Ashley Lajocies

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Eagle, Idaho
Position:
Distance
High School:
Eagle HS
Prev School:
Louisiana State
NIL Exchange:
Ashley Lajocies

NCAA West Preliminary Round (2022 - 5,000m)
2x Academic All-Mountain West (Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)

BOISE STATE CAREER
2022-23: CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in three races…made her Boise State cross country debut at the Joe Piane-Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 30)...INDOOR: Did not compete...OUTDOOR: Did not compete.

2021-22: INDOOR- Made her Boise State debut at the UW Indoor Preview (Jan. 15)...improved her PR by 18 seconds in women’s 3,000m at the Washington Invitational (Jan. 28-29), registering a time of 10:19.68…set a personal-best time of 5:05.43 in the women’s mile at the Husky Classic (Feb. 11-12)...OUTDOOR- Made her outdoor debut as a Bronco at the Stanford Invitational (April 1-2), placing ninth in women’s 5,000m…finished fourth at the Fresno State Invitational (April 30) in women’s 1,500m…set two personal bests at the Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 11-14), clocking a time of 16:31.31 in women’s 5000m and 10:25.00 in women’s 3,000m steeplechase, placing 10th and seventh, respectively…qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 25-28), in women’s 3,000m steeplechase, finishing 32nd.

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE
LOUISIANA STATE CAREER
CROSS COUNTRY- Competed in four cross country meets with the Tigers during the 2020 season…notched a season-best finish in the 5k at the Florida State Invitational, taking 14th…scored in the 5k at the LSU SEC Preview Meet, crossing the finish line in 31st…registered a 67th-place finish at the SEC Cross Country Championships…INDOOR- Opened the 2021 indoor season at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational, topping the podium in the mile with a time of 5:18.14…she also notched two third-place finishes, one at the LSU Louisiana Invite and another Charlie Thomas Invitational in the mile (5:03.40) and 3,000m (10:01.41), respectively…her 3,000m time is the eight-fastest time in LSU history…OUTDOOR- Competed in four meets, collecting two gold medals and two bronze medals…won the 5,000m at the Louisiana Classic and the 3,000m at the LSU Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Graduate of Eagle HS in Eagle, Idaho…cross country district champion and state runner-up her junior year…qualified for the Nike National Northwest cross country team…2019 IHSAA State Champion in the 4x800m relay…finished runner-up in the 3,200m, recording a PR of 10:43.42 and collected bronze in the 1,600m (4:59.69)…finished second in the 3,200m and third in the 1,600m at the 2018 IHSAA State Championships…helped lead her team to a gold-medal finish at the 2018 Idaho State cross country meet, registering an eighth-place finish individually.

CAREER BESTS
CROSS COUNTRY
5k - 17:09.1
6k - 20:56.2

INDOOR
3,000m - 9:37.68
5,000m - 16:45.03

OUTDOOR
1,500m - 4:26.21
5,000m - 16:31.31
3,000m Steeplechase - 10:25.00