Tiffany Townsend
Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Lake City, Florida | June 14, 1989
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Track, Sprinting events |
Event(s) | 100 meters, 200 meters, 60 meters |
College team | Baylor University |
Team | Adidas |
Turned pro | 2011 |
Tiffany Townsend (born 14 June 1989) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200-meter dash. She has personal records of 11.13 and 22.26 seconds for the events, respectively.
She won medals for the United States in age category competitions, taking a relay gold at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, two gold medals at the 2010 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, and two silver medals at the 2011 Summer Universiade. She competed collegiately for Baylor University and was third in the 200 m at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Her highest international ranking for the 200 m is third, achieved in the 2013 season.
Career[]
Early life and family[]
Born in Lake City, Florida to Tyrone Townsend and Vicki Seymour, she grew up in Killeen, Texas. She has two brothers and is the cousin of – a three-time Olympic sprinter. Townsend began to establish herself as a sprinter at Killeen High School with Texas state records of 11.21 seconds for the 100 m and 22.84 seconds for the 200 m in 2007. At the USATF Junior Olympics she was runner-up in the 100 m and winner of the 200 m. She also performed well in her studies, qualifying for a scholarship from the Texas Scholar program.[1]
College career[]
Following her graduation from high school she stayed in-state and enrolled at Baylor University to study exercise physiology. In her first indoor season for the Baylor Bears collegiate team she earned All-American honours for the tenth-place finish in the 200 m at the 2008 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships. She was eighth in that event at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and also won All-American honours for top four placings with both the 4×100-meter relay and the 4×400-meter relay teams.[1] A win in the 200 m at the brought her selection for the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics,[2] where she came fifth in the 200 m final and won a gold medal as part of a 4×100 m relay team led off by Jeneba Tarmoh.[1] She ran a 200 m personal record of 22.75 seconds at the Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships.[3]
The following year she had top three places in both short sprints at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships and ran a school a personal record of 11.13 seconds for the 100 m at the Texas Relays. At the 2009 NCAA Outdoor meet she was fifth in the 200 m as well as a top-five placer in both the relays. Her 2010 season was highlighted by four podium finishes at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the individual sprints and relays, then a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor 200 m.[1] At the 2010 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics she took two gold medals, winning the 200 m and the 4×100 m relay (again running with Jeneba Tarmoh).[4] In her final year at the university she reached the 200 m podium at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships, running a personal record of 22.58 seconds to take third and end the competition with a career total of 17 All America honours.[5] This time ranked her twelfth in the world that year for the discipline.[6] After the end of the college season she represented the United States at the 2011 Universiade in Shenzhen and won two silver medals, one in the 200 m and one with the 4×100 m relay team.[7]
Professional career[]
After graduating from Baylor University, she started sprinting professionally and gained a sponsorship deal with adidas. She made her debut on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, taking sixth in the 200 m.[8] She has a season's best in the 100 m in April, running a time of 11.22 seconds.[3] She entered the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, was eliminated in the 200 m semi-finals, her run of 22.96 seconds being her best effort that year.[9]
Townsend again failed to gain selection for the senior championships in 2013, as at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships she was a 100 m semi-finalist and came seventh in the 200 m.[10] The following month, however, she propelled herself towards the top of the international rankings with a 200 m time of 22.26 seconds to narrowly finish behind Murielle Ahouré at the Herculis Diamond League meeting.[11] By the end of the season this time had only been bettered by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Ahouré – the top two finishers in the event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.[12]
With no major events to aim for in 2014, she fell back down the rankings – her best of 22.72 seconds being enough for 27th in the world.[13] Townsend ran the 200 meters in 23.16 to place 10th and did not make a final at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[14]
Townsend earned bronze in the 4x200 meters at 2017 IAAF World Relays. Townsend earned a lane in the 100 meters and 200 meters respectively ran 11.25 in 22nd place and 23.17 in 17th place at the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[15]
Personal records[]
- 100-meter dash – 11.13 (2009)
- 200-meter dash – 22.26 (2013)
- 60-meter dash (indoor) – 7.23 (2011)
- 200-meter dash (indoor) – 22.90 (2011)
- 300-meter dash (indoor) – 36.74 (2015)
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 200 m | 23.64 (wind: -0.9 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.66 | |||
2010 | NACAC U23 Championships | Miramar, Florida, United States | 1st | 200m | 22.92 (wind: +2.1 m/s) w |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.07 | |||
2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 2nd | 200 m | 22.96 (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.48 | |||
2017 | 2017 IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 4x200 m | 1:30.87 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Tiffany Townsend. Baylor Bears. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ Henning sets Hammer record at USATF Junior Championships – Day 3 . IAAF (2008-06-23). Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ a b Tiffany Townsend Progression. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ NACAC Under 23 Championships - 7/9/2010 to 7/11/2010, Hosted by: City of Miramar, Ansin Sports Complex: Miramar, Florida, Results Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Canada. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ The men's 4x400-meter relay team earned All-America honors for 23rd straight year. Baylor Bears (2011-06-11). Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 200 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2011. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ van Kuijen, Hans (2011-08-22). World University Games conclude in Shenzhen – Wrap report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 200 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2012. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 2012 USA Olympic Trials Womens 200-meter dash semifinals. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 2013 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/19/2013 to 6/23/2013 Drake Stadium - Des Moines, Iowa Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2013-07-19). Seven world leads on magical night in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 200 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 200 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ 2014 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/25/2014 to 6/29/2014. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-02-11.
- ^ "2017 USATF Championships Results - 6/22/2017 to 6/25/2017 Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California". USATF.org. June 26, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
External links[]
- Living people
- 1989 births
- American female sprinters
- People from Killeen, Texas
- People from Lake City, Florida
- Track and field athletes from Florida
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- African-American female track and field athletes
- Baylor Lady Bears track and field athletes
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
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