Lauren Leon

Lauren Leon

Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario
High School: St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Position: Sprints
House Affiliation: Eliot

Personal Bests
200 meters - 26.86
400 meters - 58.22

2008-09
Finished eighth in the open 400 meter run at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Placed 20th in the 400 meter run and was a member of the sixth-place 4x400 relay team at the ECAC Indoor Championships ... Finished 13th out of 76 in the 400 meter run at the Terrier Invitational ... Placed third in the 400 meter run at the Battle of Beantown ... Finished fifth in the 400 meter run in the HYP meet ... Member of the 4x400 relay team that was fifth at the Heptagonal Championships … Participated in the 400 meter dash at the Victor Lopez Classic … Competed in the 400 meter dash at the Harvard-Yale dual meet, running a personal season best time of 58.22.

Personal
Participated in cross country, flag football, swimming, soccer and track and field in high school ... Finished second in the 400 and fifth in the 200 at the OFSAA Championships as a senior ... Won the 400 at the Supermeet Ontario Championships in 2008 ... Won the 400, finished second in the 200 and third in the 100 at the Region of Peel (ROPSSAA) Championships in 2008 ... Won the 200 meters at the Region of Peel (ROPSSAA) Championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... Placed sixth in the 400 and won the 4x100 meters at the Canadian Junior Nationals in 2007 ... Finished ninth in the 400 meters at the Canadian Senior Nationals (Olympic Trials) in 2008 ... Received the Governor General’s Academic Medal for highest average in graduating class and the Edward King Memorial Award for excellence in leadership ... Recipient of the Gonzaga Bulldog Award for high athletic and academic achievement and other school involvement and the Gonzaga Science Teacher’s award for demonstrating excellence in all areas of science ... Volunteered at the Kids of Steel Triathlon, Toronto Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon and Toronto Zoo run. ... Tutored peers in chemistry and math and students in the Gonzaga Autistic program.