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Ramzee Fondren                  Hometown: Detroit, Mich. High School: Detroit Renaissance Height: 5-7 Event: Middle Distance Year (In/Out): Jr./Sr.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
800m: 2:11.39 (2011)
Mile: 5:01.10 (2011)
3,000m: 10:23.98 (2011)

Outdoors
400m: 58.62 (2010)
800m: 2:06.8 (H.S.)
1500m: 4:38 (H.S.)

FONDREN'S SEC SCORING

2009 Indoor DMR: 1st, 11:23.43

2010 Outdoor 800m: 8th, 2:10.87

UT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: SEC Indoor champion and first-team All-SEC Indoor honoree with distance medley relay (2009)...Placed eighth in the 800m at SEC Outdoors in 2010...USA Juniors 800 qualifier and participant in 2009.

2012: Honors - None...Indoors - N/A...Outdoors - N/A.

2011: Indoors - Knocked out an indoor career-best time in the 800m at the Hokie Invitational, crossing the line in 2:11.39...Also had PRs in the mile (5:01.10) at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and the 3000m (10:23.98) at the Kentucky Invitational...Placed 15th in the mile at the SEC meet in 5:03.75...Outdoors - Posted her season best of 2:10.94 in the 800m at the Sea Ray Relays to place sixth in the invitational section...Ran 2:11.34 in the SEC prelims but did not advance...Her 2:11.57 readout at the UT-UCLA Dual was good for a fifth-place outcome...Member of third-place distance medley and 4x800m relay units at the Sea Ray Relays.

2010: Indoors - Redshirted...Outdoors - Scored in eighth place in the 800 at the SEC Outdoor Championships, running 2:09.72 in the prelims and 2:10.87 in the final...Lowered her time twice more, logging a 2:08.80 in the first round and a 2:08.61 in the semifinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet...Also ran 1500m at SECs, carding a season-best 4:39.17 but not advancing...Ran the opening leg on UT's winning 4x800m relay that clocked in at 8:35.46 at the Sea Ray Relays.

2009: Honors - Earned All-SEC Indoor First Team (DMR)...Indoors - Won an SEC title and earned all-league acclaim as a rookie after running the 800m leg on UT's victorious DMR unit at the league indoor meet...That group covered the distance in 11:23.43 and helped UT win the team title for the third time in five seasons...Ran the 800 at that meet, as well, finishing 12th in a personal-record 2:12.08...Outdoors - Ran the 800m at the SEC Outdoor meet, taking 15th in a season-best 2:11.72...Qualified for USA Junior Championships and ran 2:12.83 in the prelims.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran track and cross country all four years...Three-time 800m Michigan Division 2 state champion and a 2007 winner at 1600 meters after finishing second in 2006...Set state meet record in 800m as a sophomore and junior, improving the mark to 2:11.08...Won 1600m her junior year in 4:58.23...Did not run either event as a senior while recovering from a leg injury...Three-time Nike Indoor All-American from 2004-05 to 2006-07, finishing third in the 800m in 2007 and taking sixth in 2005 and 10th in 2006...USATF Outdoor All-American in 2007...Helped Renaissance win state track & field titles in 2006 and 2007 and ran on 2004 city and regional cross country title squad...Career bests include 2:06.8 for 800m, 4:58.23 for 1600m, 55.0 for 400m, 4:38 for 1500m and 18:36 for 5K in cross country...Ran her top half-mile clocking in the prelims of the 2007 USA Junior Championships before logging a 2:08.64 readout to wind up seventh...Won four straight city cross country titles.

PERSONAL: Born March 24, 1990, in Detroit, Mich....Majoring in Spanish and is considering a career as a translator...Parents are Ben and Jaki Fondren...Credits her father, a track & field coach, with exposing her to the sport...Has three siblings: August, Shareef (a.k.a. Zeus) and Malcolm...Recipient of the Audrine Clinton Honey Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund.