| Brent LaRue |
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• 2007 ACC Indoor Heptathlon Champion
• 2007 All-ACC Indoor Track and Field
• 2006 All-ACC Outdoor Track and Field
• 2006 All-ACC Indoor Track and Field
• 2006 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Champion
• 2006 ACC Indoor Track and Field Champion
Track: Indoor: 2007: Won the heptathlon setting a new ACC record with a 5617 finish at the conference indoor championships... also a member of the 4th place 4x400m relay at the ACC Indoor Championships... finished 5th overall in the 60m hurdles and set a PR in the long jump with a leap of 7.06m, good for 8th place at the Virginia Tech Invitational... helped the team to a 3rd place finish at the Clemson Invitational as a member of the winning 4x400 relay team... finished 2nd in the 60m dash with a time of 7.06, 3rd in the long jump with a leap of 6.85 meters, 2nd in the high jump with a jump of 1.94m, ran the 60m hurdles in 8.01, pole vaulted 4.55 meters, and then ran the 1000m in 2:44.62 to win the heptathlon at the JRF Multi-Event Challenge... finished 19th in the 400m with a time of 48.34 and was a member of the 3rd place distance medley relay team at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational... finished 2nd and set a PR in the 55m hurdles at the Virginia Tech Challenge.
Outdoor: 2007: Did not compete.
2006: Ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that qualified for the NCAA Championships... helped shatter the team's own school record in the 4x400 at the NCAA East Regionals (3:05.48) that it had set earlier in the season... earned a second place finish in the event behind South Carolina at the regional championships, qualifying them for the NCAA Championships... member of the ACC Champion 4x400-meter relay team (3:08.36)... finished with All-ACC honors in the decathlon, coming in third with 7,066 points in the event at the ACC Championships.
Indoor: 2006: An ACC champion as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:10.99)... finished fourth in the heptathlon with 5,138 points at the ACC Championships.
Background: Local standout from East Forsyth High School ... 2005 NC State Indoor champion 4x400 relay... 2005 NC 300 IH state champion 37.14... 2005 Nike Indoor All-American 4x400 relay... 2005 USA Track & Field Junior All-American 400 IH 52.57... named the 2004 metro 4A Conference athlete of the year... holds 12 school records... repeating team MVP... No. 3 on all-time NC 4000 IH... No. 4 all-time on NC 300 IH... ranked 10th by Track and Field News in the 300 IH and 400 IH. in the 300 H and 400 IH... Born April 26, 1987 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... son of Terri and Michael LaRue.
