Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
60m Hurdles: 8.58 (2010 MEAC ID)
Long Jump: 19-1.5 (2010 Hokie Invitational)
High Jump: 5-7 (2010 MEAC ID)
Outdoor
100m Hurdles: 13.80 (2010 MEAC OD)
Long Jump: 19-4 (2009 MEAC OD)
High Jump: 5-6.25 (2010 MEAC OD)

2009-10: Indoor: Jumped a season-best 19-1.5 in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational, placing fourth…took second place in the long jump at the George Mason Father Diamond Invitational…earned three top-five finishes at the MEAC Indoor Championship, helping the Spartans capture the team title…leapt 18-1.75 to take fifth in the long jump…placed third in the 60-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 8.58 seconds…won the MEAC title in the high jump with a personal-best height of 5-7, tying for the top mark in the conference during indoor season and matching her personal best. Outdoor: Completed the yearly sweep of the MEAC high jump title, clearing 5-6.25 at the MEAC Outdoor meet to win the gold…took another fifth-place finish in the long jump at the outdoor meet, with a top mark of 19-1.25…placed fourth in the 100m hurdles, running 13.97 in the finals after a personal-best 13.80 in the prelims…also placed seventh in the 200 meters…outdoor season-best long jump was 19-3.5, which earned her sixth place at the Sea Ray Relays.

2008-09: Indoor: Third-place finisher in the long jump at the MEAC Indoor Championship (19-0)…the 19-0 was the top long jump of the season for any Spartans…ran on the indoor 4x400 team that posted a season-best time of 3:51.98 that finished fifth at the MEAC Indoor Championship…ran a 9.00 in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational. Outdoor: Also finished third in the long jump at the MEAC Outdoor Championship with a PR of 19-4…ran on the 4x100 team that came in second in 45.10 at the outdoor championship and qualified for the NCAA East Regional…ran the anchor leg on the 4x400 team that finished third in 3:43.00 (season-best time) at the conference outdoor meet…competed in the Eastern section of the long jump and ran on the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 teams at the Penn Relays.

2007-08: Indoor: Ran on the 4x400 teams that had the best indoor (3:54.26) of the season. Outdoor: Ran a leg on the 4x100 relay team that ran a season-best time of 46.27 and finished third at the MEAC Championship…posted the best outdoor long-jump mark on the team (19-1.5), that coming at the Wake Forest Open…finished sixth in the heptathlon at the outdoor championship after scoring 4,089 points.

High School: A versatile athlete who competed in races ranging from the 55 meters to 400 meters and who excelled at all three jumping events…received the Elitest of the Elite award at the 2007 MileStat.com Elite Track Gala after setting three personal records and taking first in the long jump (19-3.75), 100 hurdles (14.44), and 200 (24.69)…. broke 57 seconds for the first time in her career in the 400 finishing fifth in 56.50 (PR) at the 2007 Group AAA Outdoor State Championship…also set personal records of 31-5 in the triple jump, 5-7 in the high jump, 8.90 in the 60 hurdles, and 47.39 in the 300 hurdles during her prep career.

Personal: Wanetta I. Kirby…born on Oct. 13, 1989…daughter of Virginia Smith and Wayne Kirby…majoring in physical education with a minor in graphic design…wants to coach track and field and become an interior designer.