Kandance Ferguson Class: Graduate Student Hometown: East Elmhurst, N.Y. High School: Milton Hershey (Pa.) Last College: Georgetown Height: 5-5 Event: Sprints/XC Eligibility: XC/In/Out

GU PR's
200m: 24.41
300m: 39.55
400m: 53.73
400m Relay: 53.1
500m: 1:12.31
800m Relay: 2:09.3

2007 Indoor: Finished third in both the 60m (7.88) and the 200m (25.29) at the Bison Opener... Finished first in the 400m (56.43) at the Father Diamond Invitational, qualifying for the IC4A Championships in the event.

2006 Outdoor: 12th in 400m at NCAA Regional Championships (54.19)... Anchored in 53.1 to help the Hoyas finish eighth at NCAA East Regional in the 4x400m Relay (3:38.53)... Member of the runner-up 4x400m Relay at Georgia Tech Invitational (3:40.06)... Finished fifth in the 400m at the Georgia Tech Invite with a time of 53.88... Earned runner-up honors in the 400m at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships with a new personal record (53.73)... Member of fourth place 4x400 at the conference championships (3:40.54)... Split 2:09.3 on second leg of the fourth place 4x800 Championship of America at the Penn Relays Carnival... Winner of the Long Beach Invitational 200m dash (24.92).

2006 Indoor: Fourth in 500m at ECAC Indoor Championships (1:12.31)... Member of second place ECAC Indoor 4x400 relay (3:43.75)... Fourth in 400m at Big East Indoor Championships (55.91)... Winner of the Penn State Invitational in 500m (1:13.58)... Posted top collegiate time in the 300m at the Virginia Tech Invitational in 39.45, setting a new personal record and breaking her own previous school record.

2005 Outdoor: 14th in 400m at NCAA Regional Championships (54.56)... Part of the NCAA Regional 11th place 4x400m Relay (3:41.00)... Took third place in the 400m at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (54.77)... Member of second place 4x400 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships... Ran 400m leg of DMR squad that placed sixth at the Penn Relays (55.6)... Member of the fourth place 4x400m Relay at Georgia Tech Invitational (3:42.04)... Earned runner-up honors at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (53.88).

2005 Indoor: Member of fifth place distance medley relay squad at the Indoor NCAA Championships (11:12.40), earning her first All-American honor... Fourth in the 500m at the ECAC Indoor Championships (1:12.70)... Member of winning BIG EAST Indoor Championship 4x400 team (3:47.37)... Runner-up in 400m at BIG EAST Indoor Championships (55.78)... Third in 500m at the Penn State Invitational (1:14.66).

2004 Indoor: Claimed fifth place in the 60m (8.05) at the Bison Opener... Earned third place in the 4x400m (3:50.03) at the Father Diamond Invitational... Third in the 4x400m (3:43.76) at the Penn State Invitational... Third-place finisher in the 300m dash (40.22) at PSU... Set school-record with an eighth place finish in 4x400m relay (3:56.25) at Meyo Invitational.

Prep: Attended Leroy Galloway High School before graduating from Milton Hershey High School... Competed in both track and field hockey during her high school career... State Champion in the 4x400m relay in 2000-03... State champion in the 200m in both 2002 and 2003... 2002 and 2003 State 4x100m champion... 2003 state champion in the 100m... Member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society... Named the Rotary Club Student of the Month.

Personal: Born on Dec. 12, 1985... Parents are David and Dominique Ferguson... Has three siblings, Nadia, 23, Westley, 18, and Yardleigh, 10... Pursuing her master's in health systems management, information systems... Likes to crochet and play field hockey... 2003 graduate of Milton Hershey High School.