Alex Jansen

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Sprints
Hometown:
Kimberly, Wis.
High School:
Kimberly

Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Sophomore/Redshirt Freshman

2019 Season

2019 Outdoor: Competing unattached, placed 20th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.12 at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (5/3)

2019 Indoor: Took 11th in the 800 meters, coming through with a time of 2:02.04 at the Red & White Classic (2/15) ... competed in the 800 meters and crossed the line in a personal best time of 1:57.83 to take 51st overall at the Iowa State Classic (2/8-9) ... placed 20th overall in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.11 at the Indiana Relays (1/25-26) ... finished 12th in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 1:59.87 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/18-19) ... in his collegiate debut, finished fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.83 and helped the Wisconsin 4x400 relay win the event with an overall time of 3:26.08 at the Badger Icebreaker (1/12)

High School

Qualified for the state meet all four years of high school in the 4x800 relay … team state champions his junior and senior year … state champion in the 4x800 relay his sophomore and senior year … qualified for the 400 meter dash his sophomore year … state runner-up in the 4x800 relay his junior year … First-Team All-Conference honor recipient his sophomore, junior and senior year … finished seventh in the 800 meters at the state meet his senior year … was named a Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholar his senior year … graduated Summa Cum Laude and was named an AP Scholar with Distinction … high school coach was Brad Hoerth

Personal

Parents are Kelly and Jason Jansen … has one sibling, Eleanor (21) … intended major is biomedical engineering

Why Wisconsin?

“I chose Wisconsin because of their strong engineering program and advanced academics.”

Personal Bests

Indoor				Outdoor
800 Meters	1:57.83	2-9-19
4x400 Relay	3:26.08	1-12-19

Mick Byrne Media Conference || Wisconsin Track & Field || April 15, 2024

Monday, April 15

Mick Byrne Media Conference || Wisconsin Track & Field || Feb. 20, 2022

Monday, February 20

Mick Byrne Media Conference || Wisconsin Track & Field || February 22, 2021

Monday, February 22

UW Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020: Jeff Braun

Saturday, November 14

Wisconsin track and field earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for the 2025 season

Monday, July 21

The Wisconsin men's cross country and track and field program places fifth in the USTFCCCA POY standings

Wisconsin men’s program places fifth in USTFCCCA POY standings

Wednesday, June 18

Adam Spencer at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships

Spencer takes fourth in 1500-meter final at NCAA's

Friday, June 13

Jason Swarens celebrates after being crowned a champion at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Spectacular Swarens: Senior wins shot put at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships

Wednesday, June 11

University of Wisconsin Athletics

2019 Men's Track & Field Roster

Roster

Paul Afflitto

Shuaib Aljabaly

Cade Amborn

Connor Barfknecht

Liam Belson

Zack Benning

Evan Blumer

Stacey Boyd II

Eric Brown

Jon Burt

Ryan Clevenger

Rashid Coulibaly

Ryan Dundun

Zachary Dybul

Benjamin Eidenschink

Corbin Ellis

Colin Enz

Ansel Fellman

Kavanaugh FitzPatrick

Peyton Frankenreider

Nicholas Fraser

George Ghafari

Austin Glynn

Olin Hacker

Robby Hatch

Seth Hirsch

Olli Hoare

Caden Hofacker

Cole Hooper

Noah Jacobs

Alex Jansen

Nikhil Jogal

Rhys Koch

Nick Krawczyk

Hudson Kugel

Zach Lorbeck

Jamar Manning

Morgan McDonald

Sam McHone

Canon Melstrand

Tyson Miehe

Trent Nytes

Conor Perreault

Derick Peters

Maguire Petersen

Jack Rader

Sam Radtke

Austin Rendon

Andrew Schilling

Zack Snider

Andrew Stone

Dan Ufearo

Tannor Wagner

Tucker Wedig

David Young