Candace Doby

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Columbia, N.C.
High School:
Richland Northeast

2002: In indoor, earned sixth place in the 200-meter at Last Chance, running 26.76 ... In outdoor, earned PR in 200-meter in preliminaries at ACC Championship (26.46) ... Took 11th place in 200-meter (26.65) and fifth place in 400-meter (59.15) at UNC Classic ... Finished third in 400-meter at UNC Invitational

2001: In indoor, ran in the 400-meter preliminaries at the ACC Championship with a time of 59.14 ... In outdoor, competed in the 200-meter and 400-meter regularly ... Had a seventh place finish at the Challenge Cup in the 400-meter

2000: Ran competitively in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter as well as the relays.

Prep: Member of South Carolina All-State Team ... Named All-Region ... Captain of high school team ... Member of the 1998 400-meter relay State Championship team ... 400-meter school record holder ... Student Body President ... Member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society ... Graduated in the top five percent of her class.

Personal: Born September 16, 1981 ... Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Alfred E. Doby ... Grandfather’s cousin, Larry Doby, was the first African-American to play in the American League in 1947 ... Double majoring in Journalism and Mass Communication and English