2012-13 Student Athletes Ja-Courtney Alexander
ABBY BARNETT
Senior | Sprints Whigham, Ga. Cairo HS
Senior | Distance Jasper, Ala. Sumiton Christian
Junior Season: Competed in indoor and outdoor track…Participated in 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter and 800-meter…Member of 4x100-meter and 4x400meter relay teams…Won Coach “O” Invitational in the 400-meter setting a personal best of 54.35…Was named Sun Belt Athlete of the Week after Coach “O” Invitational…Recorded seasons best of 24.14 in the 200-meter…Ranked number one in the 400-meter, number two in the 60-and 200-meter, number five in the 55-meter and number six in the 800-meter on Troy’s All-Time Ranking List…Was named Captain of Track Jumps/Sprints for the 2012-13 Season…Member of Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Senior Season (Cross Country): Competed in three meets… Posted a season-best 5k time of 26:12.03 at the Coach O Invitational at Troy… Placed eighth on the team at the Troy Invitational and the Auburn Invitational, setting a 4k personal best.
Sophomore Season: Competed in Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor track ... Participated in 100-meters, 200-meters, 400-meters, 400-meters hurdles, 4x100meter relay and 4x400-meter relay ... Academic All-American ... Placed second in the 400-meters indoor with a time of 55.2 seconds breaking her record set during her freshman year ... Placed first at the Florida State Invitational and the Coach O Invitational in the 400-meters with a time of 54.7 seconds ... Is ranked second alltime at Troy in the 400-meters outdoor ... Twice-named Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week
Junior College: Competed in cross country for Bevill State Community College ... Participated in the 5K ... Was cross country conference individual champion in 2009 ... Was Cross country All-Conference team in 2009 and 2010 ... Named NJCAA Academic All--American in 2009 and 2010 ... Named All-Alabama Academic Team in 2011 ... Won Track & Field Service Award in 2011 ... Won 2011 Lea Plarski Award, given to the student-athletic who exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership, and community service excellence
Junior Season (Cross Country): Competed in five races for the Trojans…Set a time of 29:00 in the 6K Georgia State Invitational…Set a season best of 23:50.22 in a 5K at the FSU Invitational….Finished 28th at Coach “O” Invitational with a time of 25:15.24 Junior Season (Track): Competed in distance events for the Trojans
Personal: Full name is Abby Frances Barnett ... Born July 15, 1991 ... Daughter of Freshman Season: Participated in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 400-meters, Barry and Lisa Barnett ... Has one sister, Anna (23) ... Member of the National Honor 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay…Was runner-up at the Sun Belt Con- Society … Major physical and health education... Chancelor Scholarship recipient... ference Indoor Championships in the 400-meter with a personal best time of 56.11 President of the Kinesiology and Health Promotions Club. which broke the all-time Troy record in the event…Placed fifth at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships in the 200-meters which places her second all-time at Troy with a time of 24.26…Was a part of the 4x400-meters relay team that was runner-up at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship and is tied for the second on the all-time list at Troy…Is ranked second all-time at Troy in the 60-meters indoor…Was named Freshman of the Year in the indoor season…Was named to the Sun Belt All-Conference team during the indoor season…Member of the 4x400-meter relay that won the Coach “O” Invitational...Was a member of the 4x100 meter relay team that was runner-up at the Coach “O” Invitational…Recorded a personal best in 200-meters at a time of 24.11 at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic which placed her fifth all-time at Troy in the event…Was runner-up at the Sun Belt Championship in the 400-meters with a personal best time 55.05 which placed her second all-time at Troy…Member of the 4x400-meters relay team that won the Sun Belt Championship and is ranked fourth all-time at Troy…Member of the 4x100-meters team that came in fourth at the Sun Belt Championship and is ranked fourth all-time at Troy…Qualified for Junior Season: Competed in indoor and outdoor track for the Trojans…Participated the Junior USATF Nationals in 200-meters and 400-meters…Placed 14th overall in in heptathlon, pentathlon, high jump, javelin and shot put…Recorded personal best the 200-meters at Junior USATF Nationals…Was named Freshman of the Year in of 1.68 meters in the high jump during outdoor season…Recorded season best 40-8 outdoor track…Named to the Sun Belt All-Conference team in the outdoor season. ¾ feet in shot put…Recorded personal best of 124 feet in javelin…Set season High School: A three-year letterwinner at Cairo High School for coach Arthur An- best 3394 in indoor pentathlon…Set season best 5001 in heptathlon at Georgia derson ... Ran the 100-meters, 200-meters, 800-meters and was part of the 4x100- Relay…Finished seventh at indoor Sun Belt Championships in pentathlon…Finished meter relay team and the 4x400-meter relay team ... Ran a personal best of 12.00 fourth at Outdoor Sun Belt Championships in heptathlon…Ranked third in indoor seconds in the 100-meters ... Ran a personal best of 25.04 seconds in the 200-me- pentathlon, sixth in indoor high jump, second in outdoor heptathlon and is tied for ters during prep career ... Ran a personal best of 19:57 in the 5K during cross ninth in the outdoor high jump on Troy’s All-Time Ranking List. country season ... Also lettered four years in basketball ... Earned honorable mention all-region honors for basketball ... Also lettered in cross country ... During sopho- Junior College: Attended New Mexico Junior College under Coach Keith Bloukuill ... more season, helped team to fourth place finish at Georgia High School State Cross Won the team NJCAA Indoor Championship in the pentathlon... Also placed second Country state championship race ... Won the region championship in cross country in the high jump as a junior ... Won the region championship in cross country as a senior ... Holds the school record in the 5K with a time of 19:57 ... Earned the ‘Best Runner’ Award dur- High School: Participated in high jump, shot put and discus in high school ... Team Champions at the Boys & Girls Champs and Grace Kennedy Boys & Girls Central ing cross country season. Champs ... Also played netball and competed in the National Under 16. Personal: Full name is Ja-Courtney Sharlene Alexander ... Born August 6, 1991 ... Daughter of Bill Alexander and Teresa Brown ... Has two brothers, Darius Brown and Personal: Full name Christina D. Barrett…Born November 19, 1989…Daughter of Bill Alexander, and has one sister, La-toya Brown ... Named to Troy University 3.0 Pansy and Paul Barrett…Has four brothers ... Has two sisters. GPA Recognition List for fall 2009 ... Majoring in Nursing.
CHRISTINA BARRETT
Senior | Heptathlon Kingston, Jamaica Holmwood Technical
2012-13 TROY UNIVERSITY TRACK AND FIELD
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