Lydon Kersting

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Academy of Holy Angels
Hometown:
Park Ridge, N.J.

Personal Bests
Event	Mark	Meet
800	2:20	HS
1600	5:03	HS
3000	10:48.98	Princeton Open (2015)
5000	18:14	HS

Before Princeton: Earned three major scholar-athlete awards including the NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award, BCWCA Scholar-Athlete and Big North Scholar Athlete ... The Record Athlete of the Week on Feb. 18, 2014 ... two-time first-team all-league, all-country and all-North Jersey in cross country ... 2013 first-team all-league, second-team all-county and all-North Jersey in the indoor 3200 ... 2014 first-team all-league, first-team all-country and second-team all-North Jersey in the indoor 3200 ... first-team all-league, second-team all-country and second-team all-North Jersey in the outdoor 3200 in both 2013 and 2014 ... competed at the 2014 New Balance Indoor Nationals and the Outdoor Emerging Elite 2Mile ... holds school records in the 3200, 1600, 5k, 4x800, DMR and the course record at Garret Mountain and the 5k meet record at the Ironman Invitational ... won the league's XC race in 2012 and 2013, two-time the league and county indoor 3200 champion, league indoor 1600 champion in 2014, two-time league outdoor champion in the 3200 and won the event at State Sectionals.

Personal: Full name is Lydon Rose Kersting ... daughter of Christopher (Iona '76) a teacher at Nanuet High School and Catherine (Queens '86) an accountant ... has a younger brother Tommy.