2015 Cross Country: Made great strides in her third year… among Austin Peay’s top three finishers four separate occasions… posted a top-100 finish at the Brooks Memphis Twilight, finishing 99th with a 20:19.90 run… Austin Peay’s leading runner, posting a second-place finish at the APSU Invitational with a personal-best 19:22 five-kilometer run… third among Governors at the OVC Championships, placing 60th overall with 19:55.85 mark.
2014-15 Track: Continues to improve as a middle distance runner… opened her indoor season with a third-place, 5:22.98 mark in the mile run at the MT Christmas Invitational… posted top-10s in the mile at the ETSU Invitational (ninth, 5:38.53) and Thundering Herd Invite (10th, 5:21.74) during indoor season… helped the Govs earn points in the distance medley relay at the OVC Indoor Championships with a fifth-place, 12:28.53 mark split time between the 800 and 1500m runs during outdoor season… posted top-10 finishes in both events at the APSU Invitational (10th in the 800, 2:21.48; ninth in the 1500, 4:56.23) and Memphis Invitational (eighth, 2:22.31; fourth, 4:54.68)… had personal-bests in the 800 (2:19.17) and 1500m (4:53.28) runs at the OVC Outdoor Championships, finishing 14th and 17th in the respective events.
2014 Cross Country: Earned a top-20 finish at the JSU Foothills Invitational (19th, 20:03.88)… finished in the top-30 at the UE Cross Country Invitational (22nd, 20:52.6)… claimed 63rd place at the OVC Championships with a time of 19:55.01
2013-14 Track and Field: Middle distance runner made strides in first season… pair of point-scoring performances during indoor season, with a sixth-place run at the SIU Open (2:38.47) and seventh-place finish in her debut at the MT Christmas Invite (2:37.96) in the 800m… season-best fifth-place finish in the outdoor 1500m run with a 5:15.84 run at the Margaret Simmons Invite… also placed eighth in the 800m run at the MSI with a 2:28.63 mark.
2013 Cross Country: Vital to the Lady Govs 2013 cross country efforts… dropped 5K time in each meet as the season went along… 22nd overall in the two-mile event at the Powerade Invitational with a 13:38.61 mark… finished 20th at the Fleet Feet Sports Invitational with a 22:02.70 mark… personal-best 21:37.56 in the 5K came at the OVC Championships, where she finished 76th.
Prep: Ran distances for Lance Jones at Bolton High School… won the Shelby County Championships 800m event with a 2:28.99 mark… owned a 2:25 800m mark and a 20:05 5K time coming out of high school.
Personal: Daughter of Reginald and Angela Lester… born June 24… planning to major in health and human performance.
