Career Report for Alex McKenna

Class of 2027

Cross Country Career

The following chart plots the mile pace for every race throughout high school for this runner. The blue anchor points show the races where the runner improved.



Course-Specific Personal Bests

Below is a listing of Alex McKenna's best times on each course. Click on the course name to see a chart of those races.

Course Distance   Time     Pace   All-Time Rank PR Date PR Event Graph Races
on Course
Baylands Park 3.1 22:08.5 7:09 329 9/19/23 SCVAL Meet #1 2
Bol Park 2.18 14:03.9 6:27 409 10/24/23 PA City Championship 2
Crystal Springs 2.95 21:20.9 7:14 483 10/31/23 SCVAL Finals 3
Golden Gate Park 2.08 14:29.3 6:58 76 9/9/23 Lowell Invitational 1
Westmoor HS 2.7 19:29 7:13 18 9/30/23 Ram Invitational 1

Distance-only Personal Bests

This considers only the courses with distances of 2, 4K (2.48 mi), 3 and 5K (3.1 mi).

Standard
Distance (Mi)		   Time   Pace Date Event Course Graph Races
at Distance
3.1 22:08.5 7:09 9/19/23 SCVAL Meet #1 Baylands Park 2

Career Summary

Below is a summary of each season run by Alex McKenna.

Year # of Races Average Pace Improvements / Chances Rank on Team Best # Std Dev
Fr 9 7:18 2/4 39 -0.06
Palo Alto Career 9 7:17 2/4

Complete Race and Improvement History: Table

The following table is a listing of every race throughout high school for this runner.

Date Event Course Distance Division Place # Std
Dev		 Time   Pace   Improvement
8/30/23 Gunn Alumni Scrimmage Bol Park 2.18 F/S 30/56 -0.46 16:01.7 7:21
9/9/23 Lowell Invitational Golden Gate Park 2.08 Fr 123/217 -0.10 14:29.3 6:58
9/19/23 SCVAL Meet #1 Baylands Park 3.1 F/S 155/248 -0.20 22:08.5 7:09
9/30/23 Ram Invitational Westmoor HS 2.7 Fr 90/154 19:29 7:13
10/3/23 SCVAL #2 Crystal Springs 2.95 JV 116/243 -0.22 22:34 7:39
10/7/23 Crystal Springs Invitational Crystal Springs 2.95 Fr 80/165 -0.57 23:39 8:01
10/18/23 SCVAL Meet #3 Baylands Park 3.1 F/S 149/211 -0.41 22:14.3 7:10
10/24/23 PA City Championship Bol Park 2.18 F/S 28/59 -0.06 14:03.9 6:27 You ROCK! (LR, PR, SBP)
10/31/23 SCVAL Finals Crystal Springs 2.95 JV 111/208 -0.07 21:20.9 7:14 You ROCK! (LR, PR)

Glossary:

  • LY = Beat time from the same course a year ago
  • LR = Beat time from the most recent running of the course
  • PR = Set a new course-specific PR
  • PG = Beat personal goal
  • SBP = Season's best performance based on position of finish relative to the field. (Highest # of standard deviations).
  • DPR = Set a new distance-only PR. Applies to 2 mile, 4K (2.48 mi), 3 mile and 5K (3.1 mi) courses only.
  • DSR = New season record at this distance that is not a DPR.
  • # Std Dev = The number of standard deviations from the mean.

All columns are sortable by clicking on the column heading.


Track Results

Season Records

Season Grade Pts100m200m400m800mShot Put - 12lb
2024 OutdoorFr--1:00.62 PR2:30.32 PR-
2025 OutdoorSo12.18 PR24.98 PR--28'0 PR

By Event


100m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/1/25 9th RustBuster Invitational 12.31 V 28
3/4/25 Palo Alto @ Los Altos 12.71 V 10
3/8/25 Lynbrook, Palo Alto, Milpitas @ Mt View 12.33 JV LR (Δ=0.38,3.0%) 11
3/12/25 Homestead, Gunn & Palo Alto 12.26w V 11
3/18/25 Homestead & Gunn 12.26w V 11
4/2/25 Los Gatos @ Palo Alto 12.42 V 5
4/29/25 DAL Trials 12.18 JV PR (Δ=0.13,1.1%)
SR
LR (Δ=0.24,1.9%)		 19

200m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/4/25 Palo Alto @ Los Altos 25.99 V 10
3/8/25 Lynbrook, Palo Alto, Milpitas @ Mt View 26.13 JV 10
3/12/25 Homestead, Gunn & Palo Alto 24.98 V PR (Δ=1.01,3.9%)
SR
LR (Δ=1.15,4.4%)		 10
3/18/25 Homestead & Gunn 24.98 V PR (Δ=,0.0%)
LR (Δ=,0.0%)		 10
4/2/25 Los Gatos @ Palo Alto 25.64 V 4
4/29/25 DAL Trials 25.80 JV 20

400m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/9/24 SCVAL Quad Meet (Homestead, Los Gatos, Lynbro 1:01.31 JV 16
3/23/24 Lynbrook Invitational 1:02.42 F/S 24
4/10/24 Palo Alto vs Gunn HS 1:00.62 JV PR (Δ=0.69,1.1%)
SR
LR (Δ=1.80,2.9%)		 7
4/17/24 Palo Alto vs Los Alto 1:00.98 JV 7

800m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/9/24 SCVAL Quad Meet (Homestead, Los Gatos, Lynbro 2:30.32 JV SR 23
4/10/24 Palo Alto vs Gunn HS 2:38.26 JV 10
4/17/24 Palo Alto vs Los Alto 2:35.28 JV LR (Δ=2.98,1.9%) 8

4x100m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/15/25 Saint Francis Invitational 2025 45.13 V 12

4x400m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/16/24 Saint Francis Invitational 3:53.36 F/S 6
4/25/24 DAL Finals 3:52.31 JV PR (Δ=4.92,2.1%)
LR (Δ=7.99,3.3%)		 7

Shot Put - 12lb

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
4/2/25 Los Gatos @ Palo Alto 28'0 JV SR 6

Sprint Medley 1-1-2-4

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/1/25 9th RustBuster Invitational 1:39.39 V LR (Δ=1.89,1.9%) 6