Brandi Cross

2009: NCAA Indoor and Outdoor All-American in the 4x400m relay … SEC Indoor gold medalist as the first leg of the 4x400m relay team that won the title at an NCAA best 3:33.50 … relay also placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships … NCAA East Region silver medalist as second leg of the relay team … ran leadoff for NCAA Outdoor Championship relay that finished eighth … indoors, competed in the 400m … opened the season by taking second at the Kentucky Invite … took sixth at the New Balance Collegiate and fourth at the Tyson Invitational … placed fifth at SEC[apos]s at 53.99 … won the NCAA Last Chance Meet at a season-best 53.47 … finishd 10th at NCAA Indoor Championships at 53.80 … outdoors, opened the year by winning the Weems Baskin Invite … ran a season best 52.73 to finish fourth at the Pepsi Florida Relays … won the Spec Town Relays … at the SEC Outdoor Championships, was third in the prelims at 53.97, but an injury prevented her from completing her run in the finals … placed fourth at the NCAA East Region meet at 52.92 … was ninth in the prelminary round at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 53.39 … a false start in the semifinal prevented a shot at the title.

2008: NCAA Indoor and Outdoor All-American, earning four citations … advanced to semifinals of the US Olympic Trials in the 400m where she ran a PR of 51.63 … ran a 52.12 to earn the silver medal at the SEC Indoor Championships … another silver medal as the third leg of the 4x400m relay team that then placed sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 3:33.99 … silver medal at SEC Outdoor Championships in 400m at 52.31 … silver medalist at NCAA East Region at 51.70 before claiming sixth at the NCAA Outdoors at 51.86 … 4x100m team earned silver at NCAA East Region and placed seventh at NCAA Outdoors at 44.04 … 4x400m team took bronze at the NCAA East Region and NCAA Outdoors … South Carolina[apos]s Indoor MVP … indoors, opened the season with a win at the UNC Classic … placed first or second at every meet … won the Rod McCravy Invitational at 52.83 … took second at the New Balance Invitational … third leg runner of 4x400m relay team that won the Tom Jones Memorial before placing second at Rod McCravy, New Balance and Tyson Invitationals … outdoors, won the Spec Towns Invitational and Friendship & Freedom Games in the 400m … member of 4x400m relay team that took third at the Penn Relays.

2007: NCAA Indoor Champion in the 4x400m relay as the third leg … Pan Am Junior Champion … opened indoor season seventh in the 400m at 54.80 at the Rod McCravy Memorial … took third at the Diet Pepsi Invitatoinal with a time of 55.12 … ran a 54.38 at the New Balance Invitational to place fifth … finished ninth at the Tyson Invitational in 54.39 … ran at the SEC Indoor Championships with an 11th place finish … ran an indoor personal best 54.37 at the NCAA Last Chance meet … outdoors, finished first at the Hurricane Invite with a time of 54.11 … placed eighth at the Jim Click Shootout with a 54.56 time … ran the 200m at the Weems Baskin Relays, placing fourth in 24.66 … took eighth in the 400m at the Florida Relays after setting a new personal record at 53.78 … placed 11th at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 54.31 … won the SEC Outdoor Championship as a member of the 4x400m relay team that ran a 3:28.44.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Benita Smith at Thurgood Marshall High School … lettered in basketball, volleyball and track … first cracked the national top 50 lists in 2000 when she ran 55.11 in the 400m as a 12-year-old in sixth grade … received four All-America citations in the 400m, with the first coming in eighth grade when she was ranked No. 4 nationally … ended the 2006 indoor season rated second nationally among high school girls in the 400m with a 54.06 figure … third during the outdoor season at 51.96 … her top time in the 400-meter dash as a junior was 52.46, which ranked third in the country for the indoor and outdoor seasons … was a member of the 4x400m relay team that represented the United States and won gold in a time of 3:29.01 at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing, China … 2003 and 2005 World Youth Games participant.

PERSONAL: Brandi Nicole Cross was born Jan. 20, 1988 … parents are Tyrone and Monique Cross … is pursuing a degree in criminal justice … hobbies are sleeping, socializing and joking around … chose South Carolina over UCLA, Arizona State, Houston and Texas A&M because of coach Curtis Frye.