University of Toronto Athletics

High School: Named the most valuable player on the track and field and cross country teams...named the athlete of the year...received the Karry scholarship.

International Experience: Represented Canada at the 2016 U20 world track and field championships...earned two fifth-place finishes in the 1500m and 4x400 relay at the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. 

Varsity: Named U of T's female rookie of the year in 2016-17....named U of T's T-Holders' female athlete of the year and the OUA female athlete of the year across all sports in 2019-20. 

Cross Country:

OUA Championships:
2019: 1st (8km - 27:20.2)...OUA female athlete of the year...OUA first team all-star
2017: 6th (8km - 27:53.7)...OUA first team all-star
2016: 2nd (5km - 20:17.1)...Named the OUA female rookie of the year...OUA first team all-star

U SPORTS Championships:
2019: 1st (8km - 27:30.3)...U SPORTS female athlete of the year... U SPORTS first team all-Canadian 
2017: 6th (8km - 28:17.29)...U SPORTS first team all-Canadian
2016: 6th (5km - 21:34.0)...Named the U SPORTS female rookie of the year... U SPORTS first team all-Canadian

Track & Field:

OUA Championships:
2020: 2nd 4x800 Relay (8:58.89)
2019: 2nd 4x400 Relay, 2nd 4x800 Relay, 4th 600m (1:30.97)
2018: 1st 1000m (2:45.48), 1st 1500m (4:28.73), 1st 4x800 (8:52.23), 4th 4x400 Relay (3:48.74)...Winner of the Dr. Wendy Jerome Trophy as the OUA female most valuable performer.
2017: 1st 1000m (2:44.44), 1st 4x800 Relay (8:51.10), 2nd 1500m (4:16.51)...Named the OUA rookie of the year.
 
U SPORTS Championships:
2020: 1st 1000m (2:42.58), 1st 1500m (4:22.21), 2nd 4x800 Relay (8:54.84), 3rd 4x400 Relay (3:46.45)
2019: 4th 4x800 (8:32.36), 5th 4x400 (3:48.96)
2018: 2nd 1000m (2:44.39), 2nd 1500m (4:25.69), 6th 4x400 Relay (3:49.42)
2017: 1st 1000m (2:47.70), 1st 4x400 Relay (3:45.03), 1st 4x800 Relay (8:50.84), 2nd 1500m (4:25.57)...Named the U SPORTS female performer of the meet.


Personal: Older sister, Gabriela, is also a member of the Varsity Blues track and field teams and competed at the 2016 Olympic Games... father, James, was a member of the Varsity Blues cross country team and represented Canada at the world championships four times....aunt, Sara Gardner, was a member of the Varsity Blues and represented Canada at the 1992 world cross country championships...Lucia volunteers to help serve breakfast at the Lawyers Feed the Hungry...helps fundraise for cancer research with Light the Night and organizing events such as food drives and toy drives with Free the Children.
    Nickname: Lu
    Favourite professional team: Varsity Blues 
    Favourite professional athlete: Gabriela Stafford
    Favourite food: Chocolate
    Favourite music: Coldplay/Red Hot Chilli Peppers/Enrique Iglesias
    Favourite TV show: How I Met Your Mother
    Favourite movie: Scooby Doo
    Favourite actor/actress: Robert Downey Junior
    Actor/Actress that would play you in a movie: Cobie Smulders
    Most influential person to you: Papa Stafford