger Paw Invitational … ran a 2:43.65 at the Liberty Open
in his only attempt in the 1,000 meters … finished the mile
in 4:34.31 to come in 28th place at
the Niswonger Invitational.
2010 Cross
Country
Won the 8k Navy Race at the Royal Cross Country Challenge
with a time of 26:27.2 … ran a 26:47.55 at the Southern
Conference Championships to finish in 48th place
… came in fourth place at the Guilford College XC Carnival
to finish in fourth place after running a 16:22 in the
5k.
High
School
Earned a total of eight varsity letters while competing
at Eastern Alamance High School for coaches Brian Parker, Brad
Warren and Nathan Gardner … was a member of the outdoor 3A
state championship team in the 4x800 meters as a senior …
was also a member of the 4x800 team that won the indoor state
championship in his final season … set the North Carolina
4x800 state record as a senior … earned all-state honors in
indoor and outdoor in the 4x800 as a senior … earned
all-conference honors all three seasons in cross country and
outdoor track … also a member of the National Honor
Society.
Personal
Tyron Justin Alston … born March 16, 1992 in
Durham, N.C. … son of Jesse and Janice Alston … has
three younger siblings, Jazamyn, Jesse, Jeremiah and Jesseka
… majoring in business administration at UNCG.
Top
Performances
Cross Country
8k:25:54.2 (Elon Invitational - 9/17/11)
10k: 33:37.87 (NCAA Southeast Regional - 11/9/12)
Indoor
800m: 2:00.92
1,000m: 2:43.65
Mile: 4:23.54 (SoCon Indoor Championships, 2/23/13)
3,000m: 8:58.53
Outdoor
Mile: 4:19.13 (High Point VertKlasse, 3/23/13)
800m: 1:54.98 (Wake Forest Open, 3/15/13)
1,500m: 3:55.19 (SoCon Championships, 4/21/13)
3,000m:
8:54.29

