Completed Event: Cross Country at George Kyte Classic on August 30, 2025 , , M: 3rd out of 13 | W: 6th out of 10
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at George Kyte Classic
M: 3rd out of 13 | W: 6th out of 10
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Alex Rafferty
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Uniontown, Ohio
- High School:
- Millennium
- Major:
- Bachelor of Science in Biology with an Emphasis in Pre-Physical Therapy
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 Grand Canyon |
2023Â | Junior | XC
- Finished among GCU's top five runners in the first three meets of the season.
- Placed third among Lopes at the George Kyte Classic and second among Lopes at the Dave Murray Invitational.
- Career best in the 8k came at the UCR Invitational with a mark of 25:15.7.
- Competed in one race for the Lopes.
- Ran a personal best 4.5-mile time of 26:03.5 at the George Kyte Classic.
- Did not compete.
 Millennium HS |
Goodyear, Ariz.  |
- Won 13 All-American titles through USATF’s Junior Olympics events for track and field and cross country.
- Placed fifth in the Division II Cross Country State Championships as a sophomore.
- Won the 4x400-meter relay as a sophomore.
- Won the 4x800-meter relay at state championships.
- Graduated with a 4.0 unweighted GPA.
 Personal |
- Parents are James and Michelle Rafferty.
- Father, James, ran track and field at Akron.
- Enjoys fishing and golfing.
- If he wasn't running cross country, he would play football.
- Favorite athletes to watch growing up:Â Eliud Kipchoge, Donovan Brazier, Clayton Murphy.
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