Hokie ClubClass: Sophomore
High School: Londonderry
Hometown: Londonderry, N.H.
2006 Cross Country: Led the Hokies with a 21st-place finish in a time of 31:27 (10k) at the NCAA Southeast Regional, earning All-Region honors in the process ... Was also the top Hokie to cross the line at the ACC Championships, finishing the 8k course in 21st place in a time of 25:08 ... Paced the Hokies at the Chile Pepper Festival, running 10k in a 28th-place time of 30:04 ... Placed 10th at the William & Mary Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge, completing 8k in 24:56 ... Took sixth individually at the Wake Forest Relays.2006 Outdoor: Finished sixth at the Florida State Relays in the 5,000m with a time of 14:54.21 ... Ran the 3,000m in 8:52.02 at the Duke Invitational to finish 19th ... Was 17th in the 1,500m at the Lou Onesty Invitational in a time of 3:55.85 ... Had a time of 2:01.47 in the 800m at the Lou Onesty Invitational ... Finished 25th at the ACC Championships in the 5,000m with a time of 15:08.55 ... Finished third in the 1,500m at the Liberty Invitational in 4:01.90.
2006 Indoor: Part of the fourth-place distance medley relay team at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 10:28.08 ... Had a personal-best time in the 3,000m with a time of 8:28.68 in his eighth-place finish at the Penn State Invitational ... Placed 17th in the mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 4:17.16 ... Was on the sixth-place distance medley relay team at the ACC Championships with a time of 10:06.27 ... Placed 22nd at the ACC Championships in the 3000m with a time of 8:45.84 ... Was seventh in the mile at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet with a time of 4:17.49.
High School: Reached high school All-America status his senior season with a 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 1,000m and 4:17.08 for the mile ... 5,000 meters cross country personal best is 15:38.
Personal: Born December 25, 1985 in Lowell, Mass. ... Son of Patricia LaPenna ... Human nutrition, foods and exercise major.
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