2006 Track & Field Roster

Brandi Probasco-Canda

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • Highschool Benson Poly Technical High

Biography

 

Brandi Probasco-Canda
Brandi Probasco-Canda

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Portland, Ore.

High School:
Benson Poly Technical High

Height:
5-7½

Event:
Sprints

Birthdate:
06/30/1985



WSU CAREER. JUNIOR (2005-06): Indoor - Ran PR 200m time of 24.99i at McDonald's Collegiate (2/4/06, Moscow)...clocked 400m PR time of 55.38i in prelims at the MPSF Championships and sixth-place final time of 55.66 (2/25/06, Seattle)...Outdoor - Reached NCAA Regional Qualifying 400m time of 54.17 at WSU-UW Dual (4/29/06, Pullman)...10th in 400m dash at Pac-10 Championships...finished fourth in 400m (55.05) at NCAA West Regional (5/27/06, Provo)...prelim time of 55.11 at NCAA Championships (6/7/06, Sacramento).

SOPHOMORE (2004-05): Indoor - Finished sixth in 400m dash at the MPSF Championships in a time of 57.04i (2/26/05, Seattle)...also ran lead leg of 4x400m relay that finished seventh at MPSF in time of 3:50.39i...Outdoor - Team's top 400m time of 55.16 at UW Dual (4/30/05, Seattle)...at the Pac-10 Championships finished ninth in 400m dash and ran lead leg of sixth place 4x400m relay team.

FRESHMAN (2003-04): Indoor - Finished fourth in the 400m dash at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (2/28/04, Seattle) with at time of 55.60i...also ran lead leg of second-place 4x400m relay (3:42.00i)...team-leading 400m time of 55.49i at Vandal Indoor (2/20/04, Moscow)...Outdoor - Ran top team time in 400m (55.57) at Washington Dual meet (5/1/04, Pullman)...at the Pac-10 Championships (5/15/04, Tucson) anchored 4x100m relay to seventh place (46.59) and anchored 4x400m relay to fifth place (3:40.61)...also was 12th in 400m (56.75)...at the NCAA West Regional meet, 4x400m relay team did not run squad member Tamara Gulley re-aggravated a groin injury in the pre-race warm-up area and the team had no replacement.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Lettered four years for track coach Leon McKenzie at Benson Poly Technical High...won state 400m title as a sophomore and junior...junior year ran 54.64, state meet record and sixth fastest time in Oregon state history...also clocked in at state meet with 200m time of 25.01 in 2001...placed well at high profile meets - third in 400m at 2002 Golden West Invite, 10th in 400 at 2003 Arcadia Invite, and 28th in 400m at Nike Indoor Championships.

PERSONAL. Born Brandi Nycole Probasco-Canda, 6/30/85, at Portland, Oregon...father John Canda is an executive director...mother Darla Probasco Canda is a professional mentor...brother Bryce (6/14/95)...sisters Breanna (8/10/86) and Brooke (9/26/89)...majoring in sociology at WSU.

PROBASCO-CANDA'S WSU BESTS
60m - 8.10i (2005) 100m - 12.68 (2005) 200m - 24.99i (2006) 400m - 54.17 (2006) 4x100m Relay - 46.43 (2004) 4x400m Relay - 3:40.61 (2004)

PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES 2006 400m Dash 10th 55.70 2005 400m Dash 9th 55.72 4x400m Relay 6th 3:42.16 2004 400m Dash 12th prelims 56.75 4x100m Relay 7th 46.59 4x400m Relay 5th 3:40.61

NCAA WEST REGIONAL PERFORMANCES 2006 400m Dash 4th 55.05

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 400m Dash 27th 55.11