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SPRINTER
100m-11.10
LONG
JUMPER
20ft1in
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Long Jump
2006 US Indoor Bronze medalist in 2005 US Outdoor Bronze medalist
2002 US Outdoor Gold Medalist
Country: USA
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Brianna
was born in Santa Ana, California and attended La Mirada High School.
Upon graduation in 1998, she moved out to Arizona where she became part
of the Arizona Wildcat women’s track and field team. In her junior year
she became the first women to win both the long jump and a sprinting event
(200m) at the NCAA Championships. She was also named Pac-10 Athlete of
the year in both 2000 and 2001.
Her best year came in 2002 when she competed at the US
Outdoor Championships against the best American athletes of the time and went
on to earn a gold medal in the long jump.In recent years Brianna has been
competing against a number of great elite athletes. In August 2006, in
cold and wet conditions, she went up against a list of past champions in Great
Britain. 11.34s later she crossed the finish line ahead of World Champion
Lauryn Williams and Britain's top sprinter Joice Maduaka.