Mountaineer Profiles
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Daughter of Larry and Terri Defibaugh Birthday is July 26 Has three older brothers Majoring in pre-sport management Big East Academic All-Star Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Arielle GAITHER 5-3, Senior Hurdles Baltimore, Md.
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Second Team Academic All-Big 12 Recorded a personal-best time of 1:00.85 in the 400 meters at the Doug Raymond Invite Had a personal-best time of 1:31.16 in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, finishing in 18th place overall Placed third in the 500 meters at the Gold-Blue Open with a time of 1:18.46 Member of 4x400 meter relay team that placed first at the WVU invite and fifth at the Doug Raymond Invite Finished in second-place overall in the 800-meter run at the WVU Invite, running a personal-best time of 2:24.34 Member of 4x400 meter relay team that recorded first-place finishes at the Ohio Team Challenge and at the Early Bird Meet Personal-best time of 2:21.87 in the 800-meter run at the Wake Forest Open on Mar. 16 Placed first in the 400-meter hurdles at the Early Bird Meet with a time of 1:05.19
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Came in second place in the 800-meter run with a career-best 2:34.82 at the WVU Holiday Classic Finished in 1:41.64 in the 600-meter run at the Nittany Lion Challenge Achieved third place in the 500-meter dash at the WVU State Farm Games in 1:22.84 Ran a career-best 1:41.38 in the 600-meter run at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Came in 19th in the 400-meter hurdles at the Wake Forest Open in 1:05.55 Finished 37th in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.24 at the Raleigh Relays
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Arielle Gaither ■■
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Placed 31st in the 400-meter hurdles at the Larry Ellis Invitational in a career-best 1:04.89 Member of the 4x400 relay at the Raleigh Relays, helping foursome to 21st in 3:59.46
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Competing unattached, finished fourth in the 500-meter dash at the WVU Holiday Classic in 1:22.82
At West Virginia in 2010 ■■
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Finished 20th in the 500-meter run (1:18.40)at the Penn State Invitational and PSU Northeast Challenge Captured first place at WVU State Farm Games in the 500-meter run (1:20.88) Took first place in the 500-meter run (1:21.63) and helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a first-place showing (3:56.40) at the WVU Holiday Classic
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Finished third in the 400-meter hurdles at the James Madison Invitational Aided the 4x400-meter relay team to a fourth-place showing Placed second (59.94) in the 400-meter dash at the Father Bede Hines Invite
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Three-year captain at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Two-time city and regional champion in the 300-meter hurdles Finished in second-place in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2009 AA Maryland State Championships Named all-city for the 2008 outdoor season Ran for the Baltimore City Track and Field Club Earned a bronze medal at the 2008 AAU Junior Olympics as a member of the 4x800 team and a silver medal in 2009