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Austin Peay State University Athletics

2016 Women's Cross Country Roster

Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics
APSU Athletics Communications
APSU Athletics Communications
APSU Athletics Communications
Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics

Unjala Lester

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Arlington, Tenn.
  • Highschool Bolton HS

Biography

Honors

  • Dean’s List: F13, S14, F14, S15, F15, S16, F16, S17
  • OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
  • OVC Academic Medal of Honor: 2013-14, 2016-17

APSU Career Bests

  • 5k: 19:22 at APSU Invitational (Sept. 26, 2015)
  • Two-mile: 13:14.0 at Powerade Invite (Sept. 9, 2016)

2016 Cross Country

  • Scored for the Govs in every race, including placing third at the OVC Championships 5k with a time of 20:53.8
  • Set her personal-best in the two-mile at the Powerade Invite (13:14.0)

2015 Cross Country

  • Among Austin Peay’s top three finishers four separate occasions
  • Austin Peay’s leading runner at APSU Invitational, posting a second-place finish with a personal-best 19:22 five-kilometer run
  • Third among Governors at the OVC Championships 5k, placing 60th overall with 19:55.85 mark.

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 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 5k with a 22:02.70 mark
  • Personal-best 21:37.56 in the 5K came at the OVC Championships

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.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2015Junior

    5'4"
  • 2016Senior

    5'4"