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Junior Year: Did not compete during the indoor season • Scored points at ACC Outdoor Championships with a fourth place finish in the discus. Sophomore Year: During the outdoor season, posted a ninth-place finish in the discus at the ACC Championships • Also finished 13th in the javelin at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Freshman Year: Competed in both the discus and javelin throws during the outdoor season • At the ACC Outdoor Championships, finished 12th in the javelin and 14th in the discus • Received National Dean's List Award. Prep: • All-state in shot put and discus • All-conference • Captained two consecutive state championship teams • Competed in soccer, football as a place kicker, track and field and basketball • Member of the National Honor Society • Winner of the Toshiba Science Award and the Women in Science Award • Given Poet of the Year Award from American Poetry Society. Personal: Majoring in biology with career plans of attending medical school and becoming a neonatologist • Hobbies include going to the movies and making movies • Admires Serena Williams • "Souls of Black Folks" is her favorite book • Mango chicken is her favorite food • Riana Lynn is the daughter of Regina Peques and Calvin Lynn • Born November 8, 1985, in Evanston, Ill. |
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