University of Houston Athletics
CenterPoint Athlete of the Week
9/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
Sept. 25, 2006
2006
Was seventh at the Hawaii Big Wave Classic with a time of 15:55... Finished fourth at the Cougar Classic with Jessica Cook.
2005
Competed with Kelcee Keenan at the Texas A&M Relays and finished sixth... Was 22nd at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 18:52.00... Recorded a 15th place finish at the Hawaii Big Wave Classic... A Top-10 finisher at the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Invitational... Finished in 10th place at the Conference USA Cross Country Championships... Was 90th at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships.
2004
Competed in seven events...Best finish came at Rice Relays when she combined with Shawna Florida for sixth place...Also finished ninth at the Rice Invitational and 15th at the Hawaii Big Wave Classic.
High School
First team all-state and all-conference in cross country...Named an all-star, team MVP and received team's 110-percent award...Also selected the most valuable distance runner award in track...Earned first team all-conference honors in track...Named a Principal's Honor Roll all four years...Academic excellence award, member of the key club, Mu Alpha Theta, and French Club.
Personal
Born on February 14, 1987, in Casablanca, Morocco...Daughter of Nouria Bennouna and Mohamed Hallal..Major is undecided...Chose Houston over USF, University of Jacksonville, UAB, and Eastern Tennessee State...Hobbies include dancing, running and hanging out.
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