2024 Cross Country Roster
Leia Jones
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Finance
- Hometown:
- Camano Island, Wash.
- High School:
- Stanwood HS
- Prev School:
- Azusa Pacific
Leia Jones – Season/Career Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 – 6k (20:41.2, 6th)
2024 (Junior): Turned in the top Long Beach State performance as she placed 13th at the Big West Championships ... Ran the sixth-fastest 6k time in school history, 20:41.2, lowering her personal best by almost 14 seconds ... Finished fourth to begin the season at the Pepperdine Waves Invitational ... Posted career-best 4k time of 13:11.3 in Malibu ... Placed 17th at the Bronco Invitational (20:57.7) ... Was 53rd at the UC Riverside Invitationla (21:03.5) ... The top LBSU entry at the NCAA West Region Championships as she came in 87th (21:17.4) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023 (Sophomore): Competed in five meets ... Ran a season best 18:32.4 in the 5k at the Big West Preview... Ran 20:55.5 in the 6k at the Highlander Invitational, where she helped the team to a first place win ... that time was the eighth-fastest in school history.
Prior to LBSU: Ran at Azusa Pacific as a freshman in 2022 … Was the top Division II runner at the Mark Covert Classic … Earned first-team All-Pac West honors with a fifth-place finish at the conference championships … Earned NCAA Division II All-West honors with a 23rd place finish at the Regional Championships.
High School: A multi-sport athlete, she competed in volleyball, soccer, cross country, and track and field at Stanwood High School … As a senior, was a 3A Wesco First Team selection as well as Most Inspirational and Captain’s Award selection … Won the 2021 Nike Hole in the Wall 5K race … Finished second at the league championships, third at the district championships, and 24th in the WIAA state meet … Her junior year was her first running cross country, earning second-team All-Wesco North honors … Prep-bests were 12:05.2 in the two-mile and 18:50.4 in the 5000m ... Owned a 3A WIAA GPA above 3.6 during the 2021-22 academic year.
Personal: Daughter of Stacey and Kevin Jones … Has two brothers, Chad and Evan, and two sisters, Kaci and Lili … Sister Kaci competed in track and field at Penn … Sister Lili is a member of the Concordia Irvine track and field team … Grandpa, Bob Grummer, played in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns … A Finance major.
Long Beach State Top 10 – 6k (20:41.2, 6th)
2024 (Junior): Turned in the top Long Beach State performance as she placed 13th at the Big West Championships ... Ran the sixth-fastest 6k time in school history, 20:41.2, lowering her personal best by almost 14 seconds ... Finished fourth to begin the season at the Pepperdine Waves Invitational ... Posted career-best 4k time of 13:11.3 in Malibu ... Placed 17th at the Bronco Invitational (20:57.7) ... Was 53rd at the UC Riverside Invitationla (21:03.5) ... The top LBSU entry at the NCAA West Region Championships as she came in 87th (21:17.4) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023 (Sophomore): Competed in five meets ... Ran a season best 18:32.4 in the 5k at the Big West Preview... Ran 20:55.5 in the 6k at the Highlander Invitational, where she helped the team to a first place win ... that time was the eighth-fastest in school history.
Prior to LBSU: Ran at Azusa Pacific as a freshman in 2022 … Was the top Division II runner at the Mark Covert Classic … Earned first-team All-Pac West honors with a fifth-place finish at the conference championships … Earned NCAA Division II All-West honors with a 23rd place finish at the Regional Championships.
High School: A multi-sport athlete, she competed in volleyball, soccer, cross country, and track and field at Stanwood High School … As a senior, was a 3A Wesco First Team selection as well as Most Inspirational and Captain’s Award selection … Won the 2021 Nike Hole in the Wall 5K race … Finished second at the league championships, third at the district championships, and 24th in the WIAA state meet … Her junior year was her first running cross country, earning second-team All-Wesco North honors … Prep-bests were 12:05.2 in the two-mile and 18:50.4 in the 5000m ... Owned a 3A WIAA GPA above 3.6 during the 2021-22 academic year.
Personal: Daughter of Stacey and Kevin Jones … Has two brothers, Chad and Evan, and two sisters, Kaci and Lili … Sister Kaci competed in track and field at Penn … Sister Lili is a member of the Concordia Irvine track and field team … Grandpa, Bob Grummer, played in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns … A Finance major.
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs CSUB (LBSU wins 3-2)
Sunday, October 26
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Hawai'i (LBSU wins 3-0)
Saturday, October 18
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs UCSD (LBSU Wins 3-1)
Friday, October 17
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Cal Poly
Sunday, October 05
