Todea-Kay Willis and Paige Orcutt earned event titles for Minnesota.
Career Highlights: Set the school record in the outdoor 400 meters (53.55) in 2011 • anchored the 4x400 relay team that set a new school record (3:38.03) at the 2011 Big Ten Outdoor Championships • All-Big Ten Second Team in 2010 • three-time NCAA West Prelims competitor • ranks second in school history in the indoor 400m, 600m, and indoor and outdoor 800m • ran the second leg of Trinidad and Tobago's second-place 4x400m relay at the 2012 NACAC U23 Championships • Academic All-Big Ten.
2013 Season - Indoor: Placed fifth in the 600 meters at the Big Ten Championships with a season-best time of 1:30.44 • anchored the fourth-place 4x400m relay team that posted the second-fastest time in school history (3:40.99) • also part of the fourth-place distance medley, Minnesota's eighth-best of all time (11:17.94) • earned Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week honors after she finished second in the 800m at the Meyo Invitational with Minnesota's second-fastest time ever (2:06.24) • won the 800m at the Bison Classic • won the 600m at the Jack Johnson Classic • ran the 400m at the Iowa State Classic with the Gophers' fastest race of the season (55.06) • part of the winning distance medley relay at the Meyo Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 15th in the 800 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (2:06.25) • placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships (2:09.70) • ran the second-best 800m time in school history to finish second at the Alabama Invite (2:05.82) • won the 400m at the Arkansas Invite (55.34) • season-best 400m was 54.14 at LSU • also a member of the Gophers' 4x400m relay and Drake Relays-winning distance medley relay.
2012 Season - Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Returned to the track with a third-place finish in the 400 meters at the Bulldog Invitational (54.08) • NCAA regional qualifier in the 400m and 4x400m relay • anchored the 4x400m relay team that placed seventh at the Big Ten Championships with the fourth-best time in Minnesota history (3:38.85) • also competed in the 400m at the Big Ten meet • placed fourth in the 400m at the Steve Scott Invitational (55.01) • led off second-place 4x400 at the Bulldog Invitational (3:39.22) • Academic All-Big Ten.
2011 Season - Indoor: Won the Minnesota Open in the 400m with a time of 55:30 • sprinted to a second place finish at the Meyo Invite clocking in at 54.51 • came in third at the Big Ten championships after finishing with a time of 55:04 • took third at the Jack Johnson Classic in the 600m with a time of 1:30.68 • anchored the 4x400 relay team that took first at the Minnesota Open with a time of 3:51.65 • also anchored the relay team that finished third at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 3:43.41 • ran the second leg in the Distance Medley Relay at the Meyo Invite (11:12.34) that took second overall. Outdoor: Set the school record in the 400 meters with a time of 53.55 at the Jim Click Shootout •anchored the 4x400 relay team that set a new school record (3:38.03) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships • ran a season best time of 24.96 in the 200 meters at the Mesa Classic • ran the fourth leg of the 4x100 relay team that finished third at the Big Ten Championships •had a season best time of 2:08.18 in the 800 meters at the Sun Angel Classic.
2010 Season - Indoor: Earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors in both the 600 meters and the distance medley relay • the Big Ten runner-up in the 600m (1:29.26) • ran the third leg of the second-place DMR at Big Ten meet • also anchored Gophers' fifth-place 4x400m relay • DMR ran two NCAA provisional times, topped by a winning time of 11:15.70 at Meyo Invitational • competed in four meets • top time in 800 meters was 2:10.65 at Iowa State Classic.Outdoor:Competed in six meets • NCAA West Prelim competitor in the 800 meters (2:10.85, 37th) • placed ninth in 800m at the Big Ten Championships • clocked season-best time in the prelims (2:09.39) • ran third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that placed fifth in Big Ten meet • ran second leg in Drake Relays champion 4x800m relay • ran third leg on spring medley relay that set school record (3:54.99) at Drake • varsity letterwinner.
International: Captured silver medals in the 800 meters (2:08.97) and 4x400m relay for Trinidad & Tobago at the 2010 Carifta Games • represented Trinidad & Tobago at the 2009 Pan-American games • finished seventh in the 800 meters (2:12.21), with a faster time (2:10.38) in prelims • also competed in the 4x400-meter relay.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Diego Martin Gov't Secondary • member of the Memphis Pioneer Track and Field Club • played netball (captain), basketball, and cricket.
Personal: Born Nov. 14, 1991 • kinesiology major • daughter of John Brooks • has siblings Nicole, Alicia and Anthony.
