2019-20 Track & Field Roster
Lester, Sterling
Sterling Lester
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Marietta
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
Bio
2020: Indoor – Had a season-best 60-meter hurdles time of 8.52 during the pentathlon at the SEC Championships, earning her sixth in the event…Finished fifth in the pentathlon with 3,986 points at the conference meet…Ran a leg on the second-fastest 4x400-meter relay team in UGA history at 3:36.07 to win the Bob Pollock meet.
2019: Outdoor - Scored the seventh-most points in Lady Bulldog history (5,694) to take 11th in the heptathlon for Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships…Performance at Nationals included: (100-meter hurdles – 2nd, 13.23; 200m – 1st, 23.52; 800m – 10th, 2:18.61; long jump – 18th, 18 feet, 9 ¼ inches; high jump – 19th, 5-5.25; shot put – 7th, 40-2.25; javelin – 22nd, 100-0)…Part of Lady Bulldog 4x400m relay team that scored with a seventh-place finish at the SEC Championships after registering a 3:34.09, which ranks third in the school record books…Was third at the SEC Championships after tallying 5,534 points…Earned runner-up honors at the Bulldog Heptathlon thanks to 5,562 points…Had a personal record long jump of 19-3.50 for 14th at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial.
Indoor - Capped off the season with an electric performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships, helping the 4x400 meter relay team to a fourth place finish nationally and an improved school record time of 3:31.97...Competed in her first postseason meet at the SEC Indoor Championships, placing fourth in the pentathlon (3,882 points) with a personal best in the pentathlon 800 meters (2:16.26) and running a leg on the 4x400 relay team that initially set a new school record at 3:31.97 while placing fifth...Turned in a season-best pentathlon at the Bob Pollock Invitational, scoring 4,012 points to rank No. 9 in school history...Turned in a fourth place finish in the pentathlon (3,879 points) at the Husker Invitational, including a personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles for No. 8 all-time at Georgia...Ran a 23.99 in the 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational, ranking No. 9 in program records books...Debuted her freshman campaign at the UAB Blazer Invitational in three events: with a second place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.43), her first collegiate high jump (5’2.5”) and a leg on the 4x400 meter relay team that finished second (3:41.66)...Followed up with three events at the Clemson Invitational, including a personal best in the long jump (18’10.5”) and running a leg on the first place 4x400 relay (3:32.50) that ranks No. 9 in program history.
High School: Traveled to Cuba to compete with Team NASF…Team USA U-20 member in 2018 to compete in the heptathlon…Captured the 2018 Arcadia Invitational heptathlon title (5,288 points) and the 400-meter dash as well as the 2017 400m crown at the meet…Registered a personal best 5,523 points in the hep as a junior…Exploded for 5,037 points and clocked a 23.7 in the 200m as a sophomore…Sped to a 52.6 in the 400m and 23.8 in the 200m as a freshman…Other personal bests of 52.69 (400m), 23.60 (200m) and 5 feet, 8 inches in the high jump…Graduated during her junior year Marietta….Career Pathway certified…HOSA member…A-B Honor Roll.
Personal: Born Nov. 13, 2000…Daughter of Stacey Lester and Sterling Lester…Father, Sterling, was her coach…Brother, Skyler, is on the track and field team at Eastern Michigan…Also has an older brother named Shakir…Intending to major in Biology.
2019: Outdoor - Scored the seventh-most points in Lady Bulldog history (5,694) to take 11th in the heptathlon for Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships…Performance at Nationals included: (100-meter hurdles – 2nd, 13.23; 200m – 1st, 23.52; 800m – 10th, 2:18.61; long jump – 18th, 18 feet, 9 ¼ inches; high jump – 19th, 5-5.25; shot put – 7th, 40-2.25; javelin – 22nd, 100-0)…Part of Lady Bulldog 4x400m relay team that scored with a seventh-place finish at the SEC Championships after registering a 3:34.09, which ranks third in the school record books…Was third at the SEC Championships after tallying 5,534 points…Earned runner-up honors at the Bulldog Heptathlon thanks to 5,562 points…Had a personal record long jump of 19-3.50 for 14th at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial.
Indoor - Capped off the season with an electric performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships, helping the 4x400 meter relay team to a fourth place finish nationally and an improved school record time of 3:31.97...Competed in her first postseason meet at the SEC Indoor Championships, placing fourth in the pentathlon (3,882 points) with a personal best in the pentathlon 800 meters (2:16.26) and running a leg on the 4x400 relay team that initially set a new school record at 3:31.97 while placing fifth...Turned in a season-best pentathlon at the Bob Pollock Invitational, scoring 4,012 points to rank No. 9 in school history...Turned in a fourth place finish in the pentathlon (3,879 points) at the Husker Invitational, including a personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles for No. 8 all-time at Georgia...Ran a 23.99 in the 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational, ranking No. 9 in program records books...Debuted her freshman campaign at the UAB Blazer Invitational in three events: with a second place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.43), her first collegiate high jump (5’2.5”) and a leg on the 4x400 meter relay team that finished second (3:41.66)...Followed up with three events at the Clemson Invitational, including a personal best in the long jump (18’10.5”) and running a leg on the first place 4x400 relay (3:32.50) that ranks No. 9 in program history.
High School: Traveled to Cuba to compete with Team NASF…Team USA U-20 member in 2018 to compete in the heptathlon…Captured the 2018 Arcadia Invitational heptathlon title (5,288 points) and the 400-meter dash as well as the 2017 400m crown at the meet…Registered a personal best 5,523 points in the hep as a junior…Exploded for 5,037 points and clocked a 23.7 in the 200m as a sophomore…Sped to a 52.6 in the 400m and 23.8 in the 200m as a freshman…Other personal bests of 52.69 (400m), 23.60 (200m) and 5 feet, 8 inches in the high jump…Graduated during her junior year Marietta….Career Pathway certified…HOSA member…A-B Honor Roll.
Personal: Born Nov. 13, 2000…Daughter of Stacey Lester and Sterling Lester…Father, Sterling, was her coach…Brother, Skyler, is on the track and field team at Eastern Michigan…Also has an older brother named Shakir…Intending to major in Biology.
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