Alex Gholston

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Town Creek, Ala.
High School:
R.A. Hubbard

Accolades
• School record-holder, indoor 4x400 relay
• First Team All-American, indoor 400 meters (2017)
• First Team All-American, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, indoor 400 meters (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, indoor 400 meters (2017)
• CoSIDA Academic All-American (2016)
• Second Team All-American, outdoor 400 meters (2016)
• Second Team All-American, outdoor 4x400 relay (2016)
• Second Team All-American, outdoor 400 meters (2015)
• Second Team All-American, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015)

2016-17

2017 Outdoor Season
Finished 23rd in the quarterfinals of the 400 meters at the NCAA East Regional on May 26 in 53.74 ... finished 23rd in the first round on May 25 in 53.93 to advance to the quarterfinals ... ran the lead leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished fourth at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 13 in 3:30.94, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... finished 10th in the prelims of the 400 meters at the SEC Championships on May 12 in 53.37 ... finished sixth in the 200 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational on April 8 in 24.06 ... also ran the second leg on the Alabama “B” 4x100-meter relay that finished second at the CTI in 44.32 ... finished fourth in the 400 meters at the Florida Relays on March 31 in a time of 52.79 ... finished second in the 200 meters at the Florida State Relays on March 24 in a personal best 23.80 in her first outdoor outing of the season.

2017 Indoor Season
Member of Alabama’s school record-holding 4x400-meter relay team (3:28.62) ... finished fourth in the 400 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 in a personal-best 52.23, the second fastest time in school history ... ran a time of 52.56 in the prelims on March 10, which is the fourth-best time in UA history ... ran the second leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay team that finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 in a school-record 3:28.62 ... finished third in the 400 meters at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 25 in a personal-best 52.49, the second-fastet time in school history ... ran 53.70 in the prelims on Friday ... finished second in the 400 meters at the Tiger Paw Invitational on Feb. 10 in a personal-best 52.81, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... ran the third leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter “A” relay team at the Tiger Paw Invitational on Feb. 11 that finished second in an Alabama school record 3:30.10 ... finished third in the 400 meters in a time of 54.45 at the Bob Pollock Invitational on Jan. 27 ... made her season debut at the Auburn Invitational on Jan. 21 ... ran the anchor leg on the Tide’s 4x400 meter relay squad that finished second in 3:36.54, the second-fastest time in school history.

2015-16
2016 Outdoor Season
Finished 16th in the 400 meters with a time of 53.11 at the NCAA Championships … registered a 400-meter preliminary time of 52.61 and placed 10th at the NCAA East Regional meet with a time of 52.40 … posted a prelim time of 52.54 to win her heat of the 400 meters and qualify for the finals where she ran a personal record of 52.11 to finish fifth at the SEC Championships … ran 52.48 in the 400 meters to finish fifth at the LSU Invitational … registered a 200-meter time of 23.87 to finish ninth in the event at the War Eagle Invitational … clocked a time of 52.98 to finish third in the 400 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … led the Alabama contingent in the 400 meters at the Florida Relays, recording a time of 53.59 to finish 13th overall … ran the 400 meters in 55.21 to finish third in the event at the FSU Relays.

2016 Indoor Season
Participated in the 4x400-meter relay that finished seventh in 3:39.41 at the SEC Championships … ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished third at the Tyson Invitational.

2014-15
2015 Outdoor Season
Recorded a 52.80 in the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships…served as the third leg for the 4x100 relay team that crossed the finish line in 44.34 at the NCAA Championships…ran a personal-best 52.31 in the 400 meters at the NCAA East Prelims…placed third at the 400 meters at the SEC Championships…ran the third leg on the 4x100 relay team that finished fifth at the SEC Championships with a time of 43.60…clocked a 52.64 in the 400 meters to finish third at the LSU Invitational … ran the No. 7 time in Alabama history in the women’s 400 meters, winning the event in 53.57 in the Border Clash, while also running in the women’s 4X400-meter relay with a time of 3:43.54 to finish second … posted a time of 53.76 in the 400 meters at the Florida Relays … ran 24.45 in the 200-meter dash at the Crimson Tide Invitational to finish third.

2015 Indoor Season
Won heat 10 of the 400-meter dash semi-finals at the SEC Championships with a time of 54.46 ... finished 16th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.70 at the Tyson Invitational ... ran the 400-meter dash in 54.81 to take fourth at the New Mexico Team Invitational ... shattered her 400-meter indoor personal best, running 53.90 to win the event at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... ran a time of 25.16 in the 200-meter dash placing 17th at the Auburn Invitational.

2013-14
2014 Outdoor Season
Ran the 400 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary in a time of 54.27 … also served on the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:37.43 at the NCAA East Preliminary … clocked a personal-best time of 53.84 in the prelim of the 400 meters at the SEC Championships … also ran the second leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that took sixth place with a season-best time of 3:35.90 at the SEC Championships … placed third in the 400 meters with a time of 54.39 at the Jace Lacoste Invitational … also served as the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished runner-up at the Jace Lacoste Invitational with a time of 3:42.45 … ran the 400 meters in a time of 55.31 at the Mt. SAC Relays … also was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:40.31 to place tenth at the Mt. SAC Relays … finished runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 54.90 and ran on the winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:38.29) at the Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash … placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 56.00 at the Crimson Tide Invitational … also served as the anchor leg of the runner-up 4x400-meter relay lineup that recorded a time of 3:40.57 at the Crimson Tide Invitational … finished ninth in the 400 meters with a time of 56.34 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … also ran a leg on the runner-up 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:41.56 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … ran the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay as the Tide finished runner-up with a time of 3:41.11 at the Alabama Relays.

2014 Indoor Season
Recorded a time of 56.33 in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships … also served on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh (3:41.80) at the SEC Championships … clocked a 56.31 in the 400-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational ... ran the first leg of the 4x400 relay team that finished 18th with a time of 3:42.26 at the Tyson Invitational ...placed eighth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.72 at the Indiana Relays ... also ran the 400 meters at the Indiana Relays, finishing fifth with a time of a 57.35 ... finished 13th in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 55.69 ... ran the first leg of the 4x400 relay team that finished third (3:48.59) at the Auburn Invitational ... ran the 400 meters in 56.66 to place seventh at the Auburn Invitational.

Prep and Personal
One of the most decorated and accomplished multi-sport athletes in Alabama history, excelling in both track and field and basketball ? ... a 15-time individual Alabama state champion in track and field … holds Class 1A state records in four events (100, 200, 400 and long jump) … the 2013 AHSAA state champion in the 400 meters (55.69) in addition to placing third in the 100 (12.79), second in the 200 (25.24) and second in the long jump (16-2) ... set Class 1A state records in four events (100, 200, 400 and long jump) ... the 2012 AHSAA state champion in the 100, 200, 400 and long jump ... set the state record in the 400 three times, most recently at the 2012 AHSAA meet with a time of 55.12 ... won the 2012 state title in the 200 at 24.92 ... holds the Alabama state record in the 200 at 24.76, set in 2011 ... led her basketball team to two Class 1A state championships (2009 and 2011) and was the 2012 Alabama Class 1A Women’s Basketball Player of the Year ... averaged 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists per game at point as a senior ... coached by Nick Vinson at R.A. Hubbard High School ... daughter of Freddie and Yvonne Gholston ... born March 1, 1995, in Decatur, Ala.