Lucy Yates enters her first year as a graduate assistant for the La Salle Cross Country/Track & Field program in 2014-15. She has traveled a long way to 20th and Olney, as the St. Albans, England, native recently graduated from the University of Utah. Yates came to the USA in 2008 and competed for the Utes for five years. While at Utah, the middle distance runner broke the school 800 meter record in 2010 while also qualifying for the NCAA Championship Final Round that season. During that successful 2010 year, she also earned the U-23 British championship title in the 800. She also medaled several times at the Mountain West Conference Championships and qualified for the NCAA West Regionals on multiple occasions.
Yates graduated with a degree in Mass Communications and Psychology, and will be pursuing her Masters in Professional and Business Communication at La Salle.
