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Alex Topini
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- The Woodlands, Texas
- High School:
- College Park HS
Bio
Topini's TFRRS Results
*2nd Place C-USA Indoor Champs-Mile
Rice All Time Ranking (as of July 22, 2021)
Mile (Indoors)-#7
3000 (Indoors)-#8
1500 #13
CONFERENCE TITLES
2020 C-USA Indoor Distance Medley Relay
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2021 C-USA Indoor (Mile)
2021 C-USA Indoor (DMR)
2020 C-USA Indoor (DMR)
2019 C-USA Cross Country (Third Team)
2018 C-USA Cross Country (Second Team)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships, 8th, 1500, 3:51.39
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships, 2nd, Mile, 4:07.13
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships, 2nd, DMR, 10:12.54
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships, 1st, DMR, 10:03.24
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships, 5th, Mile, 4:12.20
2019 NCAA South Central Regional (XC), 113rd, 10k, 33:16.5
2019 C-USA Cross Country Championships, 16th, 8k, 24:50.2
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 5th, 1500m, 3:56.05
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 12th, 5000m, 14:58.93
2019 C-USA Indoor Championships, 4th, Mile, 4:12.31
2019 C-USA Indoor Championships, 28th, 3000m, 9:00.46
2018 NCAA South Central Regional (XC), 40th, 10k, 33:08.9
2018 C-USA Cross Country Championships, 13th, 8k, 24:55.5
2018 USATF Junior National, 8th, 1500m, 3:53.92
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 4th, 1500m, 3:52.02
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 17th, 5000m, 15:22.80
2018 C-USA Indoor Championships, 11th, Mile, 4:16.65
2018 C-USA Indoor Championships, 22nd, 3000m, 8:43.8
2017 NCAA South Central Regional (XC), 99th, 10k, 32:30
2017 C-USA Cross Country, 24th, 8k, 25:29
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoors)
800m-1:59.85, Houston Invitational (1/26/2019)
Mile-4:10.75, Houston G5-Super 22 Invite (2/1/2020)
3000-8:17.76, FasTrak Collegiate Last Chance (2/29/20)
(Outdoors)
800-1:53.70 (3/9/2021)
1500-3:46.24 (4/24/2021)
3000m Steeplechase-9:34.14, Karl Knight Skechers Invite (4/6/2018)
5000m-14:58.93, C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/12/2019)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2020-2021 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 Rice Honor Athlete
2019-2020 Arthur Ashe, Jr Sports Scholar Award
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21
Indoor: Earned all-conference honors in both the mile (4:07.13) and the DMR (10:12.54) with second place finishes at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at seven meets...earned points in the 1500m at the C-USA Championship with an eighth place finish of 3:51.39...established season-best time of 3:46.24 (1500m-J. Fred Duckett Twilight)) and 1:53.70 (800m-Rice Invitational)...totaled five top-three finishes, including three victories.
2019-20
Cross Country: Competed in five races...earned C-USA Third Team All-Conference honors with a 16th place finish at the C-USA Championships...set a season-best 8k time of 24:34 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, placing 34th overall...placed third in the season-opening Rice Invitational. Indoor: Ran the anchor leg on the winning distance medley relay team at the C-USA Championships...won three 3000m races during the season, including the FasTrack Collegiate Last Call meet in which he ran a season-best time of 8:17.76...also earned points at the C-USA Championships in the mile, placing fifth overall with a time of 4:12.20.
2018-19
Cross Country: Saw action in five races...placed 13th at the C-USA Championships to earn Second Team All-Conference honors...finished the season with a 40th place result at the South Central Regional...had a season-best finish of ninth place at the season-opening Rice Invitational. Indoor: Competed at five meets...earned points in both the mile with a fourth place finish (4:12.31) at the C-USA Championships...posted second place finishes in both the mile (4:11.04) and 3000m (8:29.76) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor: Saw action at six meets...garnered points in the 1500m (3:56.05) with a fifth place finish at the C-USA Championships...won the 1500m at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight with a time of 3:52.65.
2017-2018
Cross Country: Placed 24th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:29...finished seventh in his debut at the Norry Hersey Rice Invitational. Indoor: Finished in the top four, four different times during his freshman indoor season...placed third in both the mile and 3000m at the Houston Invitational, running 4:21.60 and 8:38.90 respectively...took fourth place in the 3000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in a personal best time of 8:29.99... at the C-USA Indoor Championships, placed 11th in the mile, 4:16.65, and 22nd in the 3000m, 8:43.48. Outdoor: Competed in nine different events as a freshman, finishing in the top 10 six times...placed second in the 1500m at the 67th Annual TSU Relays in a time of 3:58.91...finished sixth in the 1500m at the Victor Lopez Classic after running 3:52.29...ran a personal best time of 9:34.14 in the 3000m SC at The Skecher's Performance Carl Kight Invitational...ran another personal best, this time in the 800m race, of 1:55.34 at the UCSD Triton Invitational...capped off the regular season with a tenth-place finish at the Arkansas Twilight meet in the 1500m while running a personal best of 3:49.82...at C-USA Outdoor Championships, finished 17th in the 5000m in 15:22.80...came back in the 1500m at C-USA Outdoors and ran a time of 3:52.02 to finish fourth as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from The Woodlands College Park HS where he competed for the Cavaliers under head coach Michael Gibson...member of the 2016 NXN Team qualifiers...two-time Big Heart Award recipient...senior year bests: 1600m (4:14), 1500m (3:55), 800m (1:55), 3200m (9:16).
PERSONAL
Parents: Maurizio Topini and Courtney Coats-Topini...one brother..Rice College: Hanszen...Masters-Accounting.
*2nd Place C-USA Indoor Champs-Mile
Rice All Time Ranking (as of July 22, 2021)
Mile (Indoors)-#7
3000 (Indoors)-#8
1500 #13
CONFERENCE TITLES
2020 C-USA Indoor Distance Medley Relay
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2021 C-USA Indoor (Mile)
2021 C-USA Indoor (DMR)
2020 C-USA Indoor (DMR)
2019 C-USA Cross Country (Third Team)
2018 C-USA Cross Country (Second Team)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships, 8th, 1500, 3:51.39
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships, 2nd, Mile, 4:07.13
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships, 2nd, DMR, 10:12.54
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships, 1st, DMR, 10:03.24
2020 C-USA Indoor Championships, 5th, Mile, 4:12.20
2019 NCAA South Central Regional (XC), 113rd, 10k, 33:16.5
2019 C-USA Cross Country Championships, 16th, 8k, 24:50.2
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 5th, 1500m, 3:56.05
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 12th, 5000m, 14:58.93
2019 C-USA Indoor Championships, 4th, Mile, 4:12.31
2019 C-USA Indoor Championships, 28th, 3000m, 9:00.46
2018 NCAA South Central Regional (XC), 40th, 10k, 33:08.9
2018 C-USA Cross Country Championships, 13th, 8k, 24:55.5
2018 USATF Junior National, 8th, 1500m, 3:53.92
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 4th, 1500m, 3:52.02
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships, 17th, 5000m, 15:22.80
2018 C-USA Indoor Championships, 11th, Mile, 4:16.65
2018 C-USA Indoor Championships, 22nd, 3000m, 8:43.8
2017 NCAA South Central Regional (XC), 99th, 10k, 32:30
2017 C-USA Cross Country, 24th, 8k, 25:29
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoors)
800m-1:59.85, Houston Invitational (1/26/2019)
Mile-4:10.75, Houston G5-Super 22 Invite (2/1/2020)
3000-8:17.76, FasTrak Collegiate Last Chance (2/29/20)
(Outdoors)
800-1:53.70 (3/9/2021)
1500-3:46.24 (4/24/2021)
3000m Steeplechase-9:34.14, Karl Knight Skechers Invite (4/6/2018)
5000m-14:58.93, C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/12/2019)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2020-2021 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 Rice Honor Athlete
2019-2020 Arthur Ashe, Jr Sports Scholar Award
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21
Indoor: Earned all-conference honors in both the mile (4:07.13) and the DMR (10:12.54) with second place finishes at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at seven meets...earned points in the 1500m at the C-USA Championship with an eighth place finish of 3:51.39...established season-best time of 3:46.24 (1500m-J. Fred Duckett Twilight)) and 1:53.70 (800m-Rice Invitational)...totaled five top-three finishes, including three victories.
2019-20
Cross Country: Competed in five races...earned C-USA Third Team All-Conference honors with a 16th place finish at the C-USA Championships...set a season-best 8k time of 24:34 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, placing 34th overall...placed third in the season-opening Rice Invitational. Indoor: Ran the anchor leg on the winning distance medley relay team at the C-USA Championships...won three 3000m races during the season, including the FasTrack Collegiate Last Call meet in which he ran a season-best time of 8:17.76...also earned points at the C-USA Championships in the mile, placing fifth overall with a time of 4:12.20.
2018-19
Cross Country: Saw action in five races...placed 13th at the C-USA Championships to earn Second Team All-Conference honors...finished the season with a 40th place result at the South Central Regional...had a season-best finish of ninth place at the season-opening Rice Invitational. Indoor: Competed at five meets...earned points in both the mile with a fourth place finish (4:12.31) at the C-USA Championships...posted second place finishes in both the mile (4:11.04) and 3000m (8:29.76) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. Outdoor: Saw action at six meets...garnered points in the 1500m (3:56.05) with a fifth place finish at the C-USA Championships...won the 1500m at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight with a time of 3:52.65.
2017-2018
Cross Country: Placed 24th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:29...finished seventh in his debut at the Norry Hersey Rice Invitational. Indoor: Finished in the top four, four different times during his freshman indoor season...placed third in both the mile and 3000m at the Houston Invitational, running 4:21.60 and 8:38.90 respectively...took fourth place in the 3000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational in a personal best time of 8:29.99... at the C-USA Indoor Championships, placed 11th in the mile, 4:16.65, and 22nd in the 3000m, 8:43.48. Outdoor: Competed in nine different events as a freshman, finishing in the top 10 six times...placed second in the 1500m at the 67th Annual TSU Relays in a time of 3:58.91...finished sixth in the 1500m at the Victor Lopez Classic after running 3:52.29...ran a personal best time of 9:34.14 in the 3000m SC at The Skecher's Performance Carl Kight Invitational...ran another personal best, this time in the 800m race, of 1:55.34 at the UCSD Triton Invitational...capped off the regular season with a tenth-place finish at the Arkansas Twilight meet in the 1500m while running a personal best of 3:49.82...at C-USA Outdoor Championships, finished 17th in the 5000m in 15:22.80...came back in the 1500m at C-USA Outdoors and ran a time of 3:52.02 to finish fourth as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from The Woodlands College Park HS where he competed for the Cavaliers under head coach Michael Gibson...member of the 2016 NXN Team qualifiers...two-time Big Heart Award recipient...senior year bests: 1600m (4:14), 1500m (3:55), 800m (1:55), 3200m (9:16).
PERSONAL
Parents: Maurizio Topini and Courtney Coats-Topini...one brother..Rice College: Hanszen...Masters-Accounting.
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