Francena McCorory: Difference between revisions

| full_name = Francena Lynette McCorory

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|20}}

| height = 5 ft 8 in

| weight = 150 lb

}}

 

 

==Career==

Despite being recruited by larger universities, McCorory attended her hometown school of [[Hampton University]]. She won the 2009 [[NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship]]s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2009/Division+I/lady%2bvols%2bshow%2bworld-class%2bdistance%2bdominance.html |title=NCAA News Archive – Lady Vols show world-class distance dominance |publisher=Fs.ncaa.org |date=2009-03-16 |access-date=2012-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817032754/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2009/Division+I/lady%2Bvols%2Bshow%2Bworld-class%2Bdistance%2Bdominance.html |archive-date=2012-08-17 }}</ref> and later in the year finished third in the [[NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship]]s.<ref>[http://www.flashresults.com/2009_Meets/outdoor/NCAA/090610F023.htm Women 400 Meter Dash]. NCAA Division I 2009 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Fayetteville, AR – 6/10/2009 to 6/13/2009</ref> In 2010, she went to [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]] to defend her championship. Instead of merely repeating as champion, she won the race by over a second, setting the NCAA record and beating [[Diane Dixon]]'s 19-year-old American record in the event, running 50.54.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flashresults.com/2010_Meets/indoor/NCAA/Results19-2.htm |title=Flash Results, Inc |publisher=Flashresults.com |access-date=2012-06-09}}</ref> Later that year she won the NCAA Outdoor championship, in 50.69, actually slower than her Indoor record.<ref>[http://flashresults.com/2010_Meets/outdoor/NCAA/100609F023.htm Women 400 Meter Dash]. NCAA Division I 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Eugene, Or – 6/9/2010 to 6/12/2010</ref> A few weeks later, she improved her personal best to 50.52 while finishing second at the [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F6.asp |title=Events – 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships |publisher=USATF |access-date=2012-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007215058/http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F6.asp |archive-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

 

 

Leading into the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|Olympic Trials]], she improved her personal best to 50.06 at the [[Adidas Grand Prix]]. At the Olympic Trials, she qualified for the final and was assigned lane 7, just outside [[Sanya Richards-Ross]] in lane 6. Richards-Ross ran hard from the start closing down the stagger on McCorory. Sensing the challenge, McCorory exploded down the backstretch, leading around the turn to the head of the home stretch, but she paid the price for the early effort and struggled to the finish. Richards-Ross charged past her, in the process setting the best time of the year, followed by [[Dee Dee Trotter]], who made her third straight Olympic team. McCorory managed to hold off [[Debbie Dunn]] to claim third place and a trip to the Olympics.<ref>[http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Results6-3.htm Women's 400 Meter Dash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915130539/http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/results/Results6-3.htm |date=2012-09-15 }}. 2012 Olympic Trials. usatf.org.</ref>

==External links==

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* {{USATF|Francena-McCorory}}

* {{USOPC|MC/Francena-McCorory}}

* {{Olympic Channel|francena-mccorory}}

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