2010 Women’s Profiles the long jump (17-8) and seventh in the 200 meters in 26.69 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed sixth in the long jump (18-7.25) and posted a time of 26.44 in the 200 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished seventh in the long jump (17-8.75) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed third in the long jump (19-4.75) and 17th in the triple jump (35-8.75) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Placed second in the long jump (18-11.25) at the Clemson Relays and fourth (174.75) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 14th in the long jump (19-0.75) and 30th in the triple jump (33-10) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed eighth in the long jump (18-7.25) and 20th in the 100 meters (12.58) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won the long jump with a personal-best mark of 19-6.25 and placed fourth in the 100 in 12.15 at the Coach O Invitational ... Finished fourth in the long jump (19-4) and was a member of the fourth-place 4x100-meter relay (46.27) at the Sun Belt Championships. High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Michael Taylor ... State champion in the long jump as a senior and the region champion as a freshman, sophomore and senior ... Best times included 11.97 in the 100 meters, 24.37 in the 200 meters and best marks included a 18-11 in the long jump and 38-7 in the triple jump. Personal Born Kortney Chanelle Marie Thurman on July 8, 1989 ... Daughter of Brian and Gwen Mason.
Kristen Tithof Sophomore • 5-6 Friendsville, Tenn. • William Blount HS Distance
5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19:14.76 i / 19:25.40 o 10,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41:37.63 o
2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 50 in six of the seven races ... Came in fourth at the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) in 22:15 and 47th at the Belmont Opener in 16:04.06 ... Finished 47th at the Memphis Twilight Classic (5K) in 20:04.73 and 18th at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) in 20:10.50 ... Placed 14th at the UTC Invitational (2 miles) in 12:23 ... Finished the season with a season-best time of 19:45.18 at the Sun Belt Championships. Indoor Won as a member of the DMR team in 12:40.53 and placed fourth in the 3,000 meters in 11:40.98 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Finished third in the 800 meters in 2:39.02 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 3,000 in 11:07.72 in the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished ninth as a member of the DMR team in 13:20.09 and 17th in the 5,000 meters in 19:14.76 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed 12th in the 800 in 2:40.74 and seventh in the mile (5:44.90) at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Came in 14th in the 800 in 2:36.45 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Came in 32nd in the mile run in 5:48.27 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Ran the 3,000 at the Rod McCravy Memorial, finishing 31st in 11:04.63. Outdoor Placed 14th in the 1,500 meters in 5:14.72 at the Western Kentucky Invitational ... Came in 15th in the 5,000 meters in 19:25.4 at the Georgia Relays ... Finished 15th in the 3,000 meters and 18th in the 1,500 at the Boston-Moon Classic in times of 11:13.2 and 5:20.32, respectively … Placed 15th in the 10,000 meters in 41:10.39 at the Sun Belt Championships … Finished 19th in the 5,000 in 19:26.84 at the War Eagle Invitational … Came in 23rd in the 3,000 and 33rd in the 1,500 at the Boston-Moon Classic with times of 11:08.79 and 5:18.31, respectively. High School Attended William Blount High School ... Lettered in track and field all four years of high school and lettered in cross country from her sophomore through senior years under coach Chris Frary ... Was the cross country regional champion in 2005 and 2006 ... an all-region cross country selection in 2007 ... Tabbed to the all-state cross country team in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All- state track member in 2006 ... Graduated in the top 10 in her class.
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Personal Born Kristen Tithof on November 16, 1989 ... Mother is a professor of veterinary science at Tennessee ... Majoring in biology.
Nyeisha Wright R-Junior • 5-7 Colo. Springs, Colo. • (Widefield HS [Southern Miss.]) Sprints/Jumps
100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.92 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.34 o / 24.47 i Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-9 (5.71m) i / 19-11 (6.07m)
2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 200 meters, finishing third in 24.83 at the Sun Belt Championships and coming in seventh in the 55 meters in 7.25 as well as placing 11th in the long jump with a mark of 18-3.25 (5.57m) ... Won both the 55 and 200 meters, setting lifetime bests in both events, at the MT Valentine Invitational in 7.15 and 24.47, respectively ... Won both the 200 in 24.63 and long jump leaping 18-7 (5.67m) and placed second in the 55 in 7.17 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed third in the long jump with a leap of 18-9 (5.72m) and placed second in the 4x400m relay in 3:47.29 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed sixth in the long jump (18-4.25 [5.6m]) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Came in fourth as a member 4x400m relay team in 3:42.7 and placed 16th in the 55 meters in 7.77 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Competed in the long (17-6.25 [5.34m]) and triple jumps (35-6 [10.82m]) at the Kentucky Invitational finishing 19th and 21st, respectively. Outdoor Earned All Sun Belt honors as member of the 4x400 relay team, winning the event in a time of 3:46.28 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won the 4x100-meter relay in 46.12 and won the 4x400 relay in 3:47.28 at the Georgia Relays as well as placing second with the 4x200-meter relay team in 1:39.41 ... Placed second in the 4x200 in 1:38.77 and fourth in the 4x100 in 46.34 and placed 33rd in the 100-meter dash in 12.46 at the Sea Rays Relays ... Placed sixth in the 100-meter dash in 12.1, sixth in the 200-meter dash in 24.71, and sixth in the 4x100 relay in 47.88 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed seventh in the long jump with a leap of 18-6.5 (5.65m), ninth in the 200 in 24.58, and 19th in the 100 in 12.33 at the War Eagle Invitational. 2007-08 Redshirted after transferring from Southern Miss. Indoor Did not compete. Outdoor Competed unattached in one meet, placing 16th with a mark of 17-8.75 in the long jump and fouling on her three attempts in the triple jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Before Middle Tennessee Spent one season at Southern Miss. High School Four-year track letterwinner for coach Fred Marjerrson at Widefield HS ... Won the state championship in the triple jump as a sophomore and the state titles in the long jump and triple jump as a senior ... Earned all-state honors in the 400 meters as a sophomore and junior ... Region and CSML champion as a junior and senior ... Selected as the 2006 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Colorado ... Top times include 11:54 in the 100 meters, 23.67 in the 200 meters, 54.23 in the 400, and top marks included 20-10.5 in the long jump and 42-8.75 in the triple jump. Personal Born Nyeisha Olivia Wright on September 6, 1988 ... Daughter of Don and Corey Wright.