Alex Klemm

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Shelby Township, Mich.
High School:
Lutheran High North
Position:
High Jump
Major:
Communication

Last Updated: March 23, 2020

At Michigan

Senior (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Cleared 1.93m (6-4) in the high jump for 4th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18)
• Cleared 2.00m (6-6.75) in the high jump for 4th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 11)

Junior (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Cleared 2.03m (6-8) in the high jump for 17th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Cleared 1.98m (6-6) in the high jump for 4th at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Cleared 1.93m (6-4) in the high jump for 5th at the Virginia Challenge (April 19-20)
• Cleared 2.05m (6-8.75) in the high jump for 4th at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13)
• Cleared 1.96m (6-5) in the high jump for 5th at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30)
• Cleared 1.95m (6-4.75) in the high jump for 5th at the Black and Gold Invitational (March 22-23)

Indoor Track & Field
• Cleared 1.87m (6-1.5) in the high jump for 21st at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 8-9)
• Cleared 1.98m (6-6) in the high jump for 9th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)

Sophomore (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Cleared 2.03m (6-8) in the High Jump to finish 18th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)
• Cleared 2.02m (6-7.5) in the High Jump for the win at the Toledo Invitational (May 3-4)
• Cleared 1.97m (6-5.5) in the High Jump to finish 8th at the Texas Invitational (April 13-14)
• Cleared 2.04m (6-8.25) in the High Jump to finish 2nd at the Battle of the Blues (April 6)
• Cleared 1.95m (6-4.75) in the High Jump to finish 10th at the Pac 12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 23-24)
• Cleared 1.95m (6-4.75) in the High Jump to finish 8th at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (March 16-17)

Indoor Track & Field
• Cleared 2.03m (6-9) in the High Jump to finish 14th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Cleared a career-best 2.06m (6-9) in the High Jump to finish 2nd at the Kent State Qualifier (Feb. 9-10)
• Cleared 2.05m (6-08.75) in the High Jump to finish 8th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Cleared a career-best 2.04m (6-08.25) in the High Jump to finish 2nd at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20)
• Cleared 1.98m (6-6) in the High Jump to finish 6th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Freshman (2017)

Outdoor
• Cleared a career-best 2.07m (6-9.5) in the High Jump to finish 10th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)
• Cleared 1.90m (6-2.75) in the High Jump to finish 3rd at the Toledo Invitational (May 4-5)
• Cleared a career-best 2.06m (6-9) in the High Jump to finish 5th at the Longhorn Invitational (Apr. 28-29)
• Cleared 1.97m (6-5.5) in the High Jump to finish 12th at the Texas Invitational (Apr. 14-15)
• Cleared a career-best 2.05m (6-8.75) in the High Jump to finish 2nd at the Battle of the Blues (Apr. 1)
• Cleared 2.00m (6-6.75) in the High Jump to finish 8th at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (Mar. 24-25)

Indoor
• Cleared 2.01m (6-7) in the High Jump to finish 5th at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
• Cleared 1.94m (6-4.25) in the High Jump to win at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3-4) in the Blue Division competition.
• Cleared 1.98m (6-6) in the High Jump to finish 2nd at the SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational (Jan. 28)
• Cleared 1.93m (6-5) in the High Jump to finish 8th at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 21)
• Made his Michigan debut at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 14) with a fourth-place mark of 1.95m (6-4.75)

Prep
• Graduated from Lutheran High North (2016)
Track and Field
• Cleared 2.03-meters (6-8 ft.) at the 2014 AAU National Championships at Drake University
• AAU National Outdoor Champion (15-16 boys; 2014) and two-time All-American (2014-15)
• Indoor New Balance All-American (2015)
• Cleared his personal-best height of 7-0 ft. to win the State Championship outdoors (2016)
• Three other top-three all-state finishes: Indoor (runner-up; 2016, third place; 2015) and Outdoor (runner-up; 2015)
• Two-time Regional Champion (2015-16) and also won a title in the pole vault; 2015)
• County Champion (2015-16)
• Owns the outdoor school record with his PR and also a Muskrat Relay meet record (6-9 ft.; 2.04 meters)
• Three-time State Qualifier
• Four-year letter winner.

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Undecided major
• Born April 20, 1998
• Son of Harold and Laura Klemm
Other Sports
• Also played two years of JV soccer (2012, 2013) and ran one year of cross country (2014).

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS:
Track and Field
High Jump (i) -- 2.03 meters (6-8 ft.)
High Jump (o) -- 2.13 meters (7-0 ft.)