Lauren Matthews

Age:  32

Event:  Distance running

Hometown:  Brookline, MA

College/University Competed for:  Boston University

All Time Personal Bests:

·         10 km:                        35:07

·         Half-marathon:           1:19:25

·         Marathon:                   2:45:55

Career Highlights: 

·         2011       Rock ‘n Roll Arizona Marathon, 8^th

·         2011       Rock ‘n Roll Seattle Half Marathon, 7^th     

·         2010       PNTF Champion, 15 km

·         2010       PNTF Half Marathon Championship, 3^rd

·         2010       Seafair Torchlight 8 km, 2^nd

·         2009       USA National Championships 25 km, 14^th (12^th American)

·         2008       Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier

·         1999       America East Cross Country Champion

Volunteer work:  Club Northwest board member

Personal Info:  Grew up in Brookline, MA.  Ran to play basketball and by my junior year was kindly asked not to play basketball anymore...  so that left... running.  Our team won the Mass high school state championship in 1997 (my senior year) and I won too.  Ran for Boston University and had some amazing teammates.  Our team won the America East XC Conference Championships all 4 years.  Graduated with a degree in psychology and sociology.  Got my masters' degree in social work from UW in 2008 and work a combination of jobs, doing clinical intervention research at UW and mental health treatment at the Community Psychiatric Clinic.  Highlight of my running life was making the 2008 Marathon Olympic Trials with 5 of my close friends.