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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BEST: 3000m - 8:36.36, 5000m - 14:26.37, 10,000 - 29:58.24 XC 10k - 30:38.4
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Earned cross country all-region honors in 2018 and 2019.
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
ON A NATIONAL STAGE
Cross Country
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/15/19): Earned second all-region honor with 16th-place finish...Ran personal best 30:38.4 in 10k.
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9/18): Placed 18th to all-region honors (31:47.7).
AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Competed in both the 5,000 and 10,000m runs.
Big Ten Cross Country Championships (1/30/21): Placed 52nd with a time of 25:39.9.
Big Ten Cross Country Championships (11/3/19): Ran 24:44.8 to finish 28th.
Big Ten Cross Country Championships (10/28/18): Placed 47th ( 24:53.5).
TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor 2021
Big Ten Relays (4/23): Recorded a personal best time of 14:26.37 to place third in the 5000m run.
2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor
Season: Set a personal-best mark in the 5000m in lone meet of the season.
Penn State Tune Up (2/21): Clocked a personal-best time of 14:31.78 to finish second in the 5000m.
CROSS COUNTRY
2019
Season: Earned second all-region honor of career with a 16th place finish at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional
2018
Season: Earned all-region honors at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional.
Dolan Duals (8/31): Finished third in 6k (18:12.9). Spiked Shoe (9/7): Finished 16th with a time of26:27.5.
2017
Season: Competed in two meets unattached.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 1,600m: 4:21.06, 3,200m: 9:33.33, 5K: 15:37
Was a letterwinner at Mechanicsburg High School...Finished third in 2016 District 3 AAA cross country meet to qualify for PIAA state meet...Named Mid-Penn All-Conference in cross country...Won Foot Locker cross country Northeast Regional Freshman Boys Race Championship at Van Cortlandt Park, New York...Named Mid-Penn track & field all-conference in 3200m three times and 1600m once...Earned all-district plaudits in 1,600m...Claimed Mid-Penn track & field conference 3,200m silver medal in 2017...Earned Mid-Penn All-Conference honors in cross country...Qualified for PIAA District 3 AAA in 1,600m and 3,200m and for PIAA state meet in 1600m...Set school record of 4:21.06 in 1,600m.
PERSONAL
Full name is Alexander Thomas Tomasko...Son of Joyce and Ronald Tomasko...Has one brother, Nicholas...Majoring in international politics...Born on October 20, 1998, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Alex Tomasko Season 2017
ClassFreshman
HometownMechanicsburg, Pa.
Cross Country
Graduating Class Looking to Leave a Positive Legacy
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Compete at Big Ten XC Championships
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Set to Host Penn State National Open
Cross Country
Penn State Opens XC Season At Dolan Duals
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Begin Competition at Big Ten Relays
Cross Country
Penn State Starts Two-Meet Weekend at Indiana
Cross Country
Women's Cross Country Wins Mid-Atlantic Regional
Cross Country
Penn State Sweeps Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup
Cross Country
Track & Field/Cross Country Hosts Annual Banquet
Cross Country
Track & Field Season Preview: Coach Reckart
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Compete at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional
Cross Country
No. 13 Nittany Lion Women Finish Fourth at Big Tens
Cross Country
No. 19 Women's Cross Country Wins National Open
Cross Country
No. 13 Nittany Lion Women Finish 13th at Wisconsin
Cross Country
Abert, Paternain Win Titles at Spiked Shoe
Cross Country
XC Sweeps Titles at Dolan Duals
Cross Country