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  Gabby Mayo

Gabby Mayo

Player Profile

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Raleigh, North Carolina
High School:
Southeast
Event:
Sprints/Hurdles
Birthdate:
01/26/1989
Experience:
2 years

2008 (FRESHMAN): Anchored the 4 x 100 relay to victory at Big 12 (42.66) and Midwest Region (43.42) along with wins at FSU Relays (43.18), Texas Relays (42.97) and UCLA Invitational (43.40) ... Ran the opening leg of the Aggie shuttle hurdle relay with three seniors when they set an American Record of 52.96 while placing second to LSU at Penn Relays ... Recorded season best times of 11.47 in the 100 and 23.77 in the 200 ... Her 11.47 placed second at the FSU Relays while the 23.77 occurred during qualifying rounds at the Big 12 Championships ... Indoors Mayo set marks of 7.40 (60m), 24.09 (200m) and 8.44 (60 hurdles) ... Placed fifth at Big 12 Indoors in hurdles and finished eighth in 60 meters ... Ninth in semifinal of 100 at Big 12 ... Finished eighth in Penn Relays 100.

INTERNATIONAL / SUMMER: Anchored U.S. Junior team 4 x 100 relay to a world junior record of 43.29 in Road to Eugene '08 meet, held in August of 2006, as a tune-up for the World Junior Championships ... Competed in Beijing, China, with the USA Junior team at the World Junior Championships ... Earned a gold medal on the 4 x 100 relay (43.49), claimed silver in the 100 with a time of 11.42, and placed fifth in the 200 (23.84) ... Established personal bests in 100 and 200 during 2006 USATF Junior Championships ... Ran 22.88 in 200, breaking a 14-year-old meet record, and was second in the 100 with an 11.16 ... Won the 100 meters (11.42) at the 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals and finished third in the 200 (23.55) ... Runner-up in the 100 (11.58) at the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 graduate of Southeast High School in Raleigh, North Carolina ... Lettered four years ... Coached by Eddie Harden ... Selected as Prep Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News in 2006 ... Received Youth Athlete of the Year award from USA Track & Field in 2006 ... Named North Carolina's Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2006 and 2007 ... Set three North Caroline State 4A records and all classes records in 2006 with winning marks of 11.14w (100), 23.51 (200) and 13.60 (100 hurdles) ... Also won 300 hurdles in 43.56 as team claimed the championship with 136 points ... Her record in the 100 hurdles, which included a 13.63 in the prelims, broke a 20-year-old record of 13.88 ... Her 200 record broke a 10-year-old record of 24.18 ... Won three events during senior campaign with marks of 11.43, 23.72 and 13.73w as team placed second with 70 points ... As a sophomore, won both hurdle titles with times of 14.41 and 44.62 as team finished second with 86 points, just four behind the team champion ... Most Valuable Performer during 2006 State indoor meet ... Ran 6.87 twice in winning 55 meters at 2006 and 2007 State Indoor Championships ... Won 300 meters at 2006 State indoor with a 38.94 clocking and claimed 55 hurdles in 7.92 ... Southeast Raleigh won 2007 indoor team championship with 65 points as Mayo anchored winning 4 x 400 relay ... School also won 2006 State title with 97 points ... In all, set seven State records and won 15 State titles during prep career ... Competed with club team Track Eastern Carolina for two years, coached by Nick Sparks.

PERSONAL: Gabrielle Montoya Mayo is the daughter of Daryle McNair and Sandra Mayo ... Born January 26, 1989 in Raleigh, North Carolina ... Has two siblings, Brandon and Shelby ... Her aunt, Treshell Mayo-Herndon, competed at Clemson, where she was an All-American and advanced to the semifinals of the 200 in the 1996 Olympic Trials ... Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.

Career Bests (entering 2009)

* 60 meters 7.31 * 100 meters 11.16 / 11.14w * 200 meters 22.88 * 100 hurdles 13.60

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