Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
Alex Rose holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in creative writing.
His story, however, isn’t fiction.
Rose, a 2014 Central Michigan graduate, will compete in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the discus for Samoa, a country of some 190,000 people in the South Pacific near the International Date Line.
Rose was raised in West Branch, just over an hour north and east of Mount Pleasant. His father Ross is a native Samoan, making Alex eligible to compete under that country’s flag.
Rose, an All-American at CMU, exceeded the Olympic qualifying standard of 65 meters in placing first against world-class competition on Sunday in the Field of Dreams Throws Meet at Claremont (Calif.