Annie LeHardy

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Roanoke, VA.
High School:
Hidden Valley High School

3-TIME ALL-AMERICA • 2-TIME NCAA XC CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER • 2-TIME XC ALL-REGION • 2-TIME NCAA FIRST ROUND QUALIFIER • ACC CHAMPION • 4-TIME ALL-ACC HONOREE

Personal Records:

XC 6K - 20:09.5 • 800 - 2:13.44 • 1,500 - 4:21.03 • Mile - 4:38.67 • 3,000 - 9:16.56 • 5,000 - 16:06.83

2014 Cross Country: Led the team in almost every race she competed in • Finished first at the NCAA Southeast Regional • Finished 49th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, helping the women's team finish 22nd overall • Set a new personal record in the 6K at the ACC Cross Country Championships at 20:09.5 • Earned All-ACC for finishing fourth at the ACC Championships while helping the women's team take the ACC Championship.

Junior: Earned All-America honors for her 25th-place finish at the NCAA National Championships • Earned All-Region honors and an automatic bid to the national championship at the NCAA Southeast Region • Raced a 6K personal best at the NCAA Regional in 20:19.7 • Received All-ACC honors for her sixth-place finish at the ACC Championships • Ran a 5K PR at the Virginia Panorama Farms Invitational in 17:14.7 as she finished eighth to lead the team • Won the Joe Hilton Invitational • Won the 3,000 at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships and set a new personal record at 9:16.56 which is also the fourth-fastest time in UNC's history • Helped the women's DMR team to a third-place finish at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships • Competed at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in the DMR and the mile • Finished 11th with the DMR team and 16th in the mile • Finished with the nation's 13th-best time in the indoor mile • Seven top-five finishes throughout the indoor season including three wins • Finished ninth in the 10,000 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships • Placed 15th in the 5,000 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships • Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 5,000 and finished in 25th • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic for the cross country season and track and field, All-ACC Academic in cross country, and All-ACC Academic for indoor and outdoor track and field • Named to the ACC Honor Roll.

Sophomore: Qualified for the NCAA First Round in the 1,500 • Earned All-ACC honors for her third-place finish in the 1,500 at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Set a personal best in the 800 at the Kent Taylor Outdoor Invitational and in the 1,500 at the Virginia Challenge, times of 2:!3.44 and 4:21.67, respectively • Ran a personal best in the mile of 4:46.78 at the Armory Collegiate Invitational and a PR of 9:47.26 in the 3,000 at the Mark Colligan Memorial meet • Competed at the ACC Championships and qualified for the final in the mile • Was the second-fastest individual on the team in the mile and the 3,000 • Competed in five races, including the ACC Championships and the NCAA Southeast Regional, during the cross country season • Earned a personal record 5K time and a season-best fifth-place finish at the adidas XC Challenge at WakeMed Park • Shaved five seconds off her fastest 6K time at the Wisconsin Invitational • Named to the All-ACC Academic Cross Country and Indoor teams • Made the Dean's List for the spring semester • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman: Competed in four cross country races in 2011, including at Florida, Wisconsin, the ACC Championship and the NCAA Southeast Regional • Had a best individual finish of seventh at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational • Ran a personal best in the 6K at the ACC Championship • Ran the mile and 3,000 during the indoor season and the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 during the outdoor season • Set personal bests in the outdoor 1,500 at the Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton UNC Invitational • Ran a 3,000 PR at the ACC Indoor Championships • Competed in the 5,000 at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

Prep: A 2009 and 2010 Nike Cross National finalist • Earned All-District honors three years and All-Region honors four years in cross country • 2010 cross country state champion • Set course record in the 2010 state cross country championship • 2011 Virginia Gatorade Girl • Two-time national qualifier • Earned All America honors in DMR in 2011 • Named All-State in the 800 and 1,600 all four years in track and field • A member of the French National Honor Society, Beta Club and Titan 12 • Was the valedictorian of her senior class.

Personal: Anne Houston LeHardy is the daughter of Nancy and Marcel LeHardy • Her older brother Barrett ran track and cross country at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point • Rising Star, Gap Year, and CREED mentor in the Carolina Leadership Academy • Member of the National Leadership Society • Born October 18, 1992.