2008 Track and Field Roster
Roster

Lauren Penney
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Succasunna, N.J.
- High School:
- Roxbury
Top Performances | 800m | 1500m | Mile | 3000m | 5000m | 10,000m |
Indoor | 4:37.41* | 9:06.32* | ||||
Outdoor | 2:15.27 | 4:13.87* | 15:56.80* | 35.24.85 |
*- School records
2014 'Cuse Award Winner: Track and Field MVP
Graduate Student (2012-2013): Honored on the Division I Outdoor USTFCCA All-American First Team ... Named to the Division I Indoor USTFCCA All-America Second Team ... Named to the Capital One Academic All-District Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team ... Named the Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year at the 2013 'Cuse Awards.
Outdoor: Started the outdoor season by breaking her own school record in the 5000m race, finishing in first at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 15:56.80 ... Broke the 1500m school record at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 4:16.08, coming in 10th place ... Captured silver in the 5000m run at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 16:27.13 ... Reset the school record in the 1500m run at the Virginia Challenge, finishing fourth overall ... Qualified for the second-straight year for the 5000m NCAA Championship, finishing fourth over all at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 16:11.14 ... Placed eighth in the 5000m run at the NCAA Championship with a time of 16:01.09.
Indoor: Named to the Division I Indoor USTFCCA All-America Second Team ... Finished in 12th place at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship in the 3000m run with at ime of 9:24.70 ... Won bronze in the 3000m race at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 9:24.46....Named the BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week for her record-breaking performance in the Husky Classic ... Recorded a PR in the 3000m invite, coming in fifth place at the Husky Classic with a time of 9:06 ... Penney's time also broke her own school record of 9:12 that she set in 2012.... Ran to a second place finish with a time of 4:37.41 in the mile at the Penn Sate Nationals, breaking her own school record.
Senior Year (2011-2012): Named Female Athlete of the Year and Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year at the 2012 'Cuse Awards
Outdoor: Was named a 2012 USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American ... Finished 22nd overall in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championship with a time of 17:39.83 ... Reached the NCAA Championship in the 5000-meter run with a ninth place finish overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (16:24.96) ... Finished fourth in the 10000-meter run at the BIG EAST Championship with a personal best time of 35:24.85 … Finished second overall in the 5000-meter run at the Larry Ellis Invitational (16:16.07) … Qualified for BIG EAST and ECAC competition in the 5000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational (16:37.25).
Indoor: Took fourth in the 3,000-meter run at the Columbia Last Chance Meet (9:12.14) ... Finished third in the 5,000-meter run at the BIG EAST Championship (16:38.31) ... With the time of 4:39.04 broke the school record in the one mile run at the BU Terrier Invitational, finishing third.
Junior Year (2010-11)
Outdoor: Was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Placed 14th in second heat of the 5,000m run with a time of 16:52.03 at the NCAA East Preliminary's … Took fourth in the 5,000m run at the BIG EAST Championship, clocking a time of 16:21.45 … Finished third in the 1,500m-section 1 run at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a time of 4:21.91 … Took third in the 1,500m run with a BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying time of 4:27.49 at the Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton UNC Invitational … Broke the school record in the 5,000m run at the Stanford Invitational with a BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying time of 16:09.44.
Indoor: Ran 9:16.26 in the 3,000 meter run at the Columbia Last Chance meet and finished fourth … Took eight in 3,000 meter run (9:28.23) and was a member of the distance medley relay team that took fifth at the BIG EAST Championships with a ECAC qualifying time of 11:44.54 … Finished first and broke the school record in mile run at the BU Valentine Invitational with the time of 4:41.34 … Broke the school record and placed third in the 3,000m run at the BU Terrier Invitational with a BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying mark of 9:16.01 ... Named to the Fall 2010 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2009-2010)
Outdoor: Holds the fastest time of the season in the 800-meter run after finishing in 2:15.27 at the Larry Ellis Invite ... Finished eighth in the 1,500-meter run at the UNC Joe Hilton with at ime of 4:23.70 ... Placed 18th at the NCAA Regionals in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:26.61 ... Took eighth at the ECAC Championship (4:28.44) ... Recorded a tiem of 16:33.97 in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invite ... Finished 11th in the 5,000-meter at the BIG EAST Championship (17:18.49) ... A member of the 4x1,500-meter 'Championship of America' relay team, which finished fifth at the Penn Relay (18:00.46).
Indoor: Earned an ECAC qualifying time (4:55.28) in the mile run at the BIG EAST Championships, placing fourth ... Ran the 3,000-meter in an ECAC and NCAA Provisional qualifying time of 9:34.59 at the Terrier Invite
Freshman Year (2008-2009)
Cross Country: Part of the first women's team in program history to run in the 2008 NCAA Championship, claiming 145th in 21:49 in the 6K.
High School: First-team All-New Jersey in 2006 and 2007 for cross country … First-team All-Iron Conference in cross country from 2005-07 … First-team All-Morris County in cross country from 2005 -07 … Took the 5K crown in county, conference and section in both team and individual efforts.
Personal: Also a member of the cross country team … Born in May 1990 … Daughter of Steven and Donna Penney … One brother and one sister ... Majoring in Literature Eduacation.