| Cassy Richards |
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• 2004 ACC Individual Champion in Long Jump
• 2004 All-ACC in Outdoor
Track & Field: Outdoor: 2005: Earned a regional qualifying mark in the long jump with her 19-08.75 at the Sam Howell... finished seventh at the ACC Championship in the long jump... placed 18th at the NCAA East Regional in the long jump... ran the 100 meter race at the Sam Howell, finishing in 12.33... ran the 200 meter race in 25.55 at the Deacon Opener... the second leg of the women's 4x100 meter relay team that broke a school record with their 46.92 performance at the Wake Forest Open.
2004: Earned a fourth place finish in the 200m dash at the JMU Invitational... Placed second at that meet in the 100m hurdles... Won the long jump event at the ACC Championships, with an NCAA qualifying mark of 20-06.50... Placed in the top-10 in that event two other times... Totaled 4,657 points in the Heptathlon good for a 10th place finish at the College Station.
2003: Broke the school's long jump record by recording a distance of 19'6.5" at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Won the 100m dash at the Oregon Invitational with a time of 12.20 ... Ran the 200m in 25.09 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
2002: Broke the school record in the long jump with a mark of 18-11.25 at the Penn Relays ... Won the long jump at the Charlotte Invitational ... Runner-up in the long jump at the 49er Classic ... Ran a 25.14 in the 200m at the ACC Championships ...
Indoor: 2005: Placed 3rd in the long jump at the Carolina Classic with a jump measure of 18-07.25...Earned a 10th place finish at the ACCs in the long jump with an 18-09.00 jump.
2004: Placed 14th at the NC Collegiate Big 12 in the 60m hurdles... Earned third place in the long jump at the Clemson Invitational... Broke her own record with a 19-10.50 measurement at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet... Posted four other top-ten finishes in that event... Totaled 3,060 points in the Pentathlon, good for a ninth place finish at the UNC Invitational.
2003: Had team's best 60m time of the season at the Penn State Invitational
2002: Broke school record in the 60m hurdles in first collegiate meet, the Maryland Invitational, with a time of 9.30 ... Reached 18-0.5 in the long jump at the ACC Championships to break the school record ... Took third in the 200m at the Maryland Invitational
Background: Three-time USATF Jr. All-American ... Two-time Track & Field News All-American ... Two-time PA Gatorade T&F Athlete of the Year ... PA State (AA) and Region II Long Jump record holder PA State (AA) 100m Hurdles record holder ... 2000 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Athlete of the Year ... Thee-time Long Jump State Champion ... Two-time 100m Hurdles State Champion ... 2000 Golden West Long Jump Champion ... Member of the Golden West Long Jump all-time top ten list ... Named to 2001 adidas Outdoor Championships/American T&F Magazine All-American Team ... Earned four varsity letters in track at Winchester Thurston High in Pittsburgh, PA ... Published poem, The Sidewalk, in Captured Moments, The National Library of Poetry ... President of Students of Color at Winchester Thurston High ... Participant in the National Conference of Christians and Jews ...
Personal: Born June 7, 1983 in Pittsburgh, PA ... A Socialogy Major ... Full name is Cassandra Nicolle Richards ... Daughter of Frank D. (III) and Aleta W. Richards
Records: Indoor: 60m: 7.94; 200m: 25.11; 60mH: 9.30; Long Jump: 19-10.50; Outdoor: 100m: 12.20; 200m: 25.09; Long Jump: 20-06.50; Heptathlon: 4,657
