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2015-16 Women's Cross Country/Track Roster

Maya Balfour

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.
  • High School Lourdes

Biography

Maya Balfour's TFRSS Profile (For up-to-date meet results and career performances)

Career Individual Top Times:
200 meters: 24.81 (5/14/15)
300 meters: 41.92 (1/10/14
400 meters: 56.96 (4.28/14)
500 meters: 1:21.37 (1/09/15)
Javelin: 25.26 meters (3.22.14)

As a junior: A consistent force on the women’s 4x400-meter relay team, twice she helped the group to a second place finish (UNC Open/Winston Salem Open)… Also ran the 400 and 200-meter dashes and set a new personal best in the 200-meter with a 24.81-second sprint at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

As a sophomore: Set career marks in the 400-meter (56.96) and javelin (25.26m)

As a freshman: Finished in the top three five times during her rookie season, all of which were first place finishes... Had a career-best time 25.15 in the 200-meter dash at the FSU Seminole Invitational

Prep: Participated in cross country and track & field at Lourdes. . .Earned rookie of the year. . .District champion in the 100m, 200m, 400m in her senior year. . .Personal bests: (100m) 12.4; (200m) 24.0; (400m) 57.3; (55m) 7.55. . .Helped her team win district championship four consecutive years. . .Team captain in 2011 and 2012. . .Team MVP in senior year.

Personal: Born April 4, 1994. . .Recruited by Grambling State. . .Majoring in international relations with a goal of  traveling and starting a charity in a foreign country.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2014-15Junior

    Sprints
  • 2015-16Senior

    Sprints