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Napoleon Suarez |
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AS A JUNIOR: Capped an outstanding outdoor season in 2003 with all-BIG EAST honors in the 400-meter hurdles ... finished third in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST outdoor meet in a 53.15 ... ran a career-best 52.55 in the preliminaries at the meet ... finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tom Botts Invitational (53.30) ... made the trip to the Georgia Tech Invitational and finished 25th in the 400-meter hurdles ... also finished in the top five of the 400-meter hurdles at the Indy Relays (third) and Boilermaker Open (fourth) ... dabbled in straight sprints, as well as the 60-meter hurdles during the 2003 indoor season ... competed in the 400 meters, 500 meters and even the 300 meters (at the Windsor Team Challenge) during the indoor slate ... best effort ended up as third in the 500 meters against Michigan State ... best hurdle time of the indoor season came at Windsor, an 8.52 effort in the preliminaries.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Started out the 2002 indoor season with a second-place finish behind teammate Selim Nurudeen in the 60-meter hurdles during the Tri-Meet against Michigan State and Western Michigan ... first victory of the season came vs. Michigan State, winning the 60-meter hurdles in 8.27 ... returned to competition in the outdoor season for the Purdue Invitational, finishing seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (56.05) ... took second place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Spring Opener (53.63) ... continued to run well at the Tom Botts Invitational, finishing second in the 400 hurdles (53.57) ... finished eighth in the preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST outdoor meet.
AS A FRESHMAN: Long sprinter and hurdler who improved each week of the season ... began his Notre Dame career with a fifth-place finish in the 500 meters vs. Michigan State early in the indoor season ... finished eighth in the 500 meters at the Meyo Invitational ... kicked off the outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Purdue Open ... claimed first individual track title of his collegiate career at the Spring Opener, winning the 400-meter hurdles in 53.75 ... placed fifth in the Tom Botts Invitational in the 400 hurdles ... posted a runner-up finish in the 400 hurdles at the Woodland Mortgage Relays ... finished second in his heat and seventh in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles at the 2001 BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-year letter-
winner in track and football at Pemberton Township High School ... set five school records in the 55-meter hurdles, 800 meters, 400 meters, 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles while a member of the track team ... boasts best times of 13.80 in the 110-meter hurdles, 53.8 in the 400-meter hurdles and 49.9 in the 400 meters ... served as team captain of the track and football team his senior year ... named track team MVP three times ... a two-time conference and regional champion in his junior and senior seasons ... went undefeated in all meets during the spring track season in 2000 ... played wide receiver and defensive back on the football team ... member of the Boys' State Honor Roll ... also a member of the Pemberton Township concert band, jazz band and marching band ... born Feb. 8, 1982 in Orlando, Fla. ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a sociology major.
