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2024 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Jason Plante
Jason Plante
Jason Plante
Michael Mason
Steve Sheridan
Plante Family
Steve Sheridan

Charlie Alekson

  • Class Senior
  • Event Distance
  • Height 6-2
  • High School Stowe
  • Hometown Stowe, Vt.
  • Major History

Biography

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I chose Union because I loved the community and the campus, and I really liked the opportunity I had to continue competing in cross country and track at the collegiate level.
Honors and Awards:
- All-Liberty League Second Team - Distance Medley Relay (2023-24)
- All-Liberty League Honorable Mention - Distance Medley Relay (2021-22)
- Liberty League All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)

At Union: Also runs with the cross country team at Union during the fall ... member of the Ski Club and Outing Club ... Pi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society ... has a YouTube channel that documents his racing and training.

2024 Outdoor: Appeared in seven meets in senior spring season…competed in the 800, 1500, 5000, and 4x800…began season with a victory in the 1500 at Pioneer Spring Invitational (4/6)...set personal best in the 800 at Trinity Invitational (4/20) in 1:57.81…finished sixth in the 1500 at Liberty League Championships (5/4)…secured five top-10 finishes in nine events.

2023-24 Indoor: Appeared in six meets in indoor season…competed in the 1000, mile, 3000, 5000, and DMR…helped set new program DMR record in 10:17.22 at Tufts National Qualifying Meet (3/2)…set new personal best in the mile with 4:16.75 time at Fastrack National Invite (2/9)…set another personal best in the 3000 with 8:54.04 clocking and took home the win in the mile at Utica Blue and Orange Invite (1/27).

2023 Outdoor: Appeared in seven meets this season, earning the team's Excellence Award … competed in the 800m, 1500m, 5000m … broke a 42-year-old record in the 5000m with a 14:47.77 at the Liberty League Championship (5/5/-6) while qualifying for the All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championships (AARTFC) … set a school record in the 4x800m relay at the AARTFC (5/18) and earned a second place finish … raced to a second place finish at the AARTFC (5/18)  in the 1500m with a 5:53.59 … won the 5000m once and the 1500m twice … ran a season-best 3:51.71 at the RPI Capital District Classic (4/28) and qualified for the All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championships (AARTFC) … ran a season-best 1:58.94 in the half mile and earned second place at the Vassar Invitational (4/7).

2022-23 Indoor: Raced in seven meets this indoor season as a junior … competed in the 800m, Mile, 3000m, 5000m, and the DMR … clocked a season best 2:00.98 in the 800m at the Utica Holiday Classic (12/10) … ran a personal best 4:19.65 mile at the Liberty League Championships (2/24-25) … won the 5000m with a new personal best 15:38.69 at the Middlebury Winter Classic (1/21) … qualified for the AARTFC in the mile … raced at the AARTFC in the DMR that came in second.

2021-22 Outdoor: Appeared in all six meets in the outdoor season … earned the team's Most Improved Award ... best finish came in the Coast Guard Spring Invite (4/9) with a fifth place finish in the 1500m with a 4:10.06 … ran a career best 15:53.13 in the 5000m at the Hamilton College Invitational (4/2) … career best 10,000m with a 32:38.62 at the Silfen Invitational (4/15) ... ran a leg on the 4x800m relay team that finished in third place at the AARTFC (5/19).

2021-22 Indoor: Appeared in nine meets for the Dutchmen in the indoor season … highest finish of the season came at the RIT February Friday Invite (2/11) with a 9:07.11 3000m … season best in the mile came at the Middlebury Invite (1/29) with a 4:33.92 … ran a 2:05.07 800m at the Middlebury Winterfell (1/22)

2020-21 Outdoor: Appeared in seven meets during the pandemic-shortened outdoor season … posted the team’s top 400 hurdles time of the year … competed in seven different events during the year … ran the 1500 five times, ending the year with a season-best 4:26.56 at the Redhawk Capstone Meet (5/14).

High School: A 2020 graduate of Stowe High School … a four-year member of the cross country and alpine skiing teams and a three-year varsity baseball player for the Raiders … captained the cross country team for two years and the skiing and baseball teams for one year apiece … helped the cross country team to a Division III state title as a sophomore and a state runner-up finish as a junior.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Distance
    6'2" 145 lbs
  • 2021First Year

    Distance
    6'2" 145 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    6'2" 150 lbs
  • 2022Sophomore

    Distance
    6'2" 150 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance
    6'2" 150 lbs
  • 2023Junior

    Distance
    6'2" 150 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    6'2" 0 lbs
  • 2024Senior

    Distance
    6'2" 0 lbs