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  Amandi Rhett
Amandi Rhett
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Willingboro, N.J.

High School:
Moorestown

Event:
Sprints

2004 All-American in 100, 200 and 4x100

In 2003-04: Garnered All-America honors in the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay events at the Outdoor NCAA Championships ... Posted personal-record times of 11.29 (100) and 23.24 (200) at the outdoor NCAA meet ... Finished ninth in the 100 and 200 at NCAAs ... Captured the ACC crown in the 100 meters at the conference outdoor meet ... Earned a second all-conference honor with a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the ACC Championships ... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 100 at the NCAA East Region Championships to qualify for the Outdoor NCAA Championships ... Ran a season-best time of 23.55 in the 200 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational to qualify for the outdoor NCAA meet ... Posted a season-best time of 11.44 in the 100 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Ran a leg of the record-setting 4x100-meter relay team to finish third at the NCAA East Region Championships and qualify for the NCAAs ... Was part of the record-setting 4x200m relay team with a time of 1:34.80 at the Florida Relays ... Posted Tech top times in the 55- (7.00) and 60-meter (7.45) dashes over the course of the indoor season ... Tallied All-ACC honors in the 60-meter dash at the Indoor ACC Championships with a runner-up finish in the 60.

In 2002-03: Won the 60-meter dash at the ACC Indoor Championships (7.42) ... Finished fifth at the Indoor ACC meet in the 200 meters (24.66) ... Won a total of seven races during the indoor season ... Finished 18th at the Outdoor NCAA Championships in the 200 meters (23.88) and 21st in the 100 meters (11.88) ... Earned All-ACC honors in the 100 with a third-place finish (11.70) ... Ran the 200 meters at the ACC meet, ending the race in fifth place ... Tallied sixth-place finishes in the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA East Region Championships, finishing the 200 with a career-best time of 23.35 ... Set a new personal-mark in the 100 (11.38) at the Orange & Purple Classic ... Had a 15th-place finish in the 100 at the U.S.A Track & Field Championships ... Finished 18th at the USATF in the 200 (24.76) ... Anchored the 4x100 relay team that broke the school record at the Georgia Tech Invitational (44.35) ... Led off the 4x200 relay team that set a new school mark at the Penn Relays (1:34.98).

In 2001-02: Emerged as one of the conference's top sprinters...Earned All-ACC honors in the indoor 60-meter dash, as well as the outdoor 100 and 200 meters...Ran the 100 meters at the NCAA Championships, where she placed 17th in the prelims...Season-best times in the 100 (11.48) and 200 (23.73) came at the ACC Outdoor Championships, where she placed third and second, respectively...Posted 10 top-three finishes during the outdoor season, including a victory in the 100 meters at the Jesse Owens Track Classic...Also placed fifth in the 100 at the prestigious Penn Relays...Competed on Tech's 4x100 and 4x200 relays...4x200 team established a school record at the Florida Relays...Owned the team's top marks in the 60 and 200 meters during the indoor season...Both performances came at the Iowa State Last Chance Meet...Her time of 7.41 in the 60 met the NCAA provisional qualifying standard...Posted wins in both the 60 and 200 at the Wildcat Speed Meet...Ranked among the ACC's top three in four events...Competed for the United States at the 2002 POWERade NACAC Under-25 Track & Field Championships, where she won gold medals in the 100 meters and 4x100 relay.

In 2000-01: Tech's top sprinter at 100 and 200 meters as a rookie...Top time in the 100 came in a win at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (11.83)...Best performance in the 200 came in a fourth-place finish at the Snowbird Invitational (24.84)...Was fourth at the Snowbird Invitational in the 100 meters...Also competed at the ACC Outdoor Championships in that event...Anchored Tech's 4x100 relay, which finished sixth at the conference meet...Also ran on Tech's 4x200 relay throughout the season...Top performance in the indoor 200 meters came in the prelims at the ACC Indoor Championships...Finished first in the 200 meters at the Wildcat Speed Meet in a time of 25.12...Best time in the 60 meters came at the Virginia Tech Invitational, where she placed third.

High School: Was one of the top sprinters in New Jersey during her career at Moorestown High School...Graduated as the three-time defending state champ in the 55, 100 and 200-meter dash, winning the crowns from 1998-2000...Holds Moorestown school records in the 55, 60, 100, 200 and 300-meter dash...Is the holder of both the state and county records in the 100 and 200 meters with her times of 11.61 and 24.02...Completed her career by winning both the 100 and 200 meter events at the New Jersey Meet of Champions in 2000...Placed sixth in the 60 meters and third in the 200 meters at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships last year.

Personal: Amandi Jendayi Rhett...Born June 6, 1982...Parents are Gloria and Vernon Rhett...Majoring in mechanical engineering at Tech.

Rhett's Career Top Marks
EVENT MARK (INDOOR) MARK (OUTDOOR)
55 Meters 7.00 -
60 Meters 7.41 -
100 Meters - 11.38
200 Meters 24.14 23.35

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