Lucas Atherton

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Owensboro, Ky.
High School:
Daviess County

Personal Records

Mile- 5:00.72 (MTSU Valentine Invite 02/09/13)

Indoor 3,000 meters- 9:54.87 (MTSU Invite 02/02/13)

Outdoor 3,000 meters- 9:43.77 (Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational 03/28/14)

Outdoor 5,000 meters- 16:56.54 (Bellarmine Classic 04/06/13)

10,000 meters- 35:41.59 (Bellarmine Invitational 04/27/13)

2014-15 (Junior) – (CC): Atherton raced in five of WKU’s six meets during the 2014 season…He ran a career-best 8K at the C-USA Cross Country Championships with a time of 28:18.54 to finish 72nd overall. (Indoor): Atherton did not compete in the 2015 indoor season. (Outdoor): Atherton did not compete in the 2015 outdoor season.

2013-14 (Sophomore) - (CC): Atherton was one of four Hilltoppers to compete in every cross country race in 2013...He clocked his season-best 8,000-meter time of 29:35.46 at the Evansville Invitational, which was good for 52^nd place in the meet...Scored points for WKU at the 2013 SBC Cross Country Championships, placing fifth among Hilltoppers runners and 63^rd overall with a time of 30:15.3. (Indoor): Atherton raced in the 3,000-meters (9:58.17) at the Middle Tennessee Christmas Invitational and the 5,000-meters (17:17.47) at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational. (Outdoor): He competed in a pair of events during the outdoor campaign, placing 12^th in the 5K at the Hilltopper Relays with a time of 18:33.44 and 30^th in the 3K at Vanderbilt.

2012-13 (Freshman) - (Indoor): Competed in three meets during his rookie campaign, recording a season-best mile time at the Middle Tennessee Valentine Invitational with a time of 5:00.72...Notched his top 3,000-meter time at the MTSU Invitational with a clocking of 9:54.87. (Outdoor): Tallied WKU's top 3,000-meter time of the season with a 9:44.11 showing at the Austin Peay Invitational...Competed in four total meets during the outdoor season.

High School:Was a member of the 2008 cross country state championship team at Daviess County High School. Earned All-County honors during both his junior and senior seasons with the Panthers.