Tom Lancashire Class: Senior Hometown: Bolton, England High School: Turton

2006 Co-Team Captain

ALL AMERICAN (INDOOR '05, `06, OUTDOOR '05, `06)
ACC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK MVP ('05)
ALL NCAA SOUTH REGION TEAM ('04, `05)
ALL ACC TEAM ('04, `05)
ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN (`05, '06)

Lancashire's Bests: 8K (XC) - 23:53.5
10K (XC) - 30:11
800m - 1:45.76
1500m run - 3:38.92
3000m run - 8:09.83

2006: Outdoor - One of the top middle-distance runners in the country...finished second at the NCAA National Championships in the 1500 (3.40.62)...fastest 800m runner in the country and fifth speediest 1500m harrier in the nation...set the George C. Griffin Track record and shattered a 20-year old FSU school record in winning the 800m in 1:45.76 at the Reebok Invitational... his time of 1:45.76 was the fastest of the season in the NCAA and the seventh fastest in the world in 2006... secured a berth at regionals with a season-opening, event winning mark of 1:46.99 at the Seminole Invitational...opened the outdoor season with a regional standard time of 3:41.63 at the Cardinal Invitational...picked up his second league crown, taking the1500m in an ACC Championships and Kentner Stadium record time of 3:42.13...led all advancers in the preliminary race with a mark of 3:48.70... won the 800m at the Seminole Invitational...Indoor - one of five student-athletes on the team to earn All-America honors... finished in fourth place in the mile run with a time of 4:13.38... first sub-four minute miler in FSU school history... ran the record-breaking mark at the Florida Fast Times Meet, automatically qualifying with a time of 3:58.52... ran the second fastest mile time in the nation, entering the meet... the title was his sixth overall ACC title, the most of any ACC male athlete (800m - '05, 1500m - '05, mile - '05, 06, DMR - '05, 1500m - '06)... appeared in his second NCAA Indoor National Championships in three seasons at FSU... ran 8:14.85 in the 3000m at the Tyson Invitational... fastest mile run time in the league... sixth fastest 3k time in the conference...mark is the top time in the NCAA Championships and the second fastest in the NCAA all season... defended his mile run title in helping FSU to its fourth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2005: Cross Country - Had an outstanding cross country season as a junior...finished in FSU top three in all seven events...opened up the season finishing fourth at the Covered Bridge Open with an 8K time of 25:57.37...at the FSU Invitational the Bolton, England native took fifth in 25:15.35...followed that up with a 17th place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 24:08... took 39th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a time of 24:26.9...had his most impressive performance of the season at the ACC Championships as he earned All-ACC honors, for the second consecutive year, finishing third with the four fastest 8K time of 23:53.5 in FSU history...also earned all-region honors for the second year in a row as he took seventh place with a 10K time of 30:24.06 at the NCAA South Regional Championships...helped FSU to an 18th place finish at the NCAA National Championships taking 77th with a time of 30:47.4.

2005: Outdoor - In just his second season in the Garnet and Gold, achieved success on the conference, regional and national levels...earned All-America honors for his eighth-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships...bettered the FSU-school record in the 1500m, which he set during the summer of 2004, with his time of 3:38.92 ...named ACC Indoor and Outdoor Performer of the Year for his excellent performance at the league championships...is the third outdoor performer of the year from FSU in six seasons and first to sweep both indoor and outdoor accolades...won the 800m and 1500m events at the Atlantic Coast Conference meet with start times separated by only 63 minutes...accounted for 20 points in FSU's ACC Team Championship...won the 1500m run at the Georgia Tech Invitational, regionally qualifying in a then-school record of 3:41.83...ran a then-season best and regional standard mark in finishing fourth at the Mt. SAC Relays in 3:44.08...the time was the ninth fastest in the nation and tops in the conference and region...led the team in the 800m and 1500m events, holding three of the top four marks...ran a regional qualifying time of 1:48.30 in the 800m at the Seminole Invitational... one of 11 Seminole men with regional qualifying marks...Indoor - Culminated the season with All-America accolades in the mile run...earned his first All-America honor with a fifth-place finish in the mile at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships...had one of the top times in the nation and the conference in the mile event...anchored the distance medley relay to defend the league title with a four-minute mile...the ACC Indoor MVP took home the honors for his title-winning performances in the mile run and as anchor leg in the distance medley relay as well as a fourth-place finish in the 3000m run...at the league meet, ran a 4:00-minute mile to edge Virginia at the line to win the ACC distance medley relay...his points helped FSU edge Clemson by 2.5 points for first place in the team race...shattered the school record at the Florida Fast Times meet, running a 4:00.64 in the mile run.

2004: Cross Country - Proved to be a solid competitor for the Seminoles, leading the team to its highest ranking in almost 20 years and scoring in the top five for FSU in six of seven events on the season...helped guide FSU to 17th place finish at the NCAA National Championships as he recorded a time of 32:17.7 and was the Seminoles' second overall finisher in 72nd place...opened up his season by placing 5th in the Mountaineer Open with a time of 25:28.20...continued his success at the Notre Dame Invite as he set a collegiate personal best (8K) with a time of 24:16 good for 25th place...moved into the top two in the varsity lineup...at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finished fourth overall for FSU, crossing the line in 46th place with a time of 24:50.6...at the conference meet, finished in 11th place with a time of 25:01.0 and helped FSU to finish in second place...played an integral role on the team that won the NCAA South Regional Championship title, running a collegiate personal best (10K) at the in a time of 30:11.99, good for 12th place.

2004: Outdoor - Finished ninth in the 1500m at his first NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, one place shy of All-America honors...posted a time of 3:47.39 in the prelims and a final mark of 3:47.51 in Austin, TX...led the middle distance corps of the Seminole lineup with the top two times in the 800m dash and the top five in the 1500m run...as one of the top 1500m recruits in the country, ran a regular season best 3:43.31 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to better his regional qualifying mark and earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships meet...the time is the third fastest in school history... posted a then-personal best mark of 3:45.58 at the prestigious Stanford Relays...was named to the 2004 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Team for his third-place finish in the 1500m in a time of 3:47.04...ran a personal best and regional qualifying mark of 1:48.59 in the 800m dash at the Florida dual meet to finish second...his 800m mark of 1:48.59 is the ninth best in school history. Indoor - Continued his high level of competition seen during the cross country season, breaking the record in the mile run...posted a school record time of 4:04.33 at the Adidas Invite, breaking the indoor record that stood for 25 seasons (Cliff Cook - 4:05.60 - 1979)...earned All-ACC honors for his second-place finish in the mile run and as a member of the winning distance medley relay...holds two of the top four times in the mile run...ran the anchor leg for the conference winning distance medley relay in 9:53.19.

2003: Cross Country - Was a welcomed addition to the squad, helping the men to their first NCAA National Championships berth in 22 years...ran a season best 10K time at the NCAA South Regionals, completing the course in a time of 31:35...posted a time of 26:18.1 for the 8K course at the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet...scored in the top five for FSU at nationals with his 161st-place finish (31:43 10K).

Prep: Second fastest all-time 18U runner in England recording a 3:44.61 in the 1500m as a 17-year old...led the English schoolboys in the 800m with a 1:49.9...an outstanding cross country runner, represented England at he 2003 World Cross Country Championships... played soccer and swam while a student at Turton High School in Brumley Cross.

Personal: Competed in the 2004 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships and posted a personal best mark of 3:42.48 during the semifinals en route to sixth-place in the final...2005 FSU Cross Country team captain...CoSIDA Academic All-American...majoring in exercise science.