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Lena Bettis Season 2007-08

PositionJUMPSClassFifthHometownRiverside, Calif.High SchoolJ.W. North

PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor
SMR: 3:52.25 (PSU Record)
Long Jump: 19-8.75 (6.01)
Triple Jump: 41-0.25 (12.50)

Outdoor
4x100m: 45.60
Long Jump: 20-03 (6.17)
Triple Jump: 41-07 (12.67)

BETTIS[apos] NITTANY LION RESUME...
* NCAA Regional Qualifier
* Big Ten Medalist
* Seven-Time Big Ten Scorer
* Penn State Record Holder (SMR)
* Big Ten Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16, 2007)

ON THE NATIONAL SCENE
|| 2007 Outdoor || Finished 14th in the triple jump at the NCAA East Regional with a personal-best 41-07 (12.67) ... took 19th in the long jump at 19-0.50 (5.80) ... also competed on the relay at the Regional Championships in the 4x100m.

AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS ...
|| 2007 Outdoor || Scored a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a PR leap of 20-03 (6.17) ... Ran on the bronze-medal 4x100-meter squad. || 2007 Indoors || Scored a pair of top five finishes, placing fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump ... Posted indoor PRs in both horizontal jumps at the conference meet, going 19-8.75 (6.01) in the long, and 41-0.25 (12.50) in the triple. || 2006 Outdoors || Took fifth in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 40-3.25 (12.27). || 2006 Indoors || Finished sixth in the triple jump with a then-PR of 39-11.25 (12.17). || 2004 Outdoors || Posted her first-career Big Ten scoring finish, placing eighth with a mark of 39-2.5 (11.95). || 2004 Indoors || Took 11th in the long jump in her first-career Big Ten Championship appearance.

AROUND THE TRACK ...
|| 2007 Outdoor || Placed fifth in the triple jump at both the Stanford Invite and Sea Ray Relays ... Took top honors in the triple jump, and second place in the long jump at the Bucknell Team Challenge. || 2007 Indoors || Was a dual winner at the Penn State relays, taking to honors in the long and triple jumps ... was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week following her outstanding performance ... Ran a 200-meter leg on the sprint medley that set a new Nittany Lion record at the Penn State Relays (3:52.25) ... Finished first in the triple jump at the Penn State Open with a then-PR leap of 40-3.50 (12.28) ... Placed third in the college section at the New Balance Collegiate Challenge with a mark of 19-8 (5.99). || 2006 Outdoors || Won the long and triple jumps at the Jim Thorpe Invitational and the Penn State Open ... Placed third in both horizontal jumps at the Pepsi Team Invite at Oregon[apos]s historic Hayward Field ... Posted a second-place effort in the triple jump and a third-place finish in the long jump at the Nittany Lion Relays. || 2006 Indoors || Posted a two-week winning streak to start the season, claiming victories in both the long and triple jumps at the Penn State Relays and Penn State Open ... Placed second in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. || 2005 Season || Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons. || 2004 Outdoors || Finished fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump at the Jesse Owens Classic. || 2004 Indoors || Won the triple jump and placed third in the long jump at the Penn State/Penn/Princeton Tri-Meet.

BEFORE PENN STATE ...
|| High School || A two-time All-American in the long jump ... California state champion in her junior year and state runner-up her senior year ... All-American in the 800-meter relay. || Personal || Majoring in broadcast journalism ... daughter of Linda and John Bettis ... birthday is September 29, 1985.

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