| Lee Gilmer |
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 | Class: Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Mobile, Ala.
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 | High School: St. Paul's Episcopal
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 | Height: 5-9
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 | Sports: CC/Track
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Sophomore Year (2009-10):Cross Country: Ran new personal best for 8K of 26:17 at Eye Opener Invitational for 9th place finish . . . finished among top ten in five of seven competitions with best placing of second at ASICS/Winthrop Invitational where he ran personal best for 6K of 18:41 . . . placed 91st at NCAA Southeast Regionals with a personal best of 32:45 for 10K after placing 24th at SoCon XC Championships with 26:19 for 8K. Indoor Track: ran 4:16.85 for the mile at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational and doubled back the next day with a 8:37.3 for 3,000 meters . . . won the mile run at the Tiger Tuneup with a new personal best of 4:12.43 . . . placed 5th at SoCon Indoor Championship in 3,000 with personal best of 8:28.18.
Freshman Year (2008-09):Cross Country: Ran personal best for 8K of 26:38 at the Eye Opener Invitational . . . ran 33:58 for 10K in first appearance at NCAA Regional championships . . . Indoor Track: Earned all SoCon first team honors after placing 2nd in 800 meters at SoCon Championships with time of 1:56.05 and ran on 3rd place Distance Medley Relay . . . Outdoor Track: won the Furman Invitational 1500 in personal best of 3:58.16 . . .placed 5th at SoCon Outdoor Championships in 800 meters after running 1:54.76 in prelims.
High School: Led his St. Paul's team to three straight cross country 5A state championships and three straight track & field 5A state championships...was the Alabama 5A cross country champion with a personal best time of 15:49 in the 5K as a senior...runner up as a junior...named the Mobile Optimist Club's Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2007...finished first in the 800, 1600, and 3200 at the state meet as a junior and senior...finished first in the 800m at the 2008 state track & field meet with a time of 1:55.08...finished first in the 3200m at the 2008 state meet with a time of 9:41...finished first in the 1600m in 2008 with a time of 4:21...holds a personal best time of 4:17 in the 1600m...holds the school record in the 800m with a time of 1:55.08...earned all-state honors in cross country for four years...named the Mobile Press Register Runner of the Year in 2007 and 2008...earned the A.S. Mitchell Award for Athlete
of the Year as a senior...member of the National Honor Society...AP Scholar...member of the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: William Lee Gilmer was born on May 19, 1990 in Mobile, Ala....son of Walt and Elisabeth Gilmer...has twin brother, John, who competes for the University of the South--Sewanee. . .intended major is history/political science.
Gilmer Career Results