GENERAL INFORMATION

Born: August 30, 1985

Place: Elyria, Ohio

High School: Elyria High School

College: University of Tennessee

Events: 60m, 100m and long Jump

Personal Bests: 60m- 7.27
100m- 11.35
Long Jump- 7.89m

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2005 Highlights

• Won a world championship in the long jump at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on Aug. 10, leaping a career-best and University of Tennessee record 6.83m or 22 feet, 7 ¼ inches.
• Became only the second American woman in history to win a world title in the long jump, joining Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and is only the third to medal in the world championships, joining Joyner-Kersee and Marion Jones
• Ranked Number 2 in the world in 2005 and Number 1 in the USA.
• Runner-up in long jump at 2005 USA Track & Field Championships, earning a place on the American squad for the IAAF World Championships
• 2005 NCAA Outdoor long jump champion and All-American, helping Tennessee finish fourth in Sacramento and chart its best outdoor result nationally since 1987
• Ran opening leg on UT’s third-place and school-record setting 4x100m relay at 2005 NCAA Outdoors
• Finalist for 2005 Honda Sports Award For Track & Field
• 2005 AOPi Lady Vol Athlete of the Year
• 2005 USTCA Mideast Region Female Athlete of the Year
• Number-one ranked NCAA woman in the long jump for the duration of the 2005 campaign
• 2005 NCAA Indoor long jump champion and All-American with an American collegiate record-tying jump of 22-3
• Sports Illustrated On Campus 2005 Indoor Women’s Track “Player of the Year”
• Helped Tennessee win its first-ever NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship and the first non-basketball women’s NCAA team title in school history in 2005
• 2005 NCAA Mideast Regional long jump champion despite suffering from strep throat and taking only three jumps
• 2005 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor long jump champion, popping the winning leap on her first attempt
• 2005 SEC Indoor long jump champion, taking only two jumps to win the competition
• 2005 SEC Indoor Field Events Athlete of the Year
• Set indoor and outdoor University of Tennessee records in the long jump in 2005
• Third at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash, earning All-America honors
• Fourth at the 2005 SEC Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash
• Also ran on school-record 4x200m relay team in 2005
• Named Lady Vol Athlete of the Month for April 2005
• Three-time SEC Athlete of the Week in 2005
• Four-time Lady Vol Athlete of the Week in 2005

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

• Named Second-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV in 2005
• Earned a spot on the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll for a second straight season
• Achieved Lady Vol Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year in 2005

2004 Highlights

• 2004 USA Track & Field Junior Nationals long jump champion
• 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials eighth-place finisher in the long jump
• 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships fifth-place finisher in the long jump, earning All-America status
• 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships 10th-place finisher in the long jump and All-America honoree
• 2004 NCAA Mideast Regional runner-up in the long jump
• 2004 SEC Outdoor Championships runner-up in the long jump
• 2004 SEC Outdoor Freshman Field Events Athlete of the Year
• 2004 SEC Indoor Championships runner-up in the long jump