Mariana Lucena

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Weston, Fla.
High School:
Cypress Bay

NCAA FIRST ROUND QUALIFIER • ALL-REGION CROSS COUNTRY

Personal Records:

XC 6K - 20:50 • 3,000 - 10:19.37• 5,000 - 17:24.62 • 10,000 - 35:47.93

Senior: Competed in one race in the fall, the Notre Dame Invitational • Did not compete during the indoor or outdoor seasons • Named to the fall semester Dean's List • Continues to pursue her PharmD.

Junior: Competed in every race for the Tar Heels in 2011 • Won the Florida Mountain Dew 5K Invitational • Placed 28th in the NCAA Southeast Regional, just missing the national final but helping the women's team finish third overall in the region • Recorded a new best in the 5K at UNC's home invitational at 14:38.41 • Earned All-ACC Academic honors for the cross country season • Did not compete in the 2012 indoor and outdoor seasons.

Sophomore: Earned All-Region Cross Country honors • Finished 25th out of more than 200 runners at Wisconsin Invite • Placed 29th at ACC Championships • Placed 16th at NCAA Regional Championships to help team secure automatic National bid • Finished 128th at NCAA Championships • Competed in the 3,000 and 5,000 at the ACC Indoor Championships • Competed in the 10,000 at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Ran personal-best 17:24.62 at the 2011 Florida Relays.

Freshman: Personal bests in cross country include time of 21:30 (6K) and 17:30 (5K) • ACC 10K outdoor scorer and NCAA Regional qualifier in track and field • Competed in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 • Finished seventh in the 10,000, also competed in the 5,000 at ACC Outdoor Championships • Competed at NCAA Regionals in the 10,000.

Prep: Attended Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Fla. • 2008 cross country conference champion and 2008 FHSAA Cross Country State finals runner-up • FHSAA Track and Field champion in the 3,200-meter run as a senior • 2009 Broward County Female Athlete of the Year and the 2009 Miami Herald Female Scholar Athlete • Salutatorian of her graduating class • An AP Scholar with Distinction her junior and senior years.

Personal: Attending the School of Pharmacy • Mariana Lucena is the daughter of Nelson and Ana Maria Lucena • Born October 12, 1990 in Medellín, Colombia.