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22 "Kineke dispelled the myth that you can't sprint at a cold weather school," Anderson said. "She demonstrated to others the path and proved it was possible." Alexander's career is unrivaled among Hawkeyes. While at the University of Iowa, she was an eight- time All-American, four-time all-region, four-time Big Ten indoor champion, 2007 Big Ten outdoor champion, Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year (2007), and University of Iowa Female Athlete of the Year (2006 and 2007). Alexander holds school records in the indoor 400 (51.48, 2007) and indoor 600 (1:27.45, 2008). Her outdoor 400 record-time of 51.35, set in 2006, was bettered by Briana Guillory (51.30) on June 23 at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Now training in Clermont, Florida, Alexander is set on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She has already represented St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. "I was thinking of finishing up aer Rio, but Kim Collins is still going (at age 42) and Novlene Williams-Mills retired at 35," Alexander said. "I thought, if they could do it, I can do it." Alexander will be 34-years-old when the Olympics are held in Tokyo from July 24-Aug. 9, 2020. "All three (Olympics) I got to carry the (St. Vincent and Grenadines) flag and experience all of that," Alexander said. "It was overwhelming. It was exciting to see the support on social media." Alexander returns home to St. Vincent and the Grenadines at least once a year, where training venues for track athletes remain dated. "ey are still grass, nothing has changed," Alexander said. "We still run in the main cricket stadium and you have to compete with cricket and soccer. Every year we beg the government for a (track and field) stadium, but nothing yet. ey recently built an international airport, so we hope the stadium is next." When it comes to career highlights, Alexander points to her national championship in 2006 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. at honor will move to second on her list when she is inducted into the National Iowa Varsity Club Athletics Hall of Fame. "It tops the NCAA win for me," Alexander said. "When you are competing, you don't think ahead to the Hall of Fame. I used to have little get- togethers at the Hall of Fame building and you see all these people in there. I never thought that one day I would be in the Hall of Fame."