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  Brittany Houghton

Brittany Houghton

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Freeport, Ill.

High School:
Dakota

Height:
5-6

Event:
Jumps

2008 Highlights: Broke a 27-year-old NIU record in the long jump with a 18'05.5" leap at MAC Championships (3/1/08)... reached a season best in the 200m at MAC Championships (2/29/08)... with a time of 27.03... finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 16'08.00" and placed fourth in the 400m (1:00.71) at the Redbird Invite (12/8/07)... jumped to a personal best in the long jump with a leap of 18"01.50 and placed second in the triple jump with a jump of 36"03. 50 at the Badger Track Classic (1/12/08)... finished fifth at the EIU Mega Meet (1/19/08) in the long jump with a jump of 17'02.75"... captured an indoor season best in the 200m with a time of 27.06 at the Carle/Health Alliance Classic (1/26/08)... won the long jump (18'02.25") and the 400m (1:01.85) and took second in the triple jump (35'11.25") at the Tadd Metzger Invite (2/2/08)

2007 Highlights: Finished fourth in the 200-meter dash (26.40), claimed fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.16m/36-7.50 and sixth in the long jump (5.32m/17-5.5), earning 11.5 points for the Huskies at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge (3/31/07)...won her heat in the 200-meter dash (27.07) and finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.42m/19-9.4, a Huskies' season high at the Ball State Quadrangular (2/16/07)...took fourth-place with a mark of 5.21m/17-1.2 in the long jump and earned a mark of 10.83m/35-6.4 at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/27/07)...picked up second-place in the triple jump (11.03m/36-2.25) at the Notre Dame Open (1/19/07)...made the longest jump of the indoor season for NIU on her way to second-place in the triple jump (11.15m/36-7) and fifth in the long jump (5.21m/17-1.2) at the Illinois Invitational (1/13/07)...earned a fifth-place finish in both the long jump (5.46m/17-11) and the triple jump (11.58m) in her first meet as a Huskie, the Redbird Open (12/9/06)...opened the outdoor season with a personal best in the 100-meter dash (13.11) at the Baldy Castillo Invitational (3/17/07)...participated on the 4x100-meter relay team that took second-place (48.42) at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/5/07)...ran a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that set a new school record (3:46.86) and the record breaking 4x100-meter relay team (48.34) at the MAC Outdoor Championship.

High School: Served as co-captain for Dakota all four years...earned All-Upstate Illini Conference accolades her last three years...selected Most Valuable Performer by her teammates her last three years...holds the school record in the long jump, triple jump, 100m and 400m dash...holds the conference mark in the long jump, triple jump and 400m.

Personal: Daughter of Renee and Craig Houghton. Major: Graphic Design. Birthday: April 6, 1988.

Personal Records

Indoor
60m8.211/13/07
200m26.332/24/07
Long Jump17'9.25"2/16/07
Triple Jump 36'7.5"1/13/07
Outdoor
100m13.113/17/07
200m26.483/31/07
400m57.975/5/07
Long Jump17'8.5"5/5/07
Triple Jump36'7.5"3/31/07

 
 
 
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