Toni Aluko Class: Graduated Hometown: Burtonsville, MD High School: Paint Branch HS Height: 5-7 Event: Jumps Experience: 3V

2007 OUTDOOR TRACK - ACC Champion in the high jump with an ECAC and NCAA Regional qualifying mark of 5-10... placed first in the high jump at the Georgia Tech and Maryland Invitationals, posting marks of 5-8.75 and 5-7.25 respectively... finished second at the Penn Relays with a jump of 5-7.75... also hit the ECAC and NCAA Regional qualifying marks in the triple jump when she posted a mark of 40-11.75 and placed sixth at the ACC Championships... had a jump of 38-6.75 to place sixth at the Disney World Invitational... posted a long jump of 17-6.75 at the Duke Asics Invitational, where she finished 12th... placed 11th at the Disney World Invitational in the long jump with a mark of 16-10.75.

2007 INDOOR TRACK - Finished fifth in the long jump at the ACC Championships with a mark of 19-3.25... placed 12th at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a jump of 18-4.50... posted an ECAC qualifying triple jump of 39-11.50 at the Virginia Tech Challenge to place fifth... had a triple jump of 38-7.75 at the ECAC Championships, where she placed 11th... placed second at the Terrapin Invitational with a mark of 38-4.25... had an 11th-place finish at the ACC Championships, jumping 38-0... also had an ECAC-qualifying high jump of 5-8.75 at the Virginia Tech Invitational, where she placed second... finished third at the ACC Championships with a high jump of 5-8... posted a mark of 5-7 at the Terrapin Invitational to finish second... finished 10th in the championship division at the New Balance Collegiate with a high jump of 5-6.

2006 OUTDOOR TRACK - Competed in the high jump, triple jump, long jump and 200 meters... had the Terps' top seven marks in the high jump... her season best jump of 5-08.75 placed her second at the Disney World Invitational and was an NCAA Regional and ECAC Championships qualifying mark... placed first in the high jump at the Aggie Team Challenge with a mark of 5-7.75... had a jump of 5-7.00 at both the ACC and ECAC Championships, where she placed fifth and sixth respectively... she also had an ECAC qualifying mark of 39-2.50 in the triple jump at the Patriot Open, where she placed third... had a jump of 38-10.50 at the ACC Championships, which was good for an 11th place finish... placed first at the Aggie Team Challenge with a triple jump of 37-11.25... her best long jump of the season was 17-4.25, which placed her 24th at the Duke Invitational... also ran a 26.92 in the 200 meters.

2006 INDOOR TRACK - Had the Terps' top six high jumps of the season... her season-best jump of 5-8 qualified her for the ECAC Championships and placed her first at the UMES Lid Lifter... placed seventh at the ECAC Championships with a jump of 5-7... also placed seventh at the ACC Championships with a mark of 5-6... her best long jump of the season, 17-10.75, came at the New Balance Collegiate, where she placed 19th... in the triple jump, she placed fifth at the Maryland Invitational with a mark of 36-9.75.

2005 OUTDOOR TRACK - Competed in the high jump, triple jump and 400-meter hurdles... posted the team's top 6 high jumps... season-best jump of 5-7.25 was an ECAC qualifying mark and placed her fourth at the ACC Championships... second-best mark of 5-7 three times: at the USA Junior Nationals, the ECAC Championships and the Patriot Open... finished fifth at the USA Junior Nationals and ECAC Championships and second at the Patriot Open.

2005 INDOOR TRACK - Competed in the high jump, long jump and triple jump, compiling the team's top 4 high jumps and top 3 triple jumps... posted season-best high jump of 5-10.5 at the ECAC Championships and finished second... placed fourth at the ACC Championships with a high jump of 5-7... her second-best mark of the season, 5-10, made her the top finisher at the New Balance Collegiate Meet... had a first-place finish at the Delaware Invitational with a high jump of 5-5... best triple jump of the season came at the Virginia Tech Invitational, where she finished eighth and qualified for the ECAC Championships with a mark of 38-6.25... placed 14th in the triple jump at the ACC Championships... season-high mark of 18-1.75 in the long jump.

BEFORE MARYLAND - Letterwinner in indoor and outdoor track at Paint Branch High School... an All-America high jumper... a first team All-Met selection from 2002-2004 in both indoor and outdoor track... first team All-Gazette and All-Journal selection... All-Gazette, All-Journal Performer of the Year in 2003 and 2004... owns the 3A Maryland state high jump record (5-8.25) and Montgomery County records in the high jump (5-9) and triple jump (37-10.25)... a member of the USA World Youth Team in 2003 and a gold medalist in the Junior Olympics the same year.

PERSONAL - Daughter of Remi and Bolaji Aluko.. has two brothers, Seye and Moyo, and two sisters, Jumi and Sope... hobbies include singing and listening to music... was class president at Paint Branch HS from 2000-03 and was SGA President in 2004.

 

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