Cynetheia Rooks Season 2006

Major: Sociology
Event: 400M (IN: 53.08; OUT: 52.33)

3-time NCAA Champion
4-time All-American
2-time NCAA Mideast Regional Champion
2-time SEC Champion
3-time All-SEC

Career
Was a standout on the Lady Tigers’ fearsome 4×400-meter relay team in her brief two-year career from 2006-07 … Won three NCAA titles, two NCAA Mideast Regional titles and two SEC titles as a member of the long relay … Was also a four-time All-American and a three-time All-SEC performer … Finished her career ranked No. 9 on the school’s all-time indoor performance list in the 400 meters with a career best 53.08 … Clocked an outdoor personal best time of 52.33 during her senior season.

2007
Helped lead the Lady Tigers to a pair of runner-up finishes at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships during the 2007 campaign … Won her third career NCAA title as a member of the nation’s premier 4×400-meter relay team … Ran the second leg on the squad that clocked a seasonal best time of 3:28.07 to defend its title at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Time is the seventh-fastest in school history … Also ran on the foursome that earned All-America honors during the indoor season with a third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Squad crossed the finish line in 3:30.26 in the final … Also ran on the teams that defended titles at the SEC Indoor Championships (3:29.86) and NCAA Mideast Regional Championships (3:30.40) … Time at the indoor conference meet is the third-fastest indoor time in school history … Individually, competed in the 400 meters at the NCAA meet during the indoor and outdoor seasons … Placed 11th in the event at the NCAA Indoor Championships (53.74) … Finished 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (53.42) … Helped guide the Lady Tigers to their first SEC Outdoor title since 1996 … Just missed earning individual all-conference honors during the outdoor season as she crossed the finish line in third place in the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships in May … Clocked a new outdoor personal best of 52.33 in the conference finals … Took fifth place in the open quarter at the indoor conference meet with a new indoor personal best and the ninth-fastest time in school history at 53.08 … Won 400-meter titles at the LSU Tiger Classic (52.73) and Sun Angel Classic (52.60) during the outdoor season … Ran on the foursome that won the “Championship of America” title in the sprint medley relay at the 113th Penn Relays.

2006
Won a pair of national titles in her first season at LSU as a member of the Lady Tigers’ fearsome 4×400-meter relay team … Ran the third leg of the 4×400 teams that captured national titles at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in times of 3:29.33 and 3:25.78, respectively … Team’s mark of 3:25.78 is the second-fastest 4×400-meter relay time in school history … Also ran on the 4×400 teams that captured titles at the SEC Indoor Championships (3:32.20) and NCAA Mideast Regional Championships (3:28.93) … Individually, competed primarily in the 400 meters during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Clocked a personal-best in the event at the NCAA Mideast Regional with a time of 52.51, punching her ticket to the NCAA Championships by finishing the meet in fourth place … Finished 13th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 53.32 in her semifinal heat … Narrowly missed earning All-America honors in the event during the indoor season as she finished in ninth place at the NCAA Championships with a time of 53.37 … Built momentum heading into the NCAA Championships by taking first place at the Alex Wilson Invitational (53.24) … Narrowly missed earning all-conference honors by finishing in fourth place at the SEC Indoor Championships (54.76), while posting a seventh-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships (53.50).

PRIOR TO LSU
Spent two seasons at Michigan State … Earned All-Big Ten honors in the indoor 400 meters during her sophomore season … Set the MSU school record in the event, clocking 53.54 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … Was a second-team All-Big Ten selection in the open quarter as a freshman … Qualified to the NCAA regionals in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters that year … Posted a pair of personal bests at the meet clocking 23.41 to finish fourth in the 200 meters and 53.27 to place eighth in the 400 meters.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterwinner in track for coach John Rooks at Northampton-West High School … Ranked as the ninth-best 200 meter runner in the country by Track and Field News as a senior … Had top times of 23.94 in the 200 meters and 54.71 in the 400 meters.

PERSONAL
Full name is Cynetheia Patrice Rooks … Born Feb. 18, 1984 … Daughter of John and Cynthia Rooks … Has three siblings, Cemetrice, Olympia and Aaron.