2004 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Amanda Brown
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Sheldon
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
Returns for one final season of indoor eligibility after she scored her first NCAA appearance outdoors in 2003 and scored for the third straight season in the Pac-10 Championships. Ranks fourth all-time for the Ducks with her outdoor personal best from the 2003 Texas Relays (40-9 1/2).
2003: NCAA Qualifier (Triple Jump). Evolved into national-class triple jumper, and made first NCAA appearances (23rd, 40-1 1/2) after entering meet seeded 26th. Earned her first NCAA invite when she took second in the West Regional with a slighty wind-aided, overall personal best (41-5w, 2.2) after she entered the meet seeded ninth. Again served double duty in Pac-10 Championships in triple jump (sixth, 40-6) and long jump (10th, 19-1 1/4). Overall, competed in triple jump outdoors in 10 meets - with nine past 40 feet - and had six outdoor long jump appearances with four at 18-11 or better. Claimed six wins outdoors (three in the triple jump - Oregon Twilight, 40-4; Oregon Invite, 40-9; Oregon Preview, 40-8 3/4; and three in the long jump - Oregon Twilight, 18-11 3/4, Pepsi Team Invite, personal best 19-4 1/4; Oregon Preview, 18-9 1/4). Also led team indoors in the long jump and triple jump with indoor personal bests, respectively, from the Mountain Pacific Championships (third, 18-9; fourth, 39-7).
2000-01: Pac-10 Scorer. Capped year with seventh-place Pac-10 finish (PR 19-4) after entering the meet seeded 13th of 17 entries. Cleared 19 feet or better in long jump in three of seven meets, with three others within two inches of similar marks. Won Washington Dual (19-1 1/2), Oregon Preview (19-0w), Oregon Twilight (18-11 1/4), Willamette Invite (17-11 1/2), and her section in the Mt. SAC Relays (18-10 3/4). Ran 100 season best of 12.87 in Oregon Preview (second), and 200 best of 26.51 in Stanford Invite (18th).
1999-2000: Pac-10 Qualifier. After spending the fall and winter terms with the basketball squad, quickly shifted focus to long jump runway in the spring, and steadily progressed as year wore on. Competed in five outdoor meets, and improved marks by almost 1 1/2 feet in her 1 1/2-month long season. Jumped 18-0 1/2 in Pac-10 debut - one of three meets past 18-foot mark. The week prior, jumped 2-inch personal best in the Oregon Twilight (second, 18-10 1/2 ). Also added third-place points (18-1) in Washington Dual. Opened year with eighth-place finish (16-7 1/2) in the Hayward Relays in first week of April. In basketball, played three games for Ducks and was 1-3 shooting from field and 2-4 from free throw line, adding two steals and one defensive rebound in nine minutes.
Prep: A versatile area jumper and sprinter, rewrote Oregon prep record books with four 4A long jump titles to go along with four district titles in the 100 and long jump. Won state crown as a senior with leap of 18-4, after covering 18-7 3/4 as a junior and 18-8 1/2 as a sophomore in the state finale. In the 100 in the state level, finished fifth in heat as a senior (12.67). Prep best in the long jump was 18-11. Honored as Register-Guard Prep Athlete of the Year as a senior. High School (Coach): Sheldon '99 (Roger Herbert).
Personal: Major: Sports Marketing. Born Cynthia Amanda Brown on October 14, 1980 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Personal Bests: Long Jump - 19-2 1/2w, 5.85m, wind-aided (w:+3.7) (Oregon Twilight, May 2002) / 18-10, 5.74m, w:+0.8 (Pac-10 Championships, May 2002); Triple Jump - 40-2 3/4, 12.26m w:0.0 (Pac-10 Championships, May 2002).
Pac-10 Championships Performances
2002 Triple Jump 6th 40-2 3/4 12.26m 2002 Long Jump 8th 18-10 5.74m 2001 Long Jump 7th 19-4 5.89m 2000 Long Jump 15th 18-0 1/2 5.50m
