2007: Ran in five meets on the season ... Time of 20:44 led the team at the Open Division of the adidas Invitational, which was good for 28th place ... At the Forester Invitational, finished in 16th place with a personal-best time of 20:16 ... Ran a 20:53.56 at the Illinois Intercollegiates in only other 5k race of the year ... Finished 33rd place in first-collegiate competition with a two-mile time of 12:41 at the UIC Home Opener ... Ran a 24:50 in only 6k meet of the year at the Bradley Classic.

High School: Captain of cross country and track teams, lettered in both all four years ... Named to 2004 All-CIF, All-Seaview League teams ... Finished fifth in the state in 2003, second in 2005 and `06 ... Finished first in the CIF preliminaries in 2005 and `06 ... Finished first in the CIF finals in 2005 and second in`06 ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Received the Academic Excellence Award from 2004-07 .... National Honor Roll in 2003-04.

Personal: Born Lauren Nicole Maddox on 5/12/89 ... Daughter of Leana and Lee Maddox ... Attended same high school as olympians Misty May and Aaron Piersol ... Anticipated major is biology.