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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Upper Marlboro, Md.
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| High School:
Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Position:
Sprints, Hurdles
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2008: Ran a season-best 54.30 at the ACC Championships in the 400-meters, placing fifth and qualifying for the NCAA Regionals... Also qualified for regionals in the 400-meter hurdles on three occasions, with her best time of 59.59 coming at the Hurricane Challenge... Member of the 4x400 relay that qualified for the regionals on four different occasions... During the indoor season, ran a season best 55.66 in the preliminary heat of the 400-meters at the Tyson Invitational... Ran the 800-meters once with a time of 2:22.41 at the Virginia Tech Invitational...Member of the 4x400 relay team that ran a provisional time of 3:37.83 at the Tyson Invitational... Member of the distance medley relay that ran at the University of Illinois Invite, placing third with a time of 12:32.03.
High School: Named Parade High School All-American all four years... Indoor athlete of the year as a junior... Also named all-metropolitan all four years, and ranked No. 1 in U.S. in the 500m with a time of 1:12.40, fourth all-time... Fourth fastest 400m hurdles time in nation (59.02)... Member of nation's fastest 4X400 (3:39.44) and 4X800 (8:51.19) relay teams... Represented the USA at the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational.
Personal: A criminolgy major... Enjoys reading books and taking walks by herself... Favorite athlete is Sanya Richards... Some of her favorite movies include, "Love & Basketball" and "Brown Sugar".
