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Tijahnni Newton Class: Senior Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. High School: Rancho Cucamonga Event: Sprints Birthdate: 02/11/1986

• 2008 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (400-meter dash, 4x400 relay)
• 2008 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (600-yard run, 4x400 relay)
• 2007 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (400, 4x400)
• 2007 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (400, 4x400)
• 2006 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (400)
• 2006 Big 12 Distance Medley Relay Champion
• 2006 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (400, DMR)

Personal: Daughter of Paris Roscoe and Daniel Newton ... Born Feb. 11, 1986 ... Has an older brother, Daniel, and younger sister, Tatyana.

2007-08: (Indoor) Finished 18th in the Arkansas Invitational's 200-meter dash with a time of season's best 25.28 ... Finished fourth (56.28) in the 400 at the event ... Also ran the anchor leg of the fourth-place 4x400 relay team that recorded the eighth-fastest time in program history (3:43.48) ... Finished second in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:23.30 at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Recorded a time of 55.65 in the 400-meter dash at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Finished second in the 600-yard run (1:23.99) at the Sooner Indoor Open ... Ran a season-best time of 1:21.46 in the finals of the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Championships to finish third in the event ... Ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay that finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 3:41.24, seventh-fastest in Oklahoma program history ... Ran season-best 400 (55.38) in NCAA Last Chance Qualifier.

2006-2007: (Indoor) Finished sixth (56.03) in the 400-meter dash at the Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational (Jan. 20) ... Placed fourth (55.38) at the adidas Classic (Jan. 27) ... Member of the 4x400-meter relay that won (3:43.79) at the adidas Classic (Jan. 27) ... Ran the 400-meter leg on OU's distance medley relay that placed second at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) ... Placed second (54.35)in the 400 at the Big 12 Indoor (Feb. 24). (Outdoor) Ran season bests of 24.10 in the 200 and 54.46 in the 400 at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 21) ... Placed sixth in the 400 (54.72) at the Big 12 Championship (May 13) and ran on the second-place 4x400-meter relay ... Ran a personal best of 54.30 in the 400 preliminaries (May 12) ... Ran the anchor leg on OU's 4x400-meter relay that placed sixth at the Midwest Regional (May 26) ... Ran the anchor leg on OU's 4x400 that placed 17th at the NCAA Championships (June 7).

2005-2006: (Indoor) Ran the second leg of the women's distance medley relay that placed ninth at the NCAA Championships ... Placed sixth in the 400-meter dash at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 25), running a 55.50 in the finals ... Ran the second leg of the conference champion distance medley relay ... Ran a season best in the 400 during the prelims at the Big 12 meet (Feb. 24) ... Ran the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay that broke the school record with its 11:14.63 run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 3) ... The DMR also passed the NCAA provisional qualifying standard for the first time in program history ... In her first action of the season, ran the 400-meter dash in 55.21 en route to victory at the New Mexico Invitational (Jan. 28) ... The mark ranked as fifth best on OU's all-time performance chart. (Outdoor) Placed eighth in the 400-meter dash (55.21) at the Big 12 Championships (May 14) ... Ran a personal best 54.48 in the 400 en route to victory at the season-opening Tulsa Invitational (March 25), surpassing the NCAA regional qualifying standard.

2004-2005: (Indoor) Posted her best 400 (58.78) en route to a fifth-place finish at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Finished 18th at the Big 12 Championships, running in 1:01.47. (Outdoor) Ran the second fastest 400 (57.47) by a Sooner during her eighth-place run at the UT-Arlington Invitational ... Placed 20th (59.66) at the Big 12 Championships.

High School: Battled with injuries during her senior season at Rancho Cucamonga ... Posted her career best in the 400 as a junior ... One of the nation's elite sprinters after finishing eighth (24.40) and fourth (56.79), respectively, in the 200 and 400 at the California State Southern Section Championships ... Earned four letters in track and field.