Lauren Shores
Lauren Shores
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Manchester, MO
High School: Parkway South
Major: Business & Spanish
Parents: Steve & Mary Ellen

Career
Closed out her career with the seventh-highest victory total in school history with a 3,549-609 mark.

Senior (2007):
Paced the Eagles in three of her five competitions including a third-place effort overall out of 186 runners at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championships which sparked an impressive 3-5-6-16-22 team finish and enabled her to claim All-Region honors for the fourth straight year ... Driving force in the Eagles' first-place finish at Pre-Nationals (Northfield, MN) as she paced the Emory contingent while crossing the line in third position out of 186 entries ... Her team-best time of of 18:51 at the Bulldog Stampede ranked her 19th out of 80 contestants and proved to the the best 5K of the year ... At the UAA Championships, she was the team's No. 2 runner with a 6K mark of 22:59 placing seventh in the 78-runner field, good for a first-team spot on the All-UAA Team for the first time in her career after bringing home second-team recognition her previous three years ... Second among Emory runners and 88th out of 280 competitors at the NCAA Championships.

Junior (2006):
Shores got off to a blazing start and was the team's top runner in the first two meets of the year, finishing fourth overall, at both the Sewanee Invitational (159 runners) and the Alabama Crismon Classic (131 runners).  Her 5K time of 18:29 at the Alabama Crimson Classic was the best effort by an Emory runner for that distance during the season and tied for 21st on the school's all-time list.  After ranking as the team's No. 2 runner at the Great American Cross Country Festival (4th overall out of 149 contestants), Shores paced the team and finished 10th overall in a field of 162 at the always competitive University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.  At the conference championship, Shores' ninth-place finish enabled her to claim Second Team All-UAA recognition.  Shores would go on and earn All-Region honors after finishing sixth overall at the South/Southeast Regional Championship.

Sophomore (2005):
Shores earned all-region honors for the second time, finishing sixth out of 150 runners at the NCAA regional meet. She earned all-UAA second team honors for the second time, finishing 11th at the conference meet. She ran a career-best time of 17:58 at the Auburn Invitational. This is the fourth-fastest 5k time in school history and the best since 2002. Shores finished in the top five for the Eagles in every meet this season and was Emory's top runner in five consecutive meets. Her win count of 911 and her winning percentage of .821 were both third-best on the team. Her season average time of 18:59 was second best for the Eagles. She won the Coach's Award for the team.

Freshman (2004):
Shores earned a spot on the all-region and all-conference teams this season. She finished 20th at the NCAA regional championships and 10th at the conference championships. Shores' highest finish of the season came at the Sewanee Invitational where she finished eighth overall out of 155 runners. Shores ran her best time of the season at the Clemson invitational, in 19 minutes and six seconds, In seven of the eight races Shores ran this season, she was a top-five finisher for Emory. Shores' performance this season earned her the team's Most Outstanding Newcomer award. Additionally, she earned a spot on the Southregionrunning.com Regional All-Freshman First Team.

Career Stats:

Year W L Pct. Avg. Best
2004 1002 150 .870 19:45 19:06
2005 911 198 .821 18:59 17:58
2006 978 146 .870 19:13 18:29
2007 658 115 .851 19:12 18:51
Career 3549 609 .853   17:58

 

 

 

Quote:
"I knew I was going to run in college, but I had no idea how much fun running at Emory would be. I am excited to be running with an amazing group of girls and can't wait to see what the next four years bring."