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This Year in Cross Country: Was one of team's top three finishers before midseason injury slowed progress... Finished third overall at Vanderbilt Invitational, helping squad to team title... Ran a PR at 4K (15:01) as the team's third best runner at Stanford meet... Finished fifth among Commodore runners at both the SEC and NCAA Regionals. 2004: Competed in distance races from 800 to 5000 meters... Posted collegiate outdoor bests of 4:45.29 (1500 at Alabama Relays) and 18:03.18 (5000 at Vanderbilt Invitational)... Finished third overall with effort at Vanderbilt Invitational... Best indoor performance was a 5:12.82 mile at Ohio State competition. In Cross Country: Narrowly missed scoring points in the SEC and NCAA Regional Championships, but was a key factor in two of the Commodores' three team titles... Placed seventh overall at Commodore Classic with 19:23 performance, following up that effort with a 15th overall finish (19:13) at Bulldog Invitational... Opened season with an 18th overall effort at Belmont Invitational... Ran 24:11 in first SEC Championships, then closed season with 22:51 to take 74th at NCAA Regionals. In Cross Country: Narrowly missed scoring points in the SEC and NCAA Regional Championships, but was a key factor in two of the Commodores' three team titles... Finished fourth on the squad in early-season victories at the Commodore Classic and Bulldog Invitational... Placed seventh overall at Commodore Invitational with 19:23 performance, following up that effort with a 15th overall finish (19:13) at Bulldog Invitational... Opened season with an 18th overall effort at Belmont Invitational (11:26)... Finished 84th overall and 88th overall at the Notre Dame Invitational and Chile Pepper Invitational, respectively... Ran 24:11 in first SEC Championships, then closed season with 22:51 to take 74th at NCAA Regionals. In High School: Captain of track and cross country squads... Earn state medal... PRs of 2:21 (800), 5:06 (1,600) and 11:01 (3,200)... Finished seventh in state meet, and ninth overall in cross country... Earned squad's Bulldog Award as senior... Involved with student government, serving as student body vice president during senior... National Honor Society member... Recognized as Academic All-State as senior. Personal: Lauren Anne Pence... Daughter of Gregory and Denise Pence... Dad serves as president of oil company; mom is a homemaker... One of four siblings... Hopes to become a medical doctor. |
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