Lindsey Blanks

Photo by: Sean O'Sullivan, Wyoming

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Yorktown, Va.
High School:
Tabb
Custom1:
32 Roadrunners

JUNIOR YEAR | 2018: Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional events...posted a career-best time of 21:17.4 at the Nuttycombe Invitational (106th)...finished 60th out of 243 runners at the Pre-National Invitational (21:23.0)...placed within the top-25 at the Mountain West Championships after posting a time of 21:51.3 (23rd of 91)...recorded a time of 21:22.0 to finish 57th at the NCAA Mountain Regional (135 total runners)...opened the season with a 5K time of 19:17.9 at the Wyoming Invitational (26th)...academic all-conference selection...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2017: Raced in five meets, including the conference and regional championships...clocked a personal-best 6K time of 21:32.3 to finish within the top half of the field at the NCAA Mountain Regional (65th)...completed the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational course in a time of 21:49.8 (157th)...added a 6K time of 22:40.4 to finish 52nd at the Mountain West Championships...opened the season with a 24th-place finish at the Colorado State Invitational (5K time of 18:38.2)...posted a season-best 5K time of 17:43.8 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (74th)...academic all-conference selection...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2016: Competed in six meets, including all three postseason races...posted a career-best 6K time of 21:44.5 to finish within the top half of the field at the NCAA Mountain Regional (62nd)...added a time of 21:50.3 in NCAA Championships debut (219th)...finished 47th at the Mountain West Championships (22:03.5)...completed the Pre-National Invitational course in a time of 23:13.4 (203rd)...opened the season with a 5K time of 19:24.2 at the Colorado State Invitational (39th)...improved that distance to 18:11.1 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (143rd)...academic all-conference selection...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

MAJOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: Set the Academy Record in the 3000-meter steeplechase (10:14.77) during a top-five performance at the Mt SAC Relays...NCAA qualifier in that event...holds the Academy’s Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Class Records...also holds the program’s steeplechase record at 2000 meters (7:12.05)...clocked the Academy’s sixth-fastest 5000-meter time (16:40.42) during the indoor season...ran on the 4x1600-meter relay that clocked an Academy-best time of 19:34.05 at the 2017 Drake Relays...also ran on the squad that added the program’s third-fastest time (19:53.03) in 2019...named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2019.

HIGH SCHOOL: Tabb High School...won the Virginia 3A state title in the 1600-meter run as a senior...also ran on the 4x800-meter relay that won the state title that year...four-time runner-up at the state championships...won 19 conference and regional titles...holds 10 THS cross country and track records (seven individual events, three relays)...named the Peninsula Sports Club Female Athlete of the Year in 2016...also selected as the club’s Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete of the Year (2015) and Most Outstanding Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year (2016)...received Tabb High School’s Marine Corps Award...member of the National Honor Society...served as NHS treasurer as a senior...PTSA Liaison in student council...finalist for the 2015 VHSL Creative Writing State Championship...maintained a weighted GPA of 4.5 (unweighted 4.0)...graduated with Highest Honors.

PERSONAL: Full name is Lindsey Karin Blanks...nickname is “LB”...daughter of Dave and Kathleen Blanks...both parents served in the Air Force...has three sisters (one older, two younger)...majoring in operations research...future plans include becoming a pilot...served as the Cadet Wing’s Deputy Character Officer for Operations...named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance...hobbies include baking, watching movies, hiking and traveling...member of Cadet Squadron 32.