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2008-09 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Middle Distance
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Tallinn, Estonia
    Hometown
  • 5'9
    Height
  • Tallinn Music High School
    High School
  • Nebraska
    Previous School
Egle Uljas
Egle Uljas
Middle Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Tallinn, Estonia
Hometown

Summary

Biography

2008: Clocked a personal-best time of 24.37 in the outdoor 200 meters...Also finished with season-best times of 2:06.32 in the indoor 800 meters and 2:08.94 in the outdoor 800 meters...Holds Estonia national records in the outdoor 400 meters (51.91) and 4x400-meter relay (3:36.82), and in the indoor 300 meters (38.19), 600 yards (1:18.44), 600 meters (1:28.42), 800 meters (2:04.39) and 1,000 meters (2:44.51).

2007: Set a new personal-best time and new Estonia national record in the indoor 800 meters with a time of 2:04.39...Participated in the European Indoor Championships, in Birmingham, England, with a time of 2:07.93...Clocked a season-best 53.66 in the indoor 400 meters...Finished with a season-best time of 2:03.07 in the 800 meters in Thessaloniki, Greece.

2006 (Nebraska): Set the Estonia national record in the 600 yards with a time of 1:18.44...Time ranks as the fourth-fastest all-time, one second off the world record of 1:17.38...Finished 13th at the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters with a time of 2:07.16...Entered the NCAA Championships ranked seventh in the nation in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:05.30...Twice was named the Big 12 Women[apos]s Track and Field Athlete of the Week...She first earned the weekly honor after breaking the Nebraska and Estonia national records in the 800 meters with a time of 2:05.30...Her second weekly award came after she set Nebraska and Big 12 records in the indoor 600 meters with a time of 1:28.42.

2005 (Nebraska): Provided a boost in the middle distance and relay events in her first year at Nebraska...Competed at the IAAF World Championships for Estonia in the 400 meters, running a 32nd-place time of 52.94 during the qualifying round...Ran in the prelims of the 800 meters at the European Junior Championships, but her time of 2:05.73 did not qualify for the finals...Advanced to the 800-meter finals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and led until the final straightaway...Was disqualified after falling 30 meters from the finish line and taking out another competitor...Ran a then-personal-best time of 2:04.29 during the semifinals to reach the final heat...Was the runner-up finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (2:04.69)...Earned sixth place in the 400 at the Big 12 outdoor meet (53.60), while also running on NU[apos]s fifth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:39.07) and sixth-place 4x100-meter relay (45.18)...Notched her career-best 800-meter time of 2:02.92 following the collegiate season at the Athletissima 2005 IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland...Claimed silver-medal honors indoors in the 400 at the Big 12 indoor meet in an indoor-best 53.61, while also running on NU[apos]s fourth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:38.04).

In Estonia: Represented Estonia in the 400-meter dash at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece...Ran a personal-record time of 51.91 to advance to the semifinals in Athens...Recorded a 53.13 in the semifinals, but did not advance to the finals...Claimed seventh (54.68) in the 400 at the 2003 European Junior Championships...Holds indoor Estonian National Records for the 300-meter (38.71), 400-meter (54.25) and 600-yard (1:20.65) run events...Also holds the outdoor National Record for 400 meters (51.91).

Personal: Full name is Egle Uljas...Born Dec. 18, 1984, in Tallinn, Estonia...Daughter of Juri and Ene-Ly Uljas...Has one brother, Henry (26)...Major is piano performance.