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2014-15 USCI Women's Cross Country

Jen O'Laughlin

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School South Brunswick
  • Hometown Dayton, N.J.

Biography

2013:  Competed in all six races for the Devils…Was the Devils #5 finisher with a 6K personal best time of 26:54.50 at the NCAA East Regional Championship at Franklin Park in Boston, Massachusetts…Recorded a personal best 5K time of 22:12.12 at the CACC Championship at Belmont Plateau, placing 37th overall as the Devils #5 finisher…Was the Devils #8 finisher and 57th overall with a 6K time of 30:35.85 at the Jack St. Clair Invitational at Belmont Plateau…Was the team’s #5 finisher with a 5K time of 23:09.66 at the Philadelphia Metro Championship at Belmont Plateau, placing 32nd overall…Was Sciences’ #7 finisher with a 6K time of 27:48.02 at the University of Delaware Invitational at White Clay Creek State Park…Recorded a 5K time of 26:00.86 to place 43rd overall at the Wilmington Wildcat XC Invitational at Carousel Park.

2012:  Was the sixth USciences runner to record a personal-best time at the NCAA East Region meet in Nashua, N.H.  on 11/3, placing 157th overall with a 6,000-meter time of 26:58.8…recorded a season-best time of 23:14.7 at the CACC Championship meet at Belmont Plateau on 10/21, placing 42nd overall…Was 30th overall with a time of 23:56 at the Goldey-Beacom Invitational on 10/5…Competed at the Paul Short Invitational on 9/29, finishing the 6K course in 30:24.3…Placed 78th overall at the Philadelphia Metro meet at Belmont Plateau with a time of 26:03.3…Ran 26:49.5 at the Wilmington Invitational meet on 9/8, placing  59th overall…Opened the season with a 31:08.03 6K time at the DVC Invite, placing 85th overall… 

2011:  Was the Devils #6 finisher at the NCAA East Region Meet in Boston, Mass., recording a time of 31:24.5 for the 6,000-meter race…Finished 67th overall at the CACC Championship at Belmont Plateau on 10/23 with a time of 26:26.13…Recorded a personal-best time of 22:23 at the Goldey-Beacom Invite on 10/7, placing ninth overall and third on the team…Recorded a season-best time of 29:18 for 6,000-meters at the Brooks Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh on 9/30 (also a personal best at the time)…Was the Devils fourth finisher with a time of 24:12.91 at the Philadelphia Metro Meet at Belmont Plateau on 9/24, placing 42nd overall…Ran a 23:50.86 at the Wilmington Invitational on 9/10, finishing 20th overall and third on the team…Made her collegiate debut with a 6K time of 29:54.73 at the DVC Invite on 9/3 

Honors and Activities:  Two time CACC Fall All-Academic Team honoree, 2012 and 2013...Named to Dean’s list all six semesters at USciences…Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honor society, spring 2011 

Prior to USciences:  Four year track and field and cross country runner at South Brunswick High School…ran a personal best 5K time of 21:14 as a senior…In track and field competed primarily as a hurdler and jumper…broke the school’s high jump record with a jump of 5’0’ as a junior…also set a personal best leap of 34’10” in the triple jump as a junior and as a senior set a personal best leap of 16’1” in the long jump…has a personal best time of 16:45 for 100 meter hurdles and 8.94 for 55 meter hurdles indoors…member of Spanish Honor Society 

Personal:  Youngest of four children of Michael and Lisa O’Laughlin…Chose USciences because it is a good pharmacy school.  “I liked the atmosphere and campus.  I wanted to be in the city and did not want to stop running after high school.”…wants to work in pharmaceutical research after graduation.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2013-14Junior

    5'7"
  • 2014-15Senior

    5'7"