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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Todd Cruff

Alex Kalmar

  • Position Distance / Mid Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Temecula, Calif.
  • High School Temecula Valley HS
  • Prev School Long Beach State

Biography

Collegiate PRs | Cross Country: 6k: 18:53.6, 8k: 24:24.6, 10k: 32:19.5; Indoor: 600m: 1:21.37, 800m: 1:48.20, 3000m: 8:27.84, Mile: 4:03.61; Outdoor: 800m: 1:47.38, 1500m: 3:44.62, Mile: 4:07.03

TFRRS Profile
 
Championship Appearances at UTA
  • 2025 NCAA Division I West First Round

Medals at UTA
  • 2025 Indoor Gold - Mile
  • 2025 Indoor Gold - 4x400m Relay
  • 2025 Indoor Silver - 800m
  • 2025 Outdoor Silver - 800m
  • 2025 Outdoor Bronze - 1500m

2024-25 SEASON AT UTA
2024 Cross Country: Did not participate in any meets.
2025 Indoor: Competed in five regular season meets … At the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, took home the gold medal in the mile run with a time of 4:06.22, the gold medal as part of the 4x400m relay team with a time of 3:12.49 and the silver medal in the 800m with a time of 1:50.60 … Broke the school record in the mile run with a personal best time of 4:03.61 at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener where he finished 17th overall … Posted a personal best of 8:27.84 in the 3000m at the Texas A&M Ted Nelson Invitational where he finished third overall … Placed second overall in the mile run with a time of 4:13.48 at the Owen Hewett Invitational.
2025 Outdoor: Competed in seven regular season meets … Competed in the 800m at the NCAA Division I West First Round, finishing with a time of 1:49.84 in the prelims … At the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, won the silver medal in the 800m with a time of 1:51.03 and the bronze medal in the 1500m with a time of 3:48.36 … Ran a personal best of 1:47.38 in the 800m at the TCU Horned Frog Invite where he finished first overall … Posted a personal best of 3:44.62 in the 1500m at the Arkansas Twilight where he finished tenth overall … Placed first overall in the 800m with a time of 1:47.86 at the 97th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Finished first overall in the 1500m with a time of 3:46.96 at the TCU Alumni Invitational.
 
2023-24 SEASON AT LONG BEACH STATE
2023 Cross Country: Competed in two regular season meets … Competed in the 8k at the Big West Cross Country Championships where he finished 61st overall with a time of 26:25.3 … Ran a personal best of 18:53.6 in the 6k at the Big West Preview where he finished 31st overall.
2024 Indoor: Competed in one regular season meet … At the MPSF Championships, he competed in the 800m where he finished eighth overall with a time of 1:55.87, in the mile run where he finished third overall with a time of 4:15.77 and as part of the DMR team that finished first overall with a time of 9:56.52 which was the fourth fastest time in school history … Posted the fourth fastest indoor mile of 4:08.08 at the Don Kirby Invitational. 
2024 Outdoor: Competed in five regular season meets … At the Big West Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placed second overall in the 800m with a time of 1:52.51 and fourth overall in the 1500m with the fifth fastest time in school history of 3:45.28 … Ran a season’s best 3:50.08 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Posted a season’s best 1:49.83 in the 800m at the Stanford Invitational where he finished third overall … Placed first overall in the 800m at the Beach Opener 2024 … Finished first overall in the 1500m at the Big West Challenge Cup. 
 
2022-23 SEASON AT LONG BEACH STATE
2022 Cross Country: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the 10k at the NCAA Division I West Region Cross Country Championships where he ran a personal best of 32:19.5 … Competed in the 8k at the Big West Cross Country Championships where he finished 51st overall with a time of 25:36.5 … Ran a personal best of 24:24.6 in the 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational where he finished 39th overall … Finished 11th overall with a time of 19:18.0 in the 6k at the Anteater Opener.
2023 Indoor: Competed in 800m and the DMR at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships … Finished second overall in the 800m with a time of 1:52.70 which was the seventh fastest time in school history … The DMR team ran the fourth fastest time (9:57.93) in school history.
2023 Outdoor: Competed in two regular season meets … At the Beach Opener, he competed in the 800m, 1500m and as part of the 4x400m relay team … Finished sixth overall in the 1500m with a season’s best time of 3:53.20 at the Ben Brown Invite/AstroAI Distance Classic.
 
2021-22 SEASON AT LONG BEACH STATE
2021 Cross Country: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the 10k at the NCAA Division I West Region Cross Country Championships where he finished with a time of 32:43.2 … At the Big West Cross Country Championships, finished 35th overall in the 8k with a season’s best time of 25:04.6 … Finished 24th overall in the 6k with a time of 20:09.6 at the Anteater Opener.
2022 Indoor: Competed in two regular season meets … At the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships, finished first overall with a time of 1:54.33 in the 800m and as a part of the DMR team, finished second overall with a time of 9:48.77 … Ran a personal best of 1:21.37 in the 600m at the New Mexico Classic where he finished third overall, also finished first overall in the 800m with a time of 1:53.43 … Finished first overall in the 800m with a time of 1:55.80 at the Air Force Invitational.
2022 Outdoor: Competed in eight regular season meets … Competed in the 800m and 1500m at the Big West Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Ran a season’s best of 1:49.93 in the 800m at the Titan Tune-Up where he finished first overall … Placed first overall in the 800m with a time of 1:51.20 at the Trojan Invite … Finished first overall in the 1500m with a time of 3:52.71 at the 2022 Challenge Cup … Posted a season’s best time of 3:46.95 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
2021 graduate of Temecula Valley High School in Temecula, California … Was named team MVP all four years of his career … Earned a First Team selection and three All-Section selections in track & field in 2020 as well as a Second Team All-League in Cross Country … Finished third in the 1600m at the 2021 CIF Southern Section Championships … Holds the school record in the 800m (1:53.48) and the 1600m (4:13.01).
 
PERSONAL
Health Science, Community Health Education major.
 
UPDATED: 8/12/25