Lamar University Athletics

2015 Outdoor SOuthland Champion (1500)
2015 outdoor All-SLC First team (1500)
2015 Indoor SLC Outstanding Performer
2015 Indoor Southland High Point Scorer
2015 Indoor SLC Newcomer of the Year
2015 Indoor Southland Champion (800)
2015 Indoor All-SLC First team (800)
2015 Indoor All-SLC Second Team (Mile)
2015 Indoor All-SLC Third Team (3000)
2014 XC ALl-SLC First team
XC SLC Athlete of the Week (9.16.14)
T&F SLC Athlete of the week (1.28.15)
T&F SLC Athlete of the week (4.8.15)
 
2015 Outdoor Season
• First-team All-Southland Conference runner in the 1500-meters on first place finish of 4:29.00 at the SLC Outoor Championships.
• Set a school record in the 1500 at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries and fell just a three spots shy of the National Championships with a quarterfinal time of 4:19.95.
• Third place finish at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4:20.50) and champion at the Stanford Invitational (4:22.84).
• Fourth place finish in the 800-meters at the Texas Relays with a 2:10.04 time, third place finish at the J. Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight (2:10.50) and sixth at the SLC Outdoor Championships (2:13.91).
• Finished sixth at the SLC Outdoor Championships in the 5000-meter run on an 18:12.45 time.
 
2015 Indoor Season
• Southland Conference high point scorer, outstanding runner and newcomer of the year.
• Garnered first-team All-SLC honors in the 800-meter run, second-team in the mile and third team honors in the 3000-meter.
• Finished first in every 800-meter run, including a season-best at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invite mark of 2:12.19.
• League championships time of 2:13.09 and 2:12.41 mark at the UAB Green and Gold Invite.
• Took ninth place at the UW Indoor Invitational in the mile on a time of 4:46.74, her season best in the event.
• Second place time at the league championships was 4:52.20.
• Season-best and third place mark in the 3000 of 9:49.42.
• Ran the 3K at the UAB Vulcan Invite and took first place on a 9:52.29 mark.
• Two first place finishes with the distance medley relay team at the Texas A&M Invitational (11:46.70) and Houston Indoor Opener (12:31.67).
 
2014 Cross Country
• First-team All-Southland Conference after a fourth place finish at the SLC Championships (20:54.5).
• Mark at the league championships was a season best.
• Finished 23rd at the NCAA Division I South Central Regional with a time of 21:02.5.
• Ran eighth at the Texas A&M Invitational in the season opener, time of 14:27.1.
• Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival mark of 16:55.7 and 14th place finish.
• Took 84th at the ISU Pre-National Invitational with a run of 21:55.6.
 
Prior to Lamar
• Came in third at British Universities and Colleges Sport outdoor championships with a 1,500 meter time of 4:29.56
• Posted personal best times of 2:08.28, 4:29.56 and 10:34.78 in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, respectively.
 
Personal
• Born Verity C. Ockenden on August 31, 1991, in Maidstone
• Daughter of Neal Ockenden and Fiona MacKenzie.