The 6-foot, 140-pound senior won the NCHSAA Class 4A state meet this past season with a time of 15:12.57, breaking the tape 18.55 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Crusaders to a third-place finish as a team. Lane took second at the Foot Locker South Regional championships in 14.59.80, then crossed the line in 15:13.80 at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, capturing 8th place and earning All-American honors. He finished unbeaten against in-state competition in 2016.
Lane has maintained a 5.09 weighted GPA in the classroom on a 4.0 scale. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country on scholarship at Stanford University this fall.
An active member of his school's student council, Lane has donated his time preparing and serving lunch at a local soup kitchen every summer. He has also volunteered locally as an assistant coach with a youth running club in addition to helping coordinate a 2016 Red Cross blood-donation drive at Cardinal Gibbons. "Connor demonstrated early in the season at the Great American Cross Country Festival that he had a desire to race some of the nation's best athletes, and his tenacity and determination resulted in one of the most impressive years by any runner in state history," said Erik Boal, editor at DyeStat.com. "Not only did he qualify for nationals for the first time, but he secured his school's first ever All-American honors in the sport."
