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Martinique Octave                  Hometown: New Orleans, La. High School: McDonogh 35 Last College: Tulane University Height: 5-3 Event: Sprints Year (In/Out): Jr./Jr.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
55m: 7.60 (H.S.)
60m: 7.54 (2011)
200m: 24.41 (2011)
400m: 55.12 (2011)

Outdoors
100m: 12.06 (2012)
200m: 23.67 (2011)
400m: 54.38 (2012)

OCTAVE'S NCAA SCORING

2011 Outdoor 4x400mR: 7th, 3:32.15

2012 Indoor 4x400mR: 6th, 3:34.13

OCTAVE'S SEC SCORING

2010 Indoor 4x400mR: 6th, 3:39.79
2010 Outdoor 4x400mR: 5th, 3:36.54

2011 Indoor 4x400mR: 5th, 3:36.16
2011 Outdoor 4x100mR: 6th, 44.73
2011 Outdoor 4x400mR: 7th, 3:38.62

2012 Indoor 4x400mR: 4th, 3:34.76
2012 Outdoor 4x100mR: 5th, 44.79 2012 Outdoor 4x400mR: 3rd, 3:33.85

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Three-time USTFCCCA All-American (2011-2012 indoor/2011outdoor 4x400mR)...2011 Honorable Mention All-American with 4x100mR...Eight-time SEC relay scorer...2012 Penn Relays sprint medley relay champion...Two-time member of SEC Academic Honor Roll...2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2012: Honors - Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-America First Team honors with 4x400m relay...Named SEC Outdoor Runner of the Week with UT's sprint medley relay on May 1...Indoors - Ran anchor leg for UT's sixth-place 4x400m relay at the NCAA Indoor meet, helping that unit to a season-best time of 3:34.13 and USTFCCCA Indoor All-American First Team honors...Anchored Tennessee to a then-season-best readout of 3:34.76 in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Indoor Championships...Finished ninth in 56.53 in the 400m at the Kentucky Invitational...Seventh at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge in 56.65...Logged 200m season best of 24.53 to wind up 14th at the Auburn Invitational...Also ran on fourth-place 4x400m relay unit (3:42.54) at that meet...Outdoors - Was a key element of UT's relay teams at SEC Outdoor Championships, anchoring the 4x400m group to a finish of third in 3:33.85 and helping the 4x100m team finish fifth in a time of 44.79...Produced a season-best 23.95 in the 200m to win the open race at the Sea Ray Relays...Added a third-place showing of 54.92 to take third in the Showcase 400m...Ran 24.08 to place second in the 200m, notched a 12.06 100m PR and ran on UT's winning 4x100m relay (44.75) at the Tennessee Challenge...Placed fourth in the 200m (24.18) and ran the third leg of UT's winning 4x100m relay (44.78)...Placed second in the 200m (24.17), was third in the 400m (career-best 54.38) and ran on UT's victorious 4x100m (meet-record 44.44) and 4x400m (3:41.05) relays at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual...Ran the second 200m leg for UT's victorious sprint medley relay (3:43.79) at the Penn Relays.

2011: Honors - 2011 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (4x400mR)...2011 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team (4x400mR)...2011 USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American (4x100mR)...USTFCCCA All-Academic...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Indoors - Ran on sixth-place SEC Indoor 4x400m relay unit (3:36.16)...That tandem finished ninth at NCAA Indoors in 3:35.12 to earn second-team All-America distinction...Ran a career-best 400m time of 55.12 to win her heat in the SEC prelims but did not advance to the final...Won the 400 at the Penn State National, hitting the tape at 55.68...Ran a career-best 200m readout of 24.41 to finish fifth at the Kentucky Invitational...Lowered her 60m PR to 7.54 in the prelims at Penn State...Outdoors - First-team All-American with UT's 4x400m relay unit, which placed seventh in a season-best 3:32.15...Honorable mention All-American with 4x100m (20th, 44.78)...Helped UT place sixth at SECs in 4x100m (44.73) and seventh on 4x4 (3:38.62)...Ran back-to-back 400m career-bests of 54.54 at the UT-UCLA Dual and Sea Ray Relays to place second and fourth, respectively...Won 200m at UT-UCLA Dual in a then-PR of 24.17...Ran career-best of 23.67 in 200m prelims at SEC meet but did not advance...Ran a wind-aided 11.82 in the 100m at Vanderbilt Invitational.

2010: Honors - Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Indoors - Anchored UT to a sixth-place time of 3:39.79 in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Indoor Championships...Posted career bests in the 200 (24.71) and 400 (56.90) at the league meet...Won her heat in the 200 and was second in her heat of the 400 prelims, but she did not advance to the finals...Ran 60m PR of 7.86 at Texas A&M Challenge...Outdoors - Ran opening leg as UT finished fifth at SECs in the 4x400m relay (3:36.54)...Competed in the preliminary round of the NCAA Championships after running the third leg for UT's season-best 3:33.69 effort at the NCAA East Preliminary Round...Handled baton third all season for UT's 4x1 unit...That tandem was fifth in the college division of the Penn Relays (45.45) and ninth at SECs (46.39)...Notched PRs in the 200 (24.32) and 400 (55.20) at SEC Outdoors but did not advance...Ran a wind-aided 24.02 to win the 200 at Tennessee Invitational...Qualified for the USA Junior Championships, placing 16th in the 200 (24.75) and 29th in the 400 (57.89).

AT TULANE: Took classes in 2009 fall semester at Tulane University but did not participate in athletics.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was 2008 Louisiana High School Athletic Association state runner-up in 200 meters...PRs include 7.60 (55m), 12.35 (100m), 24.57 (200m) and 57.54 (400m)...Member of National Honor Society and Mu Phi Alpha.

PERSONAL: Born Nov. 8, 1991, in New Orleans, La....Majoring in anthropology...Mother is Valencia Octave...Siblings include Valond and Martez...Recipient of the Fred R. & Faye T. Langley Scholarship Endowment.