Alana Springer

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Junior
High School:
Avon HS
Hometown:
Plainfield, Ind.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Named MAC Freshman of the Year (indoor 2023) … named Freshman Track Performer of the Year.

2024 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets ... finished eighth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.93 and was part of the sixth place 4x100-meter relay team at the USF Bulls Alumni Invitational (Mar. 15-16) ... won the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.39 and was part of the first place 4x100-meter relay team at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 22-23) ... was part of the second place 4x100-meter relay team at the Tennessee Invite (Apr. 6) ... finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.70, fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.42 and was part of the winning 4x100-meter relay team at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 13) ... was part of the third place 4x100-meter relay team at the Jesse Owens Track and Field Classic (Apr. 20) ... finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.42, fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.89 and was part of the winning 4x100-meter relay team at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 11).

2024 INDOOR: Competed in six meets ... won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.51 and was part of the first place 4x400 meter relay team at the BGSU Tom Wright Opener (Dec. 9) ... finished fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.61 and sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.82 at the Hawkeye Invite (Jan. 13) ... finished second and ran a collegiate best time of 40.87 in the 300-meter dash and finished fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.65 at the Bob Parks Memorial meet (Jan. 20) ... won the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.46 and finished fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.64 at the IUPUI Invitational (Jan. 26-27) ... finished ninth in the 200-meter dash at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) with a time of 24.82 ... finished sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.01 and sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.51 at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 24).

2023 OUTDOOR: Competed in seven meets … helped the team place first in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 47.06 and placed first in the 100m with a time of 11.91 at the Blizzard Buster (Mar. 17) … helped the team place first in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 45.60, placed first in the 100m with a time of 11.87, and placed second in the 200m with a time of 24.57 at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 24-25) … helped the team place second in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 46.00, placed second in the 100m with a time of 11.83, and placed eighth in the 200m with a time of 24.23 at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 7-8) … placed second in the 100m with a time of 11.72 and helped the team place first in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 45.54 and third in the 4x400m relay with a collective time of 3:50.46 at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 15) … helped the team place third in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 45.77 and placed seventh in the 100m with a time of 11.89 at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic (Apr. 22) … helped the team place first in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 45.41 and placed seventh in the 200m with a time of 24.51 at the Music City Challenge (Apr. 29) … helped the team place first in the 4x100m relay with a collective time of 44.93, ran a season-best and placed third in the 200m with a time of 23.78, and ran a season-best in the 100m prelims with a time of 11.76, placing third in the finals with a time of 11.80 at the Mid-American Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 12-13).

2022-23 INDOOR: Competed in seven meets … placed first in the 200m with a time of 25.18 and placed second in the 60m with a time of 7.62 at the Tom Wright Open (Dec. 10) … placed sixth in the 60m with a time of 7.64 and eighth in the 200m with a time of 25.31 at the Hawkeye Invite (Jan. 14) … placed second in the 200m with a time of 24.88 and third in the 60m with a time of 7.70 at the 2023 Gladstein Invitiational (Jan. 20-21) … helped the team place third in the 4x400m relay with a collective time of 3:53.19 and fourth in the 200m with a time of 24.68 at the 2023 Indiana University Relays (Jan. 27-28) … placed seventh in the 60m qualifier with a time of 7.64 and eighth in the 60m final with a time of 7.60 at the 2023 Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3-4) … placed third in the 200m at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 10) with a time of 24.55 … ran a season-best and placed third in the 60m with a time of 7.55 and placed seventh in the 200m with a time of 24.86 at the Mid-American Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Avon High School while competing for her mother, Domoni Springer … earned all-state honors as a junior and senior … also earned all-conference honors as a freshman and senior … placed third in the state in the 200-meter dash as a senior … placed fifth in the state in the 200-meter dash as a junior … also placed third in the 60-meter dash at the indoor state meet as a senior … earned team MVP honors all four years … set the school record in the 60-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes … set the 200-meter dash section record.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Floyd and Domoni Springer … has two sisters: Daija and Kaila … mother, Domoni, ran track at Ball State … sister, Daija, runs track at Indiana State … intends to major in marketing … chose Ball State because of the atmosphere.