BYU Highlights
- First Team All-American as she clocked a 4:15.26 in the 1500m to finish eighth at the 2026 NCAA National Championships
- Ran the 1200m leg on the DMR squad that broke the NCAA and BYU school records at the 2025 Husky Classic (10:37.58)
- Second Team All-American in the indoor mile placing 15th in 2024 and 2025
- Second Team All-American in the DMR placing ninth in 2022
- No. 3 all-time at BYU in the outdoor 1500m running 4:07.29 at the 2026 Bryan Clay Invitational
- No. 3 all-time at BYU in the indoor mile running 4:29.49 at the 2025 Harvard Invitational
- 2026 Stanford Invitational 1500m champion as she clocked a 4:08.56
- Placed fourth in the 1500m at the 2026 Big 12 outdoor championships
- Placed fifth in the 1500m at the 2025 Big 12 outdoor championships
- Placed sixth in the mile at the 2025 Big 12 indoor championships
- Placed eighth in the 5000m at the 2026 Big 12 outdoor championships
Personal
- Parents are Daniel and Janeth Alder
- Major: History
- Has four siblings, sister Vanessa also on BYU squad
- Both parents ran for BYU
- Also recruited by Duke
- Mother, Janeth Caizalitin Alder, a two-time All-American at BYU
- 1996 Indoor 3000m
- 1994 Outdoor 1500m
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
Stats
Indoor Personal Bests |
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|---|---|---|
Mark/Time |
Event |
Meet |
2:06.24 |
800m |
2024 Husky Classic |
2:47.49 |
1000m |
2024 Big 12 Championships |
4:21.96 |
1500m |
2025 John Thomas Terrier Classic |
4:29.49 |
Mile |
2025 Harvard Invitational |
9:02.56 |
3000m |
2025 Husky Classic |
15:51.98 |
5000m |
2023 Boston Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener |
Outdoor Personal Bests |
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|---|---|---|
Mark/Time |
Event |
Meet |
2:05.92 |
800m |
2026 Stanford Invitational |
4:07.29 |
1500m |
2026 Bryan Clay Invitational |
4:44.48 |
Mile |
2025 Robison Invitational |
15:56.62 |
5000m |
2025 Stanford Invitational |