Towson University Athletics

One of the best distance runners ever to compete for the Tigers ... four-year standout for the Tiger cross country team ... holds school records in the 5,000-run, both indoor and outdoor ... also owns the school record in the 3,000-run indoors ... earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors for the cross country team as a junior.

At Towson: Finished cross country career with six first place finishes ... named as CAA Runner of the Week twice ... earned All-CAA honors as a junior when she finished 9th in the meet ... broke school record in the indoor 5000-run twice during 2006 indoor season ... broke school record in January with a time of 18:02.6 at Bucknell ... topped record with a time of 17:47.29 at Bucknell Winter Classic three weeks later ... ECAC Athlete of the Week in January ... broke school record in the 3000-indoor run at Ursinus Meet in December, 2004 ... finished 6th in the 5000-run at the 2005 CAA Championship Meet ... took 14th place in the 1500-run at the CAA Meet as a junior ... finished first in the 5000-run at the 2005 Covert Classic ... did well at the 2005 George Mason Winter Open, finishing first in the 3000-run and finishing second in the one-mile run ...  finished seventh in the 5000-run at the 2004 CAA Championship Meet ... finished first in the 3000-run at Delaware Invitational in 2004 ... placed second in the 3000m at the 2004 UMES Hawk Games ... was second in the 5000m run at the Towson Open in 2004 ... was second in 3000m run at UMES Hawk Games in 2003.

Background:  Named second team  All-State for cross country team  ... member of Dragons’ track & field team ... named first team  All-Tri-County for track & field ... member of Gloucester County championship team ... student council president ... won Scholar-Athlete award ... twin sister, Kate, is  a senior at Towson University ... has one brother ... father is a pediatrician and graduate of the University of Colorado ... mother is an Arizona State graduate ... daughter of Dr. G. Lee & Heidi Lerch ... born on September 18, 1983 in Stratford, N.J. ... Dean’s List student ... major is Mass Communications.