Xerina Hughey Class: Sophomore Hometown: Galloway, Ohio High School: Hilliard Darby Event: Hurdles

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2010-11: Indoors, placed 11th in the 60m hurdles at the MAC Indoor Championships in a season-best 8.84 ... took fourth in the 60m hurdles in 9.10 at the Findlay Oiler Opener and was fourth at the Ball State Quadrangular in 8.98 ... clocked a season-best 200m dash time of 26.42 to take 12th at the Hoosier Hills Invitational. Outdoors, finished eighth at the MAC Outdoor Championships in the 100m hurdles in a wind-aided 14.16 ... clocked a personal-best 14.16 (non-wind-aided) in the 100m hurdles to win the race at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... posted a season-best 400m hurdles time of 1:07.11 to take 11th at the Nikoloff Invitational ... ran a 200m dash personal-best time of 25.78 at the Mississippi Open and recorded a 100m dash season best of 13.17 at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational ... finished fourth in the 100m hurdles at the Hillsdale Gina Relays in a wind-aided time of 14.16.

High School: Earned three varsity letters in track at Hilliard Darby HS under coaches Don Seymour and Dennis Moore ... served as track team captain for two years ... set school records in the 100m hurdles (14.37) and in the 300m hurdles (43.86) ... won the Ohio Capital Conference title in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles in 2008 and 2010 and was the runner-up in the events in 2009 ... ran on the OCC champion 4x400m relay team in 2009 ... at the state meet took fourth in the 300m hurdles in 2008 and fifth in 2009 while placing sixth in the 100m hurdles in 2009 and 2010 ... helped lead team to OCC runner-up finishes in 2008 and 2010 ... also ran one year of cross country and played two years of basketball at Hilliard Darby ... competed in the Midwest Meet of Champions for Ohio, taking seventh in the 100m hurdles and running on the winning 4x200m relay team ... earned Honor Roll all four years in high school.

Personal: Born in January of 1992 in Columbus, Ohio ... daughter of Christine and Eric Hughey ... a nursing major.