Denesha Morris

Class: Senior Hometown: Manchester, Jamaica High School: Manchester High

Height: 5-2 Event: Sprints

Updated Personal Results

2012 OUTDOOR
Member of First Team All-America, Big 12 champion and school record breaking 4x400-meter relay team... Took part in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/12), finishing 13^th with a time of 23.83, her fastest wind-legal mark of the season... Won the 400 meters at the Emporia State Relays (4/7), crossing the finish line with a personal-best time of 55.01... Fastest 200-meter time of the season came at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational (4/27), where she notched a wind-aided time of 23.52 and finished second... Was the runner-up in the 200 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/20), clocking in with a wind-aided time of 24.23.

2012 INDOOR

Lead-off runner for the NCAA bronze medalist and Big 12 Champion 4x400-meter relay team which ran a school record 3:31.36 at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), which ranks eighth all-time in the NCAA... Competed in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/24) where she notched a season-best time of 7.61 en route to a 14^th-place finish... Placed 15^thoverall in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/24) in which she crossed the finish line in 24.31... Won the 200 meters at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/13) crossing the finish line in a time of 24.94.

2011 OUTDOOR
Member of All-America 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) with a school-record time of 3:30.00...Competed in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) placing 15^th with a personal-best time of 55.33... Ran a personal best 11.69 100 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), placing fourth... Competed in the 100 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary, placing 45^th with a time of 12.13... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2011 INDOOR
Collected six first-place finishes in three events throughout the indoor season... Ran the fastest 60-meter and 200-meter times on the women's team... Ran a personal best 7.47 60-meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), placing first...Recorded a personal best 200-meter time at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), crossing the finish line in 23.91 to finish 11^th... Finished 17^th in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), notching a time of 7.59... Won the 400-meter dash in a time of 56.81 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Won both the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), notching times of 7.53 and 24.59, respectively.

2010 OUTDOOR
Ran the fastest 200-meter time for KU on the season with a time of 24.15 at the Razorback Invitational (3/27), placing fourth... Placed third in the 400 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (3/27) with a time of 55.44.

2010 INDOOR
Competed at the Big 12 Championships (2/26) in both the 60 and 200 meters, placing 13^th with a time of 7.67 in the 60 meters and placing 15^th in the 200 meters with a team-best time of 24.76... Placed first in the 200 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a hand-timed mark of 24.7.

HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that took first at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games... Finished second in the 200-meter dash at the 2007 CARIFTA Games... Competed at the Penn Relays in 2004 and 2006-09... Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the Penn Relays in 2008 and third in 2009... Competed at the Jamaican National Boys and Girls Championships in 2004-08... Holds a personal-best time of 23.87 in the 200-meter dash and 54.18 in the 400-meter dash.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Carlton Morris... Has three siblings: Kerry-Ann (25), Carlton Jr. (23) and Jermaine (21)... Majoring in psychology.