| Princess Joy Griffey |
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WSU CAREER. FRESHMAN (2006-07): Indoor - Opened collegiate career by setting freshman school record in winning the 60m dash with time of 7.76i at the WSU Open (1/20/07, Pullman)...next week at Cougar Indoor lowered mark to 7.56i (1/27/07, Pullman)...dropped again at Husky Classic to 7.51i (2/10/07, Seattle)...bettered mark in prelims at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships by running 7.47i, third-best time in school history, and finished fifth in final in time of 7.51i (2/24/07, Seattle)...also finished sixth in 200m at MPSF meet...ran team's top 200m time of 24.46i at Vandal Indoor (2/16/07, Moscow)...Outdoor - Ran 100m NCAA Regional Qualifying time of 11.72 at Texas Relays (4/7/07, Austin), fifth-best in school history...fastest 200m time of 24.13 came at the Johnson/Joyner-Kersee meet (4/14/07, Los Angeles)...mark is 10th-best in school history...at Pac-10 Championships, finished 12th in 100m (11.99w), 10th in 200m (24.51) and leadoff runner on sixth place 4x100m relay team (NCAA RQ 45.65)...top 400m relay time of year was 45.47 at Cougar Invite...irritated hamstring did not allow her to compete at NCAA West Regional.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned three letters in track and field at Decatur High for coach Sam Beasley...named South Puget Sound League Girls Track Athlete of the Year all three years...as a sophomore won the state 4A 100m crown (12.04) and took second in the 200m dash at the championship meet...Gators took third place at state...junior year broke West Central District and state junior 100m dash record with wind-aided time of 11.66 seconds...repeated with 100m dash state title in 2005 in a time of 11.79 and added the 200m title (24.15)...named Seattle Times and King County Journal Athlete of the Week...suffered hamstring injury during senior year so limited competition...was ill prior to state meet...placed third in 100m (12.35) at Brooks Meet of Champions (Oregon versus Washington preps) and re-injured hamstring...ran on the Flying AJ's/Art of Speed track clubs for coach Aaron Blake...at 2004 Junior Olympics placed fourth in 100m and third in 200m...fourth fastest female sprinter in Washington state history...12th fastest recruitable sprinter in the nation.
PERSONAL. Born 3/11/87 at Bacolod, Philippines...father Clyde is a retired government worker...mother Cecilia is a government worker...bothers Francis, Ezra, John and Harold...member of Honor Society and named Student of the Month three times...undecided on major at WSU.
GRIFFEY'S WSU BESTS
60m - 7.47i FSR (2007)
100m - 11.66w, 11.72 (2007)
200m - 24.13 (2007)
PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2007 100m 12th 11.99w
200m 10th 24.51
NCAA WEST REGIONAL PERFORMANCES
2007 100m DNC
