2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Lana Farris

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Lake Norman Charter School

Biography

PR's
Cross Country: 5K - 17:50.3 ... 6K - 21:43.3
Indoor: Mile - 5:19.65 ... 3,000m - 10:30.39 ... 5,000m - 18:00.03
Outdoor: 1,500m - 4:56.05 ... 5,000m - 17:40.25 ... 10,000m - 39:46.44
2024-25
Cross Country 
  • Earned Third Team All-SBC honors and helped the Mountaineers to an SBC Women’s Cross Country team title after placing 13th with a 5K time of 18:01.9
  • Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 15) and recorded a 6K time of 22:35.4
  • Recorded a 6K personal best of 21:43.3 and rounded out the top-15 at the Firetower Project Run (Sept. 13) 
  • Rounded out the top-25 with a 5K personal best of 17:50.3 at the Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 4) 
  • Placed fifth with a 6K time of 22:19.4 at the Winthrop Invitational (Oct. 18) 
 Indoor
  • Clocked a personal best of 10:30.39 to place 10th in the 3,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18); Also placed 10th in the 3,000 meters at the Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 7-8)
  • Stopped the clock at 5:19.65 for a personal best in the mile at the Orange & Purple Invitational (Jan. 24-25)
  • Competed in the 5,000 meters and clocked a time of 18:00.03 at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  • Placed ninth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:17.93 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 14-15)
 Outdoor
  • Competed at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 8-10), where she set a new 1,500 personal best of 4:56.05 in the 1,500 meters and stopped the clock at 17:59.89 in the 5,000 meters
  • Recorded a personal best of 17:40.25 in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 10-12)
  • Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:21.51 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (Mar. 14-15) 
  • Posted fifth-place finishes in the 5,000 meters at the Mountaineer First Chance (Mar. 21) and App State Open (Apr. 18-19)
2023-24
Cross Country 
  • Stopped the clock at 18:50.3 for a 5K season best at the Upstate Invitational (Oct. 14)
  • Recorded a 5K time of 19:13.8 at the SBC Championships (Oct. 28)
  • Stopped the clock for a 5K time of 19:01.6 at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic (Sept. 29-30)
Indoor
  • Finished third in the 3,000 meters with a season best of 10:46.79 at the VMI Winter Classic (Feb. 9-10)
  • Rounded out the top-20 in the 3,000 meters with a time of 11:01.14 at the Brant Tolsma Invitational (Jan. 18-20)
Outdoor
  • Clocked a pair of top-15 finishes at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11) in the 5,000 meters (17:54.07, SB) and 10,000 meters (39:46.44, PR) 
  • Recorded a season best of 4:57.96 in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 19-20)
  • Placed third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:40.65 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16)
  • Stopped the clock at 18:08.18 to finish 12th in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 11-13)
2022-23
Cross Country
  • Stopped the clock at 23:41.1 for a 6K season best at the NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 11) 
  • Recorded a 5K PR of 18:56.6 at the Louisville Classic (Oct. 1) 
  • Appeared in five meets during her sophomore season
Indoor 
  • Competed in three meets during the indoor season
  • Placed eighth with a time of 11:04.09 in the 3,000 meters at the Mondo College Invitational (Jan. 14)
  • Clocked a season best of 19:27.65 in the 5,000 meters at the Marshall Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
Outdoor 
  • Appeared in four meets during the outdoor campaign
  • Recorded a personal best of 5:15.16 to place fifth in the 1500 meters at the Bill Carson Invitational (Mar. 31-Apr. 1)
  • Took fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 19:34.40 at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (Apr. 14-16)

2021-22
Cross Country
  • Competed in four races 
  • Posted a season best 5K time of 19:12.5 at the Wildcat Classic (Oct. 22) to place eighth overall
  • Stopped the clock at 19:59.5 at the Vertcross meet (Oct. 15)
Indoor
  • Appeared at four meets
  • Posted season bests of 11:00.26 and 19:05.64 in the 3000 meters and 5000 meters, respectively at the Marshall Invitational (Feb. 11-12)
  • Finished fifth in the 3000 meters with a time of 11:23.77 at the App State Split Invitational (Jan. 28)
  • Placed eighth in the 5000 meters with a time of 19:15.52 at the Buccaneer Indoor Track & Field Invitational (Feb. 3-5)
Outdoor 
  • Appeared in three meets
  • Clocked a time of 19:16.84 for an outdoor season best in the 5000 meters at the VertKlasse Meeting (Apr. 1-2)
  • Recorded a time of 19:27.63 in the 5000 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 22-23)
High School PR's
Cross Country: 5K – 19:00.70
Indoor: 1,000m – 3:27.62; 1,600m – 5:52.21; 3,200m – 11:33.45
Outdoor: 1,600m – 5:27.56; 3,200m – 12:05.24
High School
  • Qualified for the NCHSAA State Cross Country Championship four times, finishing in the top 10 each season
  • Recorded a PR time of 19:00.70 during the 2019 state championships, finishing third.
  • During the 2019 outdoor season, qualified for the NCHSAA 2A State Championship in the 1,600-meter run, placing third in a PR time of 5:27.56, and the 3,200-meter run, placing seventh in 12:12.18.
  • Is no stranger to the Mountaineers as her father is an App State alum.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior