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  Monique Henderson (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henderson later commented that she was aware of how close the race was, not knowing who was the winner until the replay was shown on the big-screen TV scoreboard.
Monique described the homestretch run as very, very tough, realizing that she had to relax if she was going to be able to win during that very tough run-in.
Henderson stated that she would like to remain in Southern California for her college academic and athletic careers, with interest thus far in the sciences possibly leading to a career as a vet working with animals.
www.dyestat.com.cob-web.org:8888 /9out/us/july/worldyouth/henderson.html   (872 words)

  
 San Diego Hall of Champions - Monique Henderson, 2005 Amateur Star of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henderson, a UCLA senior in 2005 from Morse High who is now competing professionally, finished her college career by winning the NCAA title in the 400 meters on June 11, 2005 in Sacramento.
Henderson, an eight-time All-American in her career, earlier in her senior year had become only second woman to repeat as a Pac-10 champion in both the 400 and 200.
Henderson’s 2005 season completed somewhat of a comeback from her freshman and sophomore college seasons that didn’t meet expectations projected for her coming out of high school.
www.sdhoc.com /main/awards/starsoftheyear/starsoftheyeararticles/Hendersonmosalute   (645 words)

  
 Active.com - Try to catch this rising star: 17-year-old sprinter Monique Henderson
Henderson hadn?t planned to go to the trials until she shattered her own record and set a national high school mark in winning her third straight CIF state 400-meter championship.
A sprinter since her pre-teen years, Henderson qualified for her first national championship at 9 and won her first national title in the 200 and 400-yard dashes at the tender age of 10.
Henderson exhibited some of her fastest moves in avoiding a media horde at the Olympic trials.
www.active.com /story.cfm?story_id=4769&sidebar=491&category=olympics_2000_track_field&CFID=22832716&CFTOKEN=86501067   (1296 words)

  
 Sports: Henderson advances in 400
Monique Henderson, with a time of 51.77, is in the 400-meter semifinals.
Monique Henderson is the most exciting high school sprinter since Marion Jones showed up as a 16-year-old at the 1992 Olympic Trials.
Henderson carries a 3.89 grade point average and is choosing from a college field that includes USC, UCLA and Stanford.
www.sptimes.com /News/071500/Sports/Henderson_advances_in.shtml   (830 words)

  
 San Diego Hall of Champions - Olympian influence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
She finished second in the 100 and 200 meters at the San Diego Section finals to Monique Henderson, the then-Morse senior who had made the 2000 Olympic team the previous summer and at the time held the national high school record in the 400.
Henderson is coming off a junior year for the Bruins in which she bounced back from what was, for her, sub-par freshman and sophomore seasons.
Henderson, a 2000 and 2004 Olympian with a 1,600-relay gold medal in 2004, ran 11.61 in the 100 and 23.16 in the 200.
www.sdhoc.com /main/articles/highschools/diegoolympian   (860 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Henderson accomplished that mission last June and promptly signed a shoe company sponsorship deal in time for the USATF Nationals, where she finished third to earn a berth in the World Championships team for Helsinki.
Henderson didn’t break 51 seconds in the 400m in college until her junior year at UCLA when she finished second to the NCAA championships to Trotter in 50.62, and helped the Bruins to their first team title since 1983.
Henderson said her turnaround in 2004 was simply about regaining the confidence that she had had in high school.
www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=33099.html   (1183 words)

  
 future_page (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In parallel to pursing her dream of being a top runner, Monique Henderson is earning her degree at UCLA.
She has set the standard for student-athletes across the United States in high school and in college showing that educatiuon is a key element in paving the way for the future of our young women, whether being a professional in their field of study or in their sport.
Monique has opted to support all women sports, not just track and field in the near future.
classes.design.ucla.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /Winter04/159/projects/Olaone/future_page.html   (257 words)

  
 DyeStat HS Track & Field
Monique Henderson was the 8th qualifier for the finals and that is where she finished in the finals.
Monique Henderson improved her time to 51.23 and claimed the 8th and final spot in the 400 meter finals, scheduled for 2:35 pm Sunday Pacific time.
Monique was second in her heat to NCAA champion Mikele Barber 51.56.
www.dyestat.com /rivals/7956372.html   (711 words)

  
 hornetsports.com: The Official Athletics Site of the Sacramento State Hornets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henderson had a similar opportunity, but she chose to return to UCLA for her senior season.
Henderson needed to run a faster split than Crystal Cox and Moushaumi Robinson to claim the fourth and final spot in the final.
Henderson responded with a brilliant 49.64 split, the fastest lap run by any runner from any country in the preliminaries.
www.hornetsports.com /ncaa/henderson.asp   (1131 words)

  
 LA Daily News - Felix, Henderson team up
Henderson, then a runner at Morse High of San Diego, was at the top of the high school track world while Felix was making her way up.
Henderson, who starred at UCLA for four years, is beginning her first year on the pro circuit - and looking up to Felix.
Henderson remembers that she is 2-0 against Felix in the 200 meters from those high school years.
www.dailynews.com /sports/ci_3715772   (603 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - Monique Henderson looks to cap career
Yet Henderson couldn't imagine a more fitting ending to her collegiate career than to win the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships, one thing she hasn't done.
Good things came for Henderson at an early age, when she ran the 400 in a world-class time of 50.74 seconds as a junior at Morse High of San Diego.
Henderson was just nominated for the Honda Sports Award in track and field, given to the top female track athlete in the country.
www.usoc.org /11611_34554.htm   (1054 words)

  
 W. track: Only a matter of time - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Monique Henderson motivates herself with the memory of her first two years at UCLA, when she struggled to adjust to collegiate track and field.
Instead, what Henderson is working for this year is to be able to challenge Davis' record and consistently run under 50 seconds in the 400 meters because that is what it may take to earn a trip to the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Though she and Henderson have not spoken since last summer, Davis said she is hoping the young sprinter will call her in a few weeks to tell her the record has finally been broken.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=33490   (1526 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Henderson began her push for a collegiate title by winning the 200m in 23.06 and the 400m in 51.31 in the Pacific-10 Conference championships at Drake Stadium on Sunday, 15 May in her final competition on her collegiate career on her home track at Drake Stadium.
Henderson’s mark in the 400m gave the 22-year-old three of the top eight marks in the world this season.
Henderson will next run in the NCAA West Regionals at the University of Oregon on 28-29 May. The meet is the qualifying competition for the NCAA championships in Sacramento on 8-11 June.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=29386,printer.html   (689 words)

  
 Monique Henderson (400m)/Chelsea Johnson (pole vault) Lead UCLA into 2005 NCAA Outdoor T & F Championships :: Bruins ...
Led by event leaders - senior Monique Henderson in the 400m and junior Chelsea Johnson in the pole vault - defending team champion UCLA will send nine athletes in 10 events to the 2005 NCAA Outdoor T & F Championships, held June 8-11 at Sacramento.
Henderson's season-best 400m time of 50.78 is currently No. 5 on the world chart.
There's nothing immediately physically wrong with Monique, but at this moment, it's not in her best physical interest to run in both events at the NCAA Outdoor.
www.cstv.com /sports/c-track/stories/053105abg.html   (696 words)

  
 Pac-10 Track and Field Honors Announced :: Six athletes honored.
Monique Henderson of UCLA was tabbed Pac-10 Women's Track Athlete of the Year, while teammate Jessica Cosby was named Pac-10 Women's Field Athlete of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
Henderson, a senior from San Diego, Calif., successfully defended her Pac-10 titles in both the 200 meters (23.06) and 400 meters (51.31) at the Pac-10 Championships.
Henderson, a member of the gold-medal winning 4x400 meter relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, established a Pac-10 record with a winning time of 50.10 in the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships.
www.pac-10.org /sports/c-track/spec-rel/062305aab.html   (689 words)

  
 Henderson happy with third at nationals - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Monique Henderson ran the 400-meter dash in 49.96 seconds at the U.S. Track and Field Championships breaking her old personal best and NCAA record time of 50.10.
Monique Henderson did not lose a single race in her senior year at UCLA.
Henderson, the NCAA champion in the 400m, ran a personal-best 49.96 seconds, breaking the 50-second mark for the first time and qualifying for next month's World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=33847   (841 words)

  
 Five Finalists, Including UCLA's Monique Henderson, Named For 2005 Collegiate Woman Athlete Of The Year :: Winner ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Monique Henderson - Henderson was a gold medal winner on the U. 4x400m relay at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.
Henderson is the third UCLA woman's athlete to win the Honda Award for track and field, joining Bruin greats Evelyn Ashford, who won the first award in 1976-77 and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who took the honor in 1982-83 and 1984-85.
UCLA senior Monique Henderson is one of five finalists for this season's Honda-Broderick Cup, given to the women's Collegiate Athlete of the Year.
www.collegesports.com.cob-web.org:8888 /sports/c-track/stories/062105aah.html   (793 words)

  
 Monique Henderson, Chelsea Johnson, Jessica Cosby, Sani Roseby To Compete In 3rd Annual Under 23 NACAC-TELUS Track & ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Monique Henderson, Chelsea Johnson, Jessica Cosby, Sani Roseby To Compete In 3rd Annual Under 23 NACAC-TELUS Track & Field Championships :: The event will be held July 30-Aug. 1 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Monique Henderson (San Diego/Morse HS) - a member of the U. 4 X 400m relay pool for the Olympic Games in Athens, Henderson at the Trials placed fifth in the 400m (50.75/her best time at the Trials was a personal-best 50.53, run in the semi-finals, setting the school record for the fourth time this season).
On Henderson's 1600m relay anchor leg (49.6, equaled fastest ever split at an NCAA Outdoor), she brought UCLA from seventh to fourth-place (five team points), assuring the Bruins a one point team victory (69-68) over defending champion LSU.
www.pac-10.org.cob-web.org:8888 /sports/c-track/spec-rel/072104aaa.html   (570 words)

  
 Acuff Finishes Eighth in HJ Final; Henderson (400m), O'Hara (PV) Advance to Finals at 2005 World T & F Championships :: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Monique Henderson advanced to the 400m final, which will be held Wednesday.
UCLA alumnae Amy Acuff placed eighth in the women's high jump final, and Bruin senior Monique Henderson (400m) and UCLA alumnae Tracy O'Hara (pole vault) both advanced to their event finals during weekend and Monday competition at the 2005 World Track & Field Championships held at Helsinki, Finland.
Henderson, the in-season collegiate record-holder in the 400m who last June in Sacramento won the NCAA Outdoor 400m, will run in Wednesday's 400m final.
www.collegesports.com.cob-web.org:8888 /sports/c-track/stories/080805aal.html   (539 words)

  
 California Track and Running News -- Regional News Article
Henderson's victory will earn her the Honda Award, given annually to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports, as well as an automatic nomination for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
She won the 400m at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Henderson's personal-best winning time of 50.10 was the fifth-fastest all-time collegiate 400m mark, while also setting new NCAA meet, PAC-10 and UCLA records.
Henderson is also ranked fifth best in the world and has been named the West Region's Athlete of the Year.
www.caltrack.com /news/henderson05athleteofyear.html   (286 words)

  
 Monique Henderson Nominated for the Track & Field Honda Sports Award :: Henderson was also named the Mondo West Region ...
Monique Henderson Nominated for the Track & Field Honda Sports Award :: Henderson was also named the Mondo West Region Female Athlete of the Year earlier this season.
Henderson was also named the Mondo West Region Female Athlete of the Year earlier this season.
UCLA senior Monique Henderson, seeded No. 1 in the 400m at next week's 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Sacramento (June 8-11), has been nominated for the Track & Field Honda Sports Award.
www.cstv.com /sports/c-track/stories/060105abl.html   (566 words)

  
 Monique's Euro Tattoo and Piercing Studio New Zealand
It's an upmarket studio in Lincoln Road, Henderson specifically set up to cater for the growing demand for body art of the highest quality.
Monique is an award-winning artist from Germany with 20 years experience in the art of tattooing and body piercing.
Her designs and work have been honoured extensively throughout Europe and Germany, where Monique was the organiser for the International Frankfurt Tattoo Convention for six years.
www.eurotattoo.co.nz   (257 words)

  
 Track and Field News: Results
A smiling, elated Monique Henderson can't believe her mindset of a few months ago-can't believe she ever considered not running at the Olympic Trials.
Henderson roared through a high school schedule that culminated in her 50.74-both a High School and American Junior Record-at the California State meet in June.
She says she did reach a tough time in late August when she was being hounded by college recruiters, media and the time demands of a long season: "It was taking its toll.
www.trackandfieldnews.com /results/newsletter/200011/w_hs_aoy.html   (805 words)

  
 American Track and Field -- Regional News Article
Henderson and Darold Williamson of Baylor capped their college careers with victories at 400 meters.
Williamson and Henderson had Olympic gold medals as part of the winning 1,600 relay teams in Athens, but neither had won an NCAA title until their final chance Saturday.
Henderson blew away her competition from the start with a meet-record 50.10 seconds, breaking the mark of 50.18, set by Pauline Davis of Alabama at altitude in Provo, Utah, in 1989.
www.american-trackandfield.com /news/ncaaoutdoorchamps05final.html   (942 words)

  
 Women's Championship Preview - NCAA Sports.com
Henderson leads the nation in the 400 meters with a time of 50.78, which is currently fifth-best in the world.
She won the 400 meters and the 200 meters at the NCAA West Regional for the second straight season, but will not compete in the 200 at nationals.
Henderson, along with Texas' Marshevet Hooker, Tennessee's Tianna Madison and Southern California's Virginia Powell, is a nominee for the Track and Field Honda Sports Award.
www.ncaasports.com /track-and-field/story/8539653   (605 words)

  
 Parent-Teen: Girls' Track & Field Honoree
Henderson made a major impact this year on the national scene in women's track and field.
"Monique is incredibly focused and hard working which are the reasons for her success," explains coach Gary MacDonald.
Henderson was selected from more than 395,000 high school girls' track and field athletes nationwide.
www.parent-teen.com /competitionstories/gatoradegirlstrack2000.html   (379 words)

  
 Trackshark.com - College Track & Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the back it was Monique Henderson coming up and taking the 2nd spot right at the end.
UCLA, which won the team title with their fourth place finish, got an outstanding split from anchor Monique Henderson who was unofficially recorded at 49.6.
The 2nd heat saw Monique Henderson of UCLA in front after first turn, where she stayed for the rest of the race.
www.trackshark.com /coverage/2004/ncaa_outdoor.php   (6729 words)

  
 © 2004, Gannett News Service
Monique Hennagan and Dee Dee Trotter expect to play prominent roles when the U.S. women's 4x400-meter relay team attempts to repeat its triumphs at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games.
Monique Hennagan, a graduate of Spring Valley, S.C., High School and the University of North Carolina, doesn't need any extra pressure as she prepares for the first round of the 400.
Allen is representing Canada in the men's 110-meter hurdles and is in a pool of runners vying for a spot on the men's 4 x 100 relay team in Athens.
detnews.gannettonline.com /gns/olympics/track-index.html   (2245 words)

  
 Kids Running - Junior Olympics - USATF
Angelo Taylor and Monique Henderson are two of our sport's rising stars who have made the transition from Junior Olympics to Summer Games participation.
In fact, Monique's summer of 2000 included stops at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento and the JO Championships in Buffalo a week later; all prior to her selection as a relay alternate for Sydney.
Over the years, Monique's 200 and 400m records have been sprinkled throughout the five age divisions: two remain in the Bantam (10-and-under) division and two, set just last year, still stand in the Young Women's 200 and 400m.
www.kidsrunning.com /news/krnews0413jobuff.html   (442 words)

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