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x/Sr./Sr.

Cleveland, Ohio

James Ford Rhodes High

Darcelle Formby
Career-Best Times
Indoor Outdoor
55m - 7.35 (2006) 100m - 12.24 (2007)
60m - 7.87 (2008) 200m - 24.41 (2007)
200m - 25.80 (2006) 400m - 1:00.10 (2007)
Long Jump - 18' 1" (2006) Long Jump - 16'5 (2008)

Career Highlights: Is a two-time Horizon League champion in relays ... ranks sixth in school history in the indoor 60m and the long jump and seventh in the 55m ... is fifth in YSU history in the outdoor 200m and seventh in the 100m.

2008 Outdoor (Junior): Finished third in the 100m (12.38) and fourth in the 200m (25.68) at the Horizon League Championships ... also anchored YSU's winning 4x100m relay and finished 12th in the long jump (16-5) ... her time in the 100m final was a season-best, and she ran a season-best 25.11 in the prelims of the 200m ... won the 100m and 200m at the Sparky Adams Invitational ... earned four top-three finishes in the 100m and three in the 200m.

2007-08 Indoor (Junior): Finished seventh in the 60m (8.04), ninth in the 200m (25.91) and 10th in the long jump (16-5 1/4) at the Horizon League Championships ... posted season-best times of 7.87 in the 60m and 25.89 in the 200m.

2007 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished second in both the 100m (12.32) and 200m (24.81) at the Horizon League Championships ... posted a personal-best time of 12.24 in the prelims of the 100m ... ran a personal-best time of 24.41 in the 200m at the Campbell/Wright Open to finish second ... improved her personal-best 200m time by more than a second ... also finished ninth in the 100m at the Campbell/Wright Open ... named Academic All-Horizon League.

2006-07 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed eighth in both the 60m (8.75) and 200m (27.46) at the Horizon League Championships ... posted a season-best time of 7.89 in the 60m in the prelims, which was the fourth-fastest heat time  ... ran the 200m a season-best 25.98 at the Findlay Open to place second ... earned Academic All-Horizon League honors.

2006 Outdoor (Freshman): Finished fifth in the 100m (12.43) and ninth in the 200m (25.60) at the Horizon League Championship...her time in the 200m was a personal-best...also posted a personal-best time of 12.43 in the prelims of the 100m at the league meet...finished seventh in both events at the Campbell/Wright Open, and added a sixth-place finish in the 200m at the Sparky Adams Invitational.

2005-06 Indoor (Freshman):
Battled through a hamstring injury to finish fifth in the long jump at the Horizon League Championship (17-6)...also posted a personal-best time of 7.88 in the 60m dash in the prelims of the league meet...won the 200m (26.20) and the long jump with a personal-best leap of 18-1 at Robert Morris...also posted a personal-best time of 7.35 in the 55m at RMU to finish third...finished second in the long jump (17-0 3/4), fourth in the 200m (25,88) and fifth in the 60m (7.90) at the Central Collegiate Championship.

High School:
Finished 12th in the 100 (12.72) and 16th in the 200 (25.76) as a senior at the Division I Ohio State Track and Field Championships…also anchored Cleveland Rhodes’ eighth-place 4x200 and led off the 4x400 relay at State as a senior…as a junior, placed seventh in the state in the 200 and helped pace the 4x200 to a sixth-place finish…holds a personal-best time of 25.10 in the 200 to have the fastest incoming time in the event in YSU history...also has a personal-best time of 12.00 in the 100-meter dash…placed third in the 60 (7.25) and third in the 200 (25.71) at the state indoor championship…also earned All-Ohio honors in the long jump with a mark of 17-4...was a two-time district champion in the 100m and 200m...helped lead her team to two district titles, a regional title and a runner-up finish at state.

Personal:
Born 2/13/05...daughter of Dorian Brown and Tonya Formby...has one brother (Dorian Brown) and one sister (Taj Brown)...Awarded the Lester Donnell Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year...major is chemistry.

Team Information
Horizon League Indoor Championsip
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