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Arizona State: Enters her senior campaign looking to earn All-America honors in every season of competition...added honors No. 5 and No. 6 in the indoor and outdoor long jumps, respectively...2000 and 2002 Pac-10 Champion in the long jump...NCAA runner-up in the long jump in 2002 (outdoor)...school record-holder in the indoor long jump (21-4), ranks second in outdoor long jump (21-3.25)...ranks seventh all-time in the outdoor 100m (11.53) and second in the indoor 60m (7.46 alt.adj.).
2002 Seasons:
2002 Outdoor: Finished the year with a national runner-up placing at the NCAA Championships....her long jump at the national meet was 21-3.25, a personal record and the second-best all-time at ASU...won her second conference long jump championship...had an all-around solid Pac-10 meet, finishing third in the 100m, fifth in the 200m and the 4x400m relay was the conference runner-up...also placed third at the USA Track and Field Championships...in all, won the long jump four of seven meets, the 100m twice in seven meets and the 200m once in six meets...marks in the 100m, 200m and long jump were tops for the team... 2002 Indoor: Finished third in the nation in the long jump to earn her fifth All-American award...won the MPSF long jump crown and the UA/NAU Double Dual title...her 7.46aa (second-best in school history) was tops on the team...also outdistanced her teammates in the long jump with a leap of 20-9.75.
2001 Seasons:
2001 Outdoor: Earned second-straight outdoor All-America honors in the long jump with third-place finish at the NCAA Championships...final leap of 21-0.75 (season-best) at nationals moved her from seventh to third place...NCAA provisional qualifier in the long jump...at Pac-10 Championships placed fifth in the 100m (11.76), eighth in the 200m (24.66) and 10th in the long jump (18-10...won the long jump at the Sun Angel Classic (20-11.75)...clocked personal-best in the 100m, placing fourth at the Mt. Sac Relays (11.53) with an NCAA PQ, but did not qualify for nationals...notched four runner-up finishes in the 100m...recorded personal-best in the 200m (24.09, second) at the UA/NAU Double Dual... 2001 Indoor: Earned All-America honors in the long jump with 11th-place finish (20-4.5)...automatically qualified with a winning season-best 21-0.5 effort at the UA/NAU Double Dual...also won the long jump at the NAU Invitational (19-9.75)...finished second in the 60m at the UA/NAU Double Dual (7.63 alt. adj.).
2000 Seasons:
2000 Outdoor: Took eighth in her preliminary heat of the long jump (20-5.75) at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento...placed fourth in the long jump at the NCAA Championships (21-0.75), earning All-America honors...automatically qualified with a season-best mark of 21-2.75 (second-best jump in school history), winning the event at the Double Dual...won the Pac-10 title with a mark of 21-0...notched four top-three finishes in the long jump...recorded two top-three finishes in the 100m, running a season-best 11.81 (team's fastest 100m)...posted season-best 100m hurdle time of 14.43... 2000 Indoor: Placed eighth in the long jump (20-6.5), earning All-America honors ...automatically qualified for nationals with a mark of 21-4 at the Double Dual, breaking the ASU record set in 1991 (LaShawri Simmons, 20-11.25)...went into NCAA championships with best mark in the nation...won MPSF title (20-7.25)...placed first at the Gator Inv. (20-9)...also competed in the 60m hurdles (8.71 alt.adj.).
High School:
Captured four state championships ...won state titles in the 200m and long jump junior year...state champion in the hurdles and 4x100m relay senior year...broke the regional long jump record as a senior with a jump of 20-6.25...that ranked as the second-best long jump by a prepster in 1998-'99.
Personal:
Majoring in communication...parents are James and Kathy...has three siblings, Mark (32), Damian (25), and Marissa (23)...born June 8, 1981, in Georgia.
Personal Bests: Long Jump: 21-3.25, 60m: 7.45, 100: 11.53, 200: 23.85
AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2002 Outdoor LJ 2nd 21-3.25
2002 Indoor LJ 3rd 20-7.25
2001 Outdoor LJ 3rd 21-0.75
2001 Indoor LJ 11th 20-4.5
2000 Outdoor LJ 4th 21-0.75
2000 Indoor LJ 8th 20-6.5