Hokie ClubHigh School: Londonderry
Hometown: Londonderry, N.H.
2007: Earned All-ACC honors with an 11th-place finish at the conference championships, completing 8k in 24:27 ... Placed 11th with a time of 24:53 in the 8k at the William & Mary Inter-Regional ... Finished as the runner-up in the first two meets in which he ran ... Teamed with Zach Thomas at the Wake Forest Relays to complete 7k in 22:50, then ran 8k in 26:51 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational ... Took 32nd at the NCAA Southeast Regional, completing 10k in 31:03.60 ... Was 38th at the 10k Chile Pepper Invitational (31:42).
2006: Named to USTFCCA Southeast All-Region team ... Finished 21st in both the ACC Championships (25:08) and NCAA Southeast Regional (31:27) ... Registered a pair of top-10 finishes ... One of five Hokies to finish in top 10 at the Wake Forest Relays with a sixth-place finish in 22:35 ... Was team's second-highest finisher at the William and Mary Inter-Regional meet with a 24:56 effort for 10th place ... Took 28th at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a time of 30:04.
2005: Was fourth at the Virginia Tech Invitational in 19:24.89 ... Placed fourth overall at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 19:56.23 ... Was 34th at the ACC Championships with a time of 24:55.8 ... Garnered 71st place at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a time of 32:04.9 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic team.
High School: Reached high school All-America status last season with his fourth-place finish in the mile (4:17.08) at the 2005 National Scholastic Indoor Championships ... Three-time state champion and state record holder in the 1,000m ... Finished as the runner-up at the Disney Cross Country Classic ... Helped Londonderry High School team and coaches Larry Martin and Paul Dutton capture six team state championships ... Placed fourth at the Class L championships at 1,600m ... Finished third at Loucks Games (N.Y.) in the 1,600m with a time of 4:20 ... Personal bests are 1:53.08 in the 800-meters, 2:31.45 for the 1,000-meters and 4:17.08 for the mile ... 5,000-meter cross country personal best is 15:38.
Personal: Born Dec. 25, 1985 in Lowell, Mass. ... Son of Patricia LaPenna ... Human nutrition, foods and exercise science major.
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