Accolades • Second team All-American, Pentathlon (2012) • Second team All-SEC, heptathlon (2011) • NCAA Outdoor Qualifier, heptathlon (2011)
At Alabama Senior (2011-12) Indoor Season Finished ninth in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn second team All-America honors with 4,000 points ... ran a 8.53 in 60-meter hurdles at High Tide Qualifier ... set a school record in pentathlon at SEC Championships with 4,.081 points and placed eighth in 60-meter hurldes with an 8.35 ... ran 8.57 in the 60-meter hurdles at Texas A&M Invitational ... marked a season-best 8.47 in the 60-meter hurdles at the New Balance Invitational ... finished in fifth at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.63.
Senior (2010-11) Outdoor Season Qualified for the NCAA Championships heptathlon and came in 20th with 5,140 points ... was second at the SEC Championships in the heptathlon with 5,479 points to earn All-SEC honors ... posted the second best heptathlon score in UA history with 5,499 points at the Alabama Relays ... that score was also the seventh best in the nation during the season ... holds the eighth best 100-meter hurdle time at Alabama at 13.51 set with a seventh-place finish at the SEC Championships ... helped the team finish first in the Drake Relays 100-meter shuttle relay with 54.27.
Indoor Season Finished sixth in the pentathlon at the SEC Championships with 3,835 points, the second highest score in school history and 27th best mark in the country ... also scored in the 60-meter hurdles with a third-place, 8.29, finish ... was first in the Adidas Classic 60-meter hurdles with at time of 8.40.
Junior (2009-2010) Did not compete.
At Cincinnati: Sophomore (2008-09) Notched two top 10 finishes at the BIG EAST Championships in the pentathlon (3,586/6th) and the 60m hurdles (8.62/7th)...ran a personal best time of 8.50 in the 60m hurdle prelims at the conference championships...finished third at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 8.61 in the 60m hurdles.
Freshman (2007-08) Recorded a ninth-place finish in the preliminaries of the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.12 seconds and cleared 5-3 in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championships...placed 15th-place at the Sea Ray Relays with a personal best at the time of 14.01 in the 100 hurdles.
Prep and Personal Coached by Marlene Byrd...State champion in the 100m hurdles and runner-up in the 300m hurdles senior year...member of Warrensville Heights team that placed third in the state for indoor and outdoor track in 2007...finished fifth in the 100m hurdles at the 2007 AAU Junior Olympics while competing for the Cleveland Heights track club coached by Curtis Jackson...also played on the volleyball and basketball teams, earning 12 varsity letters...Parents: Timothy and Katie Eppinger...Birthday: September 17, 1989...Majoring in Criminal Justice...Sister, Sherolynn Eppinger, competes on the wrestling team for the University of Cumberlands.
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