The 5-foot-6 senior won the UHSAA Class 5A state meet this past season with a time of 17:27.7, breaking the tape 44.4 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor in leading the Thunderbirds to a seventh-place team finish. A Second Team All-American at both Nike Cross Nationals and the Brooks Cross Country Championships, Alder won the California-based Woodbridge Classic, the nation’s largest meet. She also won the Nike Cross South Regional meet, one of her five race victories during the season.
Alder has maintained a 3.56 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run at Brigham Young University this fall.
Alder has volunteered locally performing various tasks for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On her way to completing a sports medicine internship, she also has donated her time mentoring young athletes at the school.
