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    Nicole Cook     
     
      Nicole Cook
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Petersburg, Va.

High School:
Petersburg H.S.

Height:
5-4

Birthdate:
12/16/1982

Experience:
3L

COLLEGIATE PROFILE

2003: Appeared in three races for the Lady Vols as a junior, continuing to work on her endurance for the 800-meter race on the track...Was called upon to run at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, though, placing seventh on the team and 249th overall in 23:24.1 as UT placed 24th...Notched career bests at 5K and 6K during the campaign...PR at shorter distance came at the Crimson Classic Invitational, where she ran 18:54.43 to place 13th overall and sixth on the team...Longer race career topper came at the Penn State National Meet, where she was also the team's No. 6 runner and the 95th finisher in 23:12.48...Was NCAA and SEC champ indoors on the track in the 800 meters and was seventh at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

2002: Appeared in two races during the cross country campaign...Took eighth on the team and 23rd overall in 20:05.76 as the Lady Vols won the 5K Tennessee Invitational...Covered the muddy 6K course at the PSU National Invitational in 23:39.86 to place ninth on the squad and 74th against the entire field.

2001: Appeared in three races as a freshman and used that experience as a springboard to earn track & field All-America honors indoors and out in the half-mile...She was twice UT's fifth-scoring runner on the course, taking 56th in 20:05 at the Mountaineer Open and clocking in 74th at 21:10 at the Commodore Invitational...Also was sixth on the squad and 104th out of 241 runners at the Auburn Invitational in 18:56.71.

PERSONAL PROFILE

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a member of the Petersburg High School track & field team all four years and ran cross country one season...Named Track & Field Athlete of the Year by the Petersburg Progress-Index and Richmond Times-Dispatch as a senior...Specialized in the 500m and was the top-ranked high school runner in the country at that distance...A two-time Nike High School All-American and Foot Locker High School All-American...Won the national indoor championship as a senior in the 800m...Member of the Future Business Leaders of America, Buddies of Petersburg and the Accounting Club...Also participated in the Petersburg Crimson Wave's Marching Band in the flag corps...The school also produced NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone.

PERSONAL: Nicole is majoring in social work...Has three younger siblings: Anthony, 14; Mozetta, 12; and Darsheal, 9...Nicole Domonique Cook was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 16, 1982...Her parents are Anthony and Yvette Cook.