Cougar Athletics
30 NAIA National Championships
95 GSAC Championships
...and counting

THIS YEAR: Already one of the all-time greats in Azusa Pacific history, junior Jaime Canterbury is the reigning NAIA cross country champion ... Holds the school record in the 1500 and has the second best time ever in the 5000 ... Should push for the school record in the 800 (currently 2:08.62) ... Will be a key in the Cougars’ pursuit of the NAIA team championships.

2007: Collected her first-ever track & field All-America honors, 2 each in the indoor and outdoor seasons, during her 2007 sophomore campaign ... Clinched the Cougars’ NAIA outdoor national championship with a then personal-best 4:30.43 in the 1500, finishing second ... Anchored the Cougars’ 4x800 to a third-place finish (9:06.81) ... At the NAIA indoor championships, anchored both the 4x800 (9:13.02) and distance medley relay (12:02.23) to fifth– and third-place finishes ... Did not compete in any open events ... Was the GSAC 800m champion (2:18.24) ... Broke the school record in the 1500 with a 4:25.69 in the Southern California USATF Championships at Occidental ... Came back 3 days later to run a career-best 2:11.47 in an 800 at Mt. SAC.

2006: Put together a fine 2006 freshman campaign in which she recorded the Cougars’ top times in the 800 (2:21.44), 1500 (4:47.77), mile (5:27.06) and indoor 5000 (18:49.99) ... Competed in both the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Championship Meets, running legs on the Cougars’ 4x800 relay that finished seventh indoor and eighth outdoor ... At the GSAC Championships in San Diego, finished fifth in the 1500 and eighth in the 800.

CROSS COUNTRY: Became the Cougars’ first-ever NAIA national champion in cross country, winning the 2007 crown in Kenosha, Wis., with a school-record 17:10 ... Teamed with Aron Rono to make Azusa Pacific only the second school in NAIA history to sweep the men’s and women’s individual crowns in the same season ... Was the runner-up to teammate Jacky Kipwambok at both the GSAC and NAIA regional championship meets ... Posted 4 sub-18 races ... Put together an outstanding 2006 campaign in which she captured an All-America honor by finishing eighth at the NAIA Championships in Louisville, Ky., with an 18:20 over the 5K course ... At the time, it was the fourth-best showing ever by a Cougar at the national meet ... Clocked a very fine 18:15 to finish sixth at the NAIA regionals ... As a 2005 freshman appeared in 6 meets and was the Cougars’ No. 2 runner in 5 of them … Posted a season-best 5K of 18:50 (her first sub-19) to finish 13th at the NAIA regional championship meet in Fresno … Clocked a 19:41 at the NAIA Championships, finishing 134th … Was sixth out of 84 runners at the GSAC Championships, running a 19:14 5K at the La Mirada Regional Park.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran 3 seasons of track & field and cross country for head coach Rex Hall at state power Dana Hills High in Dana Point, Calif. … As a senior, named cross country's MVP and track's most valuable distance runner after leading the Dolphins to the South Coast League titles … Named to Dana Hills' athletics hall of fame for earning 6 varsity letters and all-league recognition in 2 different sports … Posted cross country personal bests of 18:29 on the Mt. SAC course and 19:01 on the course at Fresno's Woodward Park.

PERSONAL: Born June 23, 1987, in Laguna Beach, Calif., to Norton (business owner) and Vicki Canterbury … Has a younger brother (Jeremy) and sister (Paige) … Majoring in psychology.

CANTERBURY BESTS at AZUSA PACIFIC
Year   800    1000    1500     Mile    3000     5000
2006 2:16.50 3:05.91 4:47.77 5:27.06  10:47.09 18:49.99
2007 2:11.47    -    4:25.69 5:13.54      -    17:22.15