Amanda Thomas

  • Amanda
  • Thomas

  • Class
    Sophomore
  • High School/Other
    Western Branch
  • Hometown
    Chesapeake, Va.

Updated: November 9, 2016

2016: Came in 24th at the Hokie Open (4K) with a time of 15:50.0 … Ran unattached at the Hokie Invite and was 27th overall in a time of 15:50.10.

High school: Four-year letterwinner in three sports (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track) with Coach Claude Toukene at Western Branch … Was part of a Western Branch team that won back-to-back state championships during the indoor and outdoor seasons … Anchored the 4x800-meter relay team and was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that won state titles at the Group 6A outdoor meet during her senior season … Came in third in the 800 with a time of 2:11.99 at that same Group 6A outdoor meet … Won the 800 at the state’s outdoor meet as a junior and came in second in the 1,000 … Came in 13th in the 1,600-meter run at the Group 6A indoor meet her senior year, running the event in a time of 5:17.79 … Was part of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished third at the Group 6A indoor meet with a time of 9:26.07 … Was part of the 3,200 relay team that came in second at the 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor meet and was part of the 1,600 relay squad that came in third … Was part of the 1,600-meter relay that won at the 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor meet.

Personal: Born Sept. 7, 1998 in Portsmouth, Virginia … Daughter of Carlton and Sandra Thomas … Has four siblings: Camille, Erin, Regina and Alisha … Majoring in human nutrition, foods and exercise.

Thomas' XC Career Bests

4K: 15:50.00, Hokie Open (2016)

6K:

8K:

italics = ran unattached