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2004 NCAA Regional qualifier (high jump)
Nwagwu in Major Meets:
2005 WAC 2nd-High jump
2004 WAC 6th-Heptathlon
2004 WAC Indoor 7th-Pentathlon
2003 WAC 7th-High jump
2003 WAC Indoor 4th-High jump
Personal Bests:
5-10 (2005) High jump
4,030 (2004) Heptathlon
JUNIOR (2004-05)
Outdoor: Improved personal best to 5-10 at WAC meet to tie for second and help Owls to runner-up finish in team standings... Finished runner-up at Drake Relays in 5-8.75.
Indoor: Turned in top mark of 5-4.5 in high jump.
SOPHOMORE (2003-04)
Outdoor: Finished sixth in the heptathlon at the WAC championships with 4,030 points... Cleared personal best of 5-9.25 in the WAC heptathlon high jump to qualify for the NCAA regional championship... Threw the javelin 111-8 at the RunSport/Rice Twilight meet.
Indoor: Placed seventh in the pentathlon at the WAC championships with 3,254 points... Won the high jump at the RunSport all-comers meet, clearing 5-6.
FRESHMAN (2002-03)
Outdoor: Was one of the Owls' top high jumpers in first year... Won the high jump at the Rice Bayou Classic and later qualified for the NCAA regional meet with a team-best mark of 5-7... Helped the Owls to the WAC title with a seventh-place finish in HJ at meet in El Paso.
Indoor: WAC scorer as freshman with fourth-place finish, clearing the bar at a season-high 5-6.5.
PREP/PERSONAL
2002 graduate of Garland High School... Ran for coach Lynn Duyck and the Owls... Named the track team MVP... Also competed for the Owls volleyball team... Was a National Merit Scholar and National Achievement Scholar... Graduated in the top five percent of her class... Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Beta Club.
Personal - Full Name: Florence A. Nwagwu... Born: June 30, 1984, at Nigeria... Parents: Vincent and Faustina Nwagwu, Garland (one brother and three sisters)... Rice Majors: biology and psychology... College: Sid Richardson.