Paul LaPenna Season 2008-09

Paul LaPennaEvent: Distance
Class: Senior
High School: Londonderry
Hometown: Londonderry, N.H.

2008 Cross Country: Took 11th at the Virginia Tech Invitational, running the 8k course in 24:30.9.

2008 Outdoor: Claimed eighth place in the 10,000-meter run at the ACC Championships with a time of 31:21.57.

2008 Indoor: Placed second at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet in the mile run, clocking 4:10.65 … Clocked a personal-best 8:15.84 in the 3,000-meter run at the Tyson Invitational for seventh place.

2007 Cross Country: Earned All-ACC honors with an 11th-place finish at the conference championships, completing 8kin 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).

2007 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2007 Indoor: Did not compete.

2006 Cross Country: 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 10th-place effort in 24:56 … Took 28th at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a time of 30:04.

2006 Outdoor: Finished sixth at the Florida State Relays in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 14:54.21 ... Ran the 3,000-meter race in 8:52.02 at the Duke Invitational ... Was 17th in the 1,500-meter race at the Lou Onesty Invitational in a time of 3:55.85 ... Finished 25th at the ACC Championships in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 15:08.55 ... Finished third in the 1,500-meter race 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 3,000-meter time of 8:28.68 in his eighth-place finish at the Penn State Open ... 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 3,000-meter race 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.

2005 Cross Country: 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 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 1,000-meter event … Finished as the runner-up at the Disney Cross Country Classic … Helped Londonderry High and coaches Larry Martin and Paul Dutton capture six team state championships … Placed fourth in the 1,600-meter event at the Class L championships … Finished third at Loucks Games (N.Y.) in the 1,600-meter race with a time of 4:20 … Prep bests are 1:53.08 in the 800-meter, 2:31.45 for the 1,000-meter and 4:17.08 for the mile … 5k cross country prep best is 15:38.

Personal: Born December 25, 1985 in Lowell, Mass. … Son of Patricia LaPenna … Human nutrition, foods and exercise science major.

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