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Rhona Auckland - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Rhona Auckland

Hometown

Torphins, Scotland

Previous School

University of Edinburgh

2015-16
2015 XC:
Ran five times for the national champion Lobos … opened with a fourth-place finish (second on the team) at the Notre Dame Invitational, running 16:28.9 … followed that up with a fifth-place finish at the Wisconsin Invitational, clocking in at 19:41.1 for No. 2 on the team … placed fifth at the Mountain West Championships, finshing third for UNM in 22:39.98 … UNM’s No. 4 finisher at the NCAA Mountain Regionals, running 21:15.53 for 12th place overall … earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships, running to 13th place in 20:07.1.
2016 Indoors
: Did not compete
2016 Outdoors: Competed once, running a time of 17:00.65 in the 5000-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Took 19th at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China, after winning the 2014 European Cross Country Championships and placing third at the British Athletics Championships … won the 5000-meter run at the 2015 BUCS Championships and the England Athletics U23 Championships … took second in the 10,000 at the 2015 European U23 Championships … ran a personal record of 15:27.60 in the 5000 at the 2015 Sainsbury’s Anniversity Games … placed third at the 2014 BUCS Cross Country Championships and won the 10K at the 2013 BUCS Championships … won the Scottish National Championships in 2013 and 2014 … tallied a seventh-place finish at the 2013 European Cross Country Championships.

PERSONAL
Parents are Bob and Pam … her father placed rugby at Edinburgh Uni from 1978-82 … has one sister, Kirsty … lists running, “coffee-ing”, dinner parties, chilling, travelling and food markets as hobbies … favorite foods are peanut butter and ice cream … favorite athletes Paula Radcliffe and Laura Fleshman.