• started running track at the age of 6
• starting at the age of 10, broke all age group records that still stand after 11 years (59.8 in the 400m & 26.7 in the 200m, 1st time in history a 10 year old runs under 1 min. in the 400m)
• never lost a race till her junior year in high never lost a race till her junior year in high school at the Arcadia Invitational (placed second in the 400m running 53.2)
• at age 17, qualified for the Olympic Trials and the USA Olympic Team (youngest to compete and make the finals in 400m in the trials, youngest to qualify for the USA Olympic Track Team in 24 years, prep athlete of the year
• member of 3 national teams ran a personal best of 50.74 in the 400m
• 23.16 in the 200m, & 11.61 in the 100m in high school (fastest times in junior world history)
• 4-time state champion in the 400m
• ranked by Track & Field News as No. 10 in the nation
• as part of 2001 Junior World Team in Jamaica, 2 gold medals (51.10 in the 400m becoming No.2 in school history)
• 2001 PAC-10 newcomer of the year
• member of the winning distance medley relay for 2002 NCAA Indoor Nationals (an American record)
• ran 51.3 at the 'SC duel meet in 2002 (3rd fastest time in the world at that time)
• 2003 MPSF Indoor 200m champion running 23.72
• 2003 West Region, won 400m in 52.01 and 4x400m relay as anchor (3.31.62, No. 6 in school history)
• 2003 NCAA Championships, placed 7th in the 400m in 51.96
• 2004 UCLA vs. USC dual meet ran 51.3
• 2004 PAC-10's, won 400m in 50.8, won 200m in 22.9 and anchored by relays into 1st place
• 2004 West Region, won 400m in 50.65
• 2-time All-American for NCAA Indoor Nationals, PAC-10 conference, West Regionals, and NCAA Outdoor Nationals