
Lainey Phelps
Middle Distance
Class
Junior
Hometown
Homewood, Ala.
High School
Homewood
Major
Undeclared
Career Honors
- 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Cross Country
- Sixth on the team and 60th overall (21:25.87) at the 6k NCAA South Regional (Nov. 12)
- Finished 76th overall (22:11.9) at the 8k SEC Championships (Oct. 29)
- Placed 27th overall (22:42.7) at the 6k Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
- Fifth on the team and 151st overall (17:54.2) at the 5k Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)
- Also finished 18th overall (17:52.1) at the 5k Commodore Classic (Sept. 17)
- Finished 24th overall and fifth on the team (18:01) at the 5k Mizzou Opener (Sept. 3)
Track and Field
- Competed at the Commodore Indoor in the 1,000 meters (2:52.14) and finished sixth overall, personal best
- Set a best in the mile (4:57.05) at the Vanderbilt Invitational, finished 11th
- Finished eighth in the 800 meters at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 2:11.09
As a Freshman (2020-21)
Cross Country
- Scored at all four meets
- Third Commodore and 52nd overall (21:32.0) to help team to sixth-place finish at SEC Championships (Oct. 30)
- Second on team and 56th overall (21:43.77) at Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
- Second on team and 17th overall (21:28.9) at Gans Creek Classic (Oct. 3)
- Made collegiate debut at Commodore Classic (Sept. 19) and finished second on team and 15th overall (22:23.2)
Track and Field
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Competed at three indoor meets and six outdoor meets
- Finished 18th in the 1,500 meters (4:30.20) at SEC Outdoor Championships (May 15)
- Season-best 2:11.36 in the outdoor 800 meters at Black and Gold Invitational (April 17)
- Also finished as runner-up with season-best 4:25.79 in the outdoor 1,500 meters at Black and Gold Invite
- Member of winning distance medley relay (11:52.11) at Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 16)
The Phelps File
- Four-year letterwinner at Homewood under head coach Tom Esslinger
- Two-time Alabama Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year (2016, 2019)
- 15 individual state championships
- 2020 Bryant Jordan regional winner
- Personal bests in high school included 4:54 (1,600 meters), 10:44 (3,200m), 17:36 (5,000m)
- Also lettered in lacrosse
- National Honor Society
- Daughter of Alli and Peter Phelps
- Has a younger brother, Luke
- Aunt, Suzy Cahill Toner, swam and ran track at The University of the South (Sewanee)