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  Benita Kurtz

Benita Kurtz

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Augusta, Ga.

High School:
Cross Creek

Height:
5-6

Event:
Sprints

05/10/2013

Eighty-Three UGA Student-Athletes to Graduate Friday

Eighty-Three UGA Student-Athletes to Graduate Friday

10/17/2012

Georgia Track & Field Cheers On Participants At `In Their Shoes' Cancer Walk

Georgia Track & Field Cheers On Participants At `In Their Shoes' Cancer Walk

07/12/2012

UGA Leads SEC Academic Honor Roll List

UGA Leads SEC Academic Honor Roll List

06/04/2012

296 Student-Athletes Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll

296 Student-Athletes Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll

02/09/2012

Bulldog Track & Field Has Final Tune-Up Before SEC Championships

Bulldog Track & Field Has Final Tune-Up Before SEC Championships

2012: Outdoor - Finished fourth in the 100-meter dash (12.30) at the Georgia Relays.

2012: Indoor - Ran her first 60-meter dash of the season and finished 44th in the prelims with a time of 8.03 at the Tiger Paw Invitational.

2011: Outdoor - Earned runner-up honors in the 400 (12.38) at the Georgia-Missouri dual meet.

2011: Indoor - Clocked a personal-best 8.13 in the 60-meter dash at the Tiger Paw Invite.

High School: Earned the High Point Award and Leadership Award in track as a junior in 2008...Also the High Point Award winner as a sophomore...Named Best on the Track as a senior...Personal-best times of 11.9 in the 100-meter dash and 25.02 in the 200...Named the AAU Athlete of the Year in 2007...Also played basketball at Cross Creek, receiving the Coca-Cola Outstanding Academic Athlete Performance Award in 2008 and 2009 and being named the Most Improved Player in 2006...An Honors graduate who graduated third out of 280 classmates...Member of National Honor Society and Beta Club.

Personal: Born March 2, 1991...Daughter of Kelvin and Sonja Ruffin...Father, Kelvin, played basketball for the Army...Majoring in Psychology.

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