Alex Reber Hometown: Cherry Hill, N.J. High School: Cherry Hill East Position: Sprints Birthdate: 10/25/1993 Experience: So./So.

On Reber: Made a significant contribution in the 4x400 meter relay as a freshman ... Has great potential in the team's group of sprinters and should continue to make progress during the coming year ... Will be working to help the team in meets during the season.

2014 Indoor: Competed at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational, where he won the 500 meters in 1:05.90 and also ran the third leg on the winning 4x400 meter relay which had a time of 3:21.03.

2013 Outdoor: Earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the Villanova lineup in the 4x400 meter relay at the conference championships ... Led off the relay and helped the Wildcats finish third with a time of 3:12.77 ... Also ran the 400 meters individually at the BIG EAST meet and came in 17th in 48.81 ... Competed on the 4x400 relay team at the Penn Relays ... Led off the relay in the preliminary heats, when Villanova registered a time of 3:13.65 ... Also took the leadoff leg and helped the team post a time of 3:12.38 to finish in fifth place of the IC4A section of the reglay ... Opened the season by finishing 12th in the 400 meters (49.55) and 22nd in the 200 meters (22.56) at the Colonial Relays ... Won the 400 meters at the Haverford Tri-Meet (48.82), finished sixth at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (49.19) and was 15th at the Morgan State Legacy Meet (49.89) ... Helped the Wildcats win the 4x400 meter relay at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a time of 3:12.03 ... Ran the leadoff leg of the relay at that meet and took the third leg of the fifth-place finishing 4x400 relay at the Colonial Relays (3:17.58).

2013 Indoor: Competed at the BIG EAST Championships in both the 500 meters and the 4x400 meter relay ... Scored team points in both events, including a sixth place finish in the finals of the 500 meters with a time of 1:04.47 ... Established a personal best time of 1:04.17 in the preliminary heats of the 500 meters, when he finished second in his heat ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay and helped Villanova finish in fourth place ... Made his collegiate debut at the New York City Gotham Cup and came in 20th in the 500 meters with a time of 1:07.34 ... Competed in the 400 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational and recorded a time of 49.11 to place 31st.

Cherry Hill East High School: Earned four varsity letters in outdoor track & field, three letters indoors and three letters as a wide receiver on the football team ... Came in third at the New Balance Nationals during the 2012 outdoor season for the 800 meter medley (400 leg) ... Placed fifth at the New Balance Nationals indoors in 2011 in the 400 meters.

Personal: Born 10/25/93 in Voorhees, N.J. ... Younger of two children of John and Margie Reber ... Has one older sibling, Ashley (22) ... Has a cousin, Lindsey Harper, who was a middle distance runner at Virginia from 2008-12 ... Has yet to declare a major.

PERSONAL BESTS

200 Meters                     21.64                 High School
400 Meters                     47.96                 High School
400 Meter Hurdles              52.92                 High School
500 Meters                     1:04.17               2013 BIG EAST Championships

CAREER AWARDS (Outdoor Track)

All-BIG EAST                                         2013 (4x400 Meter Relay)