Charisse Bacchus

Class: Senior Hometown: Cascade, POS Trinidad High School: Bishop Antsey

Height: 5-7 Event: Multi-Events

2005 Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the long jump , finishing 10th (20-02.00) ... Was a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished seventh at the Big 12 Championship ... Finished fourth in the long jump (21-04.00) and 10th in the heptathlon (4,790 points) at the Big 12 Championship ... Had a sixth place result in the long jump at the regional qualifier (20-07.00).

2005 Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the long jump, where she finished 10th overall (20-00.50) ... Had a third place result at the Big 12 Championship in the long jump with a leap of 20-06.25 ... That jump broke a Kansas record ... Broke her own record a week later at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a jump of 20-09.00 ... Also finished third in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championship (3,830 points).

2004 Outdoor: Finished second in the long jump at the Kansas Relays with an effort of 19-7 ... Placed fourth in the 100m hurdles at the Kansas Relays with a time of 14.13 ... Sixth in the long jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.

2004 Indoor: Placed fourth in the long jump at the Big 12 Championship (20-02.00) ... Placed fourth in the 60m hurdles (8.76) and second in the long jump (18-07.25) at the K-State All-Comers meet.

2003 Outdoor: Qualified for regionals with the fourth-best long jump mark in KU history (20-6 1/4) at the Big 12 Championship, good for third ... Finished in a season-best time of 14.53 in the 100m hurdles at the John McDonnell Invitational.

2003 Indoor: Competed in five events over six meets ... Placed sixth at the Big 12 Championship in the long jump (19-09.00) ... Recorded a season-best mark of 19-2 3/4 in the long jump at the KSU Invitational to place second ... Took first place finishes in the long jump at the MU Triangular (18-11 1/4) and Illini Classic (18-8 3/4) ... Ran a season-best time of 8.85 in the 60m hurdles at the Tyson Invitational, which was the third-fastest time in KU history.

High School: Member of the National Track and Field team Carifta 1999-2002 ... Participated in the CAC Central American and Caribbean Games in 2000 and the World Youth Games in 2001 ... Recorded personal bests of 20-3 in the long jump, 5-5 3/4 in the high jump, 14.12 in the hurdles, 28-0 1/4 in the shot put: 28-0 1/4 and 3,482 points in the pentathlon.

Personal: Born April 26, 1984, in Canada ... Parents are Phyllis and Reginald Bacchus ... Majoring in sports management.