Jamillah Wade Class: Senior Hometown: Philadelphia, PA High School: Simon Gratz Height: 5-9 Event: Sprints, Hurdles

AS A JUNIOR (2002): Earned All-America honors running the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished seventh (3:32.74) at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Baton Rouge, LA (6/1/02)…relay set school record in the preliminaries with a time of 3:32.58…ran the second leg of the BIG EAST Champion 4x400-meter relay that set a BIG EAST outdoor meet record with a time of 3:33.57…ran season-best split of 52.5 at the BIG EAST championships…defended BIG EAST Championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.04…also placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.32…post a career-best time of 14.02 in the prelims…took sixth in the 400-meters (57.32) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in Syracuse, NY (2/17/02)…topped her career-best 400-meters during the preliminaries with a time of 56.44… ran anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished first with a time of 3:43.30 at the North Carolina Invitational (1/19/02).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2001): Recorded Miami’s best times in the 100-hurdles and 400-hurdles… won the BIG EAST 400-meter hurdle title (59.12) to help Miami win its third outdoor conference championship in the last four seasons…ran opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay that clinched the team’s BIG EAST title with a second-place finish…also scored in the 100-meter hurdles finishing fifth with a person best time of 14.32…recorded her person-record time of 58.66 in the 400-hurdles at the Miami Gatorade Classic (4/14/01)…qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, OR in the 400-meter hurdles…member of the sprint medley relay that established a school-record (3:48.23) at the Penn Relays.

AS A FRESHMAN (2000): Competed in the 60-hurdles, 200-meters and 400-meters during the indoor season, and the 100-hurdles and 400-hurdles during the outdoor season…ranked second on the team during the indoor season in the 60-hurdles (8.87)…recorded the Hurricanes’ fastest time in the 400-hurdles during the indoor season with a time 1:00.19 at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, FL...member of the 4x400-meter relay that took first at the Florida Relays (3:38.19).

HIGH SCHOOL: 1999 Track and Field News All-American in the 400-meter hurdles...holds the school record in the 300- and 400-meter hurdles, as well as the triple jump…owns the state record in the 400-meter dash…selected as the Pennsylvania Most Outstanding Track Athlete during the indoor and outdoor seasons as a senior…won state indoor titles in the 400-meters and triple jump, and was runner-up in the 200-meters and 55-meter hurdles…1999 National Junior Champion in the 400-meter hurdles…was runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1998 National Scholastic Championships…member of school’s 4x200-meter relay that won national championship her senior season…was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay that won national title her junior year…earned 25 All-America honors during her high school career including six national titles…coached by Robert Massie.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jamillah Darcell Wade…born 7/17/81…majoring in sports management…daughter of Derrick and Jeanette Wade.

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