Lena Hamvas

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

2010
Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team member ... Was MU’s top finisher at the season-opening University of Georgia Invitational, placing 27th in a clockng of 19:09.77 ... Had a PR time of 19:07.18 at the A-Sun championships, good for a 38th place overall ... Her A-Sun time was also the 15th-best 5K time in MU school history ... A very consistent freshman campaign with all her times within 28 seconds in 5K races ... Was in Mercer’s top-three finishers in four of six races ... Was second overall (19:26.3) at the Mercer RunFit Sports Invitatonal, as the Bears took home the team title in their own event ... Ran a 6K time of 23:16.18 at the NCAA South Regional for a 138th place finish (out of 186 runners).

High School
Came to MU from the traditionally-strong program at Walton High School (2010) … Ran under Coach Travis Gower at WHS … A top Georgia runner who finished 12th at the 2009 5A cross country state championships … Came on strong in her senior season, earning all-county and all-metro accolades … Had her best races at the Great American XC Festival, the state championship meet and as a member of Team Georgia at the Footlocker South Regional Championships … Team placed second in the state in 2007 and fourth in 2009 ... A Scholar-Athlete who was also presented the “Raider Pride Award” for honesty and integrity ... Was a member of the WHS Outreach Team and Leadership Team, as well as Senior Spirit Club.

Personal
Favorite athlete is Mia Hamm ... Was also recruited by Georgia College and State University ... Wants some type of career working internationally ... A communication major.ternationally ... A communication major.