Lena Hamvas

Height:
5-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Walton
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.

2010
Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team member ... WasMU’s top finisher at the season-opening University of GeorgiaInvitational, placing 27th in a clockng of 19:09.77 ... Had a PRtime of 19:07.18 at the A-Sun championships, good for a 38th placeoverall ... Her A-Sun time was also the 15th-best 5K time in MUschool history ... A very consistent freshman campaign with all hertimes within 28 seconds in 5K races ... Was in Mercer’stop-three finishers in four of six races ... Was second overall(19:26.3) at the Mercer RunFit Sports Invitatonal, as the Bearstook home the team title in their own event ... Ran a 6K time of23:16.18 at the NCAA South Regional for a 138th place finish (outof 186 runners).

High School
Came to MU from the traditionally-strong program at Walton HighSchool (2010) … Ran under Coach Travis Gower at WHS …A top Georgia runner who finished 12th at the 2009 5A cross countrystate championships … Came on strong in her senior season,earning all-county and all-metro accolades … Had her bestraces at the Great American XC Festival, the state championshipmeet and as a member of Team Georgia at the Footlocker SouthRegional Championships … Team placed second in the state in2007 and fourth in 2009 ... A Scholar-Athlete who was alsopresented the “Raider Pride Award” for honesty andintegrity ... Was a member of the WHS Outreach Team and LeadershipTeam, as well as Senior Spirit Club.

Personal
Favorite athlete is Mia Hamm ... Was also recruited by GeorgiaCollege and State University ... Wants some type of career workinginternationally ... A communication major.ternationally ... Acommunication major.