Oklahoma State University Athletics
2024-25 Cowboy Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Alex Stitt
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- High School:
- Brisbane Grammer School
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7732146/Oklahoma_State/Alex_Stitt.html
Personal Bests
800 Meters – 1:50.04
1,000 Meters - 2:21.34
1,500 Meters – 3:38.35
Mile – 3:59.14
3,000 Meters – 7:57.00
5K (XC) – 14:54.9
8K (XC) – 23:25.7
10K (XC) – 29:57.2
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Honors and Awards
2024 Track & Field Academic First Team All-Big 12
2024 Outdoor Second Team All-American – 1,500 Meters (14th)
2024 Indoor All-Big 12 (1,000 Meters)
2023 Cross Country Academic First Team All-Big 12
2023 Cross Country All-Region
2023 Academic First Team All-Big 12
2023 Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American – 1,500 Meters (24th)
2023 Outdoor All-Big 12 (1,500 Meters)
2023 Indoor All-Big 12 (1,000 Meters)
2022 Cross Country Academic All-American
2022 Cross Country Academic Second Team All-Big 12
2022 Cross Country All-Region
2022 Big 12 Cross Country Runner of the Week (Sept. 6)
2022 Cross Country Cowboy Preview Champion
2022 Academic First-Team All-Big 12
2022 Indoor Big 12 Champion - DMR
2022 Indoor All-Big 12 (DMR)
2021 Outdoor All-Big 12
2021 Indoor Big 12 Champion – DMR
2021 Indoor All-Big 12
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2024 Outdoors
Established himself as one of the best middle-distance runners in the country during the outdoor season… Set a new personal best in the 1,500 Meters with his time of 3:38.35 at the John McDonnell Invitational as he finished second overall… Suffered a hard fall as he made a pass for the lead at the Big 12 Championships with 100 meters to go in the 1,500, leading to a ninth-place finish… Rebounded nicely at the NCAA West Prelims, securing his spot at the NCAA Championships with ease as he ran a pair of 3:40’s to punch his ticket… Nearly ran another personal best at the NCAA Championships, clocking a time of 3:38.90 in the fast heat as he finished his season with second team All-America honors.
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2024 Indoors
Competed in three meets indoors… Kicked off his season with an impressive victory at the Arkansas Invitational in the 1,000 Meters with his mark of 2:21.54… Set a new personal best in the 3K one month later at the Eagle Elite Invitational in Boston with his time of 7:57.00… At the Big 12 Championships, Stitt finished second in the 1,000 Meters to earn All-Big 12 honors.
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2023 Cross Country
Opened his season with a 23rd-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree… Placed 19th at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships with a personal-best 8K time of 23:25.7 on the grass… Earned All-Region honors with his 19th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet to round out his campaign.
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2023 Outdoors
Continued his breakout campaign outdoors in the middle-distance events... Opened his season at the Stanford Invitational, finishing second overall in the 800 Meters with a personal-best time of 1:50.04… Once again earned All-Big 12 honors at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, this time in the 1,500 Meters, scoring six vital points for the Cowboys with his third-place finish overall… Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500 Meters, setting a new personal-best time of 3:40.62 in the semifinals, helping him punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career… Competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing 24th overall in the 1,500 Meters to wrap up his season.
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2023 Indoors
Appeared at four indoor meets and established himself as one of OSU’s most consistent middle-distance runners… Finished second overall at the Arkansas Invitational in the 1,000 Meters with a time of 2:22.82… At the Husky Classic in Washington, Stitt broke the four-minute barrier in the Mile for the first time, earning a third-place finish with his time of 3:59.14… Earned All-Big 12 honors in the 1K with his third-place finish and personal-best time of 2:21.34, which ranks second in Cowboy history.
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2022 Cross Country
Had a breakout year for OSU in his sophomore season as he notched a personal best in the 5K, 8K and 10K… Burst onto the radar with a victory in his first career cross country race for OSU in the season-opening Cowboy Preview as he finished the 5K in 14:54.9 and earned Big 12 Runner of the Week… Tried his hand at the loaded Cowboy Jamboree, where he impressed once again with a 24:22.9 finish in the 8K… Became a Big 12 cross country champion and All-Big 12 recipient for the first time with a 24:42.8 finish in the championship race, where he was one of nine Cowboys to finish in the top 15… Built on that momentum as he took on the 10K for the first time in the Midwest Regionals, where he finished in 29:57.2 and won his head-to-head tiebreaker, as the Cowboys finished second.
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2022 Indoors
Appeared at five meets for the Cowboys during the 2022 season… Opened his season with a sixth-place finish in the 1,000 Meters with a time of 2:21.89, breaking the previous school record of 2:22.07 set in 2017 by Josh Thompson… Tabbed a fourth-place finish at the Arkansas Invitational in the Mile… Set a new personal best two weeks later at the Razorback Invitational in the 3,000 Meters with a time of 8:12.60… Won his second career Big 12 Championship in the Distance Medley Relay as the Cowboys came out victorious by .02 seconds over Iowa State.
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2021 Cross Country
Competed unattached at the Cowboy Jamboree, finishing 44th overall with an 8K time of 25:04.3.
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2021 Outdoors
Contributed to the Cowboys’ second-place 4x1600 meter relay and fourth-place DMR at the Drake Relays… tabbed a 3:44.88 personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Texas Invitational that earned him the fourth-place finish… placed third in the 1,500 meters at the Arkansas Twilight… collected All-Big 12 honors at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships thanks to a sixth-place finish in the 1,500 meters.
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2021 Indoors
Opened his collegiate career a fourth-place performance in the mile at the Wooo Pig Classic… competed independently at American Track League No. 3 and tabbed a sixth-place finish in the mile… earned a spot on the conference podium thanks to a fourth-place, All-Big 12 finish in the mile at the Big 12 Indoor Championships… also raced the third leg of the conference champion Cowboy DMR.
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High School
Named Australia’s U20 1,500 meter champion in 2019... Additionally earned national recognition as Queensland’s U20 cross country champion in 2020... Finished as a three-time champion in both the 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters from 2016-2018 while attending Brisbane Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Personal
Born on July 10, 2001... Son of Judy and Paul Stitt... Has two siblings – Dominique and Mitchell... Enjoys surfing and touch football.
