2006-07 Women's Track and Field Roster

Julia Dempster

  • Class Junior
  • High School Sylvania Northview
  • Hometown Toledo, Ohio

Biography

2006-07: Competed in the long sprints and hurdles ... indoors, turned in season-best time in the 200 meters (27.69) at the Meyo Invitational and 400 meters (1:01.32) at the All-Ohio Championships ... finished 16th in the 400 meters (1:00.33) at the MAC Indoor Championships ... outdoors, ran in the 400-meter hurdles, turning in a season-best time (1:05.88) at the Vanderbilt Invitational. 2005-06: Competed in the 400 meters and the pentathlon during the indoor season ... ran top 400-meter time (1:00.20) at the Ball State Triangular ... in first career pentathlon at Ball State, scored 2,525 points ... placed 22nd in the 400-meter preliminaries at the MAC Indoor Championships ...did not compete in the outdoor season. 2004-05: Indoor Track and Field -- Competed in five meets ... at the season-opening Kent State meet, set new personal bests in the 60 (8.52) and 200 (27.00) ... entered in the 400 meters and 60 hurdles in each of the last four meets ... won the 400 at the Eastern Illinois meet in 1:00.66 ... topped the time at the next meet at Kentucky, finishing in 1:00.07 ... also earned her top 60 hurdles time of the year at that meet, finishing in 9.50 seconds ... Outdoor Track and Field -- Hurdled in all eight meets, racing the 400 hurdles each time ... best time was at the MAC Championships, finishing 12th in 1:02.66 ... top 100 hurdles time in two races was 16.18 at the South Florida meet.

High School: Hurdler at Sylvania Northview High School in Toledo, Ohio, where she also played on state-finalist basketball and soccer teams ... placed eighth at the Ohio state meet in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior ... finished fifth and second at the state level her first two years, respectively.

Personal: Daughter of Janice and Andrew Dempster ... majoring in graphic design.