In 2010-11: Indoor: Finished in fourth place in the 300 meter dash at the Clemson Invitational (1/7) with a time of 40.02…Earned 12th place in the 60 meter hurdles at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational (1/14) with a time of 8.63 seconds…Came across the line eighth in the 60 meter hurdles in 8.78 seconds at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (2/4)…Earned a third-place finish in the 200 meter dash at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/11) with a time of 25.02 seconds and a eighth-place finish in the 60 meter hurdles (8.45)…At the ACC Indoor Championships (2/24), took seventh place in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.49 seconds. Outdoor: Earned two first-place finishes at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational (3/18) in the 4×1 (45.75) and the 400 meter hurdles (58.39) and a second place finish in the 4×4 (3:49.58)…Came across the line first at the Auburn Tiger Classic (4/1) in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 59.05 seconds…Earned fifth place at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (4/21) in the 400 meter hurdles and also ninth place in the 4×4 (3:49.45)…Took first place at the Penn Relays (4/28) in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 58.11 seconds…Also, earned first place in the 400 meter hurdles at the UNF Osprey Invitational (5/13) with a time of 57.64 seconds.
In 2009-10: Indoor: Finished eighth in the 300 meters with a time of 41.32 at the Roaring Tiger Invitational (12/4) … Came across in 32nd place with a time of 2:34.74 in the 800 meters at the Kentucky Invitational (1/15-16). Outdoor: Finished second in the 400 meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech-Georgia Dual Meet (3/19) with a time of 1:03.72 … At the Tiger Track Classic (4/2), finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02.12) … Ran a 1:00.87 in the 400 meter hurdles to finish ninth at the ACC Outdoor Championships (4/15) … Placed first in the 400 meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech-Clemson-KSU Double Dual Meet (5/1) with a time of 59.58 and was the third leg of the first-place 4×400 relay team (3:49.08) … Finished second in the 400 meter hurdles (1:00.01) at the Georgia Invitational (5/8) … Ran a time of 58.11 seconds in the 400 meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational (5/14) to place eighth … Placed 20th at the NCAA East Regional (5/25) with a time of 59.26.
In 2008-09: Indoor: Participated in four events on the indoor season … had a fourth place finish in the 300m dash at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 40.43 … Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships in the 400m hurdles with a career best time of 59.02 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … mark was also a team-best for the outdoor season … part of a 4×400 relay team that posted a team best time of 3:44.45 at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
In 2007-08: Ran a leg of the NCAA East Region qualifying 4×100-meter relay team that finished with a season-best time of 45.16 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Tallied a personal-best and NCAA Regional qualifying mark of 59.02 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Ran a leg of the NCAA East Region Championships qualifying 4×400-meter relay team that placed fourth at the ACC Outdoor Championships with an outdoor season-best time of 3:41.45 … Placed sixth in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor meet with a time of 59.05 … Clocked a season-best time of 25.25 in the 200m at the ACC Indoor Championships … Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay team that finished with a season-best time of 3:47.87 at the ACC meet … Crossed the line in a time of 56.98 in the 400m at the Tiger Invitational … Helped the DMR team finish with a season-best time of 12:23.07 at the VT Elite meet.
High School: Four-year letter winner in track & field under coach Matthew Hogan at McNair Academic high school … Winner of the Nike Outdoor 400-meter hurdles in 2006 … New Jersey state champion in 400m hurdles in [apos]06 … Three-time All-American (400m hurdles) … Ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 400m hurdles in high school … Holds the 400m hurdles group state record … Finished sixth at USA National Junior Championships running a personal-record in 400m hurdles (59.16) … Set seven Hudson County records … 2006-07 Hudson Reporter Female Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Born Leslie Njoku on May 30, 1989 in Hoboken, N.J. … Daughter of Anthony and Beatrice Njoku … Has two sisters, Jennifer and Nina and one brother, Anthony … Intends to major in industrial engineering.
