Alex Petrecca was named head coach of the Yeshiva University women's cross country team in July of 2023. He spent the previous two years as assistant coach of the YU men's cross country program.
In Petrecca's first year with the Yeshiva men's cross country team, the Maccabees earned bronze at the 2021 Skyline Conference Championships, the highest team finish at the championship meet since 2015. Marshall Northman earned a spot on the All-Skyline first team. Yeshiva came in first place as a team at the Mount Saint Mary College XC Series and the SUNY Old Westbury Fall Invitational. Northman was the top individual finisher at the MSMC XC Series.
In 2022, Yeshiva earned a dual-meet victory over Mount Saint Mary College and finished in first place at the SUNY Old Westbury Invitational. Northman was the top finisher at the Mount Saint Mary College Dual Meet, while Gadiel Polster earned the gold at the SUNY Old Westbury Invitational. Also during the year, Northman was once again named to the All-Skyline first team, while Jake Greenberg landed on the All-Skyline second team.
In addition to Yeshiva, Petrecca currently serves as the head coach of the cross country and track teams at Riverdale Country School after starting off as the associate head coach in 2019.
Petrecca ran for the cross country and track programs for four years (2015-2019) at his alma mater, Gettysburg College. He served as the co-captain of the Bullets men's cross country team during his junior and senior years. During his track career, he helped set the school record in the indoor distance-medley relay.
At Fairfield Warde High School, Petrecca ran for the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track programs where he earned a spot on the All-Conference team for each sport. Petrecca was a member of the school record-holding 4x800m relay team in indoor and outdoor track.
Petrecca currently competes for the Central Park Track Club with personal records of 4:10 for one mile and 24:47 for an 8k.
