NEW MEXICO:Third-year multi-event athlete who has steadily improved each season...returning MWC finalist in the indoor pentathlon who also gives the Lobos another weapon in the vertical and horizontal jumps...outstanding student who posted a 3.92 GPA in 2003-04 en route to earning an MWC Scholar-Athlete Award...also a two-time Academic All-MWC honoree.2004: (outdoor) Made five meet appearances...top marks in the high jump (5-03.25), long jump (17-01.25) and triple jump (37-01.75) ranked among the top-5 on the team...pulled out of her lone heptathlon competition after seven events, at the MWC Championships...Academic All-MWC honoree and Scholar-Athlete Award winner...(indoor) Led the team in the high jump (5-01.75), long jump (17-06.50), triple jump (36-11.50) and pentathlon...scored at the MWC Championship meet for the first time in her career with a personal best total of 2,972 points...moved up five spots from her finish the year before to place eighth...recorded season-bests in three of the five events...appeared in four meets, including two pentathlon competitions...placed a season-best fourth in the triple jump at the Houston Indoor Invite... 2003: (outdoor) Competed in a pair of heptathlon competitions...first career victory came with a season-best leap of 36-06.25 in the triple jump at the UTEP Springtime Invitational...competed at five meets...Academic All-MWC honoree...(indoor) Two pentathlon competitions in her three meet appearances over the winter. HIGH SCHOOL:Five-year letterwinner in track and field at Albuquerque Sandia High School, under head coach Blaine Clarke...2002 city triple jump champion...top prep mark of 38-02 in the event...also competed in the high jump, long jump and hurdles...All-District honoree...also lettered in cross country...two-year scholar athlete and member of the National Honor Society.PERSONAL:Born on Jan. 6, 1984 in Albuquerque, N.M....age is 21...daughter of Huong Huynh...has a sister, Janet (24) and a brother, John (22)...major is Elementary Education.Heptathlon: 3,682 pts., 100m Hurdles: 16.33, High Jump: 5-03.25, Shot Put: 26-01.50, 200m: 26.74, Long Jump: 17-04.25 Javelin: 82-03, 800m: 2:36.29, Triple Jump: 37-01.75 COLLEGIATE BESTS - INDOOR Pentathlon: 2,972 pts., 60m Hurdles: 9.24, High Jump: 5-02.50, Shot Put: 25-08.00, Long Jump: 17-06.50, 800: 2:32.52, Triple Jump: 36-11.50 |
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