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CAREER BESTS
400-meter dash 58.52 400-meter hurdles 1:02.31
2010 (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in 11 varsity meets (six indoors, five outdoors), including the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships; posted a new career best in the 400-meter dash at the indoor conference meet; ran a new career best in the 400-meter hurdles of 1:02.31 at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
2009 (FRESHMAN)
Competed in five varsity events, entering in the 400-meter hurdles each time; notched a season-best mark at the Jesse Owens Track Classic, matching the Boilermakers[apos] top time of the season at 1:02.43; did not compete in a varsity indoor event in her first season at Purdue.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters in track and field and swimming at Lane Technical College Preparatory High School; four-time Chicago city champion in the 300-meter hurdles, advancing to take fourth at the Illinois state high school championships as a junior, and qualifying as a freshman and sophomore; named her team[apos]s Most Valuable Athlete three times in swimming and twice in track and field; helped her track and field team to four straight Chicago city championship wins.
PERSONAL
Morgan Simone Monroe was born April 30, 1990, in Chicago, Ill.; is the daughter of Victor Thomas and Mary Monroe; enjoys video games, double-dutch and Harry Potter novels; majoring in movement and sports science.