Sophie Browne

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-8
High School:
Thayer Academy
Hometown:
Scituate, Mass.

2004-05: Second-ranked pole vaulter on team ... finished seventh at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships (2/19) and tied for eighth at the A-10 Outdoor Championships (5/7) ... cleared 8-feet, 11.75 inches at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (2/12) for her season-best during the indoor season ... her top height during the outdoor season was 9-feet, 0.25 inches set at the New Hampshire Invitational (4/9) ... also competed twice in the 100-meter hurdles during the outdoor season.

Thayer Academy: Led Thayer Academy to four New England and Independent Schools League championship titles ... named 2003 Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic ... earned 2002 ISL All-League honors ... posted a three-year regular-season undefeated streak in the pole vault ... holds the school pole vault record ... despite missing most of her senior season with a foot injury, came back to score points at the league and New England Championship meets ... coached by her father, Jeffrey Browne. Personal: Full name is Sophie Anna Browne ... daughter of Jeffrey Browne ... has one sister, Emma ... her father competed in track and field at UMass (1974-78) ... born March 3, 1986 in Boston, Mass.