Lennie Waite
Personal information | |
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Born | [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland[1] | 4 February 1986
Education | Rice University |
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Coached by | Jim Bevan[2] |
Lennie Waite (born 4 February 1986 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British track and field athlete. She represented Great Britain in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 3000m Steeplechase. She holds a personal best of 9:35.91 in the 3000m Steeplechase, achieved on 12 June 2016 at the Portland Track Festival.[3] She is the sixth fastest British Steeplechaser of all-time.[4]
Waite attended Rice University. She graduated cum laude in 2008 with a B.A. in Psychology, Economics, and Managerial Studies. During her time at Rice, she set school records in the mile, 1500m and 3000m steeplechase.[5] Her records still hold in the mile and 1500m. Waite was a member of seven C-USA championship teams, was the high point scorer at the 2009 C-USA indoor track championships, and was part of Rice’s NCAA qualifying cross country teams in 2007 and 2008. Waite left Rice as a two-time All-American (mile & steeplechase), an Academic All-American, a top 10 finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award (2009), and received both C-USA and NCAA post-graduate scholarships. After her career at Rice, she pursued her PhD at the University of Houston in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and continued to train under Rice University's Head Women's Track and Field Coach Jim Bevan as a professional steeplechaser.
Waite completed her PhD in Psychology in 2012 and supplements her professional track career as a sport psychology consultant and performance specialist.[6] She is a certified mental performance consultant for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (CMPC) and is passionate about helping athletes improve on the mental aspects of sport performance.[7] She also serves as a volunteer coach for the Rice University Women's Track and Field Team.[8]
Her first major international track and field competition was the
Waite is currently an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.
References
- ^ a b c d "Glasgow 2014 - Lennie Waite". Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ letsrundotcom (12 June 2016), Lennie Waite After Winning Steeple at Portland Track Festival 2016, retrieved 8 February 2017
- ^ "Ranking List". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Lennie Waite Bio - Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site - Women's Track". www.riceowls.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Home". Waite Performance Strategies LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Association for Applied Sport Psychology: Home". www.appliedsportpsych.org. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Official Women's Track Roster - Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site - Women's Track". www.riceowls.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final". Retrieved 28 July 2015.