Alec DeVries Profile
Alec DeVries is a senior at Morningside College in Sioux City. Alec is known around campus as the student body president. What most people don’t know is that DeVries is a speedster on the track that has overcome a ton.
DeVries while at Morningside has achieved a school record and All-American status as part of an 3200 meter relay. DeVries has also helped Morningside cross-country win 2 GPAC titles.
“When we got Alec to commit to Morningside it was huge! We had no idea we were even in the ballpark range as he originally told us he wanted to go to college outside of Sioux City. We knew he would immediately help us out,” said former Morningside track captain Jacob Simpson.
And that is exact what DeVries did in his freshmen helping lead Morningside to their first ever GPAC championship in cross-country. At nationals he finished the race while running with a broken foot.
DeVries then would sit out of indoor track to heal up outdoor track. He became an All-American his freshmen outdoor track season by getting 8th at nationals anchoring a 3200-meter where he ran a 1:53 split.
“I define Alec as resilient, relentless, and unwavering. That was why he was able to anchor a 4 by 8 and be so successful, while at a young age, and coming off of a devastating injury,” said head track and cross-country coach Dave Nash.
In his sophomore season at Morningside, DeVries broke the school record for an 8 thousand meter cross-country race and won his first career race. He also help the team win their second ever GPAC championship in school history. DeVries was 4 spots away from being the 2nd ever All-American in cross-country in Morningside history.
DeVries broke his foot again in outdoor track season causing him to miss nationals and all of cross-country season his junior year. Alec never really came back himself the rest of his junior year. “That was a tough year for Alec mentally and physically,” Coach Nash went on to say.
In his senior year so far he has raced at nationals in cross-country, but two days after had surgery for his hernia, which bothered him all season in cross-country.
Now DeVries is looking forward to indoor and outdoor track. “My goal is to become an individual national champion in the mile and a national champion with my boys in the 4×8 relay,” DeVries went on to say.