University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2020 Cross Country Roster
Key Alfred
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Carencro, La.
- High School:
- Carencro
• 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (Indoor Distance Medley Relay; Third-Team)
2019-20: Indoor - Set a personal-best in the mile (4:28.72) at the McNeese Indoor II ... time of 1:54.69 in the 800-meters at the Ted Nelson Invitational was the 10th-fastest in the Sun Belt Conference ... member of the distance medley relay team that produced the sixth-fastest time (10:48.78) in the Sun Belt Conference. Cross Country - Competed in five events for Louisiana, recording a pair of top-20 finishes ... opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the New Orleans XC Opener (16:18.3) ... placed 16th overall in the 8K Little Rock Invitational (27:40.3) ... set personal-best (26:36.9) in an 8K event at the Sun Belt Championships.
2018-19: Outdoor - Competed in the 800-meters, 1,500-meters and 4x400-meter relay in his first outdoor season with the Ragin' Cajuns ... posted season-best time in the 800 meters (1:52.98) in the preliminaries at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships before bettering his time (1:52.56) in the finals to finish seventh overall ... clocked his best overall time in the 1,500-meters (4:07.02) at the McNeese Spring Time Classic ... finished second overall in the 800-meters (1:55.24) at the Louisiana Classics and Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge (1:59.88). Indoor - Part of the Ragin' Cajuns distance medley relay team that earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors with a third-place finish (10:14.09) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... competed in the 800-meters, mile-run and 4x400-meter relay ... helped Cajuns to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 relay (3:19.75) at the SBC Indoor ... posted top time in the 800-meters (1:56.73) at the 2019 Samford Open ... placed first overall in the 800-meters (1:58.98) at the LSU Bayou Bengal ... recorded best time in the mile-run (4:31.24) at the McNeese Invitational. Cross Country - Competed in five events as a freshman, notching a pair of top-10 finishes ... made his collegiate debut at the McNeese Season Opener, finishing fourth overall and covering the 4K course in 12:43.9 ... earned a 10th-place finish at the 39th annual LSU Invitational ... crossed the finish line of the four-mile race in 21:10.8 ... best time on an 8K course (26:54.9) came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
High School: A four-time Class 4A state champion in track and two-time state champ in cross country at Carencro High … named the 2018 Track MVP on the All-Acadiana Boys Track and Field Team by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser … named to the 2018 LSWA All-State Track and Field team in the 800-meters, 1,600-meters and 3,200-meters … claimed four district titles and back-to-back state titles in cross country, posting times of 15:46.30 in 2017 and 16:06.64 in 2016 … was third overall at the 2015 state meet (17:19.87) … claimed a pair of state titles in the 1,600-meters, with a personal-best (4:24.51) coming at the 2018 LHSAA Class 4A State Outdoor Championships … claimed 2018 state title in 3,200-meters (9:37.66) … ran first leg of CHS’ 4x400-meter relay team that claimed District 4-4A and Region II-4A titles in 2018 while finishing second overall (3:21.83) at the state meet … claimed state title in the boy’s indoor 1,600-meters (4:28.17) at the 2018 meet … placed fourth overall in the 1,500-meters (4:07.45) and 13th in the 800-meters (1:56.95) at the 2017 AAU National Junior Olympic Games.
Personal: Born October 9, 1999 in Carencro ... the son of Savannah and Key Alfred ... has one sister ... career ambition is to become a police officer ... enjoys skating, working on cars and listening to music ... majoring in criminal justice.
2019-20: Indoor - Set a personal-best in the mile (4:28.72) at the McNeese Indoor II ... time of 1:54.69 in the 800-meters at the Ted Nelson Invitational was the 10th-fastest in the Sun Belt Conference ... member of the distance medley relay team that produced the sixth-fastest time (10:48.78) in the Sun Belt Conference. Cross Country - Competed in five events for Louisiana, recording a pair of top-20 finishes ... opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the New Orleans XC Opener (16:18.3) ... placed 16th overall in the 8K Little Rock Invitational (27:40.3) ... set personal-best (26:36.9) in an 8K event at the Sun Belt Championships.
2018-19: Outdoor - Competed in the 800-meters, 1,500-meters and 4x400-meter relay in his first outdoor season with the Ragin' Cajuns ... posted season-best time in the 800 meters (1:52.98) in the preliminaries at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships before bettering his time (1:52.56) in the finals to finish seventh overall ... clocked his best overall time in the 1,500-meters (4:07.02) at the McNeese Spring Time Classic ... finished second overall in the 800-meters (1:55.24) at the Louisiana Classics and Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge (1:59.88). Indoor - Part of the Ragin' Cajuns distance medley relay team that earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors with a third-place finish (10:14.09) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... competed in the 800-meters, mile-run and 4x400-meter relay ... helped Cajuns to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 relay (3:19.75) at the SBC Indoor ... posted top time in the 800-meters (1:56.73) at the 2019 Samford Open ... placed first overall in the 800-meters (1:58.98) at the LSU Bayou Bengal ... recorded best time in the mile-run (4:31.24) at the McNeese Invitational. Cross Country - Competed in five events as a freshman, notching a pair of top-10 finishes ... made his collegiate debut at the McNeese Season Opener, finishing fourth overall and covering the 4K course in 12:43.9 ... earned a 10th-place finish at the 39th annual LSU Invitational ... crossed the finish line of the four-mile race in 21:10.8 ... best time on an 8K course (26:54.9) came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
High School: A four-time Class 4A state champion in track and two-time state champ in cross country at Carencro High … named the 2018 Track MVP on the All-Acadiana Boys Track and Field Team by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser … named to the 2018 LSWA All-State Track and Field team in the 800-meters, 1,600-meters and 3,200-meters … claimed four district titles and back-to-back state titles in cross country, posting times of 15:46.30 in 2017 and 16:06.64 in 2016 … was third overall at the 2015 state meet (17:19.87) … claimed a pair of state titles in the 1,600-meters, with a personal-best (4:24.51) coming at the 2018 LHSAA Class 4A State Outdoor Championships … claimed 2018 state title in 3,200-meters (9:37.66) … ran first leg of CHS’ 4x400-meter relay team that claimed District 4-4A and Region II-4A titles in 2018 while finishing second overall (3:21.83) at the state meet … claimed state title in the boy’s indoor 1,600-meters (4:28.17) at the 2018 meet … placed fourth overall in the 1,500-meters (4:07.45) and 13th in the 800-meters (1:56.95) at the 2017 AAU National Junior Olympic Games.
Personal: Born October 9, 1999 in Carencro ... the son of Savannah and Key Alfred ... has one sister ... career ambition is to become a police officer ... enjoys skating, working on cars and listening to music ... majoring in criminal justice.
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