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2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster

Lauren Finikiotis

  • Position Distance
  • Indoor Elig. Sr.
  • Outdoor Elig. R-Jr.
  • Hometown Gibsonia, Pa.
  • High School Oakland Catholic

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
1,000m 2:58.79 2/3/18
3,000m 10:28.74 1/20/18
Mile 4:52.71 3/7/20
Outdoor Mark Date
800m 2:16.10 4/20/19
1,500m 4:32.62 4/5/19
3,000m 10:16.80 3/24/18
5,000m 18:06.77 4/14/18

2019-20
Cross Country: Third on the team in scoring for the season with 33 points ... Finished fourth or better for W&M at all six races ... Named All-CAA after finishing 12th overall at the CAA Championships ... Led W&M at the season-opening Richmond Spider Alumni Open, taking fourth overall ... Runner-up at the W&M Invitational ... Also second for W&M at the Penn State National Open in 27th overall ... Third for the team at both UVA and the Southeast Regional ... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0 in the fall semester.
Indoor: Earned All-East honors individually for the first time ... Finished seventh in the mile in 4:53.42 ... Ran a lifetime-best 4:52.71 in the prelims of the event ... Also ran the 1,000m once on the year, running 2:59.05 on the flat track at George Mason in late January ... Anchored both of W&M's DMRs during the season, at VMI and at the ECAC Championships.
Outdoor: Season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic ... W&M Provost's Award for having a GPA over 3.5.

2018-19
Cross Country: Named All-CAA for the second year in a row ... Finished third overall to lead W&M to the team title for the sixth time in the last seven years ... Led W&M in points average for the year with 6.4, for a total of 32 points in five races ... Also led the Tribe at Paul Short, finishing 93rd overall ... Second for W&M in each of her other three races ... Took 82nd at the Southeast Regional ... 171st overall at Pre-Nationals ... Started the year with a sixth-place finish at the Richmond Spider Alumni Open.
Indoor: Earned All-East honors after anchoring the Tribe's DMR to a seventh-place finish at the ECAC Championships ... Ran a lifetime-best 5:01.67 in the mile to take second at Navy in February ... Led-off the DMR at Navy to an ECAC-qualifying time.
Outdoor: ECAC qualifier in the 1,500m ... Finished fifth in the 1,500m at the CAA Championships ... Ran a career-best 4:32.62 for seventh place at the Colonial Relays ... Ran 2:16.10 in the 800m at Duke ... Anchored the DMR at the Colonial Relays ... W&M Provost's Award, for having a GPA over 3.5 ... CAA Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0.

2017-18
Cross Country: CAA Rookie of the Year ... Was the top finishing freshman at the conference meet, placing 10th overall and second for the Tribe ... Earned All-CAA honors with the performance ... The Tribe's no. 2 runner at the regional meet, taking 73rd overall right behind the top runner ... Also ran on the varsity at UVA and at Penn State, finishing third for W&M in both meets ... Opened the year unattached, finishing fourth at both the Spider Alumni Open and the W&M Invitational.
Indoor: Anchored the DMR at the ECAC Championships ... Ran the lead-off leg of the qualifying DMR at Liberty ... Also ran on the Tribe's two fastest 4x800m teams of the year ... Individually, ran the mile twice and the 1,000m and the 3,000m once each ... Finished the 3,000m in 10:28.74 at VMI ... Ran 2:58.79 in the 1,000m at Liberty ... Best mile of the year was 5:08 on the flat track at UCS.
Outdoor: Made the finals of the 1,500m at the CAA Championships, finishing 12th overall ... Ran a season-fast 4:36.14 in the 1,500m at the Colonial Relays ... Runner-up in that event at the Stimson Memorial Quad Meet ... Ran the 5,000m once, taking third at George Mason in 18:06 ... Began the spring with a 10:16.80 in the 3,000m at the Stimson Quad Meet ... Led-off the DMR that took second at the Colonial Relays ... W&M Provost's Award, for having a GPA over 3.5.

Prep
Finished seventh at the Pennsylvania state cross country championships as a senior ... Improved from 11th as a junior ... Fourth in the state indoors at 1,600m ... Seventh in that event outdoors ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Also a member of the Joan of Arc Scholars Society.

Personal
Daughter of Lori and Michael Finikiotis ... Sister, Kristyna, ran cross country and track at Pittsburgh ... Cousin, Bradley Tatko, played football at Clemson ... Enjoys yoga, volunteering, biking, swimming, hiking, and kayaking.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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