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  Aleesha Barber

Aleesha Barber

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Decatur, Ga.

High School:
Redan

Position:
Sprints, Hurdles, & Relays

Experience:
JR-SO

PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor
55mH: 7.77 (PSU Record)
60mH - 8.24
200m - 24.33
300m - 38.88
400m - 56.08
4x400 - 3:34.04 (PSU Record)

Outdoor
200m: 24.68 100mH: 13.39
400mH: 57.00 (PSU Record)
4x100m: 45.60
4x400m: 3:35.20
Sprint Medley: 3:47.90 (PSU Record)

BARBER'S NITTANY LION RESUME ...
* NCAA All-American
~ 2007 NCAA Indoor (4x400m - Fourth Place)

* Three-Time NCAA Championship Participant
~ 2007 Outdoor (400mH)
~ 2007 Indoor (60mH, 4x400)
~ 2006 Indoor (4x400)

* Three-Time Big Ten Champion
~ 2007 Big Ten Champion (Outdoor 400mH)
~ 2007 Big Ten Champion (Indoor 4x400m)
~ 2006 Big Ten Champion (Indoor 4x400m)

* Big Ten Championship Record Holder
~ 4x400 - 3:37.70 (Indoor 07)

* Five-Time Penn State Record Holder
~ 55mH (Indoor) - 7.77
~ 4x400m (Indoor) - 3:33.39
~ Sprint Medley (Indoor) - 3:52.25
~ 400mH (Outdoor) - 57.00
~ Sprint Medley (Outdoor) - 3:47.90

* 2007 Sea Ray Relays Champion (400mH)

* Big Ten Athlete of the Week (April 23)

* Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winner (Indoor 07)

ON THE NATIONAL SCENE...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Made her first-career appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing 12th in the 400-meter hurdles, and 24th in the 100-meter hurdles ... Won her preliminary heat in the quarter hurdles, clocking 57.84 ... Placed third at the NCAA EastRegional Championships, running a school-record 57.00 in the 400 hurdles ... Clocked a PR 13.39 in the short hurdles prelims at the East Regional ... finished seventh in the final in 13.59. || 2007 Indoors || Earned All-America honors running on the fourth-place 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA Championships, anchoring the team to a school-record 3:33.39 ...also competed individually in the 60-meter hurdles. || 2006 Indoors || Made her first career appearance at the NCAA Championships as a member of the 4x400 ... the squad would finish 12th overall.

AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Won the Big Ten title in the 400-meter hurdles in 57.56 - her first individual conference title and third overall ... finished third in the conference in the 100-meter hurdles (13.45) ... also ran a leg on the bronze-medal 4x100-meter team. || 2007 Indoors || Placed third in the 60-meter hurdles, running a lifetime-low and provisional-qualifying 8.24 ... also made the final in the 60-meter dash, finishing seventh ... Anchored the winning 4x4, setting a new Big Ten record (3:37.70) ... Ran the 200-meters, posting a personal-best 24.33. || 2006 Indoors || Finished fourth in the 60 hurdles ... clocked a then personal-best and provisional qualifying 8.35 ... ran a leg on the Big Ten Champion 4x4.

AROUND THE TRACK ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Ran on the sprint medley relay that set a Penn State record in a second-place finish at Penn Relays (3:47.90) ... Had an outstanding day at the Bucknell Team Challenge, running regional qualifiers in three event wins, while also setting three facility records (100mH, 400mH, 4x400) ... was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week for her efforts ... Won the 400 hurdles at Sea Ray Relays (59.10). || 2007 Indoors || Posted hurdle wins at both the Penn State Relays and Penn State Open ... Set a new school standard in the 55-meter hurdles at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup, going 7.77 in the preliminaries ... Ran a 200 leg on the school-record sprint medley relay at the Penn State Relays (3:52.25). || 2006 Outdoors || Medical Redshirt. || 2006 Indoors || Won the hurdles at the Penn State Relays, her first collegiate meet ... Helped the mile relay to a school-record 3:34.04 at the Iowa State Last Chance. ||High School || A four-time Georgia state individual champion ... led her squad to a the state team title in 2005. || Personal || Majoring in management ... Daughter of Mariza Warrell ... Born May 16, 1987.



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