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

THIS YEAR: Senior Capree Bell returns to the track after sitting out the 2007 season ... As she regains her past form, could push for All-America recognition in the heptathlon ... Also competitive in the high jump.

2007: Sat out the indoor and outdoor seasons of the 2007 campaign while nursing an injury.

2006: Earned her first-ever All-America honor by finishing fourth in the heptathlon (4505) at the NAIA Outdoor Championships in Fresno, Calif ... Won the GSAC title in the 100-meter hurdles (15.27) while also scoring in the 200, high jump and long jump.

2005: Qualified for the NAIA Championships in the pentathlon (indoor) and heptathlon (outdoor), finishing eighth in the heptathlon (4,574) staged in Louisville, Ky. … Was ninth in the pentathlon (3,053) but was second after 4 events … Also qualified for the NAIA outdoor high jump, finishing 14th among 26 competitors … At the GSAC championships in Azusa, was second in the 100 hurdles (15.64) and sixth in the high jump (5’ 2¼”).

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in 4 seasons of track & field for coach Brad Abbott at Centennial High in Boise, Ida. … Was a 3-time Idaho state champ in the high jump, including her 2001 freshman season when she won with a clearance of 5’ 2” … Won it again as a 2002 sophomore and 2004 senior with jumps of 5’ 4” … As a 2003 junior was the state runner-up in the 100-meter high hurdles (15.05) and was fifth in the 300 hurdles (47.26) … Competed in the 2002 USAT&F Junior Olympics in Omaha, Neb., in the 100-meter hurdles … Also lettered 2 seasons in basketball and swimming.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 5, 1986, in Boise, Ida. ... Parents are Dexter and Deborah Bell … Has 1 brother (Jacoby) … Spent the fall of 2005 attending classes at Clark Atlanta University, a historical black university in Georgia … Taught Sunday School at her home church … Named among Idaho’s “Top Scholars” for 2004 … Majoring in international business and communications.

BELL BESTS AT AZUSA PACIFIC
Year  100HH  HJ      SHOT      LJ       JT   HEP
2005  14.57 5-5     35-5 3/4 16-11 1/4  88-3 4574
2006  14.88 5-3 3/4 36-9     17-6      115-4 4505
2007             did not compete