2012 Women's Cross Country Roster

Emily LaValley
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Classical Academy
- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
PRs
800m - 2:10.71
Pac-12 Championships (Prelim)
Eugene, Ore., 5/12/12
1,500m - 4:34.26
Pacific Twilight
Forest Grove, Ore., 4/27/12
Pac-12 Track and Field Championships
2012 - 800m, 10th, 2:10.71
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2010 - 75th - 22:18.12
TRACK AND FIELD
2013 Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Posted best finish and 800m time of the season at the first meet at the Whyte Track and Field Center (March 23) by running 2:16.26 to come in fourth ... Ran the 1,500m twice, improving by 10 seconds this season when she ran 4:47.46 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (March 29). Season Bests: Outdoors - 800m - 2:16.26, OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13); 1,500m - 4:47.46, San Francisco State Distance Carnival, San Francisco, Calif. (3/29/13).
2012 Outdoors: Named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Competed six times during the outdoor season, primarily in the 1,500 meters and 800 meters ... Notched the fourth-fastest time in Oregon State history in the 800 meters at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 2:10.71 ... Ran the third-fastest time on the team in the 1,500 meters at the Pacific Twilight with a time of 4:34.26 ... Finished first in the 1,500 meters at the Willamette Invite and finished first in the 800 meters at the Oregon Relays. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800m - 2:10.71 (PR), Pac-12 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/12/12); 1,500m - 4:34.26 (PR), Pacific Twilight, Forest Grove, Ore. (4/27/12).
2011 Outdoors and Indoors: Redshirted both the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons.
CROSS COUNTRY
2013: Ran her only race at the Viking Classic, finishing the 4,700-meter course in 47th place with a time of 18:18.81.
2012: Did not compete during the 2012 cross season.
2011: Redshirted during the 2011 cross country season.
2010: Competed in four meets during her true freshman year ... Competed unattached at the John Frank Memorial and finished 20th in the 4,500-meter run with a time of 16:56.30 ... Competed three times in the 6,000 meters ... Best finish in the 6,000 meters was 50th place at the Bill Dellinger Invitational ... Best time in the 6,000 meters was 22:18.12 at the Pac-10 Championships.
CLASSICAL ACADEMY: Lettered three times in cross country under coach Alan Versaw and four times in track under coaches Tim Daggett and Versaw ... Three-time team state champion in cross country ... Set the state record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.6 ... State champion in the 800 meters.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tom and Nona LaValley ... Has two brothers: Andrew and Spencer and a sister Clair ... Biggest athletic thrill was breaking the state record in the 800 meters ... Chose Oregon State because she "loved the campus, resources and team."