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Deborah Jones
 Deborah Jones
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Portland, Oregon

High School:
Benson H.S.

Height:
5-8

Event:
Sprints

Experience:
4L

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• Four-Time All-American

2007
Earned two All-America honors ... Ran third leg on 4x100 relay team that placed fourth at NCAA Outdoor Championships (43.84) ... Also ran opening leg on 4x400 relay team that placed sixth at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Earned sixth-place finish with a school-record time of 3:34.75 ... 400-meter champion at MWC Outdoor Championships with a personal-best mark of 52.50 ... Member of 4x200 relay team that set a school record with a time of 1:33.21 at the Penn Relays ... Finished third in 400 meters at Midwest Regional ... Ran third leg on 4x100 team that finished third at Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 43.53 ... Member of 4x100 and 4x400 team that won the MWC Outdoor title and earned All-Conference honors ... Advanced to semifinals of 400 meters at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished first in 400 meters at TCU Invitational and Horned Frog Invitational ... Earned second-place finish in 200 meters at MWC Outdoor Championships ... Set a personal-best in the 200 meters with a time of 23.75 in the prelims at the MWC Outdoor Championships ... Placed third with a personal-best mark of 53.92 in 400 meters at MWC Indoor Championships ... Finished fourth in the 200 meters at the Arkansas Invitational.

2006
Returning All-American from the 4x400 relay team that placed seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a school-record 3.30.00 ... Won the 400 at the MWC Indoor Championships with a time of 53.98 ... Member of 4x400 relay team that won the indoor and outdoor titles at the Mountain West Conference Championships ... Part of 4x400 relay team that set a school record with a time of 3:39.39 at the Arkansas Invitational ... Named to the All-Mountain West Outdoor Team in the 200 meters with a third-place finish (23.88) ... Won the 200 with a time of 24.57 at the Wes Kittley 6 Way ... Won the 400 meters at the Wes Kittley Open with a time of 54.95 ... Placed second in 400 meters at North Texas Classic (54.07) and TCU Invitational (54.33) ... Finished third in 200 at Dr. Pepper Invitational with a mark of 23.99 ... 4x400 meter relay team also won TCU Invitational with a mark of 3:36.63 ... Also competed in 400 meters at NCAA Championships ... Part of 4x100 team that won three titles and set three meet records at the North Texas Classic, TCU Invitational and MWC Championships.

2005
Saw action in the 200 and 400 meter races during both track seasons ... was also a key member of the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay units ... had the best indoor 200 mark of her career at the Wes Kittley Invitational, stopping the clock in 24.81 seconds ... also earned the bronze medal in the 400 and ran the anchor leg of the silver-medal winning 4x4 squad ... won gold at the C-USA Championship with the 4x400 relay team ... first of three consecutive runner-up performances in the 400 came at the Dr Pepper Invitational on March 26 ... followed that up with another silver at the UTA Invitational the following week ... saved her best performance for the home crowd, setting a personal best with a clocking of 53.55 at the TCU Invitational ... ran the opening leg for the 4x400 squad as the team took tome gold in Fort Worth and at the Penn Relays the next weekend ... claimed fourth in the 400 and a pair of golds with the 4x100 and 4x400 relay units at the conference outdoor competition ... ran the second leg of the mile relay at the Midwest Regional where the quartet placed third with a school-record time of 3:31.49 ... the record-breaking mark allowed the squad to advance to the NCAA Championships where the foursome earned all-America honors.

2004
Competed in both the 200 and 400, along with the 4x400 meter relay during both track seasons ... Placed sixth at the C-USA indoor meet in the 200 with a season-best time of 24.89... turned in her best time in the 400 at the Razorback Invite, running a 54.91, but did not reach the finals at the conference indoor meet ... Ran the third leg on the 4x400 relay squad during the indoor season... helped the foursome break the school record with a time of 3:39.56 at the Razorback Invitational... the quartet also won the C-USA title in 3:42.58 ... Focused more on the 400 during the outdoor season... placed eighth at the Conference USA Championships with a time of 56.51 ... Also ran on the 4x4 outdoors... the quartet shattered the school record with a time of 3:37.03 at the Penn Relays and took the C-USA title.

High School
Earned all-state honors and was Benson High's MVP in track and field in all four years of high school... coaChed by Leon McKenzie ... Was a four-time state champion in the 200 and three-time champion in the 100 meters... broke the state record in the 200 ... Also ran on the winning 4x1, 4x2 and 4x4 relay teams, breaking all the state records and helping Benson to four team titles.

Personal
Parents are Terry and Jackie Jones ... a major in social with a minor in communications.

 
 
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