2023 Cross Country Roster
Jones, Leia
Leia Jones
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Finance
- Hometown:
- Camano Island, Wash.
- High School:
- Stanwood HS
- Prev School:
- Azusa Pacific
Bio
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 UCLA
Tuesday, September 02
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Oregon State
Monday, September 01
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Stanford
Saturday, August 30
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Monday, May 05
