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Luci Ilnicki-Lambert

Distance/Cross Country
Position
Senior
Class
Redwood City, Calif.
Hometown
Sacred Heart Schools
High School
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TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2024 Cross Country
• Competed at the ACC Cross Country Championships in Cary, N.C.
• Placed 21st at the Panorama Farms Invitational in a new personal best of 21:24.0 over the 6k distance 
• Opened the 2024 cross country season at the Nuttycombe Invitational B Race, running 22:18.2 over 6k

2024 Outdoor
• Competed at all four Virginia home meets this season
• Recorded a new personal best for 800m (2:14.37) to finish ninth at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Ran the 1500m at the Virginia Opener, Virginia Challenge, Virginia Grand Prix and Virginia High Performance
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2024 Indoor
• Opened the 2024 season in the DMR at the Virginia Tech Invitational
• Ran the mile at the Hokie Invitational clocking 5:00.15
• Had a new personal best in the mile at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet

2023 Cross Country
• Opened the season with a 16th-place finish at the Spider Alumni Open
• Competed at the Virginia Invitational running an 18:13.1 5k
• Competed at the XC23 Pre-National at Panorama Farms
• Ran at the ACC Cross Country Championships where the Cavaliers finished third as a team
• Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Doubled in the 800m and 1500m events at the Virginia Challenge
• Raced to a personal best of 4:29.46 at the Virginia Grand Prix 1500m, finishing eighth

2023 Indoor
• Ran the mile at the Hokie Invitational and Doc Hale VT Elite meet
• Competed in the 3000 meters at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2022 Cross Country
• Opened with a 21st-place finish at the Spider Alumni Open (9/3/22)
• Helped UVA to a win at the Virginia Invitational placing 34th overall (9/16/22)
• Competed at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/23/22)
• Competed at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational (10/15/22)
• Ran a personal-best 6k time of 23:01.6 at the ACC Championships where the Cavaliers placed third as a team (10/28/22)

2021 Cross Country
• Finished 22nd at Virginia Invitational (5k/18:37.0)
• Was 39th at XC23 Invitational (5k/18:55.5)

Background
• 2021 California Central Coast section champion in the 1600m and 800m
• Named to 2021 MileSplit all-state first team
• 2019-2021 cross country/track and field captain

Personal
• Daughter of Kelly Ilnicki and Mark Lambert
• Mother ran cross country/track at California
• Father ran track at California
• Majoring in public policy & leadership