Madeline Alm

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Louisville, Colo.
High School:
Monarch

2015: Alm finished her career with the Buffs after an outstanding senior season. She started out by placing third at the Colorado State Invitational before finishing second at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. At NCAA Pre-Nationals, she was 18^th as CU’s No. 3 runner. Alm placed eighth at Pac-12s (the Buffs’ fourth runner), recording second team All-Pac-12 honors, before taking seventh overall at regionals (CU’s No. 3) to earn all-region recognition. Alm finished the season placing 47^th at NCAAs, helping CU to a second place team finish.

2014: Alm made a huge impact on the team as a junior, becoming CU’s No. 2 runner in the postseason. She started off with a fifth place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, placing fourth for the Buffs. Alm moved up to CU’s No. 3 at NCAA Pre-Nationals, placing 29^th overall. She was CU’s No. 2 harrier in the final three races, which included a pair of seventh place finishes at the Pac-12 and NCAA Mountain Region Championships. Alm finished the season 51^st at NCAAs. During the year, she was named All-Pac-12 First Team and all-region.

2013: Alm made the varsity team after placing 20th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. She led the Buffs in the following race, the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, with a fifth-place finish. Alm’s final race of the season was the Pac-12 Championship. She was CU’s No. 7 runner and finished 36th overall, helping CU to a second-place team finish.
2012: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Alm was a member of the then-Monarch High School record setting 4x800-meter relay in 2010 which ran a time of 9:28 at the state championships. She earned two letters in cross country and two on the track and field team with the Coyotes. In 2010 her cross country team qualified for Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon and placed 15^th overall. Alm was an all-state academic selection as a junior and senior and earned the student merit award as a sophomore.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:18; 4x800-relay: 9:28; 5,000-meters: 18:08.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Alm is majoring in integrative physiology and owns a greater than 3.30 GPA. She was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2013 and ‘14.

PERSONAL: Madeline Rachael Alm was born on January 9, 1993 in Louisville, Colo. She is the daughter of Ronald and Michelle Alm and has one younger brother, Landon. Her grandfather played basketball at Iowa. Alm enjoys hiking and spending time with her family. During her fourth, fifth and sixth grade years, she qualified for the Junior Olympics in jump roping.