SMSU: Also a member of SMSU cross country team.
Lester Career Results
Honors & Awards:
•Academic All-NSIC (2021, winter)
•Academic All-NSIC (2020, fall/winter/spring)
•Academic All-NSIC (2019, fall/winter/spring)
•Academic All-NSIC (2018, fall)
2021: Indoor - Academic All-NSIC ... competed in one meet ... placed fifth in the 3000 at the Cobber COVID Indoor Duals with a 12:56.89 time.
2020: Indoor - Academic All-NSIC ... competed in four meets ... ran 5:57.63 in the mile to finish 20th at the SDSU DII Invite ... finished 15th at the Minnesota State Invite in the 3000 with a time of 12:19.05.
Outdoor - Academic All-NSIC.
2019: Indoor - Academic All-NSIC ... competed in five meets ... was a member of the 4x400 team and placed 14th with a time of 4:41.72 at the SDSU Invitational ... placed 22nd at the SDSU Invitational in the 5,000 meter with a time of 20:56.45 ... finished 21st in the 3,000 meter with a time of 11:57.99 at the Mark Schuck Open and Multi ... finished 36th in the Mile in the Mark Schuck Open and Multi with a time of 6:03.65 ... placed 17th in the 3,000 with a time of 12:01.18 at the Bison Open ... finished ninth at the St. John's Invitational in the 5,000 meter with a time of 21:24.45 ... placed third in the 3,000 with a time of 12:14.31 at the SDSU Last Chance.
Outdoor - Academic All-NSIC ... competed in five meets ... finished 20th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 44:25.79 at the NSIC Championships ... rans 2:42.63 in the 800 meters at the Mustang Twilight.
2018: Indoor- Competed in three meets ... finished 17th in the 3k at the Minnesota State Invitational ... finished eighth in the 800m at the Falcon Winter Classic.
Outdoor- Competed in five meets ... finished second in the 5k at the 2018 Iowa Western Spring Classic/Multi ... finished eighth in the 5k with a personal best of 20:03.70 at the Red Raider Open 2018 ... also placed twenty-ninth in the 1500 with a personal best of 5:29.80 at the Red Raider Open.
High School: 2017 graduate of Sioux City East HS … four-time all-conference honoree … state qualifier in both cross country and track … conference champion in 3,000 meters … member of 4x800 relay team that finished fourth in 2017 state meet.
Personal: Born May 8, 1999 ... daughter of Becky and Nick Gaul and Brian and Ginger Lester ... elementary education major.
