Angele Cooper (Long Beach Wilson HS, Texas) Bio

Angele Cooper

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Signal Hill, Calif.

High School:
Long Beach Wilson

Event:
Sprints

CAREER BESTS
Outdoor 200m 24.20w
Outdoor 400m 54.50
Outdoor 400m Hurdles 58.18
Indoor 400m 56.01
Updated: 6/1/09
2009
Outdoor (Freshman):
· Captured third place with her fourth best time of the season (58.35) at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships in the 400 m hurdles...finished sixth in the preliminary heat with a time of 1:00.46.
· Finished ninth at her first NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:00.4 in the 400m hurdles...recorded a time of 58.35 for second in the preliminaries.
· Advanced to the National Championship after running a personal-best time of 58.18 in the 400m hurdles to finish fourth and qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships...placed first in the preliminary heats with the same time (58.18)
· At the 2009 Big 12 Championships, crossing the line in 58.67 for second-place in the 400m hurdles...was in third heading into the final straightaway but outkicked ISU's Kianna Elhai over the last 30 meters for the finish...also was part of UT's 4x100m and 4x400m relays that placed fourth and second, respectively.
· Anchored the Longhorns' 4x100m relay that placed first at the Drake Relays (44.33) and Texas Twilight (44.47)... also ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay team that posted the second-fastest time in the nation (3:32.75) for second place at the Texas Relays.
· Recorded a season-best and wind-aided 24.20 200m at the Texas Invite, also placed seventh in the 400m in a season-best time of 54.64.
· Placed first in the 400m hurdles at the Texas Twilight in a then-personal best and NCAA RQ time of 59.77... mark was the Horns' first sub-one minute time of the season.
Indoor (Freshman):
· Earned her first All-America honor as a leg of the Longhorns' 4x400 meter relay that finished sixth at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships.
· Recorded personal bests at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in both the 200-meter dash (11th, 24.11) and the 400-meter dash (third, 54.22)
· Placed fifth in the 400m at the Leonard Hilton Memorial with a time of 59.47
· Posted a 56.01 mark in the 400m for 14th place during the Texas A&M Invitational

PRIOR TO TEXAS
· Placed fourth in the open 400 at the 2007 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state meet in a time of 55.48.
· Claimed the triple jump title at the California relays in 34-9 (10.59m).
· Captured the gold medal as the leadoff leg of the 4x400-meter relay (3:44.72) at the 2006 CIF Championships.
· Anchored the 4x100m that won the 2005 CIF State Championship in 44.84 (that time became the fifth-fastest all-time in the state).
PERSONAL
· Born Nov. 3, 1990 in Los Angeles, Calif., to parents Robert and Nakee ... has three siblings - Michael, Jasmine and Samantha ... plans to major in education.
Courtesy Texas