Lydia Wong
5-5, Sophomore, Distance
Dillsburg, PA
Homeschool
- NAIA Indoor All-American (mile, 4 x 800) - 2007
- NCCAA Indoor All-American (mile) - 2007
- AMC First Team (1,500; 4 x 800) - 2007
- NAIA All-American (cross country) - 2007
Lydia Wong begins her second campaign with the CU women's track & field squad after running cross country this past fall.....ran in every meet for the NAIA national runner-up Lady Jackets.....NAIA All-American after placing 30th as CU's #2 finisher.....won the individual title at the Cedarville Open with an 18:40 effort......finished second at both the Shawnee State Invitational (18:23) and the Southeast Classic (18:37)..... career-best performance of 18:18 produced a seventh-place finish at the AMC/NAIA Region IX Championship and a spot on the All-AMC First Team.
2006-07 - Scored 106 individual points during the 2007 Indoor/Outdoor campaigns.....set a new school record for the indoor mile with a 5:04.75 effort at the NAIA Indoor Championships to place third and garner NAIA All-America honors.....part of the school record-setting 4 x 800 meter relay squad (9:12.94) that finished third at the NAIA Indoor meet to earn All-America status.....placed tenth in the 1,500 meters at the NAIA Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:44.48.....won the 1,500 meter title at the AMC Championships with a 4:48.57 effort to earn All-AMC First Team honors.....placed second in the 800 meters (2:21.33) at the AMC meet.....member of the victorious 4 x 800 meter relay unit that won the event at the AMC Championships with an NAIA qualifying time of 9:15.77.....ran in all eight cross country meets for the NAIA national runner-up Lady Jackets..... posted a season-best effort of 18:29 to place fourth of 131 runners at the NAIA Region IX meet.....12th-place finish (19:43) at the NCCAA Nationals helped CU garner the championship banner.....ran an 18:55 to finish 42nd of 268 participants at the NAIA Nationals.
High School - Homeschool graduate and three-year varsity cross country runner at Northern York High School.....two-time state qualifier.....placed 31st in the 2005 state championship as a senior with a time of 19:32 for the 5K.....cross country team captain.....two-year varsity track & field competitor.....posted career-best times of 2:17.86 in the 800 meters; 5:20.74 in the 1,600; and 19:06 in the 5K.....state qualifier in the 800 meters and 4 x 800 relay.
Personal - Carries a social work major at Cedarville University.....born 2/1/89 in Lubbock, TX.....daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Wong.....older brother, Andrew, is a 2007 CU graduate.....also has two younger sisters and two younger brothers.
