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Alex Miley

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MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HS
MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
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Peak Performance

15th Place

Nike Cross Nationals Final

5th Place

NXN Heartland Regional

5th Place

Class AA State Meet
“No matter the competition, Alex always ran hard and never looked back. He is a ferocious competitor.”
Ross Fleming
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 170-pound senior finished 15th at the Nike Cross Nationals Final this past season with a time of 15:56.1, earning All-American honors. Miley took fifth at the Class AA state meet in 15:53.7, leading the Crimson to a third-place finish as a team. He won his first seven races of the season and also crossed the line in fifth at the NXN Heartland Regional championships.

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Academic Achievement

Miley has maintained a weighted 3.84 GPA in the classroom. He remains undecided upon a collegiate destination.

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Exemplary Character

Miley is the head of his school's National Honor Society's peer tutoring project. He has volunteered locally as a school ambassador and as a youth baseball and softball umpire. "No matter the competition, Alex always ran hard and never looked back," said Ross Fleming, head coach of Mounds View High. "He is a ferocious competitor."