Rejoins the team after taking two years off to focus on academics.
2005 Outdoor: A very successful season of debuts in her new events...Lifetime debut in the 400mH of 67.23 at Duke, made the Titan top 10 at #6...Claimed the 400mH rookie record at Bucknell running a 65.85 and lowered it to 63.87 (#4 Titan) at the Paddock Invite...In between, she scored 3,281 points in her heptathlon debut at Hillsdale...Competed in both events at the Horizon League championships...Finish fourth in the multi's at 3,899 (#2 Titan) that included her 800m PR of 2:21.6 and was fifth in the 400mH (64.93).
Indoor: Won team Rookie of Year Award...Opened her career in the 800m wih a time of 2:24.10 at the Golden Flash Gala, the best Titan rookie debut in the event...Pentathlon debut at the Michigan Intercollegiate scoring 2,354, fouled in her Long Jump debut, leaving her just 20 points shy of a rookie pentathlon record...Claimed rookie record in the 600m of 1:38.82 at the Windsor Team Challenge, which also ranked as the #3 Titan 600m...At the conference championships, she made the final of the 800m running a PR of 2:21.77 after warming up with the #6 Titan 60mH (9.75).
High School: 2004 Michigan Division 2 ninth place in the 800m and high jump qualifier...2003 Michigan Division 2 runner-up in 4x400m and third place in 4x800m.
Personal: Full name is Amanda Jo Smith...Born: November 29, 1985...Daughter of Lori Ackerman and Sam Smith...Majoring in nursing with a 3.605 GPA.
Personal Records:
600m 1:38.82 #4 Titan
800m 2:21.6
400mH 63.87 #4 Titan
Heptathlon 3,899 #3 Titan
