2009 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Leija, Jasmine
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Jasmine Leija
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Otay Ranch
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
Bio
At USC:
Jasmine Leija begins her second and final season as a cross country runner for USC after transferring from Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif in the spring of 2007...2008: Eased into competition at USC by running in every other regular season meet for the Trojans...In her first race for USC she placed 93rd with a time of 20:15.70 at the UC Irvine Invitational on Sept. 6...In her only 6K race of the season, placed 34 at the Pepperdine Invitational on Oct. 4...Her last race of the season was at the Fullerton Invitational on Oct. 24 and she came in 40th with a season-best time of 19:33.20. 2007: Ran for USC during the 2007-08 track and field season...had a best of 4:52.94 in the 1500m at the Long Beach Invitational on April 19 and 11:15.56 in the 3000m at the Trojan Relays on March 1.
College:
Ran cross country at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif. and helped lead her team to a fifth-place finish at the 2007 Pacific Coast Conference Championships...Was named first-team All-League.
High School:
Leija graduated from Otay Ranch High in Chula Vista in 2006...Ran cross country and track all four years and was a point guard on the basketball team for two seasons...Was the team captain for cross country, track and basketball...Was her team[apos]s MVP in cross country from 2004-06 and for basketball in 2004 and 2005...In 2003 was voted the most inspirational runner in cross country, the 2004-06 Outstanding Athlete of the Year in track and field, received the 2005 Coach Award for cross country and the 2006 Coach Award for track...Helped lead Chula Vista to the South Bay track Championship from 2004-06, earning first-team selection three times...Was a 2003-06 All-South Bay first team member in cross country...Named senior Athlete of the Year for 2005-06.
Personal:
Jasmine was born on Sept. 21, 1988 in San Diego, Calif...Is a SPPD (School of Policy, Planning & Development-Real Estate) major at USC...Her sister DaShea graduated from USC in 2006...Loves to watch football, basketball and baseball in her free time...Likes Mexican and Thai food.
Trojans Live: Lucy Westlake (9/12/22)
Monday, September 12
