Alex Byrnes - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Alex Byrnes

Sr | 5-4 | Mid-Distance | Fort Worth, Texas | Pachal HS

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First-Team All-American (2019 Indoor)

Junior (2020)
Indoors: Competed in two meets … Opened season with a 2:17.38 to place third in 800m at Arkansas Invitational … Improved to 2:15.48 for third place in 800m at Red Raider Invitational.

Red-shirt Sophomore (2019)
Competed in 14 meets… Set a personal-best in the 400-meters (55.10) and the 800-meters (2:06.70)… SEC 800-meter finalist… Earned First-Team All-American honors as a member of the Distance Medley Relay…

Sophomore (2018)
Did not compete

Freshman (2017)
Began her freshman season by finishing first in the 800-meters at the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 13) … Followed that up with a first-place finish at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 20) in the DMR … A fourth-place finish in the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 10) in the 800M … A third-place finish in the 800-meters during the Arkansas qualifier (Feb. 17)… A seventh-place finisher in the 800-meters at SEC Indoor meet.. Second place finish at the Baylor Invitational (April 8) in the 800-meters … Finished third in the John McDonnell Invitational (April 23) … Second place finish at the SEC Relays in the DMR (April 29) … In the Arkansas Twilight (May 5) she finished third in the 800-meters.

High School
2016 Texas 6A State Championship runner-up in the 800-meters … Captured the back-to-back 3-4 6A Area Championship in the 400, improving from 57.80 to 56.12 from her junior to her senior season … Holds a personal best time in the 800 of 2:10.46.

Personal
Born on Oct. 10, 1997 … Daughter of Greg and Linda Byrnes … Has one brother; Austin … Majoring in sport management.