The 5-foot-7 senior raced to first place at the D.C. State Athletic Association Championships this past season with a time of 18:05. The District’s returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, Lester also finished fifth at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships and took 14th at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, earning All-American honors. She also broke the tape at the Independent School League championship, the Bullis Invitational and the DCXC Invitational in 2017.
Lester has maintained a 3.66 GPA in the classroom. She will attend Princeton University this fall, where she will compete in cross country and track and field.
The sports editor of her school newspaper, Lester has volunteered on behalf of A Wider Circle, which assists families in poverty.
