JAMAAL TORRANCE
Event:  400m
Height: 5-8
Weight:  130
PR: 45.19 (2007)
Born:  July 20, 1983, in Orlando, Fla.
Current Residence: Raleigh, N.C.
High School: Evans (Fla.) HS ‘02
College:  St. Augustine’s College ‘07
Coach: George Williams 

Career Highlights: 6th at 2007 USA Outdoors; 2007 NCAA Div. II Indoor 200m and 400m champion; 4th at 2006 NCAA DII Champs, anchored 1st place 4x400m; 2006 NCAA DII Indoor 400m champion; 7th at 2005 NCAA DII Champs, anchored 2nd place 4x400m 

Torrance qualified for the Team USA 2007 Pan Am and World Outdoor Championship teams with his fifth place finish at the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis, where he finished in 45.79. He finished seventh in the 400 meters at the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro with his time of 48.06. He ran the second leg on Team USA’s silver medal winning 4x400m relay team at Pan Ams as the American quartet finished in 3:02.44. At the 2007 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Indoor Championships Torrance was the national champion in two races, the 400 dash (46.58) and the 200 dash (21.19). His time of 21.19 in the 200 set a national meet record as Torrance blasted the field. 

2008: 10th in Olympic Trials semi-finals (45.76)
2007: 6th at 2007 USA Outdoors (45.79)…7th at Pan Am Games (48.06)…2nd in 4x400m relay at Pan Am Games (3:02.44)…set personal best at semifinals at USA Outdoors (45.19)…NCAA Div. II Indoor 200m, 400m champion (21.19, 46.58).
2006: 4th at NCAA Div. II Outdoors (47.19)…anchored NCAA Div. II 4x400m champion (3:08.78)…NCAA Div. II Indoor champion (46.89).
2005: 7th at NCAA Div. II Outdoors (47.41)…anchored NCAA Div. II 4x400m runner-up (3:07.79).

8/13/07