- Leah
- Nugent
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- Event
- Sprints/Hurdles
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- Class
- Sophomore
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- High School/Other
- Abington Senior
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- Hometown
- Abington, Pa.
Updated: July 24, 2013
2013 Outdoor: Earned All-ACC honors in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing third at 59.22 ... Clocked a season best time of 58.47 in the prelims ... Finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles at the ACC Championship with a time of 13.79 ... Produced her best all-conditions times of the season in the 100-meter hurdles at the Bob Pollock Invitational with marks of 13.63 in the prelims and 13.67 in the finals ... Had a season best time in the 100-meter hurdles of 13.77 at the Hurricane Invitational in the season opening meet ... Competed in the 100 (13.85) and 400 (61.10) meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
2013 Indoor: Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the ACC Championship (8.50) ...Posted a season best of 8:35 in the 60 meter-hurdles at the Hokie Invitational ... Clocked in at 8.39 in the prelims of the VT Elite Meet .. Ran a time of 8.43 in the prelims at the VT Qualifier ... Was on the 4x400 relay team that took fifth at the ACC Championship (3:42.45).
2012 Outdoor: Ran an all conditions season best 13.65 in the 100 meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Round and also competed in the 400 meter hurdles (1:00.17) at the East Prelims … Clocked a wind legal season best in the 100 meter hurdles (13.72) at NC A&T’s Aggie Classic … Scored points at the ACC Championship in the 100 meter hurdles (seventh, 14.05) and 400 meter hurdles (eighth, 1:04.30) … Ran a wind-aided 13.83 in the prelims of the 100 meter hurdles at the ACC Meet and 1:00.29 in the prelims of the 400 meter hurdles … Notched a season best in the 400 meter hurdles at the Florida Relays (59.68) … Fourth in the 100 meter hurdles at Georgia Tech’s Yellow Jacket Invitational (13.88) … Won the 100 meter hurdles (14.33) and ran on the winning 4x100 meter relay (45.81) at the Miami Hurricane Invitational.
2012 Indoor: Anchored the sixth place 4x400 meter relay team at the ACC Championship (3:46.70) … Also competed in the 60 meter hurdles (8.73) and 400 meters (57.88) at the ACC Meet … Runner-up in the open section of the 400 meters at the VT Elite Meet (57.20) … Notched season bests in the 300 meters (41.53), 400 meters (57.17), 500 meters (1:21.43) and 60 meter hurdles (8.49).
High School: Won the outdoor 300m intermediate hurdles in a state-record time of 41.10 seconds at the Pennsylvania Class 3A state championship meet in 2011 … Helped Abington Senior H.S. to a second-place finish as a team … Anchored the 4x400-meter relay to a state championship in another state-record time of 3:46.20 … State-meet performance in the 300 hurdles ranked as the nation’s No. 3 mark among prep competition in 2011 ... Eight-time All-American overall…Won the 400-meter hurdles at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in 2011 … Penn Relays 400m hurdles high school champion in 2010 … Named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year as a senior.
Personal: Born on November 23, 1992 … Daughter of Errol and Kim Nugent … Has two brothers, Jorrel and Devin … Older brother, Jorrel, competed in track & field for Millersville (Pa.) University ... Plans on majoring in biological sciences.
Nugent's Collegiate Track & Field Bests | |
Indoor | Outdoor |
300m: 41.53 | 200m: 25.02 |
400m: 57.17 | 100m Hurdles: 13.72 (13.63w) |
500m: 1:27.95 | 400m Hurdles: 58.47 |
60m Hurdles: 8.35 | |
w - denotes wind aided |