Alex Noakes

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2015-16 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

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Height 6-3
Year Senior
Hometown Watkinsville, Ga.
High School North Oconee
Event Throws
Major Computer Science

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Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
SP - 45', 1" (13.74m)
WT - 46', 9" (14.25m)

Outdoor:
SP - 45', 1.5" (13.75m)
DT - 136', 11" (41.74m)
HT - 150', 9" (45.96m)
JT - 97', 5" (29.70m)

2015-16: Competed in six indoor meets ... opened the collegiate season with third place performances in the weight throw (43', 11.75" - 13.40m) and the shot put (41', 6" - 12.65m) at the Bates Tri Meet (1/16) ... registered a first place finish in the weight throw (42', 9.75" - 13.05m) at the Art Farnham Invitational (1/30) ... the very next weekend tossed a season-best 42', 8" (13.00m) in the shot put for eighth place and 46', 5.5" (14.16m) for fourth place in the weight throw at the Tufts Cupid Challenge (2/6) ... competed in six outdoor meets ... placed 19th with a distance of 140', 3" (42.76m) at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (5/5-7) ... placed third in the hammer (142', 4" - 43.38m), fifth in the shot put (41', 10.75" - 12.77m) and sixth in the discus (122', 6" - 37.35m) at the NEWMAC Championship (4/30) ... produced a personal best throw of 97', 5" (29.70m) in the javelin at the MIT vs. Williams Dual Meet (4/16).

2014-15: Did not compete as a junior.

2013-14: (Outdoor): wrapped up season at the New England Division III Championships (5/3) finishing 12^th in the shot put by throwing 44-01.25, and 15^th in the discus clearing 122-11 … finished sixth in the hammer throw clearing 143-04 and ninth in the discus throw hitting 109-10 at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26) … season best distance in the hammer throw at the Sean Collier Invitational (4/19) clearing 150-09 to finish fifth … best shot put throw came at Bates (4/12) where he hit 45-01.50 … best discus throw was at the Engineer’s Cup (4/5) throwing for 136-11 … (Indoor): placed 12^th in the shot put at the New England Division III Championships (2/22) with a season best distance of 45-01.00 … finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 45-00.25, and seventh in the weight throw clearing 45-04.25 at the Tufts Stampede Invite (2/1) … best weight throw of 46-09.00 came in a second place performance at the Art Farnham Invitational (1/25) where he also finished third in the shot put clearing 39-10.75.

2012-13: (Indoor): came in 16^th in the shot put with a throw of 11.20m and was 14^th in the weight throw with 12.00m at the Harvard Challenge (1/19) … improved to 12.04 in the weight throw at the Tufts Stampede (2/02), finishing in 20^th … (outdoor): was third in the discus with a throw of 39.34m at the Engineer’s Cup (4/06) … came in fifth in the shot put with a throw of 12.79m, third in discus in 39.68m and fifth in hammer with a throw of 40.02m against Bates, Colby and USM (4/13) … finished in fifth place in discus in 39.68m at the NEWMAC Championships (4/27).

Off the Track: Majoring in computer science … also part of the MIT football team … Oak Ridge Natioanl Laboratory ... intern at Goldman Sachs ... completed research in Decentralized Information Group, CSAIL ... member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

High School: A 2012 graduate of North Oconee High School … twice named the Lineman of the Week … offensive MVP of the Week … varsity letterwinner in football and track … set school records in the discus and shot put … National Honor Society … student government … Georgia Governor’s Honors Program.