2012 Women's Track and Field Roster

Natalie Nobbs

  • Position Long jump, triple jump, hurdles, sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Riverside Christian
  • Hometown Yakima, WA

Biography

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC outdoor in 400 hurdles (2010 and 2012). ... Three-time GNAC All-Academic (2010, 2011, 2012).

Senior (2012): INDOOR Participated in three meets, doing the 400 and the long jump in two of them, and the 200 in the other one. OUTDOOR  Finished her career in style with 2nd place finish in 400 hurdles at GNAC Championships, posting a PR time of 1:04.37. ... Also did the long jump five times, the 100 four times and the 200 once during the regular season, competing in the 100 and 200 for the first time in her college career. ... Set a PR of 13.15 in the 100 on April 28 at Saint Martin's Invitational, and set PR of 26.47 in 200 on April 14 at Simon Fraser Invite.

Junior (2011): INDOOR – 8th in pentathlon at GNAC Championships, including a 2nd-place finish in 800. ... 9th in triple jump at GNACs. OUTDOOR – Placed 10th in 400 hurdles at GNAC Championships (1:07.31). ... Won 400 hurdles at Pacific Lutheran Invitational on March 12 (1:07.4). ... Also competed regularly in long jump, finishing 3rd at the UPS Outdoor Preview on March 5, Spike Arlt Invitational on April 16, and Saint Martin's Invitational on April 30.

Sophomore (2010): INDOOR Took 6th place at GNAC Championships in long jump (17-0 1/2 / 5,19m). ... Placed 14th at GNACs in 200 (26.82). OUTDOOR – 3rd in 400 hurdles, 7th in long jump at GNAC Championships. ... Won 400 hurdles at UPS Outdoor Preview on March 5. ... Won long jump at Spike Arlt Invitational on April 17. ... Won 400 hurdles and long jump at Saint Martin's Invitational on May 1.

Freshman (2009): OUTDOOR – Ran in seven meets competing in the 400 hurdles in all of them, the long jump in five and the triple jump in one. ... Ran on the winning 4x400 relay team at Pacific Lutheran Invitational. Ran on the second-place 4x100 relay and took fourth in the 400 hurdles in that same meet. ... Posted her career-best 400 hurdles time of 1:06.80 in the Western Washington University Twilite Meet, taking fourth place in what was her final meet of the season. Also was on the second-place 4x100 relay in that meet. INDOOR – Competed in five different events over the course of five meets: the 60-meter dash, 200 meters, 60 hurdles, long jump and triple jump. ... Scored points at GNAC with an eighth-place finish in the long jump, going 16 feet, 4¼ inches.

Personal: Natalie Rae Nobbs. ... Born April 29, 1990. ... Exercise science major.

Fun facts: Had never done track before high school, then wound up with 15 Washington state track medals in her four years at Riverside Christian in Yakima. Ran on two state-championship 4x100 relay teams. ... Also played on Riverside Christian’s volleyball team that went to state for three straight years and brought home a pair of fourth-place trophies. ... Book she just couldn’t put down was “The 13th Tale.” ... Favorite junk food is Cheez-Its. ... Favorite TV program is NCIS. ... Would like to be a personal trainer.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
60-meter dash:
8.44 (2009)
200: 26.82 (2010)
400: 1:01.56 (2011)
800: 2:32.60 (2011)
60 hurdles: 9.97 (2011)
High jump: 4-8 1/4 / 1.43m (2011)
Long jump: 17-4 /5.28m (2009)
Triple jump: 35-1 1/4 / 10.70m (2011)
Shot put: 26-4 1/4 / 8.03m (2011)
Pentathlon: 2,851 (2011)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100:
13.15 (2012)
200: 26.47 (2012)
100 hurdles: 17.06 (2010)
400 hurdles: 1:04.37 (2012)
Long jump: 17-7 1/2 / 5.37m (2010)
Triple jump: 31-0 1/2 / 9.46m (2009)