2026 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
FMU: First-year athlete at FMU....Younger brother of Andrew Lance....FMU McNair Scholar....Member of FMU Honors Program....Computer Science Research Student....Margaret A Davidson Resilience Scholars Program....FMU President's List 2024.
PERSONAL:
- Born in Columbia, SC
- Graduate of Spring Valley High School, where he competed for coaches Robert Hendrix and Tommy Satterfield
- Nickname is Alex
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Movie director or comic book author
- How you got your nickname: My family always shortened my name to Alex growing up
- Favorite Fictional Character: Spider-Man
- Favorite Athlete: LeBron James
- Favorite Sports Teams: Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Braves
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: Mob Psycho 100
- Favorite Food: Pizza
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Saint Malo, France
- Favorite Musical Artist: Autumn
- Favorite Thing About FMU: The atmosphere and community
- Favorite Off-Field Activity: Spending time with family and friends, watching movies, and playing video games
- Goals for Upcoming Season: Work towards making conference and improve in sprints and javelin as much as possible
- Why you first chose your sport: I originally played baseball, where I played outfield and excelled when running bases; I always enjoyed sprinting and knew I would transition well to throwing the javelin
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Dealing with failure and using that to motivate you.
- Do you have any siblings who have played/are playing sports in college? Yes, my older brother Andrew Lance is also on the Patriot track and field team
- Interesting Notes: I make/code games.
- Brush With Greatness: Led my high school baseball team in batting average and on-base percentage as a senior
