Player Bio: Lauren Brooks :: Cross Country

Lauren Brooks

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Westlake, Ohio

High School:
Westlake

2006: The first Argonaut finisher in all seven races... Earned All-GSC Second Team honors by finishing 11th with a 5K time of 19:25 at the GSC Championships... Placed 26th with a 6K time of 24:06 at the NCAA Division II South Region Championships... Finished 29th with a 5K time of 20:11.71 in the season-opening Appalachian State Covered Bridge Open... Posted a season-best 5K time of 19:01.06 at the Columbus State Invitational... Recorded a 10th place finish with a 6K time of 23:20 at the Pre-National Meet in Pensacola... Crossed the finish line in 13th place with a time of 19:17.75 at the Florida State Seminole Invitational.

2006 Track: Broke the school record with a time of 10:44.10 in the 3,000 meters at the FSU Snowbird Invitational while finishing third... Broke her own school record in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:51.08 at the USA Invitational... Previously had set the school record in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:56.83 at the FSU Snowbird Invitational... The top Argonaut finisher in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:51.08 at the Seminole Invitational.

2004-05: Did not run.

2003: Finished first among West Florida runners with a 24th place 5K time of 20:09... Earned a 55th place finish with a 6K time of 24:25 at the NCAA Division II South Region Championships... The first Argonaut across the finish line in sixth place with a 5K time of 19:14.28 at the Blazer Classic... Placed 60th with a 5K time of 22:39.99 in her first race of the season at the Southern Mississippi Cross Country Invitational... Posted a 5K time of 20:21.95 at the Disney Classic.

High School: Earned eight letters in cross country and track... Named captain and most valuable player of the cross country and track squads... Posted personal best times in the 1,500 meters (4:51), 3,000 meters (10:43) and the 5,000 meters (18:30).

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Brenda Brooks... Has a younger sister, Whitney... Majoring in molecular biology... Has volunteered with Red Cross disaster relief... Participated with Ronald McDonald House fundraising.