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Veronica Bradley
Position: Multi-Events
Year: Sophomore
City/State: Richland, WA
High School: Hanford HS
College: Warren
Major: Bioengineering
Experience: High School
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012
Competed in all three jumping events for UC San Diego at the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Track & Field Championships ... Leaped to a personal-best mark of 18'4.5" in the women's long jump at the CCAA Championships, placing third overall and second in her heat while turning in the ninth-longest mark in UCSD history for that event ... Tied for third overall in the high jump (5'3") and took third in her heat and 10th overall in the triple jump (35'10.5") at the CCAA Championships ... Best mark in the high jump was 5'5" at the All-Cal Challenge to finish second overall and tied the sixth-highest measure in school history for that event ... Earned a season-best performance in the triple jump at the meet against Cal Poly Pomona and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, with a jump of 36'0" to take third overall in UCSD's podium sweep for that event ... Also finished first in the high jump (5'3.75") and second in the long jump (17'2.75") at the meet against CPP and CMS.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2011 graduate of Hanford High School in Richland, Wash. ... Named "Falcon Jumper of the Year" twice ... Received Academic All-Star Award ... Set two school records ... Helped her squad to a State Championship in the long jump ... Earned a personal record of 5'6'' in the high jump at the Richland Jamboree to finish second overall as a senior (2011) ... Won the long jump with her then-career-best mark of 17'10" at the Big 9 3A District Meet during her senior year with the Falcons (2011) ... Hit a personal-best mark of 36'10.25'' to win the triple jump at the Keith Jewett Invitational during her final year at HHS (2011) ... Ran a career-best time of 1 minute, 5.60 seconds in the 400-meter run to finish in fourth place at the Davis Invitational as a senior (2011) ... Was third leg in her team's best performance in the 4x400 relay, a finishing time of 4:05.89 to place fifth overall at the GSL/Big 9 Regionals during her senior year (2011) ... Has a statistical best of 26.9 seconds in the 200, which she earned as a sophomore (2009) ... Competed in the Summer Junior Olympics every year ... Also ran cross country and was a member of the dance team for two years ... Has a top three-mile time of 24:07.50, which she earned during a multi-dual meet as a senior to finish 13th overall (2010) ... Finished fifth overall with a time of 23:38 in her top performance in the 5,000 at the Big 9 3A Districts Cross Country Meet in 2010.

PERSONAL
Born Oct. 18, 1993 in The Woodlands, Texas ... Daughter of Schuyler and Pamela Bradley ... Is a Bioengineering major at Warren College ... Winning the Washington State Championships in the long jump as a senior is her most memorable track moment ... Hobbies include dancing, singing, laughing and meeting people ... Loves watermelon ... "Zoolander" is her favorite comedy ... Matisyahu's "Sunshine" is on her iPod playlist ... Roots for all UCSD and HHS sports teams ... Favorite athlete is Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton of the decathlon ... Her mom and dad are her greatest influences.


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