Athletic Accolades
Five-time Second Team All-American (100 hurdles, 400 hurdles, indoor/outdoor 4x400m relay)
Two-time Big Ten champion (400m hurdles)
2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Six-time All-Big Ten selection
Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Week
2015 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
PRs
60m hurdles – 8.33
100m hurdles – 13.28
400m – 54.24#
400m hurdles – 55.28
#Flat track conversion
School Records
400m hurdles – 55.28*
Indoor 4x400m relay – 3:32.88
Indoor DMR – 11:19.80
*Big Ten record
2015 Outdoor (Junior) Represented Ohio State in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Prelims … won silver in the 400-meter hurdles (season-best 56.78) and bronze in the 100-meter hurdles (13.42) at the Big Ten championships … first place in the 4×400-meter relay at the Jesse Owens Classic … repeated as Drake Relays champion in the 400-meter hurdles while helping the Shuttle Hurdle relay team to first place; also placed seventh in the 100-meter hurdles … third in the 100-meter hurdles (PR of 13.39) and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Virginia Challenge … third in the 400 hurdles and fourth in the 100 hurdles at the Stanford Invitational … third in the 400H and fifth in the 100H at the FSU Relays.
2015 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore) Finished fifth in both the 60-meter hurdles (8.41) and DMR (school-record time of 11:19.80) at the Big Ten championships … runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (PR of 8.36) and fourth in the 400-meter dash at the Buckeye Tune-up … third in the 60H and fourth in the 200 at the Ohio State Invitational … also competed at the SPIRE DI Invitational, Meyo Invitational and Rod McCravy Memorial.
2014 Outdoor (Sophomore) Earned Second Team All-America honors in boththe 400-meter hurdles (13th)and 100-meter hurdles (16th)at the NCAA championships … placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (PR of 56.55) and 12th in the 100-meter hurdles (PR of 13.28) at the NCAA East Prelims … silver medalist in the 400-meter hurdles (57.06) at the Big Ten championships; also finished sixth in both the 100-meter hurdles and 4×400-meter relay … Drake Relays champion in the 400H, earning Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors… first place in the 4×400-meter relay and fourth in the 100 hurdles at the Dave Rankin Invite … first place in the 400 hurdles and fifth in the 100 hurdles at the Jesse Owens Track Classic … first place in the 400 hurdles at the Battle on the Bayou; placed fourth in the 4×4 and sixth in the 100H … first place in the 4×4 relay and runner-up in the 400 hurdles at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … All-Big Ten selection.
2014 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman) Competed in only one meet due to injury, finishing first in the 4×400-meter relay and second in the 60-meter hurdles (PR of 8.35) at the Buckeye Classic.
2013 Outdoor (Freshman) Placed 18th in the 400m hurdles and 19th in the 4x400m relay at the NCAA East Prelims … named Big Ten Freshman of the Year after winning a gold medal in the 400m hurdles and silver medal in the 4x400m relay at the Big Ten championships; also placed sixth in the 100m hurdles and posted a PR of 57.46 in the prelims of the 400 H … first place in the 400m hurdles at the Shamrock Invitational and at the Jesse Owens Classic … runner-up in the 400m hurdles at the Drake Relays … runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the Ohio Open … took third in the 100m hurdles at Shamrock and at the UCF Invitational … All-Big Ten selection.
2013 Indoor (Freshman) Finished seventh in the 60m hurdles (PR of 8.50) and 16th in the 400m at the Big Ten championships … took fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Buckeye Tune-Up … placed fifth in the 60m dash and 60m hurdles at the Buckeye Classic; helped Ohio State place first in the 4x400m relay … also competed at the SPIRE D-I Invitational.
Old Mill High School Eight-time Maryland Class 4A state champion … set a state record in the 300m hurdles at the 2012 state championships (41.31) … 2012 Penn Relays champion in the 400m hurdles … 2012 and 2011 Baltimore Sun All-Metro Girls Track and Field Performer of the Year … No. 1-ranked high school hurdler in the country.
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