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2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Lucy Young

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Brisbane State
  • Hometown Brisbane, Australia

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Time
1500 meters 4:34.54
Mile 5:01.94
3000 meters 9:37.20
3000 meter steeple chase 10:17.05
5000 meters 16:35.69
 
Career Highlights
• Record Holder, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 5000m run (16:35.69).
• Ranks 2nd, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 3000m run (9:37.20).
• Ranks 2nd, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 3000m steeplechase (10:17.05).
• Ranks 3rd, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 3000m run (9:52.91).
• Ranks 5th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 1500m run (4:34.54).
• Ranks 5th, All-Time Outdoor Performace List, 5000m run (17:01.71).
• Ranks 11th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, mile (5:01.94).
• 2016 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: 3000m Steeplechase.
• 2016 New England Outdoor Silver Medalist: 3000m steeplechase, 5000m run.
• 2015 New England Indoor 3000m Champion.
• 2015 New England Indoor 5000m 2nd Place.
• 2014 CAA Cross Country Championships Runner-Up.
• 2014 New England Cross Country Championships Runner-Up.
• 2014 NCAA Regional Cross Country Championships 19th Place.
• 2014 NCAA East Preliminary Round participant.
• 2014 ECAC Outdoor Gold Medalist: 3,000-meter steeplechase.
• 2014 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: 3,000-meter steeplechase.
• 2014 New England Indoor Gold Medalist: 5,000-meter run.
• 2013 CAA Women's Cross Country Rookie of the Year.
• 2013 All-CAA Women's Cross Country Team.

 
Awards/Honors
 
2016-17
INDOOR
  • 2nd 3000m Jay Carisella Invite (10:15.12)
  • 11th 3000m BU Scarlet and White (10:10.68)
  • 26th 5000m BU David Hemery Valentine Invite (17:42.66)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • 41st Battle in Beantown (18:32)
  • 102nd Roy Griak Invitational (23:25.2)
  • 15th New England Championships (18:17.19)
  • 10th CAA Championships (22:08.83)
  • 70th NCAA Northeast Regionals (21:58.70)
 
2015-16
OUTDOOR
• Won the 3000m steeplechase (10:44.93) at the Connecticut Northeast Challenge (April 16).
• Won bronze in the 3000m steeplechase (10:28.33) and finished eighth in the 5000m run (17:13.90) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7).
• Won silver in the 3000m steeplechase (10:39.95) and the 5000m run (17:10.72) at the New England Championships (May 14).
 
2014-15
OUTDOOR
• Placed first in the 3000-meter run (9:52.91) at the Carolina Classic in Puerto Rico (March 21).
• Finished 14th in the 3000-meter steeplechase (10:39.50) at the Larry Ellis Invite (April 17).
• Came in third in the 3000-meter steeplechase (10:35.18) at the CAA Championships (May 1-2).

INDOOR
• Placed sixth in the mile (5:01.94) at the Harvard Multi meet (Jan. 17).
• Finished third in the 3000-meter (9:50.47) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23).
• Set a PR in the 5000-meter run with a time of 16:35.69 (fifth place) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 30).
• Placed 17th in the 3000-meter (9:37.20) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 13).
• Finished first in the 3000-meter run (9:41.06) and second in the 5000-meter run (16:54.38) at the New England Championships (Feb. 28).

CROSS COUNTRY
• Finished second overall at the CAA championships with a time of 20:50.8. (Nov. 2).
• Named a member of the All-CAA cross country team. (Nov. 2).
• Named CAA Runner of the Week. (Oct. 14).
• Finished in second place at New England Championships with a time of 17:34.73 (Oct. 11).

• Finished second overall at Shawn M. Nassany Invitational with a time of 18:12.0 (Sept. 6) .
• Part of a team that earned third place at Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational (Sept. 6).
 
2013-14
OUTDOOR
• Broke Northeastern's program record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on three separate occasions during the outdoor season.
• Capped her outdoor season with an appearance at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, where she placed 20th overall in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:23.26 (May 30).
• Became the first Husky to capture ECAC gold after a record-breaking 10:17.05 performance in the steeplechase, claiming the individual title and shattering her own program-best mark in the event (May 16).
• Claimed the individual crown in the steeplechase at the CAA Outdoor Championships, posting a program-best mark of 10:31.11. Also took fourth place in the 5,000-meter run with an ECAC-qualifying time of 17:01.71 (May 2).
• Placed second at the Mark Young Yale Invitational after setting a program-record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:35.16.
• Recorded a personal-best mark of 4:34.54 in the 1,500-meter run at the Minuteman Invitational (April 12).
• Finished 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational with a New England qualifying time of 10:57.13 (April 4).

INDOOR
• Claimed gold at the New England Indoor Championship, earning an individual crown in the 5,000-meter run with an NU program-best time of 16:56.85 (Feb. 28).
• Qualified for ECAC Championships with a personal-best time of 9:48.87 in the 3,000-meter event at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 7).
• Placed third in the mile run at the Harvard Open with a personal-best mark of 5:05.38 (Jan. 18).
• Opened indoor season at the Jay Carisella Invitational with an ECAC-qualifying time of 17:08.75 in the 5,000-meter run, good for second place (Dec. 14).

CROSS COUNTRY
• Was named to the 2013 All-CAA Women's Cross Country Team
• Earned the 2013 CAA Women's Rookie of the Year title
• Finished 29th at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a mark of 21:07, finishing among the top three freshmen in the event (Nov. 15).
• Led all freshmen at the CAA Championship, placing sixth with a time of 22:06.27 (Nov. 2).
• Recorded a personal-best mark in the women's 5k at the New England Championship with a time of 17:58.0 (Oct. 12).
 
Before Northeastern
• Ran cross country and track at Brisbane State High School for five seasons, serving as team captain during the 2012 season.
• Captured the Interschool Queensland Girls Secondary School Sport Association every season from 2008 to 2012.
• Was a seven-time Met West/East Team selection.
• Competed at the Australian Cross Country and Track & Field Championships, reaching the podium four times, highlighted by a first place finish in the 2000-meter steeplechase in 2009.
 
Personal
• Plans to major in Health Science.
• Class of 2018.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior

  • 2017Redshirt Senior