Chaunte Howard Class: Senior Hometown: Riverside, Calif. High School: J.W. North Height: 5-9 Event: Jumps Birthdate: 01/12/1984

Three-time NCAA national champion in high jump * Six-time ACC champion in high jump * Three-time ACC MVP

2004-05: Garnered sixth All-America honors at the Outdoor NCAA Championships with a runner-up finish in the high jump (6'1.25") ... Won her 28th consecutive high jump collegiate competition at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 6'2.75" ... Tabbed Mondo East Region Athlete of the Year ... Captured her sixth consecutive ACC high jump title at the outdoor ACC meet, tying her own ACC meet record with a clear of 6'4.75" ... Is No. 17 in the latest IAAF World Rankings ... Tabbed ACC Most Valuable Performer after tallying 27 points at the meet ... Posted a runner-up finish in the long jump at the outdoor ACC Championships with a season-best mark of 20'3" ... Finished fifth in the triple jump at the outdoor ACC meet with a season-best mark of 42'7" ... Won third straight Penn Relays high jump title with a clear of 6'1.25" ... Ran a leg of the Shuttle Hurdle Relay that set a new Tech record with a time of 53.70 at the Penn Relays ... Defended her national title in the high jump with a mark of 6'3.50" at the indoor NCAA Championships, earning her third straight NCAA national title ... Garnered her fifth All-America honors at the indoor NCAA meet ... Won her fifth straight ACC title in the high jump with a ACC meet record tying clear of 6'2.75" ... Finished the indoor season with 20 consecutive collegiate wins in the high jump ... Won the high jump at the Clemson Opener (5'10.75"), Kentucky Invitational (6'1"), Niswonger Invitational (6'2"), Clemson Tiger Twilight (6'0"), Meyo Invitational (6'0.50") and Clemson Classic (6'2") ... Posted the top mark for the Jackets in the long jump at the Niswonger Invitational (19'11.50") ... Finished seventh in the long jump at the indoor ACC meet (19'6.75") ... Tallied a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with an indoor season-best mark of 41'4.50" at the conference championship ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:44.51 at the ACC meet, finishing third.

ATHENS OLYMPICS (2004) Finished in a tie for 28th place after clearing the bar at 6'0.75".

In 2003-04: Posted a mark of 6'4.75" at the U.S. Olympic Trials to finish second and qualify for first Olympic Games ... Posted the U.S. top mark, along with indoor high jump record holder Tisha Waller, at the BYU pre-trials meet with a mark of 6'6" ... Won second straight national championship in the high jump with a mark of 6'4.00" at the Outdoor NCAA Championships ... Named ACC Performer of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons after earning a total of seven All-ACC honors ... Set a new ACC and Tech record at the Outdoor ACC Championships with an Olympic Qualifying Standard mark of 6'4.75" in the high jump to win her fourth straight ACC crown ... Earned All-ACC honors in the long and triple jump events with personal-best marks of 20'3.75" and 42'5.25", finishing second and third, respectively ... Tallied her fourth all-conference honor at the outdoor ACC meet in the 100-meter hurdles, posting a personal-record time of 13.78 ... Won the NCAA East Region title in the high jump with a meet record clear of 6'3.25" ... Broke another meet record at the Penn Relays with a mark of 6'3.25" ... Holds the top mark in the collegiate ranks for the outdoor season and ranks No. 3 in the United States ... Tallied an indoor school record mark of 6'03.50" in the high jump at the NCAA Championships to earn her first ever national championship ... It's the second time in school history that a Tech women's track and field athlete has won a national title in the high jump (Natasha Alleyne, 1992) ... Earned All-America honors for the second straight indoor season ... Claimed her second straight ACC crown in the high jump with an ACC meet record clear of 6'02.75" ... Tallied a Tech season-best mark of 20'01.00" in the long jump at the ACC Championships, finishing second for the Jackets ... Named ACC Co-Performer of the Year after tallying first, second and third-place finishes in the high jump, long jump and triple jump (42.02.25") ... Tallied first-place finishes in the high jump at the Clemson Opener, Kentucky Invitational, Clemson Invitational, Gator Invitational, Meyo Invitational and ACC Championships ... Just missed qualifying for Team USA in the high jump, finishing fourth at the USATF Indoor Championships in the high jump with a clear of 6'01.50" ... Posted a mark of 19'01.50" to finish first in the long jump at the Tiger Invitational ... Top 200 meters time came at the Gator Invite, finishing 15th with a time of 25.05.

In 2002-03: Was the ACC Champion at the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Championships, clearing 6'0.0" in each instance ... Garnered All-America honors in the high jump with a national runner-up finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Won the high jump at the U.S.A Junior National Track & Field Championships ... Placed fourth at the USATF National Championships setting a new school record in the high jump (6'2.75") ... Had a fourth-place finish at the NCAA East Region meet during the outdoor season ... Top performance during the indoor season came at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet (6'00.75") ... Earned All-ACC honors with a third-place finish in the triple jump at the ACC Indoor meet (41'09.75") ... Had a sixth-place finish in the Indoor ACC meet with a long jump of 19'04" ... Part of the 4x200 meter relay team that set a new school mark of 1:34.98 during outdoor season at the Penn Relays.

High School: Seven-time prep national champion at J.W. North High School...Indoor and outdoor national champion in the high jump in 2001 and '02...Named one of 33 Nike Athletes of the Year for high school track and field...Career-best high jump of 6'1.5" stands 11th all-time in the prep ranks...2001 and '02 indoor and outdoor All-American in the high jump...2001 California state champion in the high jump...Also claimed All-America honors in the triple jump and 4x200 relay in 2002 and 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay in 2001...High school national champion in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 in 2001...Member of second-fastest all-time high school 4x200 relay...Placed fourth in the high jump at 2002 U.S. Junior Nationals...Four-time letterwinner for coaches Charles Leathers and Robert Attical ...Team captain as a senior...Led team to 1999, 2000 and '02 California state titles...Team also won 2001 national crown...Member of the National Honor Society...Served as church youth department secretary.

Personal: Chaunte LaTasha Howard...Daughter of Beatrice Jackson...Born January 12, 1984, in Templeton, Calif....Undecided major in the College of Engineering.

HOWARD @ ATHENS OLYMPICS

Chaunte Howard (United States), (2002-present)
High Jump	6-0.75	T-28th Place	Qualifying Round