2015 Track:
Indoor: Competed in the 800 meters at the Samford University Invitational and posted a season-best time of 2:20.39 … Posted a season-best time of 5:41.59 in the mile at the Orange & Purple Classic. Outdoor: Ran a leg of the DMR that took sixth (12:04.40) at the Alabama Relays … Part of the 4×800-meter team that placed eighth (9:11.65) at the Florida Relays … Ran a PR in the 800m (2:13.35) and logged a PR in the 1,500m (4:35.51) at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Competed in four meets … Ran a career-best 5K at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational, finishing with a time of 18:31 … Ran a strong 5K at the Upstate Invitational, crossing the line in 19:07… Also logged a 5K time of 19:14 at the Crimson Classic.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran the fastest 1,500 meters of her career in 4:36.60 at the Florida Relays … Ran a leg of the 4×800-meter relay team that placed sixth in a time of 9:07.72 at the same meet.
2013 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Ran a career-best mile of 5:06.32 at the Samford Invite. Outdoor: Helped the 4×800-meter relay team take first (9:20.13) at the Georgia Relays … Placed sixth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.01 at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran a career-best 1,500 meter time of 4:36.94 at the Alabama Relays.
2012 Cross Country:
Ran in five meets … Recorded a career-best 5K time of 18:40 at the Louisville CC Classic … Ran a career-best 6K at the ACC Championships, crossing the finish line in 22:57 … Also logged a time of 23:09 at the VT Invitational 6K.
2012 Track:
Indoor: Ran the mile in 5:19.42 at the Kentucky Invite. Outdoor: Placed third in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invite with a time of 4:46.76 … Ran her best 1,500 meters of the season at the Florida Relays, finishing in 4:43.24 … Competed in the Distance Medley at that meet, with the team getting a fifth place finish … Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:47.9 at the ACC Championships and in 4:50..05 at the Last Chance Qualifiers.
2011 Cross Country:
Ran a season-best time of 19:24.90 at the Charlotte Invite … Finished the Clemson Invitational 6K in 24:16.00 … Turned in a time of 19:59.84 at the Crimson Classic.
High School:
On the North Gwinnett cross country state championship team in 2009 … was three-time all-state, four-time all-county … Earned the honor of team captain for the cross country team …Set the school record in track for the 4×400, 4×800 and distance medley relay teams…Held the fastest freshman time in the Georgia state meet history … Won the Outstanding Senior Award and Scholar Athlete Award
Personal:
Full name is Laura Ann Serres … Born on Sept. 11, 1992 in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France … Also lived in Istanbul, Turkey and Towaco, New Jersey … Parents are Denis and Sylvia Serres … Sisters are Alice and Mia … Hobbies include ultimate frisbee and soccer … Most memorable nonathletic accomplishment was a learning to speak English when she was seven years old … Majors in business administration.
