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DEIRDRE A. MULLEN
High Jump (1.92m)
Deirdre Mullen established herself as one of the top high jumpers in the country during here UConn career as she earned All-America honors four times and was a 2004 Olympic Trials qualifier.Mullen earned her fourth All-America honors in the high jump at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championship with a sixth-place mark of 1.84 meters (6 feet, 1.25 inches), marking only the second time a UConn women’s track and field performer has garnered four All-America honors. During the 2004 outdoor season, she also broke her own school record at the NCAA East Regionals with a jump of 1.88 meters (6-2) to place second and earned her first outdoor title at the ECAC Championship.
Mullen received her third All-America honor in the high jump with a third-place mark of 1.86 meters (6-1.25) at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championship to match her career-best and earned her third consecutive titles at both the ECAC and New England Championship in the high jump and claimed a second straight high jump title at the BIG EAST Championship. Mullen was undefeated for the entire indoor season prior to the NCAA Championship, taking first place at a total of nine meets. She set a new career-best mark at the20Adidas Boston Indoor Games (1.86 meters) and later matched=2 0it at the NCAA Championships; the mark ranked in a tie for fifth-best jump in the country at the end of the season.
As a junior, Mullen earned her second All-America title in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.80 meters (5-10.75) at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championship as she claimed her second ECAC title and first BIG EAST title. Mullen won the BIG EAST honor with a career-best jump of 1.84 meters (6-0.50) and was named the Mondo Northeast Region Women’s Athlete of the Year.
During the 2002 outdoor season, Mullen qualified for the NCAA Championship, where she finished 12th with a leap of 1.75 meters (5-8.75). She earned seven victories during the season including BIG EAST and New England Championships.
Mullen garnered her first All-America honors with a fifth-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Indoor Championship. Her jump of 1.80 meters (5-10.75) at the championship matched a season-best set en route to a first-place finish at the ECAC Championship a week earlier. Overall, Mullen had 10 top-five finishes during her sophomore indoor season.
A native of Princeton, N.J.
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