Major: General Studies
Event: 800M (IN: 2:06.02; OUT: 2:06.41)
NCAA Champion
All-American
Career
Proved to be one of the Lady Tigers’ top 800-meter runners during her three year career at LSU from 2005-07 … Made appearances in the event at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships … Was a two-time participant at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships … Her top indoor time of 2:06.02 ranks No. 5 on the school’s all-time indoor performance list … Also boasts an outdoor personal best of 2:06.41 … Highlighted her career by running the second leg on the 4×400-meter relay team that won a national title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2006 … Foursome clocked the second-fastest time in school history at 3:25.78.
2007
Competed in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships for the first time in her LSU career … Finished 18th in the event at the national meet … Qualified for the NCAA meet after clocking a new indoor personal best time of 2:06.02 at the Cyclone National Qualifier on March 3 in Ames, Iowa … Time ranks fifth on the school’s all-time indoor performance list … Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the prestigious Tyson Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 2:07.76 … Crossed the finish line in 11th place at both the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran on the Lady Tigers’ 4×400-meter relay team that finished first at the Tyson Invitational … Lined up in the 400 meters one time during the indoor season, finishing second at the Lobo Invitational (55.14) … Did not compete during the outdoor season as her eligibility had expired.
2006
A key member of the Lady Tigers’ 4×400-meter relay team during the outdoor season, she ran the second leg on the foursome that captured the NCAA title in 3:25.78 … Time ranks as the second fastest in Lady Tiger history … Also helped the long relay team to a win at the NCAA Mideast Regional (3:28.93) and all-SEC honors (3:31.44) … Individually, qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters during the outdoor season … Went on to finish 21st overall (2:07.45) … Clocked a personal-best 2:06.41 to finish fifth at the regional meet and earn a bid to the national championships … Ran 2:06.69 in the prelims … Just missed all-SEC honors in the event, finishing third in 2:07.31 … Picked up a victory during the Tiger Classic (2:08.42 … During the indoor season, posted a season best of 2:07.27 in the 800 meters at the Alex Wilson Open … Ran 2:07.30 at the Tyson Invitational.
2005 CROSS COUNTRY
Did not run in any races for the Lady Tigers
2005
Was an NCAA regional qualifier in the 800 meters … Scored at the SEC Championships in the event, finishing seventh overall with a time of 2:09.10 … Clocked a personal-best 2:08.41 during the prelims … Finished second at the Sun Angel Classic (2:09.13) … Top 800-meter time of the indoor season was a 2:16.45 effort at the Holiday Inn Team Invitational.
2004 CROSS COUNTRY
Ran in two races for LSU … Clocked 25:00.4 over a 6K course at the Chile Pepper Festival … finished in 25:48.76 at the LSU Invitational.
PRIOR TO LSU
Attended Central Arizona Junior College … Helped her team to regional titles in 2003 and 2004 … Member of the Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ran cross country and track at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Helped her team to the cross country city title in 2000 and the indoor and outdoor track city championships in 2001 … Ran on the 4×800 relay team that finished first at the Penn Relays in 2002 … Came to LSU with a personal best time of 2:10 in the 800 meters … A member of the honor roll.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 4, 1985 … Daughter of Cecilia Francis and Fimbar Simon.