NATASHA HASTINGS

Event: 400m
Height: 5-8
Weight: 135
PR: 400m – 49.84 (2007)
Born: July 23, 1986 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Current Residence: Columbia, S.C.
High School: A. Philip Randolph Campus (New York City, N.Y.) HS ‘04
College: University of South Carolina ‘08
Coach: Curtis Frye
Agent: Michael Johnson
Club: Nike

Career Highlights:
2007 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2007 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor champion; 2007 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year; 2006 NACAC U23 silver medalist; 2004 World Junior champion; 2004 World Junior 4x400m gold medalist; 2003 World Youth champion

Just a junior at the University of South Carolina, Hastings has established herself one of the best 400m runners in 2007...Following a dominant collegiate season in which she won national titles indoors and outdoors, Hastings finished as the USA Outdoor runner-up...Her personal-best time of 49.84 was the fastest ever run by a collegian.

2007:
USA Outdoor runner-up (49.84PR)...7th in semi's at World Outdoors (51.45)...ran anchor leg on the 4x400 relay during the rounds at ‘07 World Outdoors (gold medal as member of 4x400 relay)…3rd at Paris (50.45)...3rd at Rome (50.34)...NCAA Outdoor champion (50.15)...NCAA Indoor champion (50.80CR)...NCAA East regional champion (50.23)...SEC champion (50.84)...1st at Weems Baskin Invite (50.55).
2006:
NACAC U23 runner-up (52.11)...5th in semis at USA Outdoors (51.99)...6th at NCAA Outdoors (51.60)...2nd at NCAA East Regionals (51.56)...2nd at SEC Outdoors (52.00)...ranked #9 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 51.45.
2005:
USA Junior Outdoor champion (51.34)...6th at NCAA Outdoors (51.87)...7th at NCAA East Regionals (52.86)...SEC Outdoor champion (51.94)...SEC Indoor runner-up (52.27)...best of 51.34.
2004:
World Junior champion (52.04) and 1st in 4x400m (3:27.60)...2nd at USA Junior Champs (52.92)...best of 52.04.
2003:
World Youth champion (53.41)...3rd at USA Junior Champs (52.09)...best of 52.09.