BRITTNEY REESE
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-8
Weight: 140
PR: 7.10m/23-3.5 (2009)
Born: Sept. 9, 1986
Current Residence: Gulfport, Miss.
High School: Gulfport HS '04
College: Gulf Coast CC '06, Mississippi '08
Coach: Joe Walker
Agent: Mark Pryor
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2009 World Outdoor champion; Two-time USA Outdoor champion (’08, ’09); 2009 USA Indoor champion; 2007 USA Outdoors runner-up; 2007 NCAA champion; 2007 SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year

Reese was the top women's long jumper throughout the 2009 outdoor season, and proved it when she won the gold medal on her third attempt when she soared to 7.10 meters/23-feet 3.50 inches at the 2009 World Outdoor Championships. For Reese her winning leap was a personal best and the farthest jump in the world this year. Reese also owns the second (7.06m/23-2) and third (6.99m/22-11.25) best jumps for the 2009 outdoor season...Reese won her second consecutive USA Outdoor title in the women’s long jump with her windy leap of 7.09m/23-3.5 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Champs…On her final jump at the 2008 Olympic Trials, Reese let fly with a mark of 6.95m/22-9.75 (+1.4 mps), a personal record, 2008 U.S. leader and #2 mark in the world, to win…Reese had a breakout season in the long jump in 2007, making the final at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships…Her runner-up finish at the USA Outdoor Championships came shortly after a sophomore season for Mississippi that saw an NCAA Outdoor championship, NCAA Mideast Regional championship and an SEC Indoor and Outdoor championship…Named SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year in 2007…Reese’s personal best of 6.70m/21-11.75 is the third longest jump in the country in 2007…Was Mississippi’s 2004 Gatorade Player of the Year for track…Transferred to Ole Miss from Gulf Coast Community College, where she played basketball and did not compete in track.

2009: World champion (7.10m/23-3.5WL)...USA Outdoor champion (7.09m/23-3.25w)…USA Indoor champion (6.71m/22-0.25)…6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (6.60m/21-8)…1st at Belem (7.06m/23-2)...best of 7.10m/23-3.5.
2008: 5th at Olympic Games (6.76m/22-2.25)...2008 Olympic Trials champion (6.95m/22-9.75PR)...NCAA Outdoor long jump champion (6.93m/22-9)…1st at Baton Rouge (6.93m/22-9PR)…1st at Auburn (6.84m/22-5.25)...1st at Alumni Gold (6.93m/22-9)…ranked #4 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 6.95m/22-9.75.
2007: USA Outdoors runner-up (6.71m/22-0.25w)… 8th at World Outdoors (6.60m/21-8)...NCAA Outdoor champion (6.50m/21-4)…NCAA Mideast Regional champion (6.42m/21-0.75)…SEC Outdoor champion (6.69m/21-11.75PR)…3rd at NCAA Indoors (6.41m/21-0.5)…SEC Indoor champion (6.64m/21-9.5)…1st in HJ at Drake Relays (1.83m/6-0)…ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 6.70m/21-11.75.
2006: Did not compete.
2005: Did not compete.

6/24/09