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2018 Women's Cross Country Roster

Simon Lee
Simon Lee
Ben Chateauvert
Simon Lee

Julia Leask

  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-3
  • Hometown Locust Valley, NY
  • Highschool Portledge

Biography

Personal Bests
5k -
 19:24 (10/14/18)
6k - 23:10 (9/29/17)

Honors and Awards: CUNYAC Rookie of the Week (9/13, 9/20, 10/5) (2016)...CUNYAC Runner of the Year, CUNYAC Meet MVP, CUNYAC All-Star, CUNYAC Runner of the Week (9/5, 10/2) (2017)...CUNYAC Preseason Runner of the Year, CUNYAC Runner of the Week (9/4, 9/17), CUNYAC All-Star, CUNYAC Scholar Athlete of the Month (October) (2018).

2018: Was named the CUNYAC Preseason Runner of the Year and competed in four races for the Hawks...was Hunter's top finisher in each of her four races which included two second place and one fourth place finish...set a personal best over 5,000 meters at the Caldwell Cougar Invitational with a time of 19:24 which was also good enough for second place...at the CUNYAC Championship, was the individual runner up after clocking in at 25:38 over 6k to earn All-Star honors...was named the CUNYAC Runner of the Week twice (9/14, 9/17) and was the CUNYAC Scholar Athlete of the Month in October.

2017: Competed in four meets and was Hunter's top runner in each of them...set a 6k personal best at the Paul Short Invitational with a time of 23:10 which was also good enough for 16th place overall...ran a time of 24:28 over 6k at the CUNYAC Championship to take top honors which also earned her CUNYAC Runner of the Year, Meet MVP and All-Star honors...was also named the Runner of the Week (9/5, 10/2) twice.

2016: Competed in five races during her freshman campaign...posted a 5k personal best of 19:33 at the Bard Invitational which was the second best on the team...was the Hawk's third runner at the NCAA Regional race where she finished in a personal best time of 23:51 over 6k and finished in 142nd overall.

Personal: Majoring in nutrition and minoring in psychology...daughter of Marila and Tim Leask...has two brothers, Nic and Dan.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2018Junior

    5'3"