University of Washington Official Athletic Site - Track & Field
Cecilia Barnes
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Fresno, Calif.
High School: Clovis West
Event: Throws
Birthdate: 07/24/1980
Experience: 1L
Major: Arts & Sciences
1998-99: Finished second in the discus (175-9) and 21st in the hammer throw (143-9) at the Pac-10 Championships ... Ranked 13th nationally among discus competitors entering the NCAA championships ... Placed 11th (169-3) in the discus at the NCAA meet ... Added over eight feet to her previous best on May 23 in Tempe, Ariz., improving her NCAA provisional qualifier (175-8) at Pac-10 meet ... Ranks No. 3 among all-time Washington discus competitors.
High School: One of the premier prep throwers in the nation ... Ranked No. 15 among 1998 national high school competitors with a discus mark of 160-8 ... Four year letterwinner at Clovis West High School setting the school record as a freshman ... Named to the All-League team all four seasons finishing as high as fourth in state ... Daughter of Mathew Mileham who was a 1984 and 1988 Olympian in the hammer ... Mother, Lacy Barnes, is a world-class discus thrower who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games ... Lacy roomed in Atlanta with former Husky standout Aretha Hill who coached Cecilia last season.
