Hokie ClubClass: Sophomore
High School: Piscataway
Hometown: Piscataway, N.J.
2007 Cross Country: Won the 4,000-meter event at the Hokie Open with a 15:05.5 time ... Took seventh place at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a 4.2k time of 15:16 ... Finished 24th individually (19:15) and teamed with Megan Fuson for the 19th-place duo at the Wake Forest Relays (40:54).
2007 Outdoor: Ran a personal-best 800-meter at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a 2:09.13 time to finish as the second collegiate finisher ... Anchored school record-holding 4x400-meter relay (3:34.67) ... Anchored sprint medley relay that established a new school record (3:53.69) and ranked No. 8 in the country by Track & Field News ... Placed 14th at the NCAA's East Regional meet in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:09.97 ... Was 20th at the Hurricane Invitational in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.96 to finish 16th in the 400-meter dash (56.75) ... Named to All-ACC Academic Track & Field team.
2007 Indoor: Earned All-American honors after running the 800-meter leg of the distance medley that finished fourth at the NCAA Championships with a school-record effort of 11:10.84 ... Anchored 4x400-meter relay that finished third at the ACC Championships (3:42.54) ... Owns school record in the indoor 800-meter (2:09.66) that earned a sixth-place finish at Penn State Open ... Took fifth place at the ACC Championships in the 800-meters with a time of 2:10.50 ... Anchored school record indoor 4x400-meter relay (3:39.20) during a second-place finish at the Penn State National Open ... At the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup, registered a seventh-place finish in the 800-meters at 2:12.11.
High School: Was a member of the New Jersey outdoor track and field state championship team in 2005, individually winning the long jump and placing second in the 800-meters ... Earned eight letters under coaches Pete Buccino and Larry Lester ... Recorded bests of 55.32 in the 400-meters, 2:11.31 in the 800-meters, as well as a 5.86m (19'3") distance in the long jump ... School and county record holder in the long jump, 400-meter and 800-meter sprints ... Two-time Indoor GR IV state champion in 4x400m relay ... Also the indoor GR IV state champion in the 4x200-meter relay and the sprint medley relay her senior year ... Received the coach's MVP award her senior year ... Following her junior year, was named the Athlete of the Year by the Courier News, Home News Tribune, and the Star-Ledger ... Earned a Greater Middlesex County Scholar-Athlete Award.
Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1988 in Newark, N.J. ... Daughter of Alvin and Tia Washington ... Has two siblings, Aja and Richie ... Majoring in business.
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