2024 Track & Field Roster
Alex Kolesnikoff
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Strathfield, Australia
- High School:
- Trinity Grammar School
2023 Ivy League Indoor Shot Put Champion
2023 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (Shot Put)
2023 Ivy League Outdoor Shot Put Champion
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (Shot Put)
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2024 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (Shot Put)
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Shot Put)
2024 CSC First Team Academic All-American
2025 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (Shot Put)
2025: Outdoor – Finished third in the shot put at the SEC Championships with a season-best mark of 20.09 meters/65 feet, 11 inches…Placed 11th at the NCAA East Regional with a mark of 18.84m/61-9.75…Concluded his season with a mark of 18.75m/61-6.25 for 15th place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning Second Team All-America honors for his performance…Opened his outdoor season at the Florida Relays, posting a mark of 19.24m/63-1.50 to finish third…Also took third in the shot put invite at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, recording a mark of 19.77m/64-10.50…Placed fifth at the Tiger Track Classic with a 18.78m/61-7.50 mark.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2024: Outdoor – Opened his season with a runner-up performance in the shot put at the Battle on the Bayou, posting the No. 8 mark in Georgia history at 19.39 meters/63 feet, 7.50 inches…Recorded a mark of 19.20m/63-0 in the shot put invite at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, finishing sixth overall…Runner-up at the LSU Invitational with a throw of 19.41m/63-8.25…Finished fourth and scored at the SEC Championships with a mark of 19.77m/64-10.50…Also placed fourth at the NCAA East Prelims with a season-best mark of 19.78m/64-10.75…Recorded a throw of 19.70m/64-7.75 to finish sixth in a First-Team All-American performance at the NCAA Championships...Named to College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America First Team, also earning CSC Academic All-District honors...Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors.
Indoor – Victorious in the shot put in his first meet as a Bulldog, recording a throw of 19.41 meters/63 feet, 8.25 inches at the Clemson Invite…Launched the second-longest throw in Bulldog history at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown, reaching a personal-best 20.45m/67-1.25 to win the shot put and earn SEC Men’s Co-Field Athlete of the Week honors…Earned a victory in the shot put for the third straight week at the Razorback Invitational with a throw of 20.08m/65-10.50…Won the shot put invite at the Tiger Paw Invite with a throw of 19.97m/65-6.25…Scored with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 19.16m/62-10.50.
College: Harvard (2019-23) –
2023: Outdoor – His PR of 20.69m/67-10.75 that came at the Harvard/Yale meet put him fourth on the 2023 national list…Took ninth in the shot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships thanks to a fifth try of 19.88m/65-2.75…Clinched his spot in Nationals by winning the NCAA East Prelims after his top effort measured 20.36m/66-9.75…Grabbed gold in the shot at the Ivy League Outdoor Championships (19.92m/65-4.25)…Finished with fourth-place honors at the Penn Relays after his top effort travelled 19.85m/65-1.50…Won the LSU Alumni Gold meet with an attempt of 19.81m/65-0…Finished first in the Invite portion of the Florida Relays after completing his series with a mark of 20.05m/65-9.50…Also was the winner at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational with a mark of 19.02m/62-5.
Indoor – Finished 12th in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships after launching his opening mark 19.46m/63-10.25…Won the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships after topping off at 19.58m/64-3 on his sixth and final attempt…Won the H-Y-P event with a mark of 19.83m/65-0.75 in the shot…Finished first in the shot at the BU Battle in Beantown with a mark of 19.56m/64-2.25…Took fourth (19.21m/63-0.25) at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2022: Outdoor- Placed first and recorded a career best at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational in shot put (19.19m/62-11.50)… Notched another career best in discus toss at the Harvard/Yale Match with a distance of 52.01m/170-7… Placed seventh at the Ivy League Outdoor Championship while notching another career best in discus throw with a distance of 51.74m/169-9… Placed thirteenth in shot put at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (18.78m/61-7.50).
Indoor - Won the BU Battle in Beantown by recording a then career best in shot put with a distance of 19.05m/62-6… Placed second in shot put at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championship with a distance of 18.49m/60-8.
2021: Indoor & Outdoor – Redshirted for Harvard.
2020: Outdoor - Did not compete due to the Ivy League and Harvard cancelling the spring season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indoor - Started the season off with two first-place finishes in the shot put at the Crimson opener (17.50 meters/57 feet, 5 inches) and the Beantown Challenge (17.71m/58-1.25)...Collected three third-place finishes, throwing a distance of 17.53m/57-6.25 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge...Notched a distance of 15.97m/52-4 in the weight throw at the Crimson Elite.
High School: Also played cricket, tennis and Rugby Union growing up.
Personal: Born Sept. 30, 2000…Son of Vasili Kolesnikoff and Nikki Kirkman…Graduated with a degree in Economics from Harvard in 2023…Seeking a Master of Accounting at UGA...Recipient of the Spec Towns Men's Track Scholarship.
