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  Amelia Anderson

Amelia Anderson

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Smiths Station, Ala.

High School:
Smiths Station

Event:
Jumps

Birthdate:
12/21/1986

2007 Outdoor: Competed at the SEC Championships in the 400m hurdles, finishing sixth in the finals in 1:00.21 ... Posted a time of 59.88 in the SEC prelims, and had a season-best mark of 59.87 at the Auburn Invitational ... Placed first in 1:00.73 at the Yellow Jacket Invite ... Helped the 4x100m relay team finish first in 44.33 and the 4x400m relay team place third at the Springtime Invitational.

2007 Indoor: Competed in five different events during the season: 55m, 55/60m hurdles, 200m, 400m and DMR ... Qualified for the finals in the hurdles at both the Clemson and Diet Pepsi Invitational, finishing 12th at Clemson and 13th at Diet Pepsi ... Best individual finish came in the 400m at the Indiana Relays, placing sixth in 57.48 ... Ran on the Auburn DMR team at Clemson that placed fifth in 12:19.95.

2006 Outdoor: Placed ninth in the heptathlon at the SEC Championships, where she also finished 11th in the triple jump ... Had her best marks at the Springtime Invitational, winning the triple jump with a leap of 12.27m (40-3.25) and placing fourth in the long jump with a jump of 5.75m (18-10.5) ... Was fourth in the triple jump at the Sun Angel Classic and fifth in the long jump at the Auburn Invitational.

2006 Indoor: Competed in the long jump, triple jump and pentathlon at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Had her seasono-best effort in the long jump at the Kentucky Invitational, placing fifth with a leap of 5.80m (19-0.5) ... Best triple jump was at the Pepsi Invitational where she was ninth with a mark of 11.80m (39-2.5) ... Also finished seventh in the long jump at the Pepsi meet.

High School: Holds Alabama Class 6A state records in the triple jump (39-3) and the 300m hurdles (42.91) ... Ranks ninth on the U.S. high school girls list for 2005 with a long jump of 20-4 ... Won the 300m hurdles and second in the 400m at the 2005 state outdoor meet ... Won the long jump at the 2005 state indoor meet ... Won the triple jump and 400m, second in the 300m hurdles and eighth in the 100m hurdles at the 2004 outdoor state meet.

Personal: Born Dec. 21, 1986 ... Daughter of Shelia and Daniel Anderson ... Has two siblings, Anderson (18) and Amanda (15) ... Majoring in accounting.

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