LSU Gold
Position
Distance
Height
5'3
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Knoxville, Tenn.
High School
Knoxville Catholic HS

Events: 1,500m (4:42.04), Mile (5:17.12), 3,000m (10:17.90), 5,000m (17:47.40)

2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2018 OUTDOOR (SENIOR)
Finished second in the 5,000 meter run at the Louisiana Classics (18:23.86) and Battle on the Bayou (18:23.47) … finished fourth at the LSU Invitational with a readout of 18:00.11 in the 5,000 meter run … ran the 5,000 meter run at the SEC Championships and placed 33rd with a time of 17:58.53.

2018 INDOOR (SENIOR)
Claimed gold in the 3,000 meter run at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a time of 10:23.29 … finished second in the 3,000 meter run with a clocking of 10:17.90 at the Bayou Bengal Invitational … earned a fourth-place finish at the LSU Twilight with a readout of 10:20.66 … ran the mile in 5:17.12 at the Purple Tiger Invitational to finish fifth.

2017
Ran an outdoor personal best of 18 minutes, 3.06 seconds for an eighth-place finish in the 5,000 meters in her season finale at the SEC Relays … Won the 5k at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a time of 18:05.12 … Medaled in the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold where she placed third in the field with a run of 18:41.81 … Clocked 18:24.35 for eighth place at the Louisiana Classics in her outdoor season opener … Lined up in the 3k in one indoor meet at the Purple Tiger Invitational … Recognized for her academic performance with a third-straight selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season … Graduated from LSU in May 2017 with a degree in mathematics.

2016
Ran both the mile and 3,000 meters in LSU’s indoor season opener at the Purple Tiger Invitational … Clocked 5 minutes, 29.71 seconds for 10th place in her only mile race of the season … Placed third in the 3k at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a seasonal-best time of 10:26.38 … Posted a seasonal-best time of 18:13.39 in the 5k while finishing 11th overall at the Power Five Conference Clash in Birmingham, Alabama … Finished in 48th place in the 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 18:14.20 … Ran the 5,000 meters at the LSU Invitational for her only appearance of the outdoor season … Honored for her academic performance once again with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2015
Appeared in four meets during her redshirt freshman season outdoors in 2015 … Opened the season by running the 5,000 meters at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Clocked an outdoor personal best of 18:45.81 in a runner-up finish in the 5k at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Clocked 10:52.57 in an 11th-place finish in the 3,000 meters at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Did not finish the 3k at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Did not compete during the indoor season … Earned her first career selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for her outstanding performance in the classroom.

2014
Lettered in her debut season indoors after running the 5,000 meters at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships … Finished in 31st place in the 5k at the SEC Indoor Championships after running a time of 18:16.48 … Set a lifetime personal best of 17:59.28 in a sixth-place finish in the 5k at Texas A&M’s Aggie Invitational … Also ran a PR of 10:12.74 in a fifth-place finish in the 3k at the Aggie Invitational … Ran the 800 meters (2:24.30) and mile (5:09.39) at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Redshirted during the 2014 outdoor season … Competed unattached in two meets during the outdoor season … Ran a seasonal best and personal best of 18:55.38 in a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Invitational … Placed 10th in the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold, clocking 19:19.60 in the race.

PRIOR TO LSU
A letterwinner in track and field and cross country during her prep career at Knoxville Catholic High School … Coached in high school by Sean O’neil … Was a four-time state championship qualifier in cross country from 2009-12 … Was also a state championship qualifier on the track in the two-mile and 4×800-meter relay during her junior season in 2012 … Competed at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in 2012 … Was a three-time all-region selection in cross country from 2010-12 and a two-time all-region selection on the track in 2011 and 2012 … Won an outdoor state championship as a member of the winning 4×800-meter relay team in 2012 … Helped lead her high school cross country team to the runner-up finish at the state meet during her freshman season in 2009.

PERSONAL
Full name is Ashley Lanier Welborn … Born on July 22, 1995 … Parents are Matt and Nancy Welborn … Both parents attended LSU … An honor roll student who graduated in the top 10 percent of her graduating class at Knoxville Catholic High School … Was a member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta during her prep career … Majoring in mathematics.

 

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