Leah Francis Class: RS Sophomore Hometown: Juneau, Ak. High School: Juneau-Douglas

At Stanford: Enters her third season in the program that will add depth in 2012.

2011 Season (Sophomore): Top finish was 63rd at the USF Invitational ... ran a season-best time of 21:03.8 at the Bronco Invitational to place 175th ... also competed in the Stanford Invitational and finished with a time of 24:53 to place 241st.

2010 Season (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: A three-time 4A Alaska state champion ... three-time Alaska Region V champion ... individual champion on the Northwest region of Nike Team Nationals in 2007 ... finalist at the 2008 Nike Team Nationals ... 2007-08 and 2008-09 Alaska Gatorade Athlete of the year for cross country ... 2006 individual champion at the Adidas Concordia University Classic in a course record time of 17:42 ... led Juneau Douglas to four straight Region V titles in cross country and three top-eight finishes at the state meet ... top team finish at state was the runner-up position in 2006 ... won seven 4A Alaska state titles in track, including three apiece in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and one in the 800 meters ... best times of 2:16.94 in the 800, 5:00.65 in the 1,600 and 10:54.38 in the 3,200 meters are all school and Region V records ... led the Juneau-Douglas track team to four consecutive Region V titles and three top-3 finishes at the state meet.

Personal: Major is undeclared, but interested in English ... considering a profession as a physician or an author ... daughter of Christopher and Jeanette Francis ... has one younger brother named David ... enjoys drawing, hiking, camping, collecting bouncy balls, climbing, baking and painting.