WOMEN’S BIOS • Placed 10th individually and helped Yellow Jackets to runner-up finish at Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, NC J.L. Mann High School Highlights • Five-time All-State in track & field and four-time All-State in cross country • Helped high school to five straight track & field state championships • Won 10 individual state championships, including five in the 1600m • Two-time state champion in cross country (2006-07) • Held four school records (800m, 1600m, 3200m and 5000m) at time of graduation • Coached by her mother, Jackie Borowicz Personal • Born 4/23/91 • Daughter of Eric and Jackie Borowicz • Father played football at Navy • Twin sister, Emma, is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina • Will sit out the 2010-11 season under transfer rules, but will be eligible to compete for the Tigers in the fall of 2011 • Majoring in health science Collegiate Bests • 5000m - 18:24
STEPHANIE BUFFO 5-4 • Senior Spartanburg, SC
2007 Highlights • Scored in several meets for the Lady Tigers, including the ACC Championships • Posted a 61st-place effort at ACCs with 6K time of 23:32.3 • Top 5000m effort of the season was 18:33 at East Carolina, she finished seventh overall at that meet • Earned 79 points at the Southeast Regionals for the team as the No. 3 finisher overall Dorman High School Highlights • Three-time All-State selection in track • Spartanburg County record-holder in the 3200m run • Named All-Area and All-Academic by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal during the 2006 cross country season • Led high school to state championship in cross country in 2004 • Earned runner-up individual finish at 2004 state cross country meet • Earned All-State and All-Region honors for cross country in 2006 • Earned six varsity letters in both cross country and track • Coached by Jerry Kimbrell and Bobby Urban Personal • Born 3/10/89 • Majoring in health science • Father, Gerald, played football at Duquesne University • Daughter of Gerald and Laura Buffo • Three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Earned ACC’s Sportsmanship Award for 2009-10 academic year Collegiate Bests • 5000m – 18:09.03 • 6000m – 22:13.45
2009 Highlights • Scored in all four meets she competed in for the Tigers, including the ACC Championships when she was the team’s No. 3 finisher • Best 5K time on the season was 18:17.7 at the Charlotte Invitational in an 18th-place showing • Top 6K was time of 22:22.8 in 58th-place performance at the conference meet 2008 Highlights • Placed seventh at both the Eye Opener and Delaware Invitational • Posted consistent 5K times at both meets • Best 5K time of the season was 18:09.03 at the Auburn Tiger Invitational • No. 5 scorer at both the ACC Championships and Southeast Regionals • Placed 57th at the ACC meet with 6K time of 22:31.5
KELLY CONWAY 5-8 • Freshman Albany, GA Deerfield-Windsor High School Highlights • Won 800m championship at the 2010 GISA State Championships and added a fourth-place finish in the 400m and seventh-place effort in the 1600m; captured 10 GISA track & field championships in her high school career • Two-time GISA cross country state champion • Competed in the 800m at the 2009 USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships • Coached by Joe Bishop Personal • Born 6/13/92 • Daughter of Jack and Kathy Conway • Attended same high school as Clemson basketball standout Andre Young • Majoring in pre-business
JULIE DeLONG 5-2 • Freshman Avon Lake, OH St. Joseph Academy Highlights • Earned a pair of varsity letters in track & field and basketball • Named team MVP for track & field and also received the Best Sprinter Award for 2009 and 2010 • Qualified for AAU Nationals in the 400m hurdles • Coached by Jay Turner
Stephanie Buffo
Personal • Born 3/19/92 • Daughter of Jeff and Mary Kay DeLong • Comes from an athletic family, one brother and two uncles played football, another brother played lacrosse, and her cousin played volleyball at Boston College • Majoring in engineering
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