Events: LJ (IN: 19-11 ¾; OUT: 20-4 ½), TJ (IN: 39-10 ¾; OUT: 43-2 ¼)

2009
Enjoyed an outstanding sophomore season with the Lady Tigers in 2009 ... Made her first career appearance in the triple jump at the  NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... Earned a 19th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor meet with a wind-aided mark of 42 feet, ¾ inches ... Qualified automatically for the NCAA meet with a third-place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships ... Shattered her overall personal best in the triple jump with a wind-legal mark of 43-2 ¼ at the regional meet ... Won the college division of the triple jump at the 115th Penn Relays with a wind-aided mark of 42-6 ¾ ... Also won the college division of the long jump at the Penn Relays with a wind-aided mark of 20-0 ½ ... Competed in both the long jump and triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... Scored eight points for the Lady Tigers at the SEC Outdoor meet with a third-place finish in the long jump (20-4 ½) and a seventh-place finish in the triple jump (40-6) ... Seasonal-best mark of 20-4 ½ in the long jump was also a personal best ... Competed in the long jump at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships, where she finished in 12th place with a jump of 19-9 ... Competed only in the long jump during the indoor season ... Posted an indoor seasonal best of 19-10 ¼ at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Scored five points with a fourth-place finish in the long jump at the SEC Indoor Championships (19-9 ¾) ... Scored a total of 13 points SEC competition during the 2009 season.

2008
Proved to be one of the premier young jumps prospects in the Southeastern Conference with her performance in 2008 ... Earned three Freshman All-SEC honors as the highest freshman finisher in her respective events at the conference meet ... Was a Freshman All-SEC performer in both the long jump and triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Finished seventh in the long jump at the indoor conference meet with a new overall personal-best mark of 19 feet, 11 ¾ inches ... Contributed two points to the Lady Tigers’ final total as they won their first SEC Indoor team title since 1999 ... Placed 10th in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor meet with a new indoor personal best of 39-10 ¾ ... Continued to perform well at the conference level during the outdoor season as she finished seventh in both the long jump (19-5 ½) and triple jump (40-11w) at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... Her finish in the triple jump was good enough for Freshman All-SEC recognition ... Scored four points for the Lady Tigers as they won the team title at the outdoor conference meet ... Qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships in the triple jump, finishing the meet in seventh place with a mark of 41-8 ... Won the long jump title at the Willie Williams Classic (19-6) and the triple jump title at both the LSU Tiger Relays (40-0) and Tiger Invitational (40-6) during the outdoor season ... Set a new overall personal best in the triple jump after the collegiate season with a mark of 41-10 ¾ to finish fourth at the Jamaican Olympic Trials on June 28 ... Competed in a total of 12 meets for the Lady Tigers during her freshman season.

PRIOR TO LSU
A product of one of Jamaica’s premier high school track and field programs at St. Jago High School ... One of the top jumps prospects to come out of her native Jamaica for the 2007 signing class ... Joined the Lady Tigers with overall personal bests of 19-3 ¼ in the long jump and 41-5 ¾ in the triple jump ... Won a silver medal in the long jump and a bronze medal in the triple jump at the Jamaica Boy’s and Girl’s Championships as a high school senior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Melissa Rumona Ogbourne ... Born on Jan. 23, 1988 ... Parents are Dawnlyn Walters and Calvin Ogbourne ... Pursuing a degree in nutrition.