Christopher Newport University

2024-25 - Freshman Season:
Cross Country - Quickly established herself as one of the top young runners in the league while hauling in second-team All-Conference accolades during her debut campaign ... Placed 16th at the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Championships after completing the 6k in 24:16.5 ... Also finished 36th overall - and ninth among freshmen - at the NCAA South Regionals with a time of 23:38.0 ... Jumped to 27th on the program's all-time 6k charts after completing the event in 23:14.3 at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle ... Placed 10th at the Don Cathcart Invitational and 39th at the CNU Invitational ... Added a mark of 25:04.7 in the 6k at the Paul Short Run in October ... Kicked off her career with a time of 15:58.2 in the 4k at the Spider Alumni Open ... Named to the USTFCCCA National All-Academic Team for her stellar performance in the classroom as well.
Track & Field - Placed in the top-10 in four different events at the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Championships during the year ... Came in sixth in the 5000 (19:02.11) and eighth in the 3000 (11:15.40) during the indoor league meet ... Returned in the spring with an eighth-place mark in the 10,000 (43:27.80) and a ninth-place showing in the 5000 (20:01.16) ... Registered a win in the 10,000 at the Blue & Silver Challenge after clocking in at 42:09.42 ... Came back with a pair of PRs in the 800 (2:33.52) and 1500 (5:11.69) at the New Captains Classic ... Also added personal-bests in the 3000 (11:10.61) at the VMI Invitational and the mile (5:34.73) during the Betty S. Rogers Invitational ... Finished second in the mile and third in the 3000 at the Captains Invitational ... Compiled 10 total top-10 efforts during the year.

At Harrisonburg - Shined as a distance runner with the Blue Streaks ... Qualified for the state championships in the 3200 during her junior campaign ... Also was a two-time qualifier as a member of the 4x800-relay ... Guided the cross country team to the state meet during her sophomore and senior campaigns, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Class 5 competition ... Served as a team captain on the cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field squads as a senior.

Personal - Lena Grace Blagg is the daughter of Adam and Christy Blagg ... Has two brothers, Jacob and Micah, and a sister, Kira ... Her mom is the most impressive person she has ever met ... Her dream vacation would be a trip to Greece ... Ice cream is her favorite food ... "The Princess Bride" is her favorite movie, and "Where the Crawdads Sing" is her favorite book ... Her favorite band is the Beatles ... Aspires to become a clinical psychologist ... Majoring in psychology.