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Natasha Ruddock

Position:
Player
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Jago
Hometown:
St. Catherine, Jamaica

Career Bests: 60H - 8.05; 100H - 12.87 2010 (JUNIOR): Ran anchor leg of A&M shuttle hurdle relay which set a collegiate record of 52.50 in winning Penn Relays ... Placed fourth at NCAA Indoor with a time of 8.09 in the 60 hurdles ... Big 12 champion in 100 hurdles with a wind-aided 12.89 ... Big 12 Indoor silver medalist in the 60 hurdles with a career best of 8.05 ... Runner-up in Penn Relays 100 hurdles with a career best of 12.87 ... Won first three races of outdoor season in 100 hurdles - Carolina Spring Break (13.50), Arizona State Invitational (12.90 est) and Texas Relays (12.97) ... Runner-up at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (13.12) ... Injured during warm-up session prior to first round of 100 hurdles at NCAA West region preliminary ... In 200 meters ran a wind-aided 24.09 to win B race at Michael Johnson Classic ... Ran a season best of 11.71 in the 100, placing fourth at Texas Invitational ... Placed 11th in the prelims of 100 (11.98) at Big 12 Championships ... Finished fifth (11.88) at Michael Johnson Classic ... Set a then school record of 8.06 to win New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City ... Started off her A&M career with a win at Reveille Invitational (8.42), then placed second at A&M Invitational (8.30) ... Then Ruddock rolled off four consecutive wins at Texas dual (8.15), Texas A&M Challenge (8.16), the New Balance Collegiate and then the Texas A&M Challenge II (8.18) ... Also ran a best of 7.62 in the 60 meters, placing 11th in Texas A&M Invitational. JUNIOR COLLEGE: Competed at Essex County Junior College in New Jersey ... Coached by Michael Smart ... Named MVP of team, indoor and outdoor, for the 2008 and 2009 seasons ... Holds Jamaica National junior record of 8.13 in 60 hurdles, set in Ames, Iowa at the 2008 Iowa State Classic ... Won NJCAA Indoor hurdles in 2009, running 7.66 over 55 hurdles in Lubbock to break a 14-year-old record set by Jamaican Lacena Golding ... Holds NJCAA record in both indoor hurdle distances ... Recorded a season best of 8.16 in 60 hurdles to place fifth at 2009 Millrose Games ... Won the NJCAA Outdoor 100 hurdles in 13.45 ... Placed fourth at Penn Relays with a 13.39 ... As a freshman at Essex, won the NJCAA Outdoor 100 hurdles in a windy 13.22 ... Finished third at Jamaica World Junior Trials in 100H and placed sixth in Poland at the World Junior meet. HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 graduate of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine ... Coached by K.C. Graham ... Placed sixth in 100 hurdles at the 2006 World Juniors in Beijing ... 2005 Pan Am Junior runner-up in 100 hurdles in Windsor, Canada ... Also placed second in hurdles at World Youth Championships in Marrakech that same summer ... Won Carifta Games in 2005 ... Anchored St. Jago to a runner-up finish in 4 x 100 relay at Penn Relays. PERSONAL: Natasha Ruddock is the daughter of Cypronie Ruddock and Zurline Smith, born in Jamaica on January 14, 1989 ... Has a twin sister, Natalee ... Majoring in Communication.