Lesley Lehane

Lesley (Welch) Lehane (Born March 12, 1963 in Lynn, MA) is a retired American long distance runner. Lehane, graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School class of 1981, before attending the University of Virginia for two years, and subsequently transferring to Boston University. Her career highlights in cross country include winning both the NCAA and TAC National Championships in 1982, a 5th place finish at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and a repeat as TAC National Championship winner in 1988. Her career bests times are 4:08 1500 meters, 4:30 mile, 5:37 2000 meters, 8:44 3000 meters, 15:19 5000 meters, 25:37 5 mile run, 31:42 10,000 meters, 53:04 10 mile run, and a 2 hour 32 minute marathon. Her identical twin sister Lisa (Welch) Brady was also a competitive distance runner, who ran a 2 hour 34 minute marathon, placing 6th at the Boston Marathon.