Genevieve LaCaze
Genevieve LaCaze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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| Personal information | |
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| Nickname(s) | Gen |
| National team |
 Australia
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| Born | 4 August 1989 |
| Residence |
Gainesville, Florida, United States Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) (2012) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) (2012) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 3000 metres steeplechase 1500 metres |
| College team | University of Florida |
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Genevieve LaCaze (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian athletics competitor who specialises in the 3000 metre steeplechase. She held an athletics scholarship at the University of Florida. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. LaCaze is of French, Italian and Spanish descent.
LaCaze, nicknamed Gen, was born on 4 August 1989. She spent her childhood in Brisbane, where she attended Tamborine Mountain State School before going to high school at the John Paul College in Daisy Hill. She is from Queensland. She attended the University of Florida, where she majored in Social and Behavioral Sciences from 2009 to 2012. As of 2012[update], she lives in the United States.
As of 2012[update], LaCaze is 164 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 53 kilograms (117 lb).
LaCaze competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase event and the 1500 metres. She started running when she was nine years old. In the United States, she is coached by Paul Spangler. In Australia, she was coached by David Howells. She has also been coached by Todd Morgan.
LaCaze finished second in the 2012 Melbourne Track Classic in the 3000 metres steeple chase. LaCaze finished first at the 2012 Indianapolis American Milers Club in the 3000 metres steeple chase and first in the 1500 metres race.
LaCaze accepted an athletics scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she competed for the Florida Gators cross country and Florida Gators track and field teams in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 2009 to 2012. She competed in the university-hosted Mountain Dew Invitational held at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville. She finished fifth at the 2011 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships in the 3000 metres steeple chase, and second in the 2012 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships in the same event, both held in Des Moines, Iowa.
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