Precious Selmon Class: Junior Hometown: Crystal City, Mo. High School: Crystal City HS Height: 5-2 Event: Hurdles/Jumps Experience: 2L

NEW MEXICO:

2011 Indoor: Participated in four meets...Was named to the 2011 Indoor All-MWC Team in the 60-meter hurdles with a first-place time of 8.41s...Registered a fourth-place finish in the women's pentathlon at the MWCIndoor Track & Field Championships...Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2011 Lobo Open with a 8.72s time, and registered a 5th-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 18'3"...At the Mew Mexico Classic and Multis, Selmon posted a 7th-place finish in the long jump (18'4.5" finish) and a 4th-place finish in the 60 meter hurdles (8.63s finish)...At the Don Kirby Invite, she recorded a sixth-place finish in the 60 meter hurdles (with a time of 8.92s) and another sixth-place finish in the long jump (with a mark of 19'2.75")...Moutain West Conference Champion in the 60 meter hurdles, finishing in 8.41s.

2011 Outdoor: Competed at nine separate meets...Posted a 10th-place finish in the 100 meter hurdles, finishing in 14.33s...Notched a first-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at both the 2011 UTEP Invitational with a time of 13.76s and the New Mexico Tailwind Invitational with a time of 13.62s.. Named All-MWC in the 100-meter hurdles and recorded a 13:64s finish at the MWC Outdoor Track & Field Championships...Posted a pair of fourth-place finishes in the long jump at the Tailwind Invitational (19'11"/6.07m) and the UTEP Invitational (19'-8.25"/6.00m)...Logged a third-place finish in the long jump at the MWC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a 19'-4.25" (5.90m) mark.

2010 Indoor: Participated at four meets in the long jump, 60m dash, and 60m hurdles...At the Lobo Opener, Selmon notched a fourth-place finish in the long jump (18'-3.75"/5.58m) and a second place in the 60m dash (7.74s)...Finaled in the 60m hurdles at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, picking up third place after a 8.55s time...Won the Lobo Challenge in the 60m hurdles (time of 8.47s) and placed fourth in the long jump (reaching 18'-1.25"/5.53m)...Finaled in the long jump at the Air Force Invitational, winning sixth with a 18'-6.75" (5.66m) mark.

2010 Outdoor: Competed five times...Picked up three top-10 finishes in the 100m hurdles, including an 8th place at the UTEP Invitational (14.99s), 4th at the TCU Invitational (14.56s), and 5th at the Don Kirby Invitational (14.49)...Recorded a personal-best time 14.47s in the 100m hurdles at the MWC Championships...Hit a personal-best mark of 16'-11.75" (5.16m) in the long jump at the Don Kirby Invitational, good for tenth...Placed at the TCU Invitational in the long jump with a mark of 16'-8.25" (5.09m).

HIGH SCHOOL:

A 2009 graduate of Crystal City (Mo.) High School...6-time class 2 state champion in the long jump (`09), 100m (`08-'09), 100 hurdles (`08-'09), and 300 hurdles (`09)...swept all four events as a senior to lead the Hornets to a third place finish in the team standings for the second straight year...finished her career with state records in all four events...12-time all-conference and all-district selection in the same four events (2006-09)...prep bests of 12.04 in the 100m, 25.44 in the 200, 13.90 in the 100 hurdles, 31-11.75 in the shot put, 5-04.00 in the high jump, 19-03.25 in the long jump, and 98-05 in the javelin...put up a score of 4,694 to finish third in the heptathlon at the `09 Great Southwest Classic at the G.F.O. UNM Track Stadium in Albuquerque...four-year letterwinner for coach Dan Ridgeway...member of Crystal City's state championship team as a freshman.

PERSONAL:

Born in Festus, Mo...full name is Precious Carletta Selmon...Daughter of Joe and Josalyn Dunlap...Intends to major in Exercise Science and minor in Nutrition.

PERSONAL BESTS:

Outdoor
60m hurdles: 8.41s
100m hurdles: 13.62s
Long Jump: 19'11" (6.07m)

Lobos Track & Field

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