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Brittany Myricks - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Brittany Myricks

Position

Sprints

Hometown

Ontario, Calif.

Previous School

Mt. SAC

2013-14
2014 Indoors: Competed at five meets, exclusively in the 60- and 200-meter runs … Opened in the 60/200 double at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational, placing seventh in the 200 (time of 25.15*) and 14th in the 60 (7.96*) … Took eighth in the 200 at the New Mexico Team Invitational, finishing in 24.80* … Captured fifth in both events at the New Mexico Classic, finishing in season-best times of 7.94* in the 60 and 24.68* in the 200 … Placed ninth in the 200 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships.
2014 Outdoors: Raced eight times, splitting time between the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay … Placed fourth in the 200 and sixth in the 100 at the Jim Click Shootout with times of 24.15 and 11.83, respectively … Ran the same double at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge, placing sixth in the 100 (time of 12.09) and eighth in the 200 (24.81) … Placed third in the 100 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational with a time of 12.03* … Contributed significantly on the Lobos’ 4×100 relay team, helping the squad to strong finishes at the Texas Tech Open (fifth place), Jim Click Shootout (fourth), Beach Invitational (first), Brutus Hamilton Challenge (third), Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (first) and MW Championships (fourth).

PREVIOUS COLLEGE (MT. SAC)
Transfer from Mt. SAC in Walnut, Calif. … Claimed a runner-up finish in the 100-meter dash and a third-place finish in the 200 at the 2013 South Coast Conference Championships … Helped the Mounties’ 4×100 relay team to runner-up finish at the Southern California Championships … Owns collegiate bests of 12.11 in the 100 and 24.65 in the 200.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Upland (Calif.) High School … Took second in the 200-meter dash at the 2011 California Relays, finishing in 26.18 … Ran to a high school best of 25.76 in the 200 at the 2011 CIF-SS Divisional Finals, while also registering a high school best of 12.53 in the 100 at the Baseline League Championships.

PERSONAL
Mother Arnita was one of America’s top 100-meter hurdlers during the 1980s and early ’90s, and her father Larry is a four-time Olympian who won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

PERSONAL RECORDS

60 meters: 7.90*
100 meters: 12.11
200 meters: 24.15*

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

• Academic All-Mountain West, 2014
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, 2014

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol