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Tianna Valentine - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Tianna Valentine

Position Sprints
Class Senior
Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
High School Hazelwood East HS
Position Sprints

Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Placed second as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) with a time of 44.73 seconds … Claimed victory in the 200-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 24.31 seconds … Was a member of the 4×100-meter relay team at the Kansas Relays (4/19-4/22) that took fourth place with a time of 46.19 seconds … Competed at the Rock Chalk Classic, claiming victory as a member of the 4×100 relay team, finishing in 44.97 seconds … Took seventh place as a member of the 4×100 relay team at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 45.49 seconds … Part of the 4×100 relay team that finished 17th at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Claimed victory at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.48 seconds … Took second at the Bill Easton Classic in the 200-meter dash in 24.98 seconds … Competed at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12), placing third in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.52 seconds … Placed 36th at the Rod McCravy Memorial (1/20-21) in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.87 seconds … Claimed victory at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-1/27) in the 60 meter dash, clocking in at 7.46 seconds … Posted a 17th-place finish at the Husker Invitational in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.66 seconds … Placed 25th in the 60 meter dash at the Tyson Invitation with 7.57 seconds … Finished in sixth place at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.52 seconds.

2016 OUTDOOR (R-Jr.)
Placed 10th in the 100 meters during the preliminary round of the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a time of 11.74 … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team take the bronze at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship with a collective time of 44.97 … Runner-up in the 100 meters after clocking in a wind-aided time of 11.75 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) … Took third in the 100 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with her wind-aided time of 11.70 … Assisted the 4×100-meter relay team to a third-place finish at the Kansas Relays after clocking in at 46.41.

2016 INDOOR (RS-Jr.)
Won the 200 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) after clocking a time of 25.56 … Recorded runner-up performances in the 60 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) and the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with times of 7.49 and 7.42, respectively … Runner-up in the 200 meters with a time of 25.37 at the Jayhawk Classic … Claimed fourth in the 200 meters at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular after crossing the finish line in 24.91.

2015 OUTDOOR (Jr.) 
Utilized redshirt season.

2015 INDOOR (Jr.) 
Utilized redshirt season.

2014 OUTDOOR (So.)
Logged an impressive season which included three victories and career-best times in the 100 meters and 200 meters … Tallied a scoring performance in the 100 meters at the Big 12 Championship (5/18) with her wind-aided time of 11.31 and fourth-place finish … Member of NCAA Outdoor Championship-qualifying 4×100-meter relay team … Her first individual victory of the season came at the Mesa Classic (4/11) where she clocked in at 23.82 in the 200 meters … Finished first at the Kansas Relays (4/19) in the 100 meters with a time of 11.33 … Continued her success at the Ward Haylett Classic (5/3) with a victory in the 100 meters, paired with a second-place finish in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 23.78.

2014 INDOOR (So.)
Claimed third at the Big 12 Championship (3/1) with a time of 7.50 in the 60 meters … Won the 60 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/10) with a time of 7.47 … Followed up with another victory in the 60 meters, posting a time of 7.46, at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24) … Clocked in at 7.52 to claim second in the 60 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational (1/17) … Logged her best finish in the 200 meters with a time of 25.22 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24), placing second.

2013 OUTDOOR (Fr.) 
Named KU’s Newcomer of the Year … Member of the First Team All-America and Big 12 Champion 4×100-meter relay team … Finished second in the 100 meters with her season-best wind-aided time of 11.50 at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/11) … Competed in 100 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/20), clocking in at 11.64 to take second place in the prelims … Claimed third place in the 100 meters at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6) … Earned a silver medal in the 100 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/20) with a time of 11.80 … Competed in the 200 meters at the Mesa Classic (4/5), earning a third-place finish with a time of 24.04.

2013 INDOOR (Fr.) 
Took second place in the 60 meters, recording a time of 7.39 at the Big 12 Championship (2/24) … Set a personal-best 60 meter time of 7.38 en route to a second-place finish at the Arkansas Qualifier (3/1) … Claimed a 60 meters first-place finish after crossing the finish line with a time of 7.49 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/5) … Placed second in the 200 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/5) with a time of 24.85 … Recorded a 200-meter time of 24.96 en route to a third-place finish at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25).

HIGH SCHOOL
Claimed three-straight Missouri state championships in the 100 meters from 2010-12 … State champion in the 200 meters her senior year, after clocking in with a time of 23.71 … Won 2012 state 100-meter championship with time of 11.51 … Recorded a personal best in the 100 meters with her time of 11.48 at the 2011 Great Southwest Classic … Kansas Relays record holder in the 100 meters (11.66) … 2012 Gatorade High School Track Athlete of the Year … Hazelwood East record holder in the 100 meters and 200 meters … Two-time invitee to the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City.

PERSONAL
Full name is Tianna Unique Valentine … Daughter of LaTisha Valentine-Knox and Damon Knox … Has two younger siblings, Dominique (17) and Lovely (11).