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03/16/2009
The Sun Devil men and women both finished fifth at the national indoor meet in College Station, Texas
Arizona State: Earned a pair of All-America honors in her first season in Tempe, helping the 4x400m relay to national acclaim at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships... ranks second all-time indoors in the 4x400m relay with Dominique' Maloy, Shauntel Elcock and Jordan Durham as the team finished third at the NCAA meet in 3:33.53... 2008 Outdoor: Garnered her second All-America honor at ASU as the 4x400m relay finished fifth nationally in 3:33.45 with Maloy, Elcock and Durham... same quartet ran 3:31.74 in the national quarterfinals for the seventh-best time in school history... won the Pac-10 4x400m relay title... Pac-10 runner-up at 400m... earned All-Region honors in the 400m and 4x400m relay... 2008 Indoor: Earned All-America honors in the 4x400m relay as the team finished third at the NCAA Championships... joined Maloy, Elcock and Durham to run 3:33.53 to finish third overall... that time ranks second all-time in ASU history... joined with Elcock, Maloy and Jacquelyn Johnson to win the MPSF Indoor Championship (3:37.34)... won the first two 400m races of the season... also finished as the MPSF runner-up in the 400m dash with a personal indoor best of 54.69.
Central Arizona: Earned her Associates degree from Central Arizona College (Coolidge, Ariz.) in 2007... competed on two NJCAA Championship teams with CAC winning national crowns in 2006 and 2007... helped the 4x400m relay to victory at the 2006 outdoor championships... twice finished runner-up in the 400m dash at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships... earned six All-America honors... member of the school-record 4x400m relay (3:39.35) and No. 2 4x800m relay squad (9:11.34)... her 54.31 in the 400m dash ranks No. 5 all-time at CAC.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Hempstead High School (Long Island, N.Y.)... lettered in track & field and captained the team once... selected as the team's MVP as a senior... rank 1:30.67 in the 600m dash, one of the Top 5 times all-time inside the New York Armory.
Personal: Majoring in social work... parents are Patrick and Esther Benjamin... has three siblings: brothers Jamel and Javrey and sister Jerily... Jamohl Leitch competed on the USC track & field team... born October 25, 1986, in Georgetown, Guyana... carries dual citizenship with the United States and Guyana... hobbies include singing, reading, shopping and traveling... full name is Jeavon K.M. Benjamin.
Personal Best 400: 53.45 600: 1:30.67 800: 2:11.00
In NCAA Championship Meets
2008 OTF - 4x400m Relay (f) - 3:33.45 - 5th - All-American
2008 OTF - 400m Dash (q) - 53.79 - 18th
2008 ITF - 4x400m Relay (f) - 3:33.63 - 3rd - All-American
