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2020-21 Men's Track and Field Roster

Alan Nava

Alan Nava

  • Position:
    Mid-Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Melvindale, Mich.
  • High School:
    Melvindale

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results

Career Highlights:
  • 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2018, 2020)
  • NSCA All-American Strength & Conditioning (2020)

Career Best:
  • 600m: 1:23.93 at 2020 Silverston Invitational
  • 800m: 1:54.71 at 2019 Bison Outdoor Classic
  • 1000: 2:36.08 at 2019 Youngstown State Mid-Major Invite
  • 1500: 3:58.96 at 2019 Horizon League Outdoor Championships
  • Mile: 4:26.11 at 2019 Blue and Gold Invitational

2020 Indoor:
  • Had a pair of fourth-places finishes at the Silverston Invitational with a PR in the 600m in 1:23.93 and on the 4x400
  • Helped the 4x800 to seventh place at the Windsor Team Challenge
  • Finished sixth in the mile in a PR of 4:26.11 at the Blue and Gold Invitational

2019 Outdoor:
  • Helped the 4x400m relay team to a fourth place finish at the Oakland vs Detroit meet
  • Ran a PR in the 800 with a time of 1:54.71at the Bison Outdoor Classic
  • Took seventh in the 1500 at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships
  • Placed 11th in the 800 at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational

2018 Outdoor:
  • Placed 15th in the 800-meters at the Winthrop Invitational with a time of 2:02.15
  • A member of the 4x400-meter quartet that placed first at Golden Grizzly Invitational
  • Claimed seventh place in the 1500m at Golden Grizzly Invitational
  • Placed eighth in the 800m at the Pacesetter Invitational
  • Tallied an eighth-place finish in 800m at the HL championships
  • A member of the National Honor Society

2018 Indoor:
  • Was 14th in the 800m preliminary at the HL championships

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • A four-year letter winner in track with two letters in cross country
  • Holds the school record in the 800-meters with a run of 1:57.49
  • All-State in the 800-meters as a junior and was also the regional champion in the 800m in 2014 and 2016
  • Tabbed All-League in cross country and All-News Herald in track as a senior

Personal: 
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the outstanding engineering program
  • An Engineering major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Distance

  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Distance

  • 2019-20Junior

    Distance

  • 2020-21Senior

    Mid-Distance