Alice Schmidt
Event: 800m
Height: 5-11
Weight: 140
PR: 800m - 1:58.61 (2011); 1500m - 4:08.09 (2011)
Born: 10/03/1981
Current Residence: Coronado, Calif.
High School: Elkhorn HS
College: North Carolina '04
Coach: Joaquim Cruz
Agent: Peter Stubbs
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Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials runner-up; 2006 USA Indoor champion; Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion (’02, ’03); 2006 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2005 USA Indoor runner-up; Three-time ACC Indoor champion (’01, ’02, ’03); Two-time ACC Outdoor champion (’01, ’02); 2001 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor runner-up
Schmidt's career as an 800m specialist has stood the test of time. She has run under the 2-minute mark 12 times over the past seven years, and she keeps improving. Schmidt's 2011 season saw new PR's in both the 800m and 1500m.... Schmidt qualified for her first Olympic Team after her runner-up finish in the women’s 800m at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Following a third-place finish at the 2005 and 2007 USA Outdoor Championships Schmidt qualified for the IAAF World Championships Teams…In 2003 outdoors Schmidt won the NCAA title for the second year in a row (2:01.16), breaking both the UNC and the ACC record...Also won the Boston Indoor Games and Tar Heel Classic in the 800m...Ran leg of the 4x400 relay team (Gainey, Flomo, Schmidt, Nelms) that broke a 11-year-old Carolina record with a time of 3:35.01…As a prep she was a six-time Academic All-Conference cross country team…Two-time All-State cross country...Four-time state champion 800-meter runner...State record-holder in the 800-meter in a time of 2:08.84...Won the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter at the state championships...She majored in journalism and political science at North Carolina.
2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors (1:59.21)... 1st in Luzern (1:59.74)...2nd at Lignano (1:58.61PR)...1st at Padova (4:08.09PR)
2010: 1st at USATF HP meet (2:01.68)
2009: 1st at Reebok BIG (2:03.05)
2008: 6th in opening round at Olympic Games (2:02.33)...2nd at Olympic Trials (2:00.46)... 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2:00.01)...ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:59.67.
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (1:59.63)…5th in heats at World Outdoors (2:02.49)...3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1:58.75PR)…6th in 1,500m at adidas Track Classic (4:08.89)…3rd at Road to Eugene (2:00.36)…1st at Sheffield (1:59.99)...ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 1:58.75.
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (2:00.00)…USA Indoor champion (2:01.93)…8th at Athens (1:59.43)…2nd at Helsinki GP (1:59.47)…5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2:00.81)…2nd at Tyson (2:03.50i)…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 1:59.43.
2005: 3rd at USA Outdoors (2:02.09)…6th in heat 2 at World Outdoors (2:01.43)…1st at Lignano (1:59.29PR)…4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2:00.64)…3rd at Payton Jordan US Open (2:02.71)…10th in 1,500m at Home Depot (4:12.12)…7th at Tyson Invitational (2:06.04)…2nd at Millrose Games (2:06.40)…2nd at Reebok Boston Indoor Games (2:04.52)…best of 1:59.29.
2004: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor Champs (2:03.79)...2nd at ACC Outdoor Champs (2:07.70)...5th at NCAA Indoor Champs (2:05.30)...2nd at ACC Indoor Champs (2:08.53)...4th at Boston Indoor Games (2:06.61).
2003: 1st at NCAA Outdoor Champs (2:01.16PR)...1st at NCAA East Regional (2:04.26)...2nd in 1500m at ACC Outdoor Champs (4:18.08)...3rd in 800m at ACC Outdoor Champs (2:07.18)...1st at ACC Indoor Champs (2:05.54).
2002: 1st at NCAA Outdoor Champs (2:04.73)...1st at ACC Outdoor Champs (2:04.74)...3rd at NCAA Indoor Champs (2:06.43)...1st at ACC Indoor Champs (2:07.34)...1st at Tyson Invitational (2:07.4).
2001: 2nd at NCAA Outdoor Champs (2:08.47)...1st at ACC Outdoor Champs (2:06.50)...2nd in 800m at NCAA Indoor Champs (2:08.47)...1st at ACC Indoor Champs (2:06.63).