MEET THE LADY VOLS
KELSEY KANE
TY-VONNA JOHNSON
5-5 * JUNIOR KNOXVILLE, TENN. WEST H.S.
5-3 * RS FRESHMAN NEWARK, N.J. COLUMBIA H.S.
CAREER BESTS
CAREER BESTS
4K: .............................................................................. N/A 5K: .............................................................................. N/A 6K: .............................................................................. N/A
4K: ....................................................... 16:52.92 (2009) 5K: ................................................................18:57 (H.S.) 6K: ....................................................... 24:28.20 (2010)
2011:
2011:
2010: Redshirted in her first season at UT.
2010: Competed in her first SEC Championship meet, placing 96th in 24:28.20...Made season debut at two-mile Front Runner Invitational, finishing 36th in 12:29...That marked her first cross country race since September 2009.
HIGH SCHOOL: Placed second in the 400m in a career-best 55.42 at the 2010 Nike Track Nationals...Logged her 800m PR of 2:09.54 at the NJSIAA Meet of Championships to place fifth...At the 2010 New Balance National Championships, she joined UT teammate Brittney Jackson on her school’s runner-up 4x400m relay unit, which set a state record (3:40.97) and the No. 4 mark in the country for the season...Also has a career best of 25.57 for 200m. PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Siblings include Aaliyah Graham, Alicia Graham, Asad Braswell, and A’mya Braswell... Ty-Vonna Monae Johnson was born in Newark, N.J., on Jan. 5, 1992...Her parents are Tyrone and Iva Johnson.
2009: Made one appearance as a redshirt freshman...Placed seventh for Tennessee and was 66th overall at the Belmont-VU Opener in 16:52.92. 2008: Redshirted during her first season at Tennessee. HIGH SCHOOL: Ran track four years and cross country for three at Knoxville’s West High School…Helped the Rebels claim state track & field team titles in 2006 and 2008...Earned all-state accolades all four seasons on the oval and her final three years in cross country...Posted Class AAA state cross country finishes of eighth as a senior, 10th as a junior and fifth as a sophomore...Charted a 5K PR of 18:57 in finishing 72nd at the 2007 Foot Locker South Regional Cross Country Championships in Charlotte, N.C....Was all-state in track in the 800m, mile, 3,200m and 4x800m relay in each of her final three seasons...Named Knoxville Interscholastic League Outstanding Distance Runner in April 2008 after claiming victory in both the 1,600m and 3,200m...Prep PRs include 18:57 for 5K and 19:25.52 for three miles in cross country, and 5:10.15 for 1,600m, 5:15.63 for the mile, 11:20.36 for 3,200m and 2:21.37 for 800m on the oval. PERSONAL: Majoring in journalism and electronic media...Mother is a Lady Vol Hall of Famer and a TV personality, and was a 1984 U.S. Olympian middle distance runner and the coach of UT’s 1990 SEC Cross Country Championship team during Kelsey’s first year of life...Stepfather is a UT professor and a former UT men’s volunteer assistant who coached 2004 U.S. Olympic gold medalist Tim Mack among a host of others...Has one sibling: Gracie Bemiller...Kelsey Catherine Kane was born in Knoxville, Tenn., on Aug. 17, 1990...Her parents are Missy (Alston) Kane Bemiller and Jim Bemiller.
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