BRITTNEY REESE
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-8
Weight: 140
PR: 6.95m/22-9.75 (2008)
Born: Sept. 9, 1986
Current Residence: Gulfport, Miss.
High School: Gulfport HS ‘04
College: Gulf Coast CC ‘06, Mississippi '08
Coach: Joe Walker
Agent: self
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials champion; Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion ('07, '08); 2007 USA Outdoors runner-up; 2007 SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year

On her final jump at the 2008 Olympic Trials, Reese let fly with a mark of 6.95m/22-9.75 (+1.4 mps), a personal record, 2008 U.S. leader and #2 mark in the world, to win…Reese had a breakout season in the long jump in 2007, making the final at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships…Her runner-up finish at the USA Outdoor Championships came shortly after a sophomore season for Mississippi that saw an NCAA Outdoor championship, NCAA Mideast Regional championship and an SEC Indoor and Outdoor championship…Named SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year in 2007…Reese’s personal best of 6.70m/21-11.75 is the third longest jump in the country in 2007…Was Mississippi’s 2004 Gatorade Player of the Year for track…Transferred to Ole Miss from Gulf Coast Community College, where she played basketball and did not compete in track.

2008: 5th at Olympic Games (6.76m/22-2.25)...2008 Olympic Trials champion (6.95m/22-9.75PR)...NCAA Outdoor long jump champion (6.93m/22-9)…1st at Baton Rouge (6.93m/22-9PR)…1st at Auburn (6.84m/22-5.25)...1st at Alumni Gold (6.93m/22-9)
2007: USA Outdoors runner-up (6.71m/22-0.25w)… 8th at World Outdoors (6.60m/21-8)...NCAA Outdoor champion (6.50m/21-4)…NCAA Mideast Regional champion (6.42m/21-0.75)…SEC Outdoor champion (6.69m/21-11.75PR)…3rd at NCAA Indoors (6.41m/21-0.5)…SEC Indoor champion (6.64m/21-9.5)…1st in HJ at Drake Relays (1.83m/6-0)…ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 6.70m/21-11.75.
2006: Did not compete.
2005: Did not compete.

09/22/08