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3X ALL-AMERICAN 2003 SEC Outdoor Freshman of the Year 2003 SEC Outdoor 400m Hurdles Champion 2003 USA Junior 400m Hurdles Champion 2003 USA Junior 110m Hurdles Champion HIGHLIGHTS: 2003 Mondo Southeast Athlete of the Year ... Three-time 2003 Junior Pan American Games Gold Medalist ... World Junior Championships Gold and Silver Medalist ... USA Junior Olympic Champion ... 2002 DyeStat/Nike Athlete of the Year ... 2x Junior All-American ... USA Junior 400 IH Record Holder OUTLOOK: Will be redshirted in 2004. 2003: Indoors, finished third in the 400m in USC debut at Virginia Tech Invitational while also adding top-ten finish in 60m hurdles ... Placed sixth in 400m at SEC Four-Way Meet ... Won heat in 60m hurdles and finished second in event final at UNC Invitational ... Also placed second in 400m at UNC ... Won 55m hurdles heat and was runner-up in event final at Florida Invitational while also placing sixth in 400m ... Won 60m hurdles heat and finished fifth in final at Meet of Champions ... Took fourth in 55m hurdles with time of 7.30 and seventh in 400m with time of 47.76 at SEC Indoor Championships ... Also helped 4x400 relay team to SEC title with teammates Otukile Lekote, Otis Harris and Jonathan Fortenberry ... Earned two All-American honors at NCAA Indoor Championships with eighth-place finish in 60m hurdles and third-place finish as part of 4x400 relay team that established a new USC record time of 3:05.10 ... Outdoors, went the entire season without losing a 400m hurdles race until he competed injured at the NCAA Regional ... Finished second in the 110m hurdles and won the 400m hurdles at the Weems Baskin Relays ... Placed fifth in the 110m hurdles and first in the 400m hurdles while competing at the Florida Relays ... At the SEC Quad Meet, claimed victories in both the 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles ... Finished third in the 110m hurdles at the Sea Ray Relays while winning the 400m hurdles ... At the Penn Relays, ran a leg of the sprint medley team that set the World Record with a time of 53.93 ... Also at the Penn Relays, recorded his fifth consecutive win in the 400m hurdles as well as being the runner-up in the 110m hurdles ... Placed fifth in the 110m hurdles at the Orange & Purple Classic ... In the preliminary races of the SEC Championships, finished second in his heat of the 110m hurdles with a then season best time of 13.72 and won his heat of the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.81 ... In the finals of the SEC Championships, placed second in the 110m hurdles with a personal best time of 13.53, obliterating his old personal best time of 13.61 ... Also at the SEC Championships, won the finals of the 400m dash with a time of 48.79, setting a personal best and school record beating the old school record of 48.90 set by Tony Rambo in 1982 ... Ran the second leg of the winning 4x400m relay team that won at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:04.66 ... At the NCAA East Regional, finished fifth in his heat of the 110m hurdles and fifth in his heat of the 400m hurdles while running injured, his first loss of a 400m hurdles race of the year ... Swept the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles titles at the U.S. Outdoor Junior Championships ... Won the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.60 and paced the 400m hurdles field with a time of 50.70 to become meet's only double-winner ... Collected three gold medals (400m hurdles, 110m hurdles, 4x400 relay) at the Junior Pan American Games in Barbados ... Established a new Junior Pan Am Games record in the 110m hurdles by posting a time of 13.60, breaking a 23-year old record ... Also helped 4x400 relay team set a new Junior Pan Am Games record time. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Mumford High School ... Coached by Robert Lynch ... Michigan High School Athlete of the Year ... Nike Athlete of the Year ... National High School record holder in the 400m hurdles (49.38) ... Won the 400m hurdles at the adidas High School Outdoor Championships with a time of 50.55 ... Was second in the 400m hurdles at the USA Junior Championships ... Went on to clinch a silver medal in the same event at the World Junior Championships in Jamaica with a personal best of 49.38 - breaking the national high school record ... At the same meet in Jamacia, finished fifth in the finals of the 110m hurdles, having only gone over the 42 inch hurdles five times in his life ... Ran the lead-off leg of the USA's winning 4x400m relay at the World Junior meet, hitting 3:03.73 - the fastest world junior time in 2002 ... Prior to the World Juniors, he won the 400m at the World Pre-Meet in the Bahamas, hitting a personal best 46.58 ... At the USA Junior Olympics, he won the 110m hurdles at 13.73 and was second in the 400m hurdles at 49.83 ... In 2002, won state title in the 110m hurdles, 300m hurdles, and ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x400m relay ... Also won state title in the 300m hurdles and 4x400m relay in 2001 ... Is the state record holder in the indoor 60m hurdles (7.75), 110m hurdles (13.61), the 300m hurdles (35.90) and with the 4x400m relay (3:13.70) ... Ranked fourth nationally all-time in the college hurdles as a high schooler (13.83) ... Team was state champion in 1999 and 2002. PERSONAL: Will study in the College of Computer Science ... Hobbies include bowling, playing video games and reading ... Favorite professional athlete is Allen Johnson ... Favorite movie is Prefontaine ... Chose USC because of the excellent coaching staff and the great reputation South Carolina has for athletics ... Son of Kenneth and Jeaynell Ferguson ... Born on March 22, 1984, in Detroit, Mich. Top Times- 60m Hurdles: 7.75; 110m Hurdles: 13.53; 400m Hurdles: 48.79; 400m: 46.58 |
