Video links:
- Na Onka's official CBS bio page for Survivor: Nicaragua
- Na Onka's pre-game interview with EW's Dalton Ross
- Na Onka's pre-game interview with fancast's Gordon Holmes
- Na Onka's official CBS pre-game interview on YouTube
Here's a gallery of various Kelly pics from the press coverage of the Survivor: Nicaragua cast reveal, as well as the pre-Ep1 ads that CBS has aired:
After being scooped by SurvivorSucks, CBS today issued a press release confirming that Survivor: Nicaragua will indeed feature an "old vs. young" tribe breakdown (at least initially). In addition, @CBSTweet sent out this (mostly concealed) pre-game picture of the entire cast (for those scoring at home, taken 6/12, or two days before filming began; click the picture to enlarge):
Three Survivor: Nicaragua contestants were already known (Holly Hoffman, originally spoiled by Sabina Sperber at Sucks, online casting call winner 'Jimmy T' Tarantino, and former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson, spoiled by jackbauer1982 and later confirmed by missyae at Sucks, then by the mainstream sports press). But over a roughly 24-hour period (Saturday 7/24-Sunday 7/25), posters at SurvivorSucks identified (and missyae confirmed) all but one of the remaining 17 contestants: original spoiler thread here, contestant-specific threads are in the S21+ forum (until they're moved in a few weeks). The last, Jane Bright of the Espada tribe, was positively indentified today. See our Survivometer21 page for a summary.
Also, as had previously been speculated by smokeitgood, missyae confirmed that the "twist" for the season is that the tribes are initially divided by age: The La Flor (yellow) tribe is composed of contestants of age 30 or under, while all members of the Espada (blue) tribe are over 40.
Decent summary from a 2006 article announcing her transfer to San Diego State University:
"San Diego State track and field coach Rahn Sheffield has announced the signings of four recruits for the upcoming 2005 season. The four notable recruits include a college transfer and three prep standouts.
The college transfer, Naonka Mixon, will provide leadership to the Aztecs, who finished second in both the indoor and the outdoor Mountain West Conference Championships in 2004.
Mixon, a transfer from Los Angeles Southwest College, is a 2001 high school graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic. Mixon will compete in the 100-meter high hurdles, long jump, triple jump and the high jump for the Aztecs. Mixon, who attended Central Arizona Community College from 2001-02, has personal best jumps of 19 feet, 10 inches in the long jump, 41-2 in the triple jump and 5-9 in the high jump. All three would put her in the all-time Aztec top-10 list."
Update: As of 2008, her best 2002 marks from Central Arizona CC were still good enough for the top 10 in the school's history in triple jump (#8), high jump (T-#6), and 110m high hurdles (#6).
