Saraque Whittaker Class: Senior Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL High School: St. Thomas Aquinas Height: 5-7 Event: Sprints, Cross Country

AS A JUNIOR (2002): Earned All-America honors running the opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished seventh (3:32.74) at the NCAA Outdoor T rack 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 splits of 52.6 and 52.8 in the Hurricanes two races at the NCAA Championships ran the opening leg of the BIG EAST Champion 4x400-meter relay that set a BIG EAST outdoor meet record with a time of 3:33.57 set new Miami records in 400- meters and 500-meters during the indoor season recorded a school-record time of 53.84 in the 400-meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational in Notre Dame, IN (3/2/02) won BIG EAST Indoor 500-meter championship in Syracuse (2/17/02) with a time UM record time of 1:1 1.52 finished second in the 400-meters (53.58) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in Storrs, CT (5/5/02).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2001): Established individual school-records in the indoor 500-meters (1:11.74) and outdoor 400-meters (53.45), and was a member of the sprint medley relay (3:48.23) that established a new school-record at the Penn Relays (4/27/01) record setting performances in 500-meters (indoors) and 400-meters (outdoors) broke two of the longest standing records in school history (14 years) bettered the school-record in the 400-meters (outdoors) a total of five times recorded a third-place finish in the 500-meters and was member of the 4x400-meter relay that finished second at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships scored in the 400-meters and 4x400-meter relay to help Miami win its third BIG EAST Outdoor title in the last four seasons finished second in the 400-meters (53.45) and was a member of the second-place finishing 4x400-meter relay (3:37.33) qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, OR competed in the 400-meters and 4x400-meter relay in England and Scotland as a member of the USA Junior National Team coached by Amy Deem qualified for the Junior National Team with a second-place finish in the 400-meters (53.36) at the USA Junior National Team Trials in Richmond, VA (6/17/01).

AS A FRESHMAN (2000): Set school indoor record in the 400-meters (55.42) and was member of the school record setting 4x400-, 4x800- and Distance Medley relays during the outdoor season finished fourth in the 500- meters (1:13.27) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in Syracuse, NY her 500-meter time was a UM season best ranked No. 2 on the team during the outdoor season in the 200- meters (24.78) and 400-meters (54.35) helped set a school record in the Distance Medley relay (11:49.26) at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, FL member of the 4x800-meter relay that took first at the Texas Relays with a school record time of 8:38.31 took eighth in the 400-meters (56.83) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in Piscataway, NJ member of 4x400-meter relay that finished second (3:37.93) and the 4x800-meter relay that took fourth (9:04.26) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ran second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that set school record (3:34.19) at the Reebok Invitational in Atlanta, GA.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-America honors in the 400-meters as a junior and senior state champion in the 400-meters as a junior state runner-up in the 400-meter dash as a senior anchored 4x800-meter relay to state titles as a junior and senior was a part of the school record-setting 4x400-meter relay team team won state championships her junior and senior seasons...finished third at the 1999 National Scholastic Championships in 400-meters (54.12).

PERSONAL: Full name is Saraque Monique Whittaker born 1/10/82 majoring in finance daughter of David and Melrose Whittaker.

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