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Renee Laurenzana Season 2018-19

PositionDISTANCE
Height5-3
ClassFreshman
HometownEscondido, Calif.

COLLEGIATE BESTS
5,000m (XC): 18:27.9 (Oct. 13, 2018 at Highlander Invitational - Riverside, Calif.)
6,000m (XC): 21:56.0 (Sept. 15, 2018 at Riverside Invitational - Riverside, Calif.)
1,500m (Outdoor): 4:46.01 (March 29, 2019 at Bob Larsen Distance Carnival - Los Angeles, Calif..)

Mountain West Cross Country Championships (6k)
2018: 59th (out of 91) - 23:16.0 (Oct. 26, 2019 at Morley Field – San Diego, Calif.)

NCAA Cross Country West Regionals (6k)
2018: 163rd (out of 250) - 22:26.3 (Nov. 9, 2019 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex – Sacramento, Calif.)

Mountain West Indoor Championships
2019:
11th (12:33.68 - Distance Medley)

2018-19 Season
XC: Competed in all six of SDSU's races... Was the top Aztec finished at the MW Championships with a time of 23:16.0... Had season best times in the 5k and 6k at UC Riverside. Finished the 5k in 18:27.9 at the Highlander Invitational (10/13/18) and the 6k in 21:56.0 at the UC Riverside Invitational (9/15/18).

Indoor: Competed in one race, running the Distance Medley at the MW Indoor Championships.

Outdoor: Ran the 1,500m at four meets... Had her best performance at UCLA's Bob Larsen Distance Carnival where she finished in 4:46.01, good for third place.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, Calif... She was a three-time league champion in the 1,600m with a personal best time of 5:01.93...2015 league champ in the 800m (2:19.4)...Was named the 2018 Valley League Runner of the Year... Named first team all-league in 2015 & 2016... Was team captain in 2017 & 2018... Helped her team qualify for state in cross-country in 2014.

PERSONAL
Born in Escondido, Calif to Michele and Lou Laurenzana... Her grandmother is from Egypt and her grandfather is from Sudan... Majoring in biology with hopes of working in the ER... Enjoys playing the piano, shopping, baking, going to the beach and taking her husky, Zoey, on walks... Lists Steve Prefontaine as her favorite athlete.