Alex Plasencia Class: Junior Hometown: Miami, Fla. High School: Ransom Everglades Height: 6-0 Sports: CC/Track

Competed in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m events in his first year with the cross country and track & field teams...finished in fifth place in the 1,500m run at the 2007 SoCon Outdoor Track Championships with a time of 4:05.41...posted a second-place finish in the 3,000m run at the 2007 Winthrop Invitational...also placed second in the 5,000m run at the 2007 Furman Invitational...as a cross country athlete, posted his best time of the 2006 season at the SoCon Cross Country Championships, with a mark of 26:35.55.

High School: Ran track and cross country at Ransom Everglades High School, captaining the team as a junior and senior...led team to fourth-place finish at the state championship during his junior and senior seasons...team won three state, regional and district titles...regional and district champion as a junior and senior...district champion as a senior in the 3,200m run, finishing fifth in the state in the same event...named to the FACA All-State team as a sophomore, junior and senior...first-team All-Dade County as a junior and senior...cross country team MVP as a sophomore, junior, and senior.

Personal: Alex Joseph Plasencia was born August 20, 1986 in Miami, Fla... Son of Ricardo and Maria Plasencia... Majoring in political science and earth and environmental science.

Alex Plasencia - Career Results