Lauren Alpert, a 2012 Illinois Wesleyan graduate and one of the most decorated Titan women's track and field athletes, serves as a sprints and strength coach for the IWU track team.
Alpert was a 17-time NCAA All-American and a 26-time national qualifier. As a senior, she was an All-American in the 400-meter dash (indoor and outdoor), 4x400-meter relay team (indoor and outdoor), and long jump (outdoor).Â
At the 2012 national outdoor meet, she was third in the long jump (5.84m), ninth in the 200-meter dash (24.72), eighth in the 400-meter dash (56.09), and was a part of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second. At the 2012 Division III Indoor championships, she was fourth in the 400, 11th in the long jump, and was also a part of the 4x400-meter relay team that broke the Titan school record with a time of 3:46.52, which landed them a second place finish.
In the 2012 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin outdoor championships she got three first place finishes (200, long jump, triple jump) and also ran a leg of the first place 4x400 relay team. At the 2012 CCIW indoor meet she was named the female "Track Athlete of the Meet" as she won the long jump, the 200 meter dash, the 400 and ran a leg on the champion 4x400 meter relay team, while getting second in the triple jump. At the 2011 indoor CCIW championships Alpert was the female "Field Athlete of the Meet".
She was also a first team Academic All-American as a senior in 2012, graduating with a 3.69 grade-point average as a psychology major. In 2015 she graduated from Duke University with a doctorate in physical therapy and passed both board licensure and NSCA certification exam to become licensed physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist.
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February 2016
