Lera McNamara
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- Height:
- 5-1
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- Hometown:
- Canton, Ga.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Creekview HS
Bio
Lera is a Golden Eagle newcomer who adds depth to both the cross country roster and the distance events in track & field.
AT TECH (2014): Lera had a solid freshman season in cross country, placing in the top four for the Golden Eagle team in all six meets during the fall...posted a career-best 5K time of 20:13.07 at the OVC Championships when she place fourth on the squad and 63rd overall...had times under 21 minutes in the final four races of the year, establishing her initial career-best at Vanderbilt in 20:53.87...cut eight seconds off that time at the Greater Louisville Classic, then another four seconds at Florida State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lera attended Creekview High School in Canton, Ga...well-rounded student-athlete receiving awards in both athletics and academics...for academics, she received the President's Education Award...for athletics, she received the Scholar Athlete Gold Award...freshman year of HS she played soccer and was on the swim team...the rest of her high school career she stuck to cross country and track where she went to the State meet multiple years...received the teammate award twice...was named Team Co-Captain, National Elite, and Top 10 County & Region...personal record for the 5K was 19:57...the Mile was 5:48...the Two Mile was 12:26... and the 800m was 2:43.
PERSONAL: Lera is the daughter of Paul and Kathy McNamara...full name is Valeria McNamara...prefers to be called "Lera"...was born on March 25, 1995 in Feodosia, Ukraine...majoring in pre-physical therapy.
News mentions
The Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team earned a sixth place finish among the 14 Division I teams in their event at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday morning, and the Golden Eagle men finished 10th among 14 Division programs in their race.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will head to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to compete in their largest races of the season at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Nine of Tennessee Tech’s 13 cross country runners ran in their first collegiate race Saturday as coach Wayne Angel’s Golden Eagles opened the 2015 season at the Indiana Open.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams open the 2015 schedule Saturday at the Indiana Open, where the Golden Eagles go up against two Hoosier teams each ranked 11th in the nation in the preseason