Service Academy Win and Patriot League Performance Highlight Week of Action.
AAA Athlete of the Week - Sept. 17, 2012
2011: Impressive first campaign at West Point ... ran in all seven meets ... top-three Army runner in first four races ... placed third overall in first collegiate meet - the Army Open ... ran West Point's 5K course in 18:24.7 ... earned the Black Knights' top finish at the tri-meet against Cornell and Binghamton ... ran the Big Red's 5K course in 19:04.6 to place eighth of 52 overall ... Army's No. 2 runner at the Iona Meet of Champions ... finished the 6K course in 23:10.36 for 18th place overall (202) ... finished 125th of 396 at the Paul Short Run ... 6K time of 22:28 was Army's second best ... was the fifth Black Knight to cross the line in Star Meet against rival Navy ... completed West Point's 6K course in 22:13.50 ... placed 50th of 84 at the Patriot League Championship ... completed first season at the NCAA Regionals ... ran Army's fourth-best 6K time of 23:12.2 for 115th place in a field of 243.
High School: Four-time all-district and all-region honoree while at Thomas Jefferson ... placed ninth at the state championship in the 3,200m ... three-time district champion ... three-time team MVP ... Planet Connect Grant Winner ... National German Honor Society member ... AP Scholar with distinction.
Personal: Lisa Marie Junta ... born June 24, 1993, in Coram, N.Y. ... daughter of Donald and Irmgard Junta ... sister Katrina ... brother, David,also attends West Point (USMA '12) ... says Ryan Hall has had the most influence on her running career ... likes to read the newspaper and cook in her free time ... undeclared major.
