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  Sarah Pierson

Sarah Pierson

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Omaha, Nebraska
High School:
Millard North
Event:
Combined Events
Birthdate:
01/05/1989
Experience:
1 year

2008 (FRESHMAN): Scored in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championships with an eighth-place finish while recording a personal best score of 4,705 points ... Set a then PR of 4,594 points to finish 15th at the Texas Relays ... Placed 12th in the pentathlon (3354) during the Big 12 Indoor.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 graduate of Millard North High School in Omaha, Nebraska ... Lettered four years in track and field, also lettered in basketball ... Coached by Mindy Reed ... Set school record in 100 hurdles with best of 14.96 ... Part of school record in 4 x 400 relay ... Team won State Championship titles in 2005 and 2006, placed third in 2007 ... Won State A title in 100 hurdles during 2006 season ... Also placed third in high jump and 300 hurdles, while running third leg of runner-up 4 x 400 ... In 2005, won pair of Nebraska State A titles in 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles ... Anchored winning 4 x 400 and finished third in high jump ... Claimed District A-3 titles in 100 and 300 hurdles in 2005, running personal best times of 14.96 and 44.02 ... Her time of 44.02 ranks No. 8 on the all-time Nebraska prep list ... Placed fourth in State A 300 hurdles as a freshman in 2004 ... Competed with club team Cornhusker Flyers, coached by Scot Rainbolt, for three seasons ... Established record of 1:02.84 in 2005 for 400 low hurdles in Intermediate division of the Nebraska USATF Association ... Also set state records in high jump (2003, 2004) and heptathlon (2005) ... Competing at the 2005 USATF Youth Championships, placed second in the heptathlon (4,434), third in high jump (5-7) and fourth in 400 hurdles (1:02.84) ... Won three events during the 2005 USATF Region 8 meet - 100 hurdles (15.51), high jump (5-7), and heptathlon (4,466) ... Claimed two titles at USATF Nebraska Association meet in 2005, winning the 400 hurdles (1:04.15) and high jump (5-4) ... Added a second place in the 100 hurdles and third place in the javelin ... In 2004, won 100 hurdles at USATF Nebraska Association meet ... Won high jump at 2003 USATF Region 8 meet ... Named to All-Nebraska track and field team three consecutive years ... Received numerous academic honors while in high school.

PERSONAL: Sarah Elizabeth Pierson is the daughter of Chris and Dee Dee Pierson ... Born January 5, 1989 in Napier, New Zealand ... Has two siblings, C.J. and Jessica ... Mechanical Engineering major ... Received President's Volunteer Service award ... Starting competing at age 14 ... Chose Texas A&M for its engineering program and increasingly successful track and field program.

Career Bests (entering 2009)

* High Jump - 5-8 * Pentathlon - 3354 * Heptathlon - 4705

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