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Celriece Law
 Celriece Law
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Denver, Colo.

High School:
Montbello

Height:
5-7

Event:
Hurdles/Jumps

LAW'S HIGHLIGHTS
Four-time All-American
All-SEC (60mH)
UT Record-Holder (Shuttle Hurdle Relay)

LAW'S NCAA SCORING
2008 NCAA Outdoors (Des Moines, Iowa)
100mH7th, 13.57
2007 Outdoors (Sacramento, Calif.)
4x100mR6th, 44.44
2007 NCAA Indoors (Fayetteville, Ark.)
60mH7th, 8.25
LAW'S SEC SCORING
2008 SEC Outdoors (Auburn, Ala.)
100mH3rd, 13.23
Triple Jump6th, 41-2.25/12.55m
2008 SEC Indoors (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Triple Jump6th, 41-0.25/12.50m
2007 SEC Outdoors (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Long Jump3rd, 20-4.50/6.21m
100mH6th, 13.70
Triple Jump6th, 41-8.50/12.71m
2007 SEC Indoors (Lexington, Ky.)
60mH2nd, 8.15
Triple Jump7th, 41-7.25/12.68m
2006 SEC Outdoors (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Triple Jump7th, 41-9.25/12.73m
100mH8th, 13.53
2006 SEC Indoors (Gainesville, Fla.)
55mH5th, 7.68
Triple Jump8th, 41-3/12.57m

TENNESSEE:

2008: Picked up two more USTFCCCA All-America certificates as a junior despite dealing with nagging injuries...Indoors, Celriece made the NCAA meet in the 60m hurdles for the second straight season...Came out 11th at the national meet, earning All-America honors for a run of 8.23 in the prelims...Made the meet by virtue of a season-best and victorious 8.19 at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet...Missed making the 60m hurdles SEC final for the first time in three seasons, but she managed to snag sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 41-0 1/4 and extend her league scoring streak in that event to three in a row...Had a career-best long jump of 18-11 3/4 at the V.T. Last Chance...Outdoors, Celriece made the finals of the NCAA Championships for the first time, rolling to a seventh-place outcome and All-America kudos in the 100m hurdles in 13.57...Did so after registering a personal-record 13.31 in the first round...Utilized a favorable wind to hit 13.23 in the SEC 100m hurdles final, finish third and score in that event for the third straight season...Won 100mH at the Sea Ray Relays (wind-aided 12.24) and Vanderbilt Invitational (13.66)...Scored outdoors in the triple jump at the SEC meet for the second time, finishing sixth in 41-2 1/4...It was her only try at that event during the outdoor schedule...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time...2007: Blossomed into an All-America performer in her third season at UT...Did so by finishing seventh indoors in the 60m hurdles and aiding UT's 4x100m relay to sixth outdoors...Indoors, she became the school record-holder in the 60m hurdles when she uncorked an 8.15 readout in the finals of the SEC Indoor Championships to land a runner-up finish...Leading up to that performance, she had run consecutive PRs of 8.32 at the Tyson Invitational to take fourth and 8.23 to finish first in her heat in the SEC prelims...Clocked readouts of 8.20 in the prelims and 8.25 in the finals of the NCAA Indoor Championships to snag sixth place and chart her first career All-America honor...Now stands at second on UT's all-time performers list and third on the performances chart in the 60m hurdles after her 8.15 was bested at the NCAA meet...In addition to taking second in the hurdles at the SEC Indoor meet, she grabbed seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 41-7 1/4...Uncorked a career best of 41-9 1/4 to claim victory at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet and move to number two on the Lady Vol all-time performers list...Also had a PR long jump effort of 18-9 3/4 at the Rod McCravy to take fifth in that event...Outdoors, Celriece recorded personal bests in the 100m hurdles, triple jump and long jump, and collected the aforementioned A-A honors with the UT 4x100m relay unit at the national meet while running in place of the injured Courtney Champion...Also made the national meet in the 100m hurdles, but her 13.39 did not advance her out of her heat in the prelims...A week earlier, she ran a personal record of 13.34 to take seventh at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet...That mark ranks fourth on UT's all-time performers list...Celriece was 11th in the long jump at the regional meet at 18-10 3/4...Scored and registered PRs in three events at the SEC Outdoor Championships...Posted a then-best of 13.49 in the prelims of the hurdles and saw a 13.70 result in the finals stand up for sixth place honors...Snagged third in the long jump with a leap of 20-4 1/2 that moved her to sixth all-time at Tennessee...Added a sixth-place finish in the triple jump, stretching the tape to 41-8 1/2 to secure second on the Lady Vol career performers list...She did so despite that being only her second TJ competition of the outdoor campaign...In addition to her 4x1 relay contribution at the NCAA meet, Celriece also played a part on UT's school record showing in the shuttle hurdle relay...She ran the second leg as Tennessee posted a program-best time of 55.29 in finishing second at the Pepsi Florida Relays...2006: In her second year with the program, Celriece became an impact performer for the Lady Vols...Indoors, she was a two-event scorer for UT at the SEC Championships...Posted a career-best time of 7.68 in the 55-meter hurdles to place fifth...Set a Stokely Athletics Center record in that event, as well, with a 7.70 clocking at the Tennessee Indoor Classic...Logged a then-PR of 8.36 in a runner-up effort in the 60m hurdles at the Penn State National Invitational...Scored a point for Tennessee at the SEC meet with an eighth-place leap of 41-3 in the triple jump...Season best, though, came at the Tyson Invitational, when she stretched the tape to 41-8 1/2...That mark ranked her second on UT's all-time indoor performers list...Also notched an indoor PR of 18-4 1/2 in the long jump...Outdoors, Celriece was again a two-event SEC scorer in the 100m hurdles and triple jump and added NCAA qualifier to her list of accomplishments...Finished eighth at SECs with a wind-aided readout of 13.53 in the hurdles...Lowered her PR to 13.50 at the NCAA Mideast Regional in a fifth-place finish that earned her a trip to the national meet...Uncorked a wind-aided 13.21 in the Mideast prelims in Knoxville...At NCAAs, Celriece carded a 14.10 reading in the prelims and did not advance to the semifinals...Earlier in the season, she was seventh at Penn Relays in 13.57...Grabbed seventh in the triple jump at the SEC Championships, soaring to 41-9 1/4 with an illegal wind at her back...Her outdoor wind-legal season best was 41-1 3/4, which she achieved at the Diet Pepsi Classic...Placed 12th in the long jump at SECs with a 19-2 1/4 result, but her then-PR of 19-3 1/2 came at the Knoxville Invitational...2005: Did not compete in her first season on the team at Tennessee, taking a redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Helped Denver's Montbello High School snare back-to-back state track & field championships in 2003 and 2004...Individually, she claimed a 100-meter hurdles title at the Colorado 5A state meet in 2004, running a career-best 13.93...Made Track & Field News' list of top prep times outdoors in 2004, but her effort was counted as wind-aided because no gust reading was logged for that race...Took fifth in the triple jump at the same meet, stretching the tape to 38-11...Came in third at state in the 100-meter hurdles as a junior, clocking in at 14.93 in the finals...Other prep career bests include 5-7 in the high jump and 38-11 in the triple jump.

PERSONAL:

Celriece has chosen to major in political science...She has four siblings: Deawonde, 33; Celvhone, 28; Resharde, 26; and Jewarode, 24...Celriece Law was born on Sept. 2, 1986, in Denver, Colo....Her parents are Johnnie and Gurtie Law.

PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoors
55mH7.68 (2006)
60mH8.15 (2007)
Triple Jump 41-9.25/12.73m (2007)
Long Jump18-11.75/5.78m (2008)
Outdoors
100mH13.31 (2008)
Triple Jump 41-8.50/12.71m (2007)
Long Jump20-4.50/6.21m (2007)