2011 Track & Field

Morgan Pope

  • Class Senior
  • High School La Quinta
  • Hometown La Quinta, Calif.

Biography

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science.

Personal Bests: 7.79 (60m), 12.14 (100m), 24.98 (200m) 57.25 (400m)

2011: Closed out stellar sophomore season with a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash (24.39w) and fourth-place ranking in the 100-meter dash (12.20) ... Career-best wind legal times during the outdoor season were 12.14 (100m), 24.91 (200m) and 57.25 (400m) ... Was also a member of the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays for the Lumberjacks ... Participated in both the 60 and 200-meter dashes at the Big Sky Indoor Championships and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay ... Career-best time in the 60-meter dash came at the indoor championships (7.77).

2010: In her first year at NAU, competed in the 100 and 200-meter dashes during the indoor and outdoor seasons … Season-best 100-meter dash time came at the ASU-NAU-UA Double Dual where she ran 12.36 seconds … Recorded top-season mark in the 200-meter dash at the Bryan Clay Invitational (25.24) … Competed in both the 100 and 200-meter dash at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … During the indoor season, recorded top 200m time at the NAU Team Challenge (25.65), and season-best 4x400-meter relay time came at the NAU Tune Up (3:53.15).

High School: Graduated from La Quinta High School in 2009 ... Four-year letterwinner in track and field, and also lettered in basketball and volleyball ... Named 2009 athlete of the year at her high school ... MVP all four years in track and basketball ... Broke her school's 200m record (25.22) and was also a part of record-breaking relay teams in the 4x100m, 4x400m and 4x800m.

Personal: Born on September 21, 1991 to Lee and Julie Pope ... Has one younger brother, Taylor ... Father, Lee, ran track and played football at the University of New Hampshire.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2011Senior

    Sprints