Colorado State University Athletics

2018 Cross Country Roster

Lily Tomasula-Martin
Lily Tomasula-Martin
Lily Tomasula-Martin

Lily Tomasula-Martin

  • Class:
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Estes Park, Colo.
  • High School:
    Estes Park
  • Major:
    Human Development and Family Studies
ACCOLADES
All-Mountain West (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
All-Mountain Region (2021, 2022)
Mountain West Athlete of the Week (9/10/19, 9/28/21)
Academic All-Mountain West (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2022-23 XC, 2020-21 XC, 2020-21 TF, 2019-20 XC, 2019-20 TF)

Collegiate-Best Marks

Graduate (2022)
(Cross Country): Competed in all six meeting, scoring in each for Colorado State... Ran in the Mountain West Championships, NCAA Mountain Regional and the NCAA Championships... Finished 9th overall at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/23) with a 21.11.8 mark - just five seconds behind teammate Sarah Carter... Finished first for the Rams at the Mountain West Championship (10/28) and 8th overall with a time of 20:09.6 - her fastest of the season... Finished second for the team at the NCAA Championships (11/19) and 137th overall with a time of 20:51.2.

Redshirt Senior (2021)
(Cross Country): Competed in six meets, finishing first for the Rams in five of them and scoring in all six... Finished 88th at the NCAA Championships to lead the Rams to a 17th-place finish... Placed 16th to earn All-Mountain Region honors and lead CSU to a fourth-place finish at NCAA Mountain Regionals, finishing above two higher-ranked squads... Grabbed second-consecutive All-MW second team nod after placing eighth in Albuquerque... Led team at Nuttycombe and Bill Dellinger Invite where the Rams collectively defeated 10 higher-ranked teams.

Redshirt Junior (2020)
(Cross Country): Earned All-Mountain West Second Team honors after finishing ninth and leading the Rams to a third-place finish at the Mountain West Championships... Represented the Rams' fifth scorer at NCAA Championships, finishing in 207th place after she was spiked... At the 5K mark of the national meet, she was 81st but hit a wall with the pain and had to walk across the finish line... Finished first at the Colorado State-Wyoming Dual, leading CSU to the victory with a 21:17.5 time... Finished ninth overall at 20:02.6 representing the first Ram to cross at the Battle Born Collegiate XC Challenge and help CSU take seventh place.

Redshirt Sophomore (2019)
(Cross Country): Led the Rams in every race that she competed in... Aided CSU's first-place finish at Wyoming invite with a fifth-place showing, which propelled her to earn MW XC Athlete of the Week honors... Placed 50th at the Joe Piane Invitational 5k with a career-best time of 17:05.29... Crossed in 83rd at the Nuttycombe Invite 6k race... Recorded a 6K PR at the MW Championships, taking sixth to garner All-MW first team honors... Placed 23rd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.

Redshirt Freshman (2018)
(Cross Country): Marked the second Colorado State runner to finish in four cross country meets... Finished 11th overall at the Wyoming Invite... Placed 24th at MW Championships, third-highest finish for a freshman at the MW Championships... Ran in the NCAA Mountain Regional Cross Country, finishing in second for CSU.

Freshman (2017)
(Cross Country): Did not appear in any meets.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Attended Estes Park H.S. in Estes Park, Colo... All-league, cross country (2013-2017)... All-league, track and field (2013-2017)... All-state, cross country (2014-2017)... All-state, track and field (2014-2017)... Won the 2015 and 2016 Colorado 3A state championships in the 3,200 meters, and has an altitude personal best of 11:13.43... 2014 Colorado 3A state cross country champion... Has also finished third, fifth and 13th at the Colorado 3A state cross country championships... Holds high school record in the outdoor 5,000 meters (18:04)... Father ran at UNI, Mom ran at St. Thomas (MN).
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