| Jerrika Chapple |
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RS Senior
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| Hometown:
Lancaster, Texas
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| High School:
Lancaster
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| Event:
Sprints
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· National Champion
· Three-time All-American
· 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials participant
· NCAA Midwest Regional Champion
· Four-time Big 12 Champion • Nine-time All-Big 12
· UT and NCAA record holder - 4x400m relay (o)
JUNIOR (2006)
Outdoor: Ran the third leg of UT's first-place 4x400m relay (3:30.85) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, where she also timed at 23.79 in the 200m preliminary round ... clocked 55.05 in the 400m preliminary round at the Big 12 Championships ... anchored the 4x400m relay to first place (3:43.02) at the Hurricane Invitational ... placed third in the 400m (55.60) at the Texas Invitational ... took fourth in the 200m (23.89) at the Texas Twilight and eighth (24.09) at the Hurricane Invitational ... Indoor: Competed in the 400m preliminary round (56.42b) at the Big 12 Championships ... placed fourth (57.14) at the Houston Indoor Invitational and 31st (55.86b) at the Tyson Invitational.
SOPHOMORE (2005)
Outdoor: Won her first three 400m races of the season with regional-qualifying times at the Texas Invitational (54.55), Rice Bayou (53.88) and Michael Johnson Invitational (53.32) ... finished second at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 52.18 ... placed third at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 52.35 ... Garnered All-America honors in the 400m by placing eighth (52.25) at the NCAA Championships ... finished first at the Texas Invitational in the 200m with a wind-aided 23.50 ... ran 23.84 in the prelims of the Michael Johnson Invitational ... placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 23.59 ... helped 4x100m-relay team to gold medals and regional-qualifying times at the Texas Invitational (44.14), Texas Relays (43.25) and Penn Relays (44.24) ... helped 4x100 post a time of 43.95 to win the Big 12 Championship ... ran the third leg of the 4x100 in a victory at the NCAA Midwest Regional (43.50) and the NCAA Championships (42.87) ... ran the second leg of the gold medal-winning 4x200m relay team at the Texas Relays (1:31.97) ... Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay that won the Texas Relays (3:31.29) and finished fourth at the Penn Relays (3:31.83) ... anchored 4x400 to the Big 12 Championship with a time of 3:30.68 ... used a time of 3:29.03 to win the 4x400 at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... Anchored the 4x400 to the NCAA title in 3:27.13. Indoor: Earned All-Big 12 honors with times of 23.75b in the 200m (third) and 54.60b in the 400m (sixth) ... won the 400m at the Houston Indoor in 55.12 ... member of the Big 12 champion 4x400m relay team (3:35.99b) that also placed first at the Leonard Hilton (3:41.54), third at the Houston Indoor (3:43.74) and fourth at the Tyson Invitational (3:37.36b).
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time Texas 4A state champion in the 400m and state record-holder with a time of 52.65 ... also a four-time 4A state champion as a member of Lancaster's 4x400m relay team ... four-time Track and Field News All-American in the 400 ... three-time USATF Junior All-American in the 400 ... guided Lancaster to Texas 4A state championships her final three years ... also helped lead the Lady Tigers to four straight district and regional championships ... swept the 400m all four years at both the 4A district and regional championships ... member of 2002 and 2003 state champion 4x100m relay teams ... named a Track All-Star by the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) as a senior ... competed in the Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships from 1994 through 2002 ... walked away with 400m title at the Junior Olympics in 96, 98, 99, 01 and 02 ... won the 200 at the 2000 championships and placed third in 1998 and 2001 ... coached by Beverly Humphrey ... holds top prep time of 11.65 in the 100m ... also competed for Lancaster Lightning Track Club for six years under Terry Caro ... won Texas Scholar and Lancaster Tiger Pride Athletics awards in 2003 ... volunteers her time at St. Phillip's School and the local community center.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jerrika Lynette Chapple ... daughter of Antoinette Chapple ... liberal arts major ... has one brother, Paul ... born Sept. 11, 1984 in Dallas, Texas.
