Andree Pickens

Be encouraged ~ one day at a time

May 7, 2008 7:31 pm

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World Leader In Women’s Pole Vault To Compete At Drake Relays

April 23, 2008 7:55 pm

2008 DRAKE RELAYS RELEASE #16

DES MOINES, IOWA — April Steiner, who has vaulted a 2008 world best 15 feet 2.25 inches, heads the list of athletes scheduled to compete in the women’s pole vault during the Saturday, April 26 session of the 99th annual Drake Relays.

Steiner, who captured a silver medal in the 2007 Pan American Games, set her world leading mark last Saturday to win the Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla.

The field also includes 2004 Olympian Jillian Schwartz; Andree’ Pickens, who was ranked No. 10 in the U.S. last year; and former NCAA champion Kate Conwell.

Steiner ranked No. 4 in the U.S. last year, placed fifth at the 2008 U.S. Indoor Championships and the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Steiner became the first woman in the Southeastern Conference to clear 13 feet indoors in 2001, while competing for Arkansas.

Schwartz, who won the Drake Relays invitational pole vault in 2002 and 2005, is a three-time runner-up in the U.S. Outdoor Championships (2002, 2004, 2006).

She also was second at the recent U.S. Indoor Championships and competed in the 2008 World Indoor Championships.

After placing second at the 2004 U.S. Indoor Championships, she had a career best of 15-1 at the 2004 World Indoor Championships to place fourth while becoming the fifth American ever to clear 15 feet. Schwartz was third at the 2007 Drake Relays.

Pickens, who was second at the 2007 Drake Relays, already has won four meets this year: Saluki Invitational, Indiana Relays, Arkansas State Classic and Alabama Relays.

She owns a pers Pickens was sixth at the 2007 U.S. Indoor Championships and ninth at the 2007 U.S. Outdoor Championships.

Conwell owns a personal best of 14-3.5 set in 2005 while competing for Washington. She won the 2005 NCAA outdoor pole vault title.

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Community Outreach ~ Nettelton Intermediate Center

7:52 pm

Nettleton Intermediate Center
Jonesboro, AR
April 16, 2008

Rally for Excellence
Bench Mark Testing

Desire to Achieve

you can…do anything
you can…be anything
just believe…to achieve it!

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Thought for the Month

April 17, 2008 10:22 am

On April 28, 1931, women’s track and field events were approved for the Olympics.

It was not until the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games that women’s pole vault was allowed as an exhibition event. The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games hosted the first Olympic women’s pole vault event.

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New Sponsors for the 2008 Road to Beijing

9:55 am

A special thank you to Deliverance Family Worship Center for joining in and supporting the dream. I know that my passion for the pole vault and my will to succeed has touched your hearts and this will be an exciting journey together. Thank you for believing in me.

Deliverance Family Worship Center
~ Corporate Olympic Dream Sponsor ~

Danita Webb
~ Bronze Medalist Sponsor~

Michael & Jamie Alford
~ Hope Sponsor ~

Danny & Michelle Dean
~ Hope Sponsor ~

Walleon & Sharon Bobo
~ Hope Sponsor ~

Nicolette Payne
~ Hope Sponsor ~

Member of the church
~ Hope Sponsor ~

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Lloydwood Middle School

9:34 am

Lloyd Wood Middle School
Tuscaloosa, AL
March 28,2008

Rally for Excellence
SAT 10 & Alabama Reading and Math Testing

DESIRE TO ACHIEVE

Lloyd Wood Middle School Student
Kendra, committed to success

Lloyd Wood Middle School
Assistant Principal Perry, Principal Hurst, myself and Coach Phillips

A note from Principal Hurst

Ms. Pickens,

I would like thank you for encouraging our students to reach for the stars on their Standardized Test. It was a great joy for me to witness someone who have made major accomplishments in their life “give back” to the community. The students, parents, and faculty and staff were truly mesmerized by speech. Keep up the good work, stay focused, and keep God first.

G. Hurst

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Get your t-shirt before they are sold out

March 23, 2008 6:50 pm

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What’s new

6:47 pm

For the last two and a half weeks I have been in Stockton, CA training with the group of athletes at Tri-Valley Athletics, formerly Tiger Bar Sports.

Encouraged by the Bell Athletics guru Earl himself, to make the trip out to Northern California. I came to Stockton with an open mind, ready to make some changes to my run to become a better pole vaulter. As we all know change is a process, nothing happens over night, progress is being made. It has been a great experience, learning from Dan Pfaff about running mechanics and how it transfers over to speed on the runway. I am excited to see these changes take place through out this season.

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Thought for the Month

March 14, 2008 10:27 am

I dream, therefore I become.

~ Cheryl Renee Grossman

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Community Outreach ~ Nettleton JHS

February 29, 2008 4:53 am

Nettleton, Junior High School
Jonesboro, AR
February 27, 2008

Black History

TO DREAM, TO DO , TO TRUST
Don’t live your life limited by the the content of your skin, but run the race of life through the content of your character.