The 5-foot-1 senior won her second LHSAA Class 1A title this past season, breaking the tape in 18:42.90 over three miles to finish 41.6 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor, leading the Blue Gators to eighth place as a team. Landry was unbeaten in 2016 and clocked both the fastest 3-mile (17:44.80) and 5K (18:37) in state history.
Landry has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country on scholarship at Louisiana State University this fall.
A Community Service Prefect for her school each of the past two years, Landry has made the Headmaster's academic list every semester of high school and is a three-time winner of the AES Math book award. An Academic All-State selection, she has also volunteered locally helping to coordinate the AES Community Service Day in addition to donating her time to Calvary Chapel's children's ministry since 2015. "Kirsten established a goal to become the best and then followed through with a workout schedule that helped her achieve this goal," said AES head coach Jason Guidry. "She also serves as team captain and is a great role model for her teammates in demonstrating that any goal is achievable if you are willing to put forth the effort. She exemplifies what a student-athlete should be."
