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PHOTO GALLERY
2008
Collected all-conference honors in the women's 200 meters during the indoor season by posted a personal-best mark of 24.02 seconds to place second overall in the event ... Overall, placed sixth at the championships in the 60 meters, recording a time of 7.58 seconds .. Also, collected all-conference honors as part of the women's 4x400 that won the conference championships in Colorado Springs ... Helped the women's 4x400 record a seasonal-best time of 3:39.01 at the Tyson Invitational ... Clarke made her first appearance at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the women's 400 meters, posting a time of 54.44 seconds in Des Moines ... The junior who went into nationals with the 13th fastest time in the nation collected conference champion honors in the 400 meters by winning the event title with the fifth-fastest time in championship history .. Her blazing regional qualifying time of 52.52 at that time was the seventh-fastest time in the nation and ranked in the top-50 in the world standings .. Clarke, who qualified for nationals as an at-large, recorded a time of 53.62 to finish in seventh-place at the Midwest Regional ... Made the all-regional squad following competition in the 400 and 4x400 in Lincoln, as well as being named all-conference in the 200 and 400 meters, as well as the 4x100 and 4x400 ... In the 200, Clarke placed second in the event at the MWC Championships with a personal-best time of 23.30 seconds ... She was also part of a 4x400 unit that won the conference championship with a time of 44.36 seconds ... Finally, Clarke helped TCU win the college division of the 4x400 at the Penn Relays by recording an NCAA regional qualifying time of 3:39.72 ... The 4x400 unit also qualified for the finals of the NCAA Midwest Regional by collecting a seasonal-best time of 3:36.98 to place fourth overall in preliminary action ... Helped the women's 4x100 post a seasonal-best time of 44.21 at the Penn Relays to place sixth-overall ... At the Texas Relays, the unit finished in fourth-place with a time of 44.22 seconds ... Helped both relay teams rank in the national and world standing throughout the 2008 season and win conference championships.
Central Arizona
Clarke transfers to TCU following back-to-back National Championship at Central Arizona where she competed in both the 100 and 200 meters ... Was a regional champion in 2007 in both the 100 and 200 ... Earned six letters at Murry Bergthaum High School in New York ... Clarke was a three-time state champion in the 200 meters, while also winning the state championship four different times ... She also collected the 200 meters indoor championship while in high school.
