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NEW MEXICO:Second-year horizontal jumper who could develop into a MWC scoring threat as she gains more experience...has an outdoor redshirt season available...name is pronounced ah-SAWL SAW-leh-poor...2008: (outdoor) Ranked 4th on the team in both the triple jump (37-01.25) and long jump (18-11.25)...also ranked 3rd on the team in the 100 (12.56)...competed 12 times in 6 meets...12th in the TJ and 14th in the LJ at the MWC Championships...Academic All-MWC and MWC Scholar-Athlete award winner... (indoor) Redshirt season... HIGH SCHOOL:A 2007 graduate of Albuquerque La Cueva High School...class 5A state champion in the triple jump, runner-up in the long jump and placed third in the 100m as a senior to help head coach Jim Ciccarello and the Bears win their 3rd state title in 4 years (2004-05, `07)...school record holder in the triple jump with a top mark of 38-01.50...also had PRs of 17-07.00 in the long jump and 12.29 in the 100...3-time Jumper of the Year and '07 Sprinter of the Year at La Cueva...Academic Award winner, graduating with a 3.8 GPA...PERSONAL:Born in Albuquerque, N.M...daughter of Karim and Manijeh Salehpoor...has two younger siblings: Sadegh and Ali...family is of Iranian descent...major is Medical Laboratory Science. |
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