Laura Mortimer

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Nick name:    Morty
Year of Graduation:    2008
Major:    undecided
Hometown & School:    Jackson, MS (yay south!), St. Andrew's Episcopal School
HS Events & PR's:    4k XC  - 14:50, Mile - 5:37, 2 mile - 11:46
College Events & PR's:    XC - 5k 19:02, 6k 23:08. Track - 1500 5:13, 3k 10:35.39, 5k - 18:22.40, 10k - 39:05.80
Accomplishments:    XC state champion in MS ('00, '01, '03), getting into Amherst / deciding on a college, hiking 500ish miles of the Appalachian Trail, successfully transporting a beta fish (Elmer) from Mississippi to Massachusetts in a nalgene
Interests:    Backpacking, making delectable desserts in Valentine that involve frozen yogurt, playing piano (not as well or as often as I'd like), bubble wrap, checking my mail, having stimulating and intellectual conversations with Meg on cool-down runs...
Something random:     I have a nose fetish.
Why you chose Amherst:    Small size (though not too small for me - I graduated HS with 67 other people), beautiful campus in New England, excellent sledding hill, access to professors - a very real thing (not just guidebook talk), awesome cross-country team, good financial aid