Personal Best   800-meter:          2:15.80
                400-meter hurdles:  1:01.90

Rhode Island:

2002:Helped lead the 4 X 400 relay team to a second place finish at the Atlantic 10 outdoor Championships...Ran legs on both the indoor and outdoor 4 X 800 squads that finished at the conference championship meets...Helped 4 X 800 relay team finish 3rd at the ECAC Indoor Championship.2001:Helped lead 4 X 400 team to gold at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships...Also finished 3rd in the 500 at the same meet...Led 4 X 800 relay team to silver at the New England Indoor Championship...2000: Helped lead 4 X 400 team to Atlantic 10 gold indoors and placed 3rd in the 500...Finished 2nd in the 400 intermediate hurdles at the Atlantic 10 Championships.

High School: Named Athlete-of-the-Year for Passaic County, N.J. ...selected to Passaic County track and field All-Century team...Athlete-of-the-Year and Scholar-Athlete at Clifton High...all-state, all-county and all-league...captained the indoor and outdoor track teams...played soccer.

Personal:Born Natalie Alexandra Popowicz 6/30/81 to Joseph and Diane Popowicz...Majoring in exercise science...Has plans of attending graduate school and get a masters in occupational therapy...A member of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society and Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athletic Honor Society...A Dean's List student every semester at URI...Also a member of RAM Choices, a campus group advocating intelligent alcohol use among student-athletes...A previous member of the Student Athletic Advisory Board (SAAC)...Has visited Jamaica and Mexico...Favorite hobbies are rollerblading and snowboarding.