2004 Olympian; 2002 World Junior champion; 2002 USA Junior champion; 2002 NCAA Outdoor champion; 1999 Pan Am junior champion; 2003 SEC Indoors 4x400m champion; 2003 NCAA Indoor 400m champion

Known primarily as a 400m hurdler, Demus exhibited the ability to run the open 400m with her win at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships. Demus hopes to follow the footsteps of Kim Batten and Tonja Buford-Bailey as America’s next great 400m hurdler. Demus broke her own World Junior record by clocking 54.70 to win the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica--her effort broke her own World Junior record set in June at the NCAAs – 54.85. Demus led from wire-to-wire in Kingston, winning by almost a second and a half. As a South Carolina freshman in 2002, Demus anchored the Gamecocks 4x400m relay squad of Tiffany Ross, Tacita Bass and Demetria Washington to the 2002 NCAA title in the new collegiate record time of 3:26.46. She ran the second leg of the Gamecocks 2002 NCAA Indoor champion 4x400m relay team (3:30.36) with Tacita Bass, Shevon Stoddart and Demetria Washington. A sensational high school athlete, Demus was named a 2001 Track and Field News All-American in five events (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4x100, 4x400, sprint medley). She set the national record in 300m hurdles (39.00). Demus was a member of her high school’s 4x400m relay that set the national record her freshman and senior seasons, also she won state titles as a senior in the 100m hurdles and the 4x100m relay.

2004: 3rd at Olympic Trials 400mH (53.43)…5th in semi finals at Olympic Games (54.32)…1st in 400m at Atlanta (51.70)…1st in 400mH at Columbia, S.C. (54.87)…3rd in 100mH at SEC Championships (13.08)…SEC Champion in 400mH (54.50)…1st in 400mH at Gainesville (54.77)…1st in 400mH at Columbia (54.87)…ranked #10 in the world (#4 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 53.40 (400mH) & 51.41 (400m).

2003: 8th at USA Outdoors (59.05)…1st in semifinal at USA Outdoors (55.65)… 1st in 400m at NCAA Indoors (51.79)…2nd at SEC Indoors 400m (52.91)…2nd in 4x400m relay at NCAA Indoors (3:28.25)…1st in Los Angeles Outdoors (55.92)…best of 55.65…ranked #9 in U.S. by T&FN.

2002: U.S. Junior champion (56.35)…NCAA Outdoor champ (54.85)…World Junior champ (54.70)…2nd at SEC Outdoors…anchored South Carolina women’s 4x400m relay team to an NCAA record (3:26.46) at NCAA Outdoors…ran second leg on USC’s NCAA Indoor 4x400m relay championship team (3:30.36)…ranked #9 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 54.70.

2001: 5th at USA Outdoors (56.51)…8th in semis at WUGs…ranked #8 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 55.76…

2000: Best of 40.41 (HS).

1999: USA Junior champion (57.95)…1st at Pan American Juniors…best of 57.04, 40.44 (HS).

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