Leann Hamilton

Emily Ramirez

/ Women's Cross Country

Photo by: Jeff Golden

Photo by: Jeff Golden

Cal Poly hosted the Big West Cross Country meet at Blacklake in Nipomo, CA. Photo by Owen Main

Photo by: COPYRIGHT OWEN MAIN

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Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

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Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Heidi Eligio

Photo by: Andrea Ohta

Photo by: Leroy Yau

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kailua Kona, HI
High School:
Kealakehe HS

Leann Hamilton TFRRS Page

CSUN - 2024 (Senior)
Hamilton competed in all six races during the season ... ran a season-best 6k time of 23:08.3 at the Big West Championship (11/2/24) to capture 69th-place points (89th overall) ... finished with a 6k time of 24:53.8 at the NCAA West Regional (24:53.8) ... set a PR in the 5k by charting a time of 19:28.5 at the UCR Cross Country Invitational (9/21/24) ... established a PR in the 4k with a time of 15:46.3 at the Waves Invite (8/30/24) for 41st-place points (49th overall).

CSUN - 2023 (Junior)
Hamilton competed in all five races ... ran a time of 19:58.1 on a 5k course at the Big West Preview to take 68th place (9/1/23) ... set a new PR in the 6k with a time of 22:26.7 at the UCR Invitational (9/16/23) ... finished with a time of 24:18.0 at the Big West Championships to finish 74th overall (10/27/23) ... competed at the NCAA West Regional and ran a time of 23:40.4.

CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Competed in four events on 6k courses ... lowered her career best in the 6k to 22:48.5 when she placed 64th at the Big West Championship ... posted her season-best finish of 33rd at the Pepperdine Waves Invitational.

CSUN - 2021 (Freshman)
Recorded the top CSUN time at the NCAA West Regional, running 24:53.1 over the 6k course ... placed 226th and was credited with 224th place points ... was the top finishing CSUN entry at the Big West Championship ... ran a season-best time of 23:59.8 to place 61st overall (54th-place points) ... was the top finishing Matador at the season-opening Stump Invitational as she posted a time of 24:15.6 ... finished 73rd at The Master's Invitational, running 19:59.6 on the 3.11m course ... went 24:20.9 at the UC Riverside Invitational ... named Academic All-Conference.

CSUN - 2020 (Freshman)
Did not compete due to Big West canceling Fall sports due to COVID-19.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Kealakehe High School … won more than 30 races in the 800m and 1500m over the 2018 and 2019 seasons … finished second in the 800m at the 2019 HHSAA State Championships with a personal best time of 2:21.40 … finished fifth at the state meet in the 800 as a junior ... personal best in the 400m was 1:02.47 while personal best in the 1500m was 4:57.91 ... named team cross country MVP from 2018-20 and team distance track and field MVP from 2017-19.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Roger and Alicia Hamilton … a marketing-business admin major … favorites include Will Ferrell, Jane Lynch, the Vampire Diaries, The Blind Side, Yellow Curry (Thai), the Cranberries, Billie Eilish, and You Tube … chose CSUN because it was close to family ... according to her, the best thing about being an athlete is the competition, the hardest, the hard training … the person in history she would most like to meet is Whitney Houston … the person she would like to switch places for a day with is Ariana Grande.

CROSS COUNTRY BESTS

4k	15:46.3	Waves Invite	8/30/24
5k	19:28.5	UCR Cross Country Invitational	9/21/24
6k	22:26.7	UCR Invitational	9/16/23
3.11m	19:59.6	The Master's Invitational	9/25/21