2024 Track and Field Roster
Kalmar, Alex
Alex Kalmar
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Health Science, Community Health Education
- Hometown:
- Temecula, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Temecula Valley HS
Bio
Alex Kalmar - Season/Career Statistics
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Indoor Distance Medley (9:48.77)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Distance Medley Relay (9:57.93; 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor 800m, 1:52.06 (6th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Mile, 4:08.08aa (4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Outdoor 1500m, 3:45.28 (5th)
2024 All-Big West Performer (800m)
2024 MPSF Relay Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
2022 USA U20 National Championships Qualifier (800m)
2022 MPSF Individual Champion (800m)
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Earned All-Big West Conference honors with a runner-up finish in the 800m to teammate Kash Powell, going 1:52.51 ... Recorded the fifth fastest 1500m time in school history, 3:45.28, to finish fourth at the Big West Championships ... Charted a career best 1:49.83 in his third-place showing at the Stanford Invitational ... Won the 800m (1:52.61) at the Beach Opener ...Earned the 1500m victory (3:50.20) at the Big West Challenge Cup.
Indoor: Competed in two meets ... A member of the Long Beach State distance medley relay team that won the event by running the fourth fastest time in school history, 9:56.52 ... Placed third in the mile at the MPSF's (4:15.77) and eighth in the 800m (1:55.87) ... Posted the fourth fastest indoor mile time (4:08.08aa) at the Don Kirby Invitational.
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in two meets ... Ran the 800m and 1500m and was a part of the 4x400m relay at the Beach Opener ... Posted a time of 3:53.20 in the 1500m at the Ben Brown Invite.
Indoor: Competed in one meet … Finished second (1:52.70) in the 800m and Distance Medley Relay at the MPSF Indoor Championships ... His 800m time is the seventh fastest in school history ... The DMR ran the fourth quickest time (9:57.93) in school history.
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Competed in nine meets … Competed in both the 800m and 1500m at the Big West Championships with an eighth place finish in the 1500m … Ran a season best 1:49.93 in the 800m at the Titan Tune-Up and a personal best 3:46.95 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Notched three 800m victories (Trojan Invite, Challenge Cup, Titan Tune-Up) during the season ... Qualified for the 2022 USA U20 National Championships in the 800m.
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Won the 800m at the MPSF Championships … Also finished second as part of the Distance Medley Relay at the MPSF Championships … Ran a season best 1:21.37 in the 600m and a 1:53.43 in the 800m at the New Mexico Classic … Won the 800m in all three meets he ran in.
High School: Was named team MVP all four years of his career at Temecula Valley High School … Also earned a First Team selection and three All-Section selections in track and field in 2020 as well as a Second Team All-League in Cross Country … Finished third in the 1,600m at the 2021 CIF Southern Section Championships … Holds the school record in the 800m (1:53.48) and the 1,600m (4:13.01).
Major: Health Science, Community Health Education
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Indoor Distance Medley (9:48.77)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Distance Medley Relay (9:57.93; 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor 800m, 1:52.06 (6th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Mile, 4:08.08aa (4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Outdoor 1500m, 3:45.28 (5th)
2024 All-Big West Performer (800m)
2024 MPSF Relay Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
2022 USA U20 National Championships Qualifier (800m)
2022 MPSF Individual Champion (800m)
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Earned All-Big West Conference honors with a runner-up finish in the 800m to teammate Kash Powell, going 1:52.51 ... Recorded the fifth fastest 1500m time in school history, 3:45.28, to finish fourth at the Big West Championships ... Charted a career best 1:49.83 in his third-place showing at the Stanford Invitational ... Won the 800m (1:52.61) at the Beach Opener ...Earned the 1500m victory (3:50.20) at the Big West Challenge Cup.
Indoor: Competed in two meets ... A member of the Long Beach State distance medley relay team that won the event by running the fourth fastest time in school history, 9:56.52 ... Placed third in the mile at the MPSF's (4:15.77) and eighth in the 800m (1:55.87) ... Posted the fourth fastest indoor mile time (4:08.08aa) at the Don Kirby Invitational.
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in two meets ... Ran the 800m and 1500m and was a part of the 4x400m relay at the Beach Opener ... Posted a time of 3:53.20 in the 1500m at the Ben Brown Invite.
Indoor: Competed in one meet … Finished second (1:52.70) in the 800m and Distance Medley Relay at the MPSF Indoor Championships ... His 800m time is the seventh fastest in school history ... The DMR ran the fourth quickest time (9:57.93) in school history.
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Competed in nine meets … Competed in both the 800m and 1500m at the Big West Championships with an eighth place finish in the 1500m … Ran a season best 1:49.93 in the 800m at the Titan Tune-Up and a personal best 3:46.95 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Notched three 800m victories (Trojan Invite, Challenge Cup, Titan Tune-Up) during the season ... Qualified for the 2022 USA U20 National Championships in the 800m.
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Won the 800m at the MPSF Championships … Also finished second as part of the Distance Medley Relay at the MPSF Championships … Ran a season best 1:21.37 in the 600m and a 1:53.43 in the 800m at the New Mexico Classic … Won the 800m in all three meets he ran in.
High School: Was named team MVP all four years of his career at Temecula Valley High School … Also earned a First Team selection and three All-Section selections in track and field in 2020 as well as a Second Team All-League in Cross Country … Finished third in the 1,600m at the 2021 CIF Southern Section Championships … Holds the school record in the 800m (1:53.48) and the 1,600m (4:13.01).
Major: Health Science, Community Health Education
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