Thea Lee

Thea Lee

Year: Junior
Hometown: Carmel Valley, Calif.
High School: Carmel Valley
Position: Middle Distance
House Affiliation: Lowell

Personal Bests
400 meters - 58.25
500 meters - 1:18.57
800 meters - 2:12.52
400 hurdles - 1:05.49

2009-10
Third among Harvard runners and 67th overall at the Albany Invitational with a time of 19:11.

2008-09
Competed at the Harvard-Yale dual meet ... The third Harvard runner and 38th overall at the UAlbany Invitational ... Competed at the Heptagonal and ECAC Championships ... Member of the third-place distance medley relay team at the ECAC Indoor Championships ... Placed seventh in the 500 meter dash at the Battle of Beantown ... Placed fourth in the 800 meter run in the HYP meet ... Member of the 4x800 meter relay team that finished fifth at the Heptagonal Championships and eighth at the ECAC Championships … Finished first in the 800 meter run at the Harvard-Yale dual meet with a personal best time of 2:12.52 … A member of the sprint medley relay team that finished seventh at the Drake Relays and achieved a season best time of 4:00.58.

2007-08
Ran a season’s best indoor time in the 400 meters at the HYP meet (1:00.27) ... Placed sixth in the 500 meters at the Battle of Beantown ... Finished eighth in the 400 meter hurdles at the Victor Lopez Rice Bayou Classic ... Placed third in the 400 meter hurdles at the Brown Invitational ... Finished third in the 400 meter hurdles at the Harvard-Yale meet ... Competed in the UAlbany Invitational and the Manhattan Club Race during the cross country season.

Personal
An accomplished and decorated prep athlete ... Captured 11 individual conference titles in track and cross country, including a four year sweep in cross country ... Holds school records in cross country, 1600m, 800m, 400m, 300m hurdles and as a member of the 4x400m relay team ... Also holds league records in the 400m dash and 300m hurdles ... Was team captain for both cross country and track all four years ... Named the league scholar athlete of the year as a senior ... Wendy’s High School Heisman State Finalist ... Class valedictorian ... Four year highest honor roll student ... Interests include outdoor activities, filmmaking and music.

Concentration
Earth and Planetary Sciences