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Cox, Crystal

The Short List
  • Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Team 4x400 relay pool by placing 4th in the 400m at 2004 Olympic Trials
  • 2004 USA Indoor 200m champion
  • 6th in 200, 400 at 2003 USA Outdoors
Did You Know?
  • She gave birth to her daughter, Destiny, as a junior at the University of North Carolina and returned to the UNC track team a year later
  • Athletes she admires most include Florence Griffith-Joyner, Tudie Blake and Marie Jose Perec
  • Her brother ran track for East Carolina University and her cousin, Kenny Cox, ran for UNC
  • In high school she was a Big Sister mentor for special needs students
  • Her secret goal is to be on “American Idol”
It's Every Day

Of being a single mom, athlete and full-time student, Cox says, “You know, we all in life have paths that we have to follow, I just took a detour, a situation like this can either make or break you.”


Height: 6’ 3
Born: 28-Mar-79
Hometown: Fayetteville, N.C.
Resides: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sport: Track and Field
Event: 4x400 relay pool

 
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