Charlotte 49ers

Track & Field

  Laura Syracuse
Laura Syracuse
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
West Seneca, N.Y.

High School:
West Seneca

Event:
Distance

Indoor -- 2004: Posted a season-best time of 5:21.37 in the mile run at the Tiger Invitational to place 12th ... 16th in the 5,000 at the C-USA Championships ... 2003: Had Charlotte’s top time of the season in the 5,000 at the Conference USA Championships, placing 13th with an 18:31.61 ... Finished as high as second in the 3,000-meter run ... Was the runner-up at George Mason with a time of 10:33.60, her best of the season ... 2002: Finished fourth and had the team’s best time of the year in the 800 at the UNC Fast Times meet ... Posted a time of 2:19.50 ... Also had the Niners’ fastest time of the season in the mile run, finishing 12th at the C-USA Championships with a 5:09.15 time ... 2001: Had a season-best time of 5:25.61 in the mile at the Kroger Invitational ... Was sixth in the 3,000-meter run at the ETSU Invitational with a time of 10:54.72.

Outdoor -- 2003: Had her highest finish of the season at Clemson, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter run ... Turned in the team’s third-best time of the season for the 800 at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 2:24.27 ... Also ranked third for the 49ers in the 1,500- and 5,000-meter runs ... 2002: Posted the 49ers’ top times of the year in both the 1,500- and 3,000-meter runs ... Placed fifth in the 1,500 at the Charlotte Invitational with a 4:44.71 time ... Was 23rd in the 3,000 at the Penn Relays ... 2001: Ran her best time of the season in the 800-meter and the 1,500-meter preliminaries of the C-USA Championships with a time of 2:22.92 in the 800 meters and 4:48.56 in the 1,500 meters.

Cross Country -- 2003: Did not compete ... 2002: Posted four top 10 finishes as a junior, including best finishes of sixth at Winthrop and Clemson ... Had her best 6K time of the year at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, where she finished the course in 22:40.5 ... 2001: The Niners’ number two runner in five meets ... Teamed with Cassie Ficken to finish first for Charlotte at the Charlotte Relay Invitational ... 2000: Had her best 5K time of the year at the Great American Cross Country Festival ... Finished with a 19:01.6 time ... Took 12th place at the UNC Invitational.

Personal: Majoring in art.