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Furman University

2010-11 Track and Field

Julia Bryant

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lawton Chiles
  • Hometown Tallahassee, Fla.

Biography

Junior Year (2009-10): Posted aseason-best time of 19:44 to place 43rd at the Southern ConferenceCross Country Championships...placed 12th at the Citadel CrossCountry Invitational...ran a personal best 15:07 in the 4K for 14thplace at Winthrop Fall Classic...recorded an indoor personal-bestwith a time of 10:54.18 in the 3,000m to take fourth place at theTiger Tune Up...posted a season-best time of 19:06.20 in the 5,000mat the Tiger Paw Indoor Invitational...placed seventh in the 5,000mat the Furman Outdoor Invitational.

Sophomore Year (2008-09): Placedfifth at both The Citadel Invitational and the WinthropInvitational cross country meets...ran personal best of 18:57.4 atthe Southern Conference Cross Country Championships...recorded apersonal-best 18:43.75 to placed 12th in the 5,000m at the SouthernConference Indoor Championships...placed 17th with a personal-besttime of 19:02.55 at the Southern Conference OutdoorChampionships...placed 8th in the 5,000m with a time of 19:02.7 atthe Furman Invitational during the outdoor season.

Freshman Year (2007-08): Ran acareer-best time of 19:41.93 at the SoCon cross countrychampionship...qualified for the NCAA Regionals, where she ran a23:45.80 in the 6K...recorded a career best time of 19:12.13 in theoutdoor 5,000m and finished 7th at the Emory Asics Invite.

High School: Finished third instate in the 3200m with a personal best time of 11:28…namedto all-state team as a junior and senior…as a cross countryathlete, led her team to a first-place district finish, first-placeregion finish and second-place state finish in the 5K as asenior…named second team all-state as a junior andsenior…holds a personal best time of 19:02 in the 5Kevent…named Female Performer of the Year and MVP of hertrack team as a senior.

Personal: Julia Laurin Bryant wasborn on December 30, 1988  in Tallahassee, Fla....daughter ofSterling and Leslie Bryant...majoring in health and exercisescience.