Hampton University Athletics

Position: Sprints
Height: 5-7
Class: Senior
Hometown: Hampton, Va.
High School: Bethel HS

2009 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SEASON
USTFCCCA All-American… finished third in the 400-meter dash at the 2009 NCAA Championships, running a school-record 50.58… First Team All-MEAC in the 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash… won the 200-meter dash in 23.23 and the 400-meter dash in 51.75 at the MEAC Championships… led the 4x100-meter relay team (45.16) and the 4x200-meter relay team (1:35.99) to titles at the Raleigh Relays… won the 200-meter dash at the Morgan State Legacy Meet in 24.09 before anchoring the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third with a time of 3:49.96… led the 4x100-meter relay team that ran a 45.21 at the Penn Relays to win the ECAC final… also helped the 4x200-meter relay team finish seventh with a 1:35.75… won the 400-meter dash at the NCAA East Regional, running a 52.00.

2008-09 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SEASON
USTFCCCA All-American… won the NCAA title in the 400-meter dash, running a 51.54, the fastest time in the country and a school record… First team All-MEAC in the 400-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay… won the MEAC title in the 400-meter dash in 53.22… helped the 4x400-meter relay team finish first with a time of 3:46.08… opened the indoor season by winning the 400-meter dash at the CNU Holiday Open with a 54.79 and finishing in a tie for second in the 55-meter dash in 7.02… also anchored the 4x400-meter relay team that won in 3:51.89… finished second in the 60-meter dash (7.65), sixth in the 500-meter run (1:24.96) and first in the 4x400-meter relay (3:53.78) at the UMES Lid-Lifter… won the 300-meter dash at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a 37.84 and finished second in the 60-meter dash with a 7.52, before helping the 4x400-meter relay team win in 3:45.34… ran a 54.03 to win the 400-meter dash at the Penn State Invitational… won the 200-meter dash (24.29) and 400-meter dash (55.79) at the Hampton University Invitational… also helped the 4x400-meter relay team win in 3:48.68… set a national mark with a 52.06 in the 400-meter dash at the Armory New Balance Collegiate Invitational… named MEAC Athlete of the Week for Jan. 17 and Feb. 7.

2008 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SEASON
First team All-MEAC in the 400-meter dash… ran a 12.10 in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash at the Murray Neel Invitational to come in eighth… won both the 200-meter dash (24.07) and the 400-meter dash (53.61) at the Morgan State Legacy Meet… won the 400-meter dash at the MEAC Championships, setting a school record with a 51.54… also finished seventh in the 200-meter dash with a 23.87… qualified for the finals of the 400-meter dash at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in Mexico with a 53.51.

2006-07 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SEASON
Finished second in the 60-meter dash (7.49) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (25.22) at the Christopher Newport Lid-Lifter… won the 300-meter dash with a time of 36.67 and finished sixth in the 55-meter dash (7.09) at the Virginia Tech Invitational… won the 500-meter dash invitational at the Penn State National Open with a time of 1:09.16.

BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL
Won indoor and outdoor Group AAA state titles in the 100-, 200- and 300-meter dashes as a freshman… became the state record holder in the 300-meter dash with a 38.23 as a sophomore… was also the outdoor state champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, as well as the 4x100-meter relay… won the indoor state title in the 300-meter dash and the outdoor title in the 100-, 200- and 4x100-meter relay races as a junior… state champion in the 300- and 500-meter dash as a senior… set the national high school record in the 400-meter dash in 2006, running a 51.93 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md.

PERSONAL
Born Oct. 20, 1988… daughter of Gloria and Robert McCorory… has eight siblings… godmother Cantrese Pace-Pierce is a graduate of Hampton University… featured in the Daily Press… majoring in psychology… plans to become a mortician and own several funeral homes.