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Senior
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| Hometown:
Surrey, British Columbia
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| High School:
Little Flower Academy
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| Event:
Sprints/Jumps
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| Birthdate:
05/15/1985
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AT ILLINOIS
2006 Outdoor
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100m and triple jump ... Placed first at the Mideast Regional Championships in triple jump with a mark of 44'01.50" ... Recorded a second-place finish in the 100m with a time of 11.62 and a first-place finish in long jump with a leap of 20'04.50" at the Big Ten Championships ... Placed first in long jump with a mark of 20'05.25" and placed first in the 200m with a time of 24.05 at the Illinois Invitational ... Ran a career-best time of 11.40 in the 100m at the Sea Ray Relays and placed first in triple jump with a mark of 42'05.50" ... Placed second in long jump with a leap of 19'11.00" at the Ole Miss Invitational.
2006 Indoor
Led the Illini with team bests in the 60m, 200m (24.39), long jump (20'04.25") and triple jump for the season ... Was on the 4x400m relay team that placed 11th with a time of 3:36.71 at the NCAA Championships ... Placed eighth in triple jump at NCAAs with a mark of 43'03.75 ... Won the 60m with a time of 7.38, long jump with a distance of 20'04.25" and triple jump with a mark of 42'00.75 at the Big Ten Championships ... Placed first in the Meyo Invitational in long jump with a leap of 20'01.50" ... Had two first-place finishes at the Carle Health Alliance Meet, winning the 60m in a time of 7.41 and triple jump with a mark of 43'04.25" ... Placed first in the 60m with a time of 7.41 at the Illinois Invitational ... Won the 60m with a time of 7.49 at the Iowa Open.
2005 Outdoor
Placed sixth in both the 100m and 200m at the Big Ten Championships ... Member of the Big Ten Champion 4x400m Relay Team ... Took third and set a season-best in the 200m at the Rafer Johnson Invite ... Finished fifth in the 100m hurdles at the Gatorade Invite ... Placed third and seventh in the 100m hurdle and 100m, respectively, at the Drake Relays ... 100m hurdles time of 13.51 at the Drake Relays marked new personal best ... Member of the second-place shuttle hurdles team at the Drake Relays ... Ran a leg of the 4x100m Relay, finishing third at the Rafer Johnson Invite and second at Big Tens.
2005 Indoor
2005 All-American in 60m hurdles with 8.27 ... Placed third in the 60m and seventh in the 200m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Big Ten Indoor Champion in the 60m hurdles with 8.24 ... Member of the 4x400m relay team that won the Illinois Invite, Central Collegiate Championships, Health Alliance Classic and Big Ten Indoor Championships recording a best time of 3:40.06 ... Won the 60m and 60m hurdles at the Illinois Invitational ... Tied personal best with 60m finish at Illinois Invitational with time of 7.40 ... Central Collegiate Champion in the 60m hurdles with a personal best 8.23 ... Took second in the 60m at the Health Alliance Classic ... Finished fourth in 60m hurdles, and 14th in the 200m at the Tyson Invitational ... Set new a personal best and placed 14th with a 200m 23.99 at the Tyson Invite.
2004 Outdoor
Competed in the 200m at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... Earned first and second-team All-Big Ten honors for her efforts at the Big Ten Championships ... Ran a season-best 13.71 in the 100m hurdles at Big Tens, taking fourth place ... Season-best 23.55 in the 200m, taking second at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished fifth in the 100m at the Big Ten Championships with a 11.90 ... Had a season-best 11.58 in the 100m in the Big Ten Championships preliminaries ... Won the 100m hurdles at the May Invite (13.75) ... Took third in the 100m at the Drake Relays with an 11.73 ... Finished third in the 100m hurdles at the Spira Invitational (13.83) ... Took fifth in the 200m at the Mt. SAC Relays with a 23.74 ... Finished seventh in the 100m hurdles at the Drake Relays with a 13.86.
2004 Indoor
Selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year by league coaches ... Conference champion in the 60m hurdles, clocking 8.32 ... All-Big Ten first team honoree because of her 60m hurdles performance ... Placed third in the 60m dash and fourth in the 200m dash at the Big Ten Championships ... 200m time of 24.25 at the Big Ten meet marked a season-best ... Posted a season-best 60m hurdle time of 8.29 to place second at the Iowa State Classic and also took third in the 60m and fourth in the 200m ... Won the 60m dash with a time of 7.50 and finished second in the 60m hurdles in her collegiate debut at the Illinois Open ... Took first place in the 200m and second in the 60m and 60m hurdles at the Illinois Invitational ... Won the 60m and 60m hurdles at the Carle/Health Alliance Invitational, clocking a season-best 60m time of 7.40.
HIGH SCHOOL
Canadian national champion in the 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles in 2002 in her age group ... Named provincial Athlete of the Year ... Holds the provincial records in the 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles ... Provincial high school champion in the three events.
PERSONAL
Born on May 15, 1985 ... Daughter of Sam and Grace Mensah ... Has one brother who attends the University of Arizona ... Majoring in biology.
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
60m: 7.38
60m H: 8.15
200m: 23.87
Outdoor
100m: 11.40
100m H: 13.50
200m: 23.55
