Janiece Gatson

Class: Senior Hometown: Kansas City, Mo. High School: Grandview

Height: 5-10 Event: Sprints/Hurdles

2006 Outdoor: Finished second at the Ward Haylett Invitational in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:00.74 ...

2006 Indoor: Ran in three events during season for Jayhawks ... Competed primarily in 600 yard run....Recorded best time of season at Big 12 Championships, finishing seventh (1:23.43) ... Placed second at Husker Invitational (1:25.24) ... Finished third at Jayhawk Invitational (1:24.70), KU/KSU/MU Triangular (1:25.96) and K-State All-Comers (1:26.03) ... Ran 200 meters at Jayhawk Invitational, finishing ninth (25.83) ... Competed in 400 meters at ISU Classic, finishing 27th (57.18) and Arkansas Invitational, finishing 12th (58.23).

2005 Outdoor: Ran a 1:01.21 in the 400m hurdles at the Big 12 Championship, good for sixth ... Finished third in the 400m hurdles at the Kansas Relays in a time of 1:03.60 ... Won the 400m hurdles at the Tulsa Duels in a time of 1:03.26.

2005 Indoor: Finished 12th in the 400m (56.40) at Iowa State's Last Chance Meet ... Had a seventh place result in the 600y at the Big 12 Championship in a time of 1:25.01 ... Finished sixth in the 400m (56.96) at the Arkansas Invitational.

2004 Outdoor: Placed sixth at the Hurricane Invitational in the 400 (57.47) ... Finished eighth at the McDonnell Invitational.

2004 Indoor: Placed second in the 400m at the KU/KSU/MU Triangular in a time of 59.17 ... Placed seventh in the 400m (58.37) at the Jayhawk Invitational ... Recorded her best time of the season in the 400m (56.79) at the Iowa State Invitational ... Placed ninth at the Big 12 Championship in the 600 yard dash in a time of 1:25.5.

High School: Earned four letters in track and field and one in cross country ... Holds personal-best times of 24.03 (200m), 56.2 (400m) and 1:02.2 (400m hurdles) ... Competed in the Kansas Relays in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... Was a second-team all-metro selection in 2003 for head coach Charles Gilkison ... Garnered All-American honors with a sixth place finish at the 2003 USATF Junior Olympics in the 400m hurdles (1:03.59).

Personal: Born March 14, 1985 in Kansas City, Mo. ... Parents are Jeanette and George Gatson ... Has an older sister and a twin brother ... Majoring in journalism.