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sports:
athlete of the week
TRACK AND FIELD
Tayyiba Haneef
Birthdate:
March 23, 1979
Hometown: Laguna Hills
Previous school: Laguna Hills HS
Event: high jump
Height: 6-foot-6
Class: senior
Major: speech communications
2000: Haneef
was Co-MVP of Long Beach State's women's track and field team.
She also won the Big West Conference Championship in the high
jump with a mark of 6-1 1/4, which is her best. Haneef tied
for seventh place in the NCAA Championships (5-11 1/4), which
earned her NCAA Outdoor All-America status.
2001: Last
Saturday, Haneef placed first in the triple meet at Washington
State University against WSU and Boise State with a leap of
5-8 3/4. The senior also recorded first place finishes at
the Cal/Nevada Championships (5-7 3/4), the Aztec Invitational
at San Diego State University (5-8) and the Long Beach Collegiate
Classic (5-7 3/4).
Coach's comments
"She has wonderful
mental skills. She can always come back with a strong jump
after a bad one… she doesn't get a lot of time with us [as
compared to the volleyball team] but she performs consistently."
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