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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Lauren Hodges

  • Height 5-3
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Aurora, Colo.
  • High School Cherokee Trail
  • Indoor Yr. Redshirt Senior
  • Outdoor Yr. R-Sr.

Biography



CMU Cross County Bio
TFRRS Career Results Page

2025 Outdoor (Redshirt Junior): Ran in four meets, racing the 1,500 in three and the 5K in one… Qualified for the RMAC Championships in the 1,500, finishing 17th with a time of 4:58.84… Set a season-best of 4:53.01 at the Mines Kit Mayer Classic… Posted a season-best time of 18:25.97 in the 5K at the Maverick Invitational… Ranks tenth in program history with that time.

2024-25 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Did not compete in any meets.

2024 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Ran in four meets, including the RMAC Championships… Contested the 1,500 meters at each… Had a career-best time of 4:49.85 at the Maverick Invite & Multi to finish third… Ranks ninth in CMU history with that time… Also took second at the Maverick Invite #2 with a similar time of 4:50.44… Placed 24th at the RMAC Championships with a time of 4:58.23… Also ran the 800 meters at both home meets… Had a career-best time of 2:23.02 at the Maverick Invite #2.

2023-24 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Ran the 3,000 meters three times… Recorded a career-best time of 10:43.39 at the New Mexico Team Open… Sits eighth in program history with that time.

2023 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the Maverick Invite, her only meet of the season… Posted times of 2:32.32 and 5:13.35.

2022-23 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman): Did not compete in any meets.

2022 Outdoor: Redshirt season… Competed unattached in three home meets, running the 1,500 meters in each… Posted a season-best of 5:07.12 to finish third at the Maverick Invite #2… Also ran the 800 meters in 2:39.19 at the Maverick Invite #1.

2021-22 Indoor: Redshirt season.

Prep: 2021 graduate of Cherokee Trail High School… 3-year letter-winner for the Joshua Tate coached Cougars… Was named as the team’s most improved runner in 2019… Also earned honorable mention academic all-state honors that year… Had a XC PR of 19:02 as a senior in the fall of 2020 after placing 55th in that year’s state meet… Went on to place 71st at the AAU National Championships… Set a 1600m track PR of 5:32.50 in the spring of 2021 after posting other PRs of 2:26.17 (800) and 11:50.94 (3200) in 2019.

Personal: Is majoring in nursing… Daughter of Steve and Meredith Hodges… Has two sisters— Megan and Taylor… Her twin Megan is also a member of the CMU squad… Plans to go back to school to become a nurse practitioner and wants to work at a children’s hospital… Enjoys spending free time with her sisters and friends… Her family has a lot of family gatherings and plays yard games.

Why I Chose CMU: “I chose CMU because of the running program, the nursing program and the location of the school.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

    Distance
    5'3"