Laura Mills
Laura Mills
Height: 5-5
Year: 2013
Hometown: Mattapoisett, Mass.
High School: Bishop Stang
Major: Nursing

Accolades:

GNAC All-Academic (2012)

2012: Raced in one event as a senior…placed 72nd of 82 runners with a 24:48 effort in the Keene State College Invitational on September 29th…participated in 24 meets as a four-year team member.

2011: Competed in five events as a junior…finished as the second SJC runner, and 28th overall, with a 26:09 performance in the UMF Invitational on September 3rd…placed 11th, the highest finish of her career, with a 23:48 time in the Colby College Invitational on October 1st…finished 52nd out of 126 participants with a 24:35 effort in the GNAC Championship meet at Franklin Park in Boston on October 29th. 

2010: Appeared in all nine events as a sophomore…showed marked improvement across the board over her first-year times…finished in the top-20 twice…posted a career-best 5K time with a 22:51 in the GNAC Championship on October 30th…placed 17th overall in the conference meet, which was held on the SJC course…also posted a career-low 6K time with a 28:02 effort in the ECAC Championship on November 6th.

2009: Participated in nine of ten events as a freshman...posted a 25:58 in her first collegiate race at the UNE Invitational on September 12th...ran a season best 25:12 at the Pop Crowell Invitational on October 3rd...averaged a mile of 8:31. 

Why she chose Saint Joseph’s College: “The overall atmosphere of the school felt right, I felt like St. Joe’s was where I belonged.  The nursing program had a great reputation as well.”

What she does outside of cross-country: Skiing, sailing, reading, swimming, and hiking.