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Placed sixth in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships ... ran a 2:06.10 to capture her second All-America honor ... advanced to the finals with a time of 2:06.22 in her prelim which was the fifth-faster qualifying time ... earlier in the season on the same track that the NCAAs was run on, won the Olympic/Development 800 meters at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., in a time of 2:03.58 ... heading into the NCAA meet, the time was the top performance by a collegian in 2007 ... in fact, the time was better than any performance by an American during the season, amateur or professional ... the fastest time turned in by an American to that point in the season was a 2:03.63 clocked by professional Sasha Spencer (Nike Track Club) at Arena Leipzig in German ... won the 800 meters at the Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship in a time of 2:16.38 ... helped set a Southland Conference meet record in the 4x400m relay ... Texas State team posted a time of 3:42.27 ... ran the final leg of the 4x400m relay to help the Bobcats come from behind to win the Houston Invitational ... ran a 52.5 second split for her leg ... also at the Houston Invitational, ran the 800 meter leg of the Distance Medley Relay as Texas State placed second in a school-record time of 11:59.22.
2006 Outdoor Season: Ran the 400 meter hurdles during the outdoor season and was an NCAA Midwest Katya Kostetskaya 2006 Indoor Season: At the SLC Indoor Championships, won the 400 meters for the second straight year and anchored the Bobcats' 4x400m relay team which shattered the meet record ... won the 400 meters in a time of 3:47.60 ... member of 4x400m team which set a new meet record with a time of 3:45.56, eclipsing the old mark of 3:47.60.
2005: Made an immediate impact at the SLC and NCAA level for the Bobcat Women ... opened her career at the Leonard Hilton Memorial with a second place finish in the 800 meters (2:11.92), fourth place finish in the triple jump (38-00.25) and sixth place finish in the long jump (18-05.75) ... continued her success at the Houston Invitational, winning the 800 meters (2:11.35) and finishing fourth in the 60 hurdles (8.71) ...won the 400 meters at the Hyatt Regency Invitational (54.78) ... shattered the school record in the 400 meters at the Tyson Foods Invitational, running 53.72 to finish fourth ... time was also an NCAA qualifying mark ... earned five All-SLC honors at the Southland Indoor Championships, winning gold in the 400 meters (55.12) and silver in the 200 meters (24.51), also finished fourth in the triple jump (39-02.5) and fifth in the 60 hurdles (8.77) ... was named SLC Indoor Athlete of the Year and High Point Scorer (29 points) for the meet ... opened outdoor season at the UTSA relays, winning the 400 meters and 4x400 relay ... won the 400 hurdles at the Michael Johnson Classic in school record time of 57.47 ... won the 100 (14.03) and 400 (58.31) hurdles at Rice Twilight ... came back to anchor 4x400 relay to NCAA regional qualifying time of 3:41.40 to win gold in her third event of the meet ... earned All-SLC in four events at the Southland Outdoor Championships, winning gold in the 400 hurdles (59.03) and 4x400 relay (3:39.03), bronze in the 100 hurdles (13.67), and finishing fifth in the triple jump (39-11.25) ... qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in three events (100h, 400h and 4x400 relay) ... finished third in the region in the 400 hurdles (57.57) to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... lowered her own school record to 57.01 in the 400 hurdles to earn all-american honors at the NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif.
High School: Attended Jonesboro High School in Arkansas her freshman and sophomore years before moving to Russia and attending St. Petersburg High School #597 ... holds six school records at Jonesboro High School ... as a freshman was the state champion in cross country and placed 3rd in the Nike Classic 800 meters ... as a sophomore scored 46 points at the state meet and was the Adidas Outdoor Champion in the 800 meters ... was a five-time high school All-American.
In 2003, was the Russian national youth record holder in the 400 meter hurdles ... placed second in the 400 meter hurdles at the World Youth Championships ... two-time European Junior Champion in the 400 meter hurdles and the 4x400m relay ... in 2004, was on the Russian national record 4x400 meter relay team ... was the World Junior Champion in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 55.55, good enough for the Russian national record in the event .... placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles at the 2004 Russian Olympic Trials.
Personal: Born Dec. 31, 1986 in St. Petersburg, Russia ... daughter of Alexander and Olga Kostetskaya ... parents were both members of the Russional National Track Team ... has two brothers, Maxim and Serguey ... undecided on major.
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