Claudia Saunders Class: Freshman Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio High School: Princeton Event: Hurdles

*All-American*

Career Bests (thru 2013 indoors):
400 Meters: 56.2h
600: 1:33.30i
800: 2:09.80i
1,000: 2:51.52i
100 hurdles: 14.29
400 hurdles: 1:00.32

2013 Season: Indoors- Earned second-team All-America honors as part of the 11th place distance medley relay team at the NCAA Championships (11:14.77) ... ran the third leg (800) on the MPSF runner-up team in the DMR ... placed ninth in the 800 at the MPSF Championships in a personal record 2:09.80 ... competed in six meets, running the 800 in five.

High School: Outstanding athlete with state championships in cross country and in the 100-meter hurdles in track -- the first in Ohio history to ever accomplish that double ... had this amazing variety of quality personal records: 100 hurdles, 14.29; 300 hurdles, 42.54; 400, 56.1; 800, 2:22.26; pole vault, 10-0; 5,000, 18:04.50 (cross country) ... the 2011 Ohio state Division I champion in cross country ... competed in three state meets overall in cross country, including top-10 finishes each year ... the 2010 Ohio state champion in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.49 ... ran in four state track meets during her high school career, resulting in 10 all-state recognitions ... competed in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdles at the 2012 state meet along with the 4x200- and 4x400-meter relays ... helped Princeton to a regional runner-up finish in track in 2012 ... Gatorade Ohio Cross Country Runner of the Year ... was eighth at the 2011 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 400 hurdles (1:00.32).

Personal: Major is undeclared, but interested in international relations with minors in Chinese and Spanish ... contemplated profession is to work for a multinational organization or the United Nations ... daughter of Tyler and Claudia Saunders ... a back injury suffered in a practice fall in gymnastics led to her switching to track ... speaks fluent French ... interested in making jewelry and reading.