| Amber Smith |
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Freshman (2011) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner.
Outdoor
Placed 16th in the preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.82) while running on the eighth-place 4x100-meter relay team (46.63) at the Big Ten Championships (May 13-15) ... Finished the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.11 at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 6) ... Ran a season-best time of 14.00 in the 100-meter hurdles at the EMU Twilight (April 23) ... At the FSU Relays (March 25-26), finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.30) and sixth in the long jump (5.56 meters, 18-03.00) ... Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.96) at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge (March 19).
Indoor
Finished 18th in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26) ... Placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.95) and 13th in the long jump (4.76 meters, 15-7 1/2) at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 19) ... Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.71) and ran on the second-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:44.92) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) ... Finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.67), 19th in the 200-meter dash (25.60) and 49th in the long jump (4.74 meters, 15-6 3/4) at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 4-5) ... Ran the 60-meter hurdles (8.70) at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28-29), finishing third ... Competed in the long jump (5.60 meters), 60-meter hurdles (11.08) and 400-meter dash (58.50) at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 22) ... Placed fourth in the long jump (5.72 meters) and fifth in teh 60-meter hurdles (8.70) against No. 23 Ohio State (Jan. 15) ... Finished runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (8.78), fifth in the long jump (5.45 meters) and ninth in the 60-meter dash (8.02) at the EMU Invitational (Jan. 8).
Prep ... Graduated from Collinwood High School (2010) ... Valedictorian ... National Honor Society ... Four-year Honor Roll ... State champion and record holder in the 300-meter hurdles (2010) ... Two-time state champion in the 60-meter hurdles (2008, 2009) ... Won state titles in the 300-meter hurdles (2008) and long jump (2009) ... State runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and long jump (2010) ... Three-time All-Ohio (2008-10) ... Led Collinwood to five state championships (indoor and outdoor).
National ... Finished fifth at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 400-meter hurdles to earn All-America honors (2009).
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Engineering ... Born on April 24, 1992 ... Daughter of John and Tina Smith ... Joins Collinwood teammate Erin Busbee on the U-M team.
Personal Bests
# Converted Time
| Event |
Time/Mark |
Date |
| 60m Hurdles (I) |
8.43 |
2-24-12 |
| 60m (I) |
7.80 |
2-11-11 |
| 200m (I) |
25.06 # (25.56) |
1-21-12 |
| Long Jump (I) |
5.72m (18-09.25) |
1-15-11 |
| 400m (I) |
57.80 # (58.50) |
1-22-11 |
| 100m Hurdles (O) |
13.64 |
5-12-12 |
| 400m Hurdles (O) |
59.22 |
5-12-12 |
| Long Jump (O) |
5.56m (18-03.00) |
3-26-11 |