Natasha Pelton

Position:
Combined Events
Class:
Junior
High School:
Lakewood Ranch HS
Hometown:
Bradenton, Fla.

Natasha Pelton - Personal Bests
Outdoor
Event	Mark	Year
100 Meters	13.3	2008 (HS)
100 Hurdles	15.46	2011
200 Meters	27.13	2011
800 Meters	2:55.28	2011
High Jump	5-0	2009 (HS)
Long Jump	16-3.25	2010
Shot Put	26-5	2011
Javelin	64-9	2011
Heptathlon	3,022	2010

2011
Outdoor
• Compiled 2,773 points in the heptathlon at the FSU Relays (3/26) (9th place)
• Posted PRs in shot put, javelin, 100-meter hurdles, 200 meters and 800 meters during the season
• Had a season-high 7th place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the USF Invite (4/1), runnning the event in a time of 15.46 seconds
• Posted a PR by a large margin in the javelin at the USF Open (3/11) with a throw of 64-9 to finish 9th in the event

2010
Outdoor
• Leapt 16-3.25 in the long jump and ran 15.94 in the 100 hurdles at the South Florida Invitational (5/14)
• Compiled 3,022 points in the hepthathlon at the FSU Relays (3/26)
• Jumped 14-10 in the long jump at the Bulls Invitational (3/19) and 17.27 in the 100 hurdles
• Ran 28.86 in the 200, 16.60 in the 100 hurdles and also competed in the high jump at the USF Open (3/5)

Lakewood Ranch HS
• Earned four varsity letters in track and field and four in soccer
• Team captain and team MVP as a senior
• Helped set the school record in the 4x100 relay at New Hartford HS in 2005-06 as a freshman
• Regional qualifier in the 100 hurdles in 2009, taking sixth
• Also finished as the district runner-up
• Was a scholar athlete every sports season
• National Honor Society Member
• Also a member of the National Society of High School Scholars

Personal
• Born Aug. 8, 1991
• Daughter of Darlene and Garret Pelton
• Has one brother and one sister
• Father, Garret, ran track at Cortland University
• Mother, Darlene, ran track at Mohawk Valley and Herkimer County Community Colleges
• Younger sister, Brittany, runs track at Lakewood Ranch
• Enjoys going to the beach, baking, shopping and pedicures
• Majoring in political science with a minor in psychology