2006 Women's Cross Country Roster
Blake Figgins
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- High School:
- Mumford
* Two-time AAU National Champion
* 2006 Drake Relays Champion (4x800)
* Two-time All-Big 12
* USATF Junior All-American (2006, 800m)
Latest Feature Story:
Relay-rich Mumford Races to PSL Title
By David Goricki of Detroit News written Friday, May 27, 2005
PERSONAL BESTS:
INDOOR
800m, 1:53.12, Iowa State Cl. '06
1000m, 2:30.54, Mo Inv '06
OUTDOOR
800m, 1:51.74, Cardinal Inv '06
1500m, 4:04.56, Mo Relays '06
2006:
Outdoor: Drake Relays Champion, running second leg in 4x800 relay ... earned another All-Big 12 honor with Mile Relay at Big 12 Championships (8th place) ... earned USATF Junior All-America honors with eighth-place finish at 800 meters ... ran personal best at Louisville's Cardinal Invitational taking runner-up at 1:51.74. Indoor: Ran on many of the Tigers' relay teams and earned All-Big 12 honors, with an all-Missouri freshman squad, in the distance medley relay (7th place) at the Big 12 Indoor ... sixth at 800 meters in the MU-KU-KSU Triangular ... season best at 800 came at Iowa State Classic with 1:53.12 clocking.
High School:
AAU National Champion in the 1,500-meter run in 2004, repeating his first place finish in 2005 and adding an 800-meter honor ... earned the high school All-America honor in the sprint medley relay in 2004 and 2005 ... Figgins was named to the All-State cross country team his senior year (2005) and captured the state title in the 800 on the track ... was a two-time Detroit West Side Champion runner up ... crowned the city champion in the 800-meter run, mile and two mile for three straight campaigns (2003-05) ... a member of the Detroit Mumford cross country and track teams, Figgins' team captured four straight cross country and track and field city titles and track and field state champion honors 2002-05 ... coached by Vernon Lynch (cross country) and Vernon Lynch (track) Figgins was an honor roll student.
Personal:
Son of Marvin Figgins & Charmaine Stampley ... majoring in business with an emphasis in marketing ... outside of track Figgins' other interest includes singing ... born August 6, 1987 in Detroit, Mich.
More Features:
Relay-rich Mumford Races to PSL Title
By David Goricki of Detroit News written Friday, May 27, 2005
