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Rachel Farabee

Class: Junior Hometown: Butler, Pa. High School: Butler

Height: 5-9 Event: Pole Vault Major: Advertising

OUTLOOK : Potential to be a scorer in the pole vault ... Will be one of team leaders in that event .

2003: Indoors, tied for sixth at the George Mason Early Invitational for pole vault ... Tied for ninth at pole vault in the Virginia Teach Invitational ... At the Four-Way SEC Meet and the UNC Inviational finished 20th at pole vault ... Placed 19th at the Florida Invitational in pole vault ... Finished second in pole vault with a jump of 10'6 at the USC Invitational ... Outdoors, finished second in the pole vault at the Weems Baskin Relays with a season best vault of 10'11.75 ... At the Florida Relays, placed 16th in the pole vault with a height of 10'8.25 ... Was the fifth place finisher in the pole vault at the SEC Quad Meet ... At the Sea Ray Relays, placed 21st with a vault of 10'2.5.

2002: Indoors, finished 10th in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... Outdoors, finished second in the pole vault at Jackson State meet, with teammates Lori Tvarkunas and Karlee Butler teaming with her to sweep the top three spots ... Finished 15th in the pole vault at the SEC Quad Meet ... Finished 16th in the pole vault at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed eighth in the pole vault in the Spec Town Relays ... Finished second in the pole vault at the Weems Baskin Sprint Relays.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Butler High School in Butler, Pa. ... Lettered in track and field all four years of high school ... Lettered in basketball for three years (`98-'99 to `00-'01) ... Was All-Conference in basketball in 2001 ... High school team won Regional title in track and field in 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... Was on Honor Roll all four years ... Won the National Student-Athlete Award in 2001 ... Placed fourth at state meet in the pole vault in 2001 ... School record holder indoors (9' 6) and outdoors (11').

PERSONAL: Majoring in Advertising ... Enjoys playing basketball, the piano and the guitar ... Brother Jared Farabee, a former USC pole vaulter, is her biggest influence ... Chose USC because of the diversity of athletes on the team as well as the opportunity to contribute to a possible national championship team ... Daughter of Mark and Laura Farabee ... Born on July 17, 1982, in Butler, Pa.

Top Marks- Pole Vault: 11'0"