Georgia Tech Track and Field. Meet the Jackets. Galina Becker Sophomore Hurdles, Jumps San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant)

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1 Galina Becker Sophomore Hurdles, Jumps San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant) In : Ran an outdoor-season best time of in the 100-meter high hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Clocked a season-best time of in the 100-meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished 15th in the long jump at the ACC Championships with a season-best leap of 17'8.75"... Posted a season-best time of 9.48 in the 60m hurdles at the Tiger Classic. High School: Lettered in track for 60m HH m HH Long Jump Triple Jump three seasons under coach Steve Nelson... Won region titles in the long and triple jump events during sophomore and junior seasons... Named team's Most Valuable Performer in freshman, sophomore and junior seasons... Holds Central Coast Section record in the triple jump with a mark of 40'5"... Lettered in volleyball for one season. Personal: Born Galina Joelle Becker on March 11, 1987, in Jacksonville, Fla.... Parents are Kevin and Mildred Becker... Has two older sisters, Molisa Cooper and Undine Becker... Undine ran track at Stanford ( )... Majoring in management. Tiffany Chavis Freshman/Combined Marietta, Ga. (Pope) High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Cathi Monk in track & field at Pope High School... Letter two years in basketball Nike () All- American in the Pentathlon... USTAF Junior Olympics participant Cobb County Female Athlete of the Year. Personal: Born Tiffany Yvonne Chavis on April 18, 1988 in Fort Pierce, Fla.... Daughter of Philip Logan and Brenda Chavis-Logan... Majoring in biomedical engineering. Mary Chind Senior/Distance Cartersville, Ga. (Cass) In : Ran personal-record times in the mile and 3,000 meters for the Jackets during the indoor season... Tallied a ninth-place finish in the mile with a time of 5:03.98 at the Rod McCravy Memorial... Posted an 11th-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Kentucky Invitational with a mark of 10: Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Walt Disney World Invitational with an outdoor season-best time of 18: Clocked a season-best time of 4:51.01 in the 1500 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational. In : Won the mile at the Clemson Classic with an indoor personal-record time of 5: Clocked a personal-best time of 4:41.21 in the 1500 meters at the ACC Championships, finishing in 16th place... Tallied a Mile... 5: ,000m... 10: ,000m... 18: m... 4: ,000m... 18:03.15 second-place finish in the 1500 at the Clemson Invitational (4:46.25)... Ran a lifetime-best time of 18:03.15 in the 5,000 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished 22nd in the 5,000 at the ACC Championships (18:25.48)... Had a second-place finish in the mile at the Clemson Opener (5:15.01)... ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Ran the 1500 meters for the Jackets during the outdoor season... Posted a season-best time of 4:50.79 to finish seventh at the Orange & Purple Classic... Had a 12th-place finish with a time of 4:52.34 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Top mile time came in the prelims of the ACC Championships with a time of 5: Tallied a 14th-place finish in the mile (5:22.14) at the Clemson Invitational... Finished 22nd in the prelims of the 3000 meters (10:51.19) at the indoor ACC meet... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and cross country under coach David Rawlins... Earned all-district and all-region honors in track and cross country as a junior and senior... Elected team captain in cross country for junior and senior seasons... School record holder in the 5K (19:57), 1,600 meters (5:29) and 3,200 meters (11:55)... Graduated third in her class. Personal: Born Mary Ann Chind on Dec. 18, 1984, in Cartersville, Ga.... Parents are William and Isabella Chind... Brother Daniel graduated from Georgia Tech in summer of '04... Has a sister, Sarah... Enjoys painting and drawing... Majoring in science, technology and culture Georgia Tech Track and Field

2 Alana Clooten Sophomore/Throws Fairbanks, Alaska (Lathrop) In : Broke the school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 174'2" at the Orange and Purple Classic, this mark was the third farthest hammer throw nationally among all USA junior women... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the hammer at the USATF Junior National Championships (168'6")... Finished eighth in the hammer at the ACC Championships (168'4")... Posted a seasonbest mark of 142'0" in the discus to finish fifth at the Walt Disney World Invitational... Tallied a seventhplace finish in the weight throw at the ACC Championships with a season-best toss of 51'9"... Posted a top indoor shot put mark of 41'4.25" at the Clemson Invitational. High School: Lettered four seasons in track under coach Milo Griffin... Named team captain in junior and senior seasons... Won shot put state titles from Captured the discus state crowns from Lettered in basketball in four seasons... Tabbed all-state second Weight Shot Put Hammer Shot Put Discus team as a junior and senior... Selected to the all-state honorable mention team as a sophomore... Garnered all-league honors in hoops in final three seasons of competition... Earned one varsity letter in volleyball. Personal: Born Alana Jean Clooten on April 1, 1987, in Fairbanks, Alaska... Parents are Clem and Connie Clooten... Has three older brothers, Lucas, Nate and Ben... Father ran track and played football at North Dakota State University ( )... Brother Nate participated on the track team at the University of Idaho ( ), and Ben competed for NDSU (2003)... Enjoys watching movies and fishing... Majoring in biomedical engineering. Carola Conces Freshman/Distance Dallas, Texas (Highland Park) High School: Two-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field under coach Jerry Sutterfield at Highland Park High School... led cross country team to 2005 district, regional and state championship... First place in district in 2006 in meter and 3200-meter... Earned all-state honors in cross country in 2004, 05 and All-State academic honors in track & field in National Honor Society... Ranked first in class. Personal: Born Carola Marie Conces on September 22, 1988 in Houston, Texas... Daughter of J. Guy and Phyllis Conces... Intends to major in applied math, global economics and modern langauage. Meet the Jackets Barbie Daymude Senior/Distance Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill) In : Did not compete for the Jackets. In : Did not compete for Tech. In : Did not compete for the Jackets... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Earned two letters in cross country and one in track at Collins Hill...Helped team to Region 8 AAAAA title... Captain of cross country team as a senior...member of school-record breaking 4x800 relay... Member of National Honor Society, Beta Club and Key Club... Spanish Honor Society historian... Vice president of Mu Alpha Theta...Captain for Odyssey of the Mind... Head counselor at Richland Day Camp... Also swam for two seasons, earning one letter...ranked 11th in class of Four-time academic letterwinner... National Merit Scholarship recipient... Won Coley Krug Scholarship and Ray Kroc Youth Achievement Award. Personal: Barbara Michelle Daymude... Daughter of Tom and Kathy Daymude... Born August 27, 1984, in Metairie, La.... Majoring in management. Raenard Dillard Junior/Jumps Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler) In : Finished 17th in the long jump at the ACC Championships with a mark of 17'8.25"... Posted an outdoor season-best mark of 17'10.75" at the Orange and Purple Classic... Tallied a season-best mark of 17'11.75" in the long jump at the ACC Championships... Finished 16th in the triple jump at the outdoor ACC meet with a mark of 37'3". In : Posted a fifth-place finish in the long jump with an outdoor season-best mark of 16'5.75" at the Orange & Purple Classic, finishing in fifth place... Finished 22nd in the long jump at the ACC Championships... Tallied an indoor season-best mark of 16'7" at the Clemson Opener... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Greg Mitchell... Earned first team all-county honors in the long jump, triple jump, 100 and 200-meter dashes as a senior... Set a school record in the long jump at the Region meet with a personalbest mark of 18'11.50" en route to claiming the regional crown... Helped lead team to a region title in 6A in Lettered for four seasons in basketball and softball... Earned first team all-county honors in both basketball and softball in senior season... Tabbed Most Valuable Player on the softball team and Most Valuable Performer on the track team as a senior... Helped guide the basketball team to a region championship in 6A in '01... Selected to Wheeler High School Hall of Fame... Student Council, Leadership club and Habitat for Hummanity participant... Graduated with high honors. Personal: Born Raenard DeAndrea Dillard on Oct. 2, 1985, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are Ray and Norma Dillard... Has a Long Jump Long Jump younger brother, Ray Anthony II... Majoring in management. 9

3 Fatmata Fofanah Senior/Hurdles Bronx, N.Y. (Bronx Science) In : Qualified for her second straight NCAA Championships as an at-large selection in the 100-meter high hurdles... Finished 14th in the semifinals with a time of Clocked a personal-record time of to finish sixth at the NCAA East Region Championships... Finished runner-up at the ACC Championships with a time of Posted NCAA Provisional times during the indoor season in the 55- and 60-meter high hurdles... Tallied a time of 7.70 in the 55m hurdles at the Florida Fast Times Qualifier... Posted a 16th-place finish at the NCAA Championships with a time of Ran a personal-record time of 8.22 in the 60m hurdles at the ACC Championships to finish second and earn All-ACC honors. In : Crossed the finish line in first place at the ACC Championships in the 100m hurdles with a personal-record time of to capture her first ACC crown... Posted a second-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (13.35)... Finished third at the Clemson Invitational in the 100m hurdles with a time of Tallied an eighthplace finish in the sprint hurdles at the NCAA East Region Championships with a time of Finished 20th in the 100m hurdles at the outdoor NCAA Championships (13.79)... Ran a leg of the Shuttle Hurdle Relay that set a new Tech record with a time of at the Penn Relays... Finished fourth at the indoor ACC meet in the 60m hurdles with a time of Clocked a lifetime-best mark of 8.35 in the prelims of the 60m hurdles at the indoor ACC Championships... Ran an indoor season-best time of 8.01 in the 60-meter dash at the Clemson Tiger Twilight... Set a new track record in the 55m hurdles (7.70) at the Clemson Classic... Ranked second on the Tech squad in the 100m hurdles and third in the 60m hurdles for the outdoor and indoor seasons. At Pittsburgh ( ): Ranked third in the Big East in the 100- meter high hurdles and fifth in the 60-meter high hurdles... Posted a NCAA Regional qualifying time of in the 100 hurdles at the ECAC Championships... Finished fourth at the Big East Championships in the 60 hurdles with a time of Tallied a season-best mark of 38'8.50" in the triple jump... Finished with a season-best mark of 8.48 in the 60 hurdles. High School: Posted a third-place finish in the 60-meter high hurdles at the Simplot Games as a senior... Won city championships in the 60 and 100 hurdles in senior season... Finished third at the Scholastic Nationals in the 60 hurdles in junior season... Tallied a sixth-place finish at the outdoor meet in the 100 hurdles... As a junior, won the Colgate title in the 55-meter hurdles... Holds the school record in all three hurdle events and holds one New York state record in the 60 hurdles (8.63)... Finished career as a two-time All-American. 60m HH m HH Personal: Born Fatmata Fofanah on June 10, Parents are Mohamed and N'Sira Fofanah... Has a brother and a sister, Nabie and Marie... Majoring in international affairs. Tiffany Grant Freshman/Sprints Ocean, N.J. (Ocean Township) High School: Four-year letterwinner in track & field and indoor track at Ocean Township High School... Placed fourth at the Nike Nationals in the 400-meter dash... Holds High School record in 400m, 800m and long jump. Personal: Born Tiffany Marie Grant on January 30, 1988 in Long Branch, N.J.... Daughter of Lamar and Linda Grant... Majoring in management. Tenisha Griggs Junior/Hurdles Southfield, Mich (Southfield Lathrup) In : Clocked a NCAA Region qualifying mark of in the 100-meter high hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished 16th in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA East Region Championships with a season-best time of Tallied a 10th-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the ACC Championships with a time of Ran an outdoor season-best time of in the 100-meter dash at the Tiger Classic... Qualified for the finals of the 60m hurdles at the ACC Championships with a personal-best time of 8.48, finishing seventh in the finals... Clocked an indoor season-best time of 7.72 in the 60m dash at the Meyo Invitational... Posted a pair of 15thplace finishes in the 200-meter dash at the indoor and outdoor ACC meets, running season-best times of and 24.55, respectively. At LSU (2005): Lettered for one season for the Tigers... Ran a NCAA Region qualifying mark of in the 100m hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold meet... Clocked a time of in the 100m hurdles at the Bulldog Invitational to finish fifth... Tallied a 12th-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the SEC Championships... Ran an indoor season-best time of 7.86 in the 60-meter dash at the Holiday Inn Team Invitational... Logged a season-best time of 8.74 in the 60m hurdles at the Bayou Bengal Invitational. High School: Fouryear letterwinner for coach Stan Edwards at Southfield-Lathrup High School... Was named the 2004 Michigan Female Track Athlete of the Year... Was a two-time All-America selection and an eight-time all-state honoree... Was a two-time state champion in the outdoor 200 meters... Won the state indoor 200 meter title in Holds both the Michigan state indoor (25.15) and outdoor (24.20) records in the 200 meters... Also won state titles in the 60-meter hurdles and the 100-meter hurdles... Helped her team to county, league and regional championships as a senior... Earned four varsity 60m m HH m m m HH m letters in tennis... Elected team captain... A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she was named to the honor roll three years. Personal: Born Tenisha Rene Griggs on May 19, 1986, in Southfield, Mich.... Parents are Marilyn and Michael Griggs... Has two younger siblings, Tiara and Michael... Majoring in management Georgia Tech Track and Field

4 Maria Hampton Junior/Distance Tallahassee, Fla. (Lawton Chiles) In : Ran an indoor season-best time of 11:07.91 at the Tiger Classic... Did not run during the outdoor season.in : Tallied a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Clemson Invitational (18:16.44)... Clocked an outdoor season-best time of 17:59.60 in the 5,000 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished 23rd in the 1500 meters at the ACC Championships with a season-best time of 4: Did not compete during the indoor season... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coaches Scott Gowan and Janet Scott (O'Neill High School)... Captured regional and district titles in the 5000 meters as a senior... Won the 1600 and 3200 at the District and Regional Championships in senior year... Posted a first-place finish in the 3200 at the City Championships as a junior and senior... Earned all-state honors from Won a 1500m... 4: ,000m... 17:59.60 district title in the 3200 as a junior and captured the 1500 at the Regional Championships as a sophomore... Lettered in four seasons in cross country... Tabbed team's Most Valuable Runner for track and cross country in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Earned first team All-Big Bend honors in junior and senior seasons and selected as the Big Bend Runner of the Year as a senior in cross country... Holds school record in the 3200, 5000 and DMR events... Key Club International, Beta, Marine Biology and Art club participant... National Honor Society... Graduated in top five percent of senior class. Personal: Born Maria Maija Hampton on April 29, 1986, in Ft. Benning, Ga.... Parents are Scott and Kristi Hampton... Has a younger sister, Kaia... Enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, reading, writing and church activities... Majoring in science, technology and culture. Meet the Jackets Kimery Hern Sophomore/Throws Clinton, Wash. (South Whidbey) In : Posted a NCAA Region qualifying mark of 157'6" at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Tallied a personalrecord throw of 158'2" to finish fourth at the USATF Junior National Championships... Finished 12th in the discus at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 149'0"... Finished third at the USATF Junior National Championships in the hammer throw (169'6")... Tallied a sixth-place finish in the hammer at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a personal-best toss of 172'5", the fourth farthest hammer throw nationally among all USA junior women... Finished eighth in the discus at the ACC Championships with a mark of 153'9". High School: Earned four letters in track under coach Jeff Greene... Won hammer state 2A championship and discus league and district titles as a senior, setting a new state meet record in the hammer... Captured the discus state title during junior season... Broke school recored in the shot put... Posted a first-place finish in the hammer throw at the Washington/Oregon Meet of Champions with a mark of 165'03", setting a new meet record... Holds school Discus Hammer record in the discus and hammer throw events... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Kimery Jeannine Hern on Feb. 24, 1987, in San Jose, Calif.... Daughter of Karen Holum... Has an older brother, Brandon, who wrestled at Oregon State (2003)... Majoring in management. Ashley Keck Sophomore/Mid. Distance Erie, Pa. (Fairview) the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished 12th in the 1500 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational with a season-best time of 4: Ran an indoor seasonbest time of 2:22.06 in the 800 at the Tiger Classic... Posted a season-best time of 5:10.21 in the mile at the ACC Championships. High School: Four-year letter winner in track at Fairview High School under In : Clocked an outdoor seasonbest time of 2:23.11 in the 800 meters at 800m... 2:22.06 Mile... 5: m... 2: m... 4:49.49 coach David Keck... 3-time school MVP in soccer and track... Named to All- League and All-District teams in track during all four years of high school... Participated in and Nationals... Also holds school records in 1600m, 4x800m, and 4x400m. Personal: Born Ashley Ann Keck on Dec. 5, 1986 in Erie, Pa.... Daughter of David and Marianne Keck... Sister Tara ran track and cross country at Harvard... Majoring in management. 11

5 Ashlee Kidd Senior/Sprints St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Petersburg) In : Won a Gold medal at the NACAC Under 23 Championships as part of the USA 4x400m relay team that set a new meet record with a time of 3: Clocked a personalrecord time of in the finals of the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors for the second consecutive outdoor season, finsihing fifth... Helped lead Tech 4x100m relay team to a ninth-place finish at the outdoor national championships... Finished third at the NCAA East Region Championships in the 400-meter dash with a time of to qualify for her third straight outdoor NCAA meet... Ran a leg of the ACC champion 4x100m relay team that broke a Kentner Track Record with a time of at the outdoor ACC meet... Garnered All-ACC honors in the 400m dash with a third-place finish at the ACC Championships (53.67)... Clocked a personal-best time of in the 200m dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Ran the second leg of the 4x100m relay team that clocked a season-best time of to qualify for the outdoor national championships... Broke ACC Championship records in the 200- and 400-meter dash times with school record times of and 52.61, respectively... Tweaked her hamstring at the end of the 200m dash at the indoor ACC meet which prevented her from competing at the NCAA Championships... Clocked a personal-record time of 7.47 in the 60-meter dash at the Meyo Invitational, finishing in third place. In : Garnered All-America honors in the 400 meters and 4x100m relay at the NCAA Championships... Posted a season-best time of in the finals of the 400 at the NCAA meet, finishing in fifth place... Ran a leg of the 4x100m relay team that finished ninth at NCAAs... Won ACC title in the 4x100m relay at the outdoor ACC Championships... Garnered All- ACC honors in the 200- and 400-meter dash events at the outdoor ACC meet... Ran an outdoor season-best time of to finish third in the 400 at the NCAA East Region Championships and qualify for her second consecutive outdoor NCAA Championships... Clocked an outdoor season-best time of in the 200 to finish third at the ACC Championships... Ran a leg of the ACC champion 4x100m relay team at the outdoor ACC meet... Helped the 4x100m relay team finish fourth at the NCAA East Region Championships to advance to the outdoor NCAA meet... Garnered All-ACC honors in the 200- and 400-meter dash events at the indoor ACC Championships... Won the 400 at the Meyo Invitational (53.76), Niswonger Invitational (55.43) and Clemson Tiger Twilight (55.98)... Anchored the Tech 4x400m relay team to a third-place finish at the indoor conference championship (3:44.51)... Held Tech's top times in the 400 for the indoor and outdoor seasons... ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Qualified for the IAAF World Junior Championships after winning the 400 meters at the U.S. Junior National Championships... Captured a Bronze medal in Grosseto, Italy... Earned All- America honors at the NCAA Championships in the 4x100-meter relay... Finished 19th in the 400 meters (53.68) at the outdoor NCAA meet... Won ACC titles at the ACC Championships in the 200- and 400-meter events... Posted a Tech season-best time of in the 200 at the ACC meet... Finished second in the 400 at the NCAA East Region Championships with a season-best time of Held top times in the ACC in the 200 and Ran the second leg of the 4x100m record-setting team that finished third at the NCAA Region meet with a time of Was part of the 4x200m relay team that set a new Tech record with a time of 1:34.80 at the Florida Relays... Also broke the Tech record in the shuttle hurdle relay, running the second leg and finishing with a time of Selected as the ACC Rookie of the Year for both the outdoor and indoor seasons... Finished 16th in the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships with a time of Won the ACC Championship in the 400 with a season-best time of Posted a season-best time of in the 200 at the ACC meet, finishing fifth in the event... Posted firstplace finishes in the 400 at the Clemson Invitational (54.38), Meyo Invitational (53.62) and ACC Championships... Tallied a third-place finish at the Gator Invitational in the 200 meters (24.48)... Finished eighth at the USATF Championships with a time of in the 400. High School: Lettered for four seasons in track at St. Petersburg High School under coach Ken Jackson... Three-time conference, region and district champion in the 200 and 400 meters... Ranked fifth in the state in the 400 meters and ninth in the 200 meters... Selected as most valuable runner in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Seminole Rotary Invitational MVP in 2000, 2002 and West Coast Invitational MVP in junior and senior seasons... Ran cross country for four seasons under coach Rob Townsend... Set Seminole Rotary Invitational record in the 200 and 400 meters... Holds the West Coach Invitational meet record in the 200 meters... Named St. Petersburg Female Athlete of the Year... Veronica Kinard Sophomore/Distance Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill) In : Clocked a season-best time of 19:54.55 in the 5,000 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Clemson Invitational with an indoor season-best time of 20: Ran a seasonbest time of 11:23.30 in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Classic. High School: Lettered in track and cross country in four seasons under coach Andrew Hudson... Elected team captain for cross country and track... Helped guide team to consecutive 5A state cross country championships in junior and senior seasons... Earned All-Gwinnett County honors as a junior and senior... Ran a leg of the record-setting 4x1600-meter relay team... National Honor Society and French National Honor Society... Beta club and orchestra member. Personal: Born Veronica Rose Kinard on Sept. 29, 1986, in Snellville, Ga.... Parents are Michael and Melissa Kinard... Older sister, Janet, and brother, Isaac, graduated from Tech... Janet participated on the Georgia Tech crew club team ( ) and 200m m m m Spectrum Multicultural club treasurer, Church School secretary, Rojans Service club, President of Youth Choir and Who's Who Among American High School Students... National and Spanish Honor Society... Graduated with cumma sum laude honors. Personal: Born Ashlee Denise Kidd on July 26, 1985, in St. Petersburg, Fla.... Parents are Robert and Cynthia Kidd... Enjoys listening to music, singing and hanging out with friends... Majoring in management. 3,000m...11: ,000m... 20:01.93 sister Rachel participated on Auburn's crew club team ( )... Enjoys playing the violin and spending time with friends and family... Majoring in applied mathematics Georgia Tech Track and Field

6 Nisha Kurian Junior/Distance Canton, Ohio (Jackson) In : Clocked a personal-record time of 4:33.46 in the 1500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Won the 1500 at the Walt Disney World Invitational with a time of 4: Tallied a 15th-place finish in the 1500 at the ACC Championships (4:36.12)... Ran an indoor season-best time of 9:55.10 in the 3,000 meters at the Meyo Invitational... Posted an outdoor seasonbest time of 17:06.17 in teh 5,000 meters at the outdoor ACC meet to finish in 14th place... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a personal-record time of 4: Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III second team... Selected to the ACC Academic Track and Field team. In : Posted a season-best time of 4:42.19 in the 1500 meters at the ACC Championships... Clocked an indoor season-best mile time of 5:21.81 at the Meyo Invitational... Ran a leg of the Distance Medley Relay team that posted a season-best time of 11:59.40 at the indoor ACC meet... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Kevin Walsh... Earned first team all-league honors in all four seasons... Helped lead team to a district championship as a senior... Won the 1600 meters from Ran a leg of the winning 4x800 relay team at the District Championships as a sophomore and senior... Lettered in soccer in four seasons under coach Frank Gagliardi... Academic All- Ohio from National Honor Society. Personal: Born Nisha Mary Kurian on April 23, 1986, in Ottawa, Ontario Canada... Parents are Matt and Reena Kurian... Has two older siblings, Priya and Praveen... Majoring in chemical engineering. Elena Linn Junior/Distance Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter) In : Clocked a personal-record and NCAA Region qualifying time of 10:43.24 in the 3,000-Steeplechase at the ACC Championships, finishing in eighth place... Ran a lifetime-best time of 17:06.08 in the 5,000 meters at the Penn Relays... Posted an indoor personal-best time of 10:09.90 at the Meyo Invitational... Finished in seventh place in the 1500 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational with a personal-record time of 4: Tallied an eighth-place finish in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 5: In : Became Tech's top runner in the Steeplechase... Clocked a careerbest time of 11:17.85 in the 3,000-SC 800m... 2:22.89 Mile... 4: ,000m... 9: m... 2: m... 4: ,000m... 17:06.17 Mile... 5: ,000m... 10: ,000m... 18: m... 4: ,000 - SC... 10:43.24 at the NCAA Championships... Ran a season-best time of 4:49.92 in the 1500 at the Alabama Relays... Finished 28th in the 3,000 meters at the ACC Championships (10:22.71)... Finished 11th in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational with an indoor season-best time of 5: ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and cross country... Elected team captain in cross country as a senior... Helped lead track team to region championship in junior and senior seasons... Tabbed Most Valuable Distance Runner in track in Meet the Jackets sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Won Cobb County cross country title in senior season... All-Metro and All-County in cross country as a junior and senior... Elected as team's Most Valuable Runner in final three seasons... National Honors Society and Beta club member. Personal: Born Elena Nicoll Linn on Feb. 14, 1986, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are William and Anna Linn... Has four older siblings, Chad, Lynette, Chris Marble and Michelle McGinty... Brother Chad graduated from Tech in Majoring in economics and international affairs. Lindsay Luce Freshman/Sprints Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill) High School: Lettered four years in track and field at Collins Hill High School under coach Andrew Hudson... Helped team to Region Championships all four seasons... Team won State Championship during her senior season... Named all-county and all-region in junior and senior seasons... Honor roll. Personal: Born Lindsay Taylor Luce on July 15, 1988 in Lawrenceville, Ga.... Daughter of Paul and Teena Luce... Father ran track at Cornell from Majoring in Biology. Antoinetta McKay Junior/Sprints Roswell, Ga. (Dunwoody) In : Clocked a season-best time of in the 100-meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Ran a season-best time of in the 200-meter dash at the ACC Championships... Top 60m and 200m dash times during the indoor season came at the ACC Championships (7.67/25.10)... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the long jump at the Clemson Invitational with a personal-best indoor mark of 19'0.50"... Finished 10th in the long jump at the Spec Towns Invitational with an outdoor season-best mark of 18'2.25". In : Ran a personal-record time of at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Posted a time of to finish 15th in the 400 at the ACC Championships... Finished seventh in the 200 at the Clemson Invitational with a season-best time of Clocked indoor career-best times of and in the 200 and 400 events at the Meyo Invitational... Finished 16th in the 400 at the ACC Championships (58.55). High School: Four-year letterwinner in track... Won state title in long jump as a senior... Captured the long jump and 100-meter dash at the region championships in senior season... Helped lead team to a state title in junior season... Ran a leg of the state title winning 4x100 relay team in Tallied a first-place finish in the 400 meters at region championship in '03... Won long jump and 100 at county championships in '04... Selected to the allcounty team in junior and senior seasons... School record holder in 200, 400, long jump, 4x100 and 4x Three-year captain... Venture's Scholar in '03 and '04... Spanish Honor Society and Presidential Scholar in all four years... Honor Roll. Personal: Born Antoinetta Regina McKay onmay 15, 1986, in Atlanta, Ga m m m m m m Parents are Antonio and Trinna McKay...Has three brothers, Antonio, Javon and Joshua... Father ran track at Tech from and captured three medals in the 1984 and '88 Olympics, two Gold medals and a Bronze... Majoring in management. 13

7 Nicole Mitter Freshman/Jumps Vienna, Va. (Thomas Jefferson) High School: Three-year letterwinner as a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field team under coach Jeff James at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology... Earned All-District and All- Region honors in 2005 and '06... Named to All-State team in Helped team to 2006 Liberty District and Championships... Athletic Honor Roll. Personal: Born Nicole Anne Mitter on July 23, 1988 in Palo Alto, Calif.... Daughter of Eva Mitter... Enjoys photography... Majoring in applied mathematics. Shantia Moss Junior/Hurdles Tamarac, Fla. (Pompano) In : Won first ACC title in the 100- meter high hurdles with a time of at the ACC Championships... Qualified for her second consecutive NCAA Championships in the 100m hurdles with a personal-record time of at the NCAA East Region Championships, finishing in fourth place... Garnered All-America honors in the sprint hurdles at the NCAA meet, finishing 10th with a time of Led off the ACC champion 4x100m relay team at the outdoor ACC meet, finishing with a time of Helped the Tech 4x100m relay team finish fourth at the NCAA East Region meet with a season-best time of 44.02, qualifying for the outdoor national championships... Ran the first leg of the sprint relay team that finished ninth at the outdoor NCAA meet... Clocked a season-best time of in the 100-meter dash at the outdoor ACC meet... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60m hurdles, finishing 10th with a personal-record time of Garnered All-ACC honors in the sprint hurdles, finishing third at the ACC Championships with a time of Posted a personal-best time of 7.59 in the 55m hurdles at the Florida Fast Times Qualifier. In : Ran a personal-record time of in the prelims of the 100m hurdles at the NCAA East Region Championships, finishing sixth in the finals... Selected to the outdoor NCAA Championships in the sprint hurdles... Advanced to the semifinals of the 100m hurdles at the NCAA meet, finishing 13th with a time of Garnered All-ACC honors at the outdoor ACC Championships in the 100m hurdles (13.39) with a runner-up finish... Ran a leg of the Shuttle Hurdle Relay that set a new Tech record with a time of at the Penn Relays... Tallied a first-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the Clemson Invitational with a time of Finished fourth at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in the 100m hurdles with a time of Earned All-ACC honors with a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles at the indoor ACC Championships (8.34)... Clocked a personal-record time of 8.28 at the Alex Wilson Invitational... Tallied runner-up finish in the 60m hurdles at the Meyo Invitational (8.32)... Ranked second on the Tech squad for the indoor season in the 60m hurdles and third for the outdoor season in the 100m hurdles. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Matt Love... Finished her senior season as the No. 1 ranked hurdler in the nation... Named Florida Gatorade Runner of the Year... Tabbed Athlete of the Year... Captured Florida state crowns in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles as a senior, leading her team to a state title... Won a total of eight state championships during her career, four in the 100 and 300 hurdles... Nike indoor champion and Adidas outdoor champion in the 60 hurdles... Posted a personal-record time of in the 100 hurdles to finish second at the U.S. Junior National Championships in the summer of Qualified for the semifinals of the World Junior Championships in the 100 hurdles before suffering an injury... Florida state record holder in the 100 hurdles (13.53)... Scholar athlete... President of senior class and Vice President of junior class. Personal: Born Shantia Tawhana Moss on Oct. 27, 1985, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.... Granddaughter of Barbara Cooper-Bryant... Twin sister, Shantrell, runs track at Tech... Has a younger sister, Hope... Enjoys reading in spare time... Majoring in international affairs. Shantrell Moss Junior/Sprints Tamarac, Fla. (Pompano) 60m HH m HH m In : Clocked a season-best time of in the 100-meter dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Posted an outdoor season-best time of in the 200m dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished 11th in the 200m dash at the ACC Championships with a time of Ran an indoor season-best time of in the 200 at the Meyo Invitational... Tallied a 12th-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the indoor ACC meet with a time of Clocked a season-best time of 7.67 in the 60m dash at the Clemson Invitational. In : Joined the track team during the outdoor season, at the conclusion of women s basketball season... Garnered All- America honors in the 4x100 after helping Tech finish ninth with a time of at the NCAA Championships... Won an ACC title as the anchor of the 4x100m relay team at the ACC Championships... Clocked a personal-record time of in the 100-meter dash to finish eighth at the outdoor ACC meet... Anchored the 4x100m relay team in the prelims of the NCAA East Region Championships to advance to the finals with a time of Posted a lifetime-best time of in the 200-meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished fourth at the Clemson Invitational in the 100 (11.93)... Held Tech s second fastest time of the outdoor season in the 100 and third fastest in the 200. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Matt Love... Four-time state champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes... Helped lead team to a state title in senior season... Earned indoor All-America honors in the 4x200 relay in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Four-time all-state honoree... Lettered in basketball for four seasons under coach Sonja Culina... Named Athlete of the Year for both basketball and track... Scored over 700 points as a senior and finished second Georgia Tech Track and Field

8 in the Miss Basketball voting in 3A... Earned all-state and allcounty honors in hoops... Four-year captain in track and threeyear captain in basketball... Scholar Athlete... National Honor Society and treasurer on French club. Personal: Born Shantrell Nicole Moss on Oct. 27, 1985, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.... Granddaughter of Barbara Cooper- Bryant... Twin sister, Shantia, also runs on the Tech track team... Has a younger sister, Hope... Enjoys helping younger kids at elementary schools... Majoring in science, technology and culture. 60m m m m Samantha Musil Freshman/Throws DuBois, Neb. (Pawnee City) High School: One of the most sought out high school throwing prospects in the nation having been one of the top 10 discus-shot put combination throwers... Acheived personal-bests of in the discus and 45 9 in the shot put as a high school senior... Was the USA Junior Olympic National Champion in the shot put with a throw of 44 9 and placed third in the discus... Class D Nebraska discus record holder... Discus and shot put State Champion in '05 and '06... Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Alan Strong... Also lettered four-years in basketball and volleyball...valedictorian... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Samantha Anne Musil on Feb. 9, 1988 in Lincoln, Neb.... Daughter of Bob and Tammy Musil... Majoring in management. Lindsey Pickens Freshman/Distance Powder Springs, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain) High School: Two-year letterwinner in cross country at Kennesaw Mountain High School... Earned all-county honors in cross country... Lettered three years in soccer... Member of Kennesaw Mountain Hall of Fame. Personal: Born Lindsey Claire Pickens on September 29, 1987 in Marietta, Ga.... Daughter of Ed and Karen Pickens... Majoring in biomedical engineering. Allison Reubert Freshman/Distance Lawrenceville, Ga. (Brookwood) Meet the Jackets Jenny Sims Senior/Mid. Distance Woodstock, Ga. (Etowah) In : Tallied a pair of top-10 finishes at the ACC Championships in the 800 meters and mile... Qualified for the finals of the 800 with a season-best time of 2:12.13 in the prelims, finishing sixth in the finals... Advanced to the finals of the mile at the indoor ACC meet with a time of 4:57.17, finishing ninth... Clocked a season-best time of 4:52.97 in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial to finish in third place... Missed the outdoor season due to an injury... Held Tech's top indoor times for the season in the 800 and mile. In : Ran a season-best time of 2:11.46 in the 800 meters to finish 11th at the ACC Championships... Top 1500 time came at the Florida Relays, crossing the finish line in 4: Clocked an indoor season-best time of 2:13.61 in the 800 at the Kentucky Invitational, finishing in third place... Finished ninth at the ACC Championships in the 800 (2:15.51)... ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Became Tech's top competitor in the 800 and 1500 meters... Ranked sixth in the ACC in the Posted a season-best time of 2:09.00 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to qualify for the NCAA Region Championships... Tallied a 19th-place finish at the NCAA East Region meet with a time of 2: Posted a season-best time of 4:31.75 in the 1500 at the outdoor ACC meet to finish in 11th place... Held the season top times for the 800 and Led off the DMR that finished with a season-best time of 12:04.63 at the FSU Relays... Finished the indoor season No. 3 in the ACC in the Posted a NCAA provisional time of 2:11.30 in the 800 at the Meyo Invitational. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track at Etowah High School under coach Angelo Washington... Won the state title in the 800 meters... Earned all-state honors in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Lettered in cross country for three seasons under coach John Hudgens... Finished 13th her junior season and third as a senior at the state championships to earn all-state honors... Named cross country MVP for three straight years... Lettered in basketball for three seasons... School record holder in the 400, 800, 1,600, triple jump, 4x400 relay and 5K. Personal: 800m... 2:11.30 Mile... 4: m... 2: m... 4:31.75 Born Jennifer Nicole Sims on March 30, 1985, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are Herb and Tracy Sims... Brother, Daniel, graduated from Tech in Majoring in management. High School: Three-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field under coach Russell Nicometi at Brookwood High School... MVP her sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Earned all-district honors... Athletic Honor Roll. Personal: Born Allison Whitney Reubert on August 6, 1988 in Lawrenceville, Ga.... Daughter of Christopher and Georgia Reubert... Majoring in architecture. 15

9 Mellany Stanislaus Sophomore/Jumps Fayetteville, Ga. (Sandy Creek) In : Posted a personal-record and NCAA Region qualifying mark of 41'0.50" in the triple jump at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, finishing in second place... Finished 24th in the triple at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 40'11.75"... Won the triple at the Orange and Purple Classic with a mark of 40'6"... Tallied an eighthplace finish in the triple jump at the USATF Junior National Championships (39'3.75")... Finished 12th in the triple at the ACC Championships with a mark of 38'9.50"... Posted a season-best mark of 40'1.25" in the triple at the ACC Championships, Long Jump Triple Jump Long Jump Triple Jump finishing in 11th place... Top long jump mark of 16'9.25" during the outdoor season came at the Spec Towns Invitational. High School: Lettered four seasons in track under coach Chip Walker... Won consecutive Georgia state AAAA championships in the triple jump in junior and senior seasons... Helped lead team to region crown as a senior... Broke school record in the triple jump and long jump events with personal-best marks of 40'1.50" and 17'11"... Named team's Most Valuable Performer in junior and senior seasons... National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. Personal: Born Mellany Anthea Stanislaus on Dec. 15, 1987, in Brooklyn, N.Y.... Parents are Thaddeus and Anne Stanislaus... Has a younger brother, Joel... Enjoys playing the piano... Majoring in Biology. Lindsey Vincent Senior/Jumps Fayetteville, Ga. (Landmark Christian) In : Clocked a personal-record indoor time of in the 400-meter dash to finish in fifth place at the Rod McCravy Memorial... Tallied an eighth-place in the long jump at the ACC Championships with a personal-record mark of 19'7"... Ran an indoor season-best time of in the 200-meter dash at the Rod McCravy Memorial... Held Tech's top mark in the long jump during the indoor season... Did not run during the outdoor season. In : Competed in the 400 meters for the Jackets... Finished 17th at the NCAA Championships with a time of Clocked an indoor season-best time of at the Meyo Invitational... Tallied an eighth-place finish at the Clemson Tiger Twilight with a time of Ran a time of 2:27.28 in the 800 meters at the Niswonger Invitational. In : Did not compete for the Yellow Jackets. High School: Earned four varsity letters in track at Landmark Christian High School under coach Bill Thorn... Guided team to three straight state championships in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Won the state crown in the 400 meters as a freshman... In junior season, won the long jump, 400 meters, 4x400 and 4x100 crowns... Posted a win 200m m Long Jump m m... 2:27.28 in the long jump as a senior... Selected as Atlanta's Track Club MVP in 2000 and Named to the AJC All-City Track Team in junior and senior seasons... State record holder in the 400 meters, 4x400 and long jump... Played basketball for two seasons... Named team captain... Habitat for Humanity and avid volunteer at the library... Graduated eighth in her class. Personal: Born Lindsey Claire Vincent on Nov. 14, 1985, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are Larry and Kim Vincent... Loves reading, pottery and sculpting... Majoring in management. In : Posted a lifetime-best mark of 155'2" in the discus to finish second at the Orange and Purple Classic... Threw the discus to place seventh at the ACC Championships... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the shot put at the Walt Disney World Invitational with an outdoor personal-record throw of 45'3.50"... Finished second in the shot at the Tiger Classic with an indoor personal-best mark of 45'0.25"... Finished 16th at the ACC Championships (44'4.75")... Held Tech's top indoor mark in the shot put. In : Finished 15th at the ACC Championships with a personal-record throw of 44'2.50"... Tallied a 12th-place finish in the discus at the outdoor ACC meet (144'09")... Tossed the discus a career-best 146'10" to finish ninth at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw (136'00") at the Orange & Purple Classic... Posted a 16th-place finish in the shot put at the ACC Championships with a lifetime-best toss of 39'9.75"... Finished 17th at the indoor ACC meet in the weight throw (46'2.75")... ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Walked on to the team during the fall semester... Did not compete for the Yellow Jackets... ACC Jewel Welch Senior/Throws Decatur, Ga. (Decatur) Shot Put Shot Put Discus Academic Honor Roll. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field at Decatur High School under coach Freddie Jones... State champion in the discus in both junior and senior seasons... Won the region championship in the discus in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Holds the school record in the discus (135')... Played basketball for four seasons... Elected team captain for both track and basketball as a junior and senior... Student Attitude Achievement Award winner... Honor Roll student. Personal: Born Jewel Sheron Welch on Feb. 27, 1985, in Decatur, Ga.... Parents are Forbes and Paula Welch... Hobbies include reading and bowling... Majoring in science, technology and culture Georgia Tech Track and Field

10 Jacqua Williams Sophomore/Sprints Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach) In : Joined the track team for the outdoor season after earning a varsity letter in women's basketball, playing in 27 games as the backup point guard, scoring 4.0 points per game and accumulating 32 assists... Clocked a personal-record time of in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Region Championships... Anchored the women's 4x100m relay team that captured an ACC title at the ACC Championships with a time of Helped lead the 4x100m relay team to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships... Posted a personal-best 100m m Long Jump time of in the 200m dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished fifth in the 100m dash at the outdoor ACC meet with a time of Ran the final leg of the 4x100m relay team that finished fourth at the NCAA East Region meet to qualify for the NCAA Championships, posting a season-best time of Tallied a ninth-place finish at the outdoor ACC meet in the long jump with a mark of 18'11.25"... Posted a personal-record mark of 19'2" in the long jump at the Walt Disney World Invitational. High School: Lettered in track for four seasons under coach Ron Howard... Two-year captain... Won three consecutive titles in the 100- and 200- meter dash events at the 3A State Championships as a sophomore, junior and senior... Captured the long jump state crown as a junior... Named Female Athlete of the Year in by the Seattle Times... Lettered in basketball in four seasons and was a threeyear captain... Garnered allstate and all-district honors in junior and senior seasons... Scored 41 points in a single game and played in the Oregon all-stars vs. Washington all-stars basketball game... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Jacqua Shennell Williams on Jan. 6, 1987, in Little Rock, Ark.... Daughter of Joy Williams... Has three siblings, Shedrick Johnson, Olympia and Kenny... Majoring in public policy. Emily Yandle Junior/Distance Charlotte, N.C. (Providence Day) In : Tallied a sixth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Clemson Invitational with an indoor personalbest time of 19: Ran a season-best time of 11:35.31 in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Classic... Did not run during the outdoor season. In : Clocked a season-best time of 5:08.28 in the 1500 meters at the Clemson Invitational... Posted a season-best time of 19:44.62 in the 5,000 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Ran a time of 19:46.94 in the 5,000 at the Alabama Relays... Did not compete during the indoor season... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Fiveyear letterwinner in track and cross country under coach Ben 5,000m... 19: m... 5: ,000m... 19:44.62 Hovis... Helped lead cross country team to a state title as a senior... Won the 3200 meters as a junior... Garnered six allstate honors in track and cross country... Earned all-conference honors from Was a two-year captain for track and cross country teams... School record holder in the 800, 1600, 3200, 4x400 and 4x800 relays... Academic All- American, Beta club, National Honor Society and Sportsmanship Award recipient... Awarded Whitten W. Scholtz IV Technology Prize. Personal: Born Emily Maria Yandle on Dec. 14, 1986, in Charlotte, N.C.... Parents are Jimmy and Kathy Yandle... Has two younger sisters, Jill and Molly... Majoring in chemical and biomedical engineering. Katina Zuganelis Sophomore/Distance Acworth, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain) In : Clocked a season-best time of 4:58.24 in the 1500 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational... Posted an outdoor season-best time of 18:22.18 in the 5,000 meters to finish sixth at the Walt Disney World Invitational... Finished 13th in the 3,000- Steeplechase at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 11: Ran an indoor season-best time of 10:29.06 in the 3,000 meters at the Clemson Invitational... Tallied a seasonbest time of 5:16.93 in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational. High School: Lettered in cross country and track... Runner-up in state cross country championship her senior year m region champ as a freshman... Led team to cross country region championship and third place at state during her senior year... Selected to All-County, All-State, and All- Metro teams during her senior 3,000m... 10: ,000m... 18: m... 4: ,000m... 18: ,000-SC... 11:36.22 campaign... FCA President... Honor Roll... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Katina Marie Zuganelis on September 29, 1987 in Bollingbrook, Ill.... Daughter of James and Gina Zuganelis... Majoring in management. 17