Melanie Waits Class: Senior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Hastings Event: Sprints, Hurdles

In 2002-03: Ran a career-best time of 12.15 in the 100 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Tallied a 12th-place finish at the Outdoor ACC Championships in the 100-meter hurdles (14.46) ... Finished 13th at the Outdoor ACC meet in the 100 (12.40) ... Highest outdoor finish came at the Clemson Relays, finishing second (14.32) in the 100 hurdles ... Garnered All-ACC honors at the Indoor ACC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing third (8.54) ... Finished 12th at the Indoor ACC meet in the 60-meter dash (7.78) ... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters at the Kentucky Invitational (25.45) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

In 2001-02: Added key depth in the hurdles for Tech…Reached the final and placed eighth in the 100-meter hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships…Top time in the 100 hurdles (14.14) came in the prelims of the conference meet…Also competed in the 100 meters during the outdoor season with her top time (12.26) coming at the Yellow Jacket Invitational…Owned the team’s fourth-fastest performances in the 100 hurdles and 100 meters…Also competed on Tech’s shuttle hurdle relay, which took first at the Florida Relays…Placed 10th in the 60 meters and 13th in the 60-meter hurdles at the ACC Indoor Championships…Set a personal-reocrd time of 7.70 at the conference indoor meet in the 60-meters…Best 60-meter hurdles performance (8.65) came at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet…Placed third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Wildcat Speed Meet and Kentucky Invitational…Also took second in the 60 meters at the Wildcat Speed Meet…ACC Academic Honor Roll.

In 2000-01: Top indoor performances came at the 2001 ACC Indoor Championships...Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles and clocked a season-best time in the prelims of 8.68...Top time in the 60 meters came in the prelims (7.87)...Outdoor-bests also came at the conference meet...Placed 12th in the 100-meter hurdles (14.11) and 17th in the 100 meters (12.41)...Member of Tech’s 4x100 relay team, which placed sixth at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

High School: Capped her prep career in 2000 by winning the Texas state championship in the 100-meter hurdles and captured a second title as a member of Hastings High School’s 400-meter relay team...Qualified for the regional meet in each of her four years at Hastings...Earned All-America honors after placing fourth at the 1999 Nike Indoor meet in the 60-meter hurdles.

Personal: Melanie Janelle Waits...Born Jan. 7, 1982...Parents are Melvin and Jean Waits...Majoring in industrial engineering at Tech.

Waits' Career Top Marks
EVENT	MARK (INDOOR)	MARK (OUTDOOR)
55 Meters	7.32	-
60 Meters	7.78	-
100 Meters	-	12.15
55-meter Hurdles	8.17	-
60-meter Hurdles	7.70	-
100-meter Hurdles	-	13.80