2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
Todd Drexler/SoConPhotos
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos

Nathalie Lavender

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Athens, Ga.

Biography

2024
  • Earned SoCon Fall 2024 All-Academic Team honors
  • Placed 114th overall in 16:49 at the Spider Alumni Open to begin the season
  • Came in 88th in 27:17 at the Furman Invitational
  • Finished 130th overall in 26:23 at the UVA Panorama Farms Invite
  • Registered a 69th-place finish in 20:27 at the SoCon Championship
2023
  • Received a Faculty Scholarship for Merit, recognizing academic performance by rising first and second class
    cadets
  • Finished the SoCon Championship in 71st place in 20:49.1 (6K)
  • Opened the year at the Spider Alumni Open in 140th place in 17:48.6 (4K)
  • Competed at the Paul Short Run in 26:04.0 (6K)
  • Came in 205th place at the USC Upstate Invitational in 21:01.9 (6K)

2022
  • Finished third for VMI at the Richmond Spider Open in 86th place in 16:06.00 
  • Came in third for VMI at the Virginia Tech Invite in 91st place in 25:28.60 (6K) 
  • Placed 292nd in 24:22.10 (6K) at the Paul Short Run 
  • Arrived in 53rd place in 24:57.02 (6K) at the ECU Pirate Invite 
  • Finished third for VMI at the SoCon Championship with a 6K time of 20:05.90 for 68th place overall

High School
  • Prepped at Athens Academy in Athens, Ga.
  • Lettered two years in cross country and two in track and field
  • Competed in the 800m, 1600m and 400m
  • As a junior, helped record a state record in the 4x800m in 2021 at the 7A level
  • At the 2022 Georgia state track meet, placed seventh in the 1600m and 12th in the 800m
 
Personal
  • Plans to major in Economics and Business


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior