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Ara Towns |
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Senior Year (2005)
Indoor: Ran the team's fastest 60m dash with a time of 7.50 in the semis of the Hoosier Relays...Turned in a season-best 24.92 in the 200m at the IU vs. Purdue and OSU meet
Outdoor: Held the team's fastest time in the 100m (11.68)...Earned a fourth-place finish in the 100m at the Big Ten Championships...Ran a leg in the third-place finishing 4x100m relay team also at the Conference championships
Junior Year (2004)
Indoor: Was the lone female to represent IU at the NCAA Championships...Competed in the 60-meter dash, where she earned All-American status after finishing 12th overall...Earned second-team All-Big Ten in the 60-meter dash in the finals at the Big Ten Championships...Was one of five collegiate sprinters invited to compete in the prestigious Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden... Finished third with a time of 7.53.
Outdoor: Redshirted
Sophomore Year (2003)
Indoor: Ran a season best of 7.39 in the 60-meters, good for a third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships
Outdoor: Part of the 4 x 100m relay team that finished fifth (43:57) at the NCAA Meet and earned All-America honors for a fourth straight season...The relay team also captured a fourth-straight Big Ten Championship with a time of 44.06 ...Ran a personal best (11.43) in the 100-meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional...Also ran a personal best in the 200-meters (24.06) at the Big Ten Championships during the prelims
Freshman Year (2002)
Indoor: Ran her best 60-meter dash (7.55) at the USTCA Challenge ... Also posted her best 200-meters time (24.69) at the event.
Outdoor: An All-American as a member of the 4x100 relay squad that placed seventh at the NCAA Championship ... also a member of both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that captured Big Ten Championship..best 100-meter outing came at the Big Ten Championships (11.88)...in the Indiana Quad Meet, posted two career bests in the 200-meter dash (24.73) and the long jump (5.75/18'10.25).
Prep/Personal
Three-time state champion in the 100m from sophomore to senior year ... 2001 60m dash district, regional, and state champion ... ranked sixth in the nation in the 55m dash according to Track and Field News ...Indoor All-American in the 60m from sophomore to senior year as well as the 4x200m relay as a sophomore ... 4x100m relay state champions all four years
