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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Lexi Tepper

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Cherry Hill East
  • Hometown Cherry Hill, N.J.

Biography

2025
  • Won her first career race at Mount St. Mary's 5K Dual Meet with a time of 18:29.59.
2024
  • Earned America East All-Conference honors after placing seventh in 17:44.3 at the America East Chapionships
  • Was 38th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals with a time of 21:03.3.
  • Finished fifth overall with a time of 23:08.10 at the Navy Invitational.
2023
  • UMBC's top finisher in four of UMBC's five meets.
  • Turned in her top 6k time of the season (21:48.6) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional.
  • Finished 29th overall at the 5k America East Championships with a time of 19:07.65.
  • The Retrievers' top finisher at the Navy Invitational with a 6k result of 24:01.29.
  • UMBC's top harrier at the 6k Paul Short Invitational with a time of 23:26.5.
  • Crossed the line 24th overall and was UMBC's second finisher in 20:42.63 at the 5k Mount St. Mary's Invitational.

BACKGROUND
  • Earned three Olympic All-Conference honors in cross country (2019, 2021-22) and one in the 800 meters
  • The medalist at the 2020 NJSIAA Cross Country Sectionals; finished second in 2022, but lowered her time by over 90 seconds after recovering from ACL surgery
  • Part of 4 x 800 relay squad which broke the school record and competed at prestigious meets like the Penn Relays  
  • Earned Eastside’s Female Athlete of the Year honor in 2022
  • Also played youth soccer until 2021
  • Maintained a 4.0 grade-point average each year at Cherry Hill East and was selected to the Senior Hall of Fame in recognition of achievement, leadership and betterment of the school
  • Considering a major in biological sciences and has a career interest in physical therapy
  • Lists favorite professional teams as “any Philadelphia sports team” and Bayern Munich
  • Lists favorite musical artist as Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and is learning to play the bass guitar
  • Has a twin brother, Peter Tepper III and a sister Emma
  • Daughter of Dawn and Peter Tepper, Jr., both competed in cross country and track and field at DeSales University

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2025Junior

    5'4"
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.