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Brittney Jackson                  Hometown: Maplewood, N.J. High School: Columbia Height: 5-7 Event: Middle Distance Year (In/Out): So./So.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
Mile: 5:33.42 (2012)
800m: 2:09.97 (2011)

Outdoors
800m: 2:08.17 (H.S.)
1500m: 4:53.13 (2012)
400mH: 1:01.00 (H.S.)
High Jump: 5-3/1.60m (2012)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: N/A

2012: Honors - None...Indoors - Did not make the finals at the SEC Indoor meet, but she finished 13th in the 800m prelims at 2:12.19...Placed fourth in the Gold Division of the Akron Invitational, registering an 800m season best of 2:13.17...Placed ninth in the 800m in a time of 2:14.06 at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Ran her first indoor mile at the Auburn Invitational, covering the distance in 5:33.42...Outdoors - Finished seventh in the open 400m hurdles in 1:03.47 and ninth in the Showcase 800m in 2:09.62 at the Sea Ray Relays...Had a 2:09.83 800m mark in the SEC prelims to wind up 13th...Ran the 1500m at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge, turning in a career best of 4:53.13...Placed fifth in the high jump at 5-3 at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual...Also ran the 400m hurdles in 1:04.23 at that meet, the first time she had competed in either event as a Lady Vol...Covered the 800m in 2:11.93 to place sixth at the Tennessee Challenge and ran on UT's victorious 4x400m relay unit (3:45.09)...Improved her 400m hurdles time to 1:02.52 to place third at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

2011: Indoors - Improved her 800m best three times as a rookie...Broke the 2:10 threshold at the Texas A&M Challenge, finishing sixth in 2:09.97...Ran 2:12.31 in the SEC prelims for her second-best performance of the indoor campaign...Ran the 500m in 1:15.20 to place fourth at the Penn State National...Also ran on fifth-place 4x800m relay (9:13.51) at the Penn State meet...Outdoors - Had a season-best 800m reading of 2:11.19 in the SEC prelims...That mark qualified her for the USA Junior Championships, where she finished ninth in 2:17.84...Placed ninth in the invitational section of the 800 at the Sea Ray Relays in 2:12.29...Covered the 1500m in 4:54.38 at the UCF Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: No. 8 on Track & Field News' 2010 top preps 800m list at 2:08.17...PR time was good for second at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions...Won the 800m (2:11.70) and was runner-up in the 400m hurdles (1:01.67) and high jump (5-4) at the 2010 NJSIAA Group Championships...Second in the 800 and third in the high jump at 2010 Nike Track Nationals...Fifth in the 800 (2:09.06) at the 2010 New Balance Nationals...Was a Nike Indoor All-American in the 4x400m and sprint medley relays, and pentathlon...Other career bests include 5-6 in the high jump, 1:01.00 in the 400m hurdles and 3,224 in the pentathlon.

PERSONAL: Born April 22, 1992, in Bayonne, N.J....Majoring in communications...Parents are Levenda Barrow and Thomas Jackson...Has a brother, Thomas Roland Jackson Jr.