Joy Ganes

Position:
High Jump
Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bay Shore, N.Y.
High School:
Bay Shore

In 2000: Placed 2nd at the USC Invitational in the high jump with a height of 5-9 3/4...Won the high jump at each USCTFS meet in Chapel Hill with leaps of 5-8 and 5-6, respectively... Finished 2nd at the ACC Championships with a jump of 5-10 3/4... Won the high jump (5-9 1/4) at the Penn Relays...Had a jump of 5-10 1/2 to win the Carolina Classic...Placed 1st at the Gatorade Twilight Meet with a leap of 5-8...Ended the season with a 3rd place finish at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a jump of 5-10 1/2

In 1999: Earned All-America outdoor honors in the high jump ... Moved to fourth place all-time in indoor school history by high jumping 6-0 at the Virginia Tech Pepsi Invitational ... Took ninth place in the NCAA Championships, jumping 6-0 ... Competed in the USA Indoor Championships and finished sixth with a mark of 5-11 * ... Won the ACC Indoor Championship in the high jump with a mark of 5-11 * ... Finished 11th in the conference in the triple jump with a leap of 37-10 * ... In outdoor, moved into a tie for fourth for the school record in the high jump with a mark of 5-11 * in the Raleigh Relays ... Won the ACC outdoor high jump title with a leap of 5-10 * ... Took sixth place in the high jump at the NCAA Championships with a jump of 5-11 * and earned the previously mentioned All-America honors

In 1998: Had a sensational year as a freshman, winning the ACC title in the high jump at both the indoor and outdoor championships ... Won the indoor title with a 5-8 1/2 mark and took the outdoor crown with a height of 5-8 ... Equaled her career-best with a 5-10 1/2 height at the USTCA Cup in Chapel Hill during the outdoor season ... Also cleared 5-10 1/2 during the indoor season at the ACC-SEC Nike Challenge in Gainesville, Fla. ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships indoors and finished ninth clearing the bar at 5-10 ... Earned All-America honors with that jump.

Prep: Ranked 12th nationally among high schoolers in 1997 with a height of 5-10 in Track and Field News ... Jumped 5-10 1/2 at the Empire State games ... Named to Track and Field News' High School All-America Team.

Personal: Born Joy LaToia Ganes on May 10, 1979 ... Daughter of Shirley and David Ganes...Earned the Wachovia Woman of the Week award in 2000… Made the ACC Honor Roll and the Dean’s list… Member of student congress… Majoring in Business and Political Science.