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Carmen Alder
Height5-7
ClassJunior
HometownSouthern Pines, North Carolina
Previous SchoolPinecrest High School
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BYU Highlights
- Won the XC-23 Pre-Nationals Invitational in 19:36.2 for 6,000-meters
- 6k personal best of 19:30.5 at the NCAA Mountain Regional (2023)
- Named All-Big 12 (2023)
- Named All-Mountain Region (2023)
- Named All-WCC First Team (2022)
Personal
- Parents are Daniel and Janeth Alder
- Has four siblings
- Both parents ran for BYU
- Also recruited by Duke
Before BYU
- Three-time (2019, 2020, 2021) North Carolina Girls Cross Country Gatorade Player of the Year
- Earned 11 individual state titles between cross country/track and field
- Four-time (2021, 2019, 2018, 2017) North Carolina cross country state champion
- Led high school to 29th-straight Sandhills Athletic Conference title
- Holds North Carolina’s fastest girls 5K time of 16:58.90
- Two-time indoor 1600m (2020, 2019) and 3200m (2020, 2018) North Carolina state champion
- Two-time outdoor 1600m (2019, 2018) and 2018 3200m North Carolina state champion
- Fifth-place finish at the National XC Town USA Meet of Champions
Career Results
Sophomore Year 2022
- Named All-WCC First Team
9th |
Run Elite Classic |
18:14.1 |
5k |
36th |
Cowboy Jamboree |
21:08.6 |
6k |
63rd |
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational |
20:36.9 |
6k |
9th |
WCC Championships |
20:23.8 |
6k |
30th |
NCAA Mountain Regional |
20:52.2 |
6k |
203rd |
NCAA National Championships |
21:22.0 |
6k |
Freshman Year 2021
18 |
Bill Dellinger Invitational |
20:24.5 |
6K |
3 |
BYU Autumn Classic |
188:00.6 |
5K |
7 |
Big Wave Invitational |
18:30.00 |
5K |