Chenè Townsend 5-9 | r-Junior | Hurdles Kingston, Jamaica At West Virginia in 2012 • Ran a career-best 8.41 in the 60-meter hurdles to finish third at the Big East Indoor Championships and move into fourth place alltime ahead of Pat Itanyi’s 8.42 mark • Opened the year with an 8.58-second 60-meter hurdle in the preliminaries of the Penn State National • Came in second place in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.53 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge • Finished in first place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Gold-Blue Meet in 8.68 seconds • Competed in the 200-meter dash at the GoldBlue Meet to place first in 25.92 • Ran an indoor season second-best mark of 8.46 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Columbia Last Chance meet • Earned right to compete at NCAA East Regional in the 100-meter hurdles, coming in 22nd place in the first round in 13.47 seconds and 16th in the quarterfinals in 13.45, barely missing the cut for the NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Came in second place in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries at Big East Outdoor Championships with a career-best 13.44, the fifth-best all-time WVU time for the event • Achieved third place in the 100-meter hurdles finals at Big East in 13.47 • Finished second in the hurdles at the Larry Ellis Invitational in 13.66 • Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles at the Wake Forest Open and 18th in the 200-meter dash • Placed 24th in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries at the Texas Relays in 13.84 • Came in 14th in the 100-meter dash in 12.21 at the Jesse Owens Classic and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.97 • Achieved fifth placed in the 100-meter dash in 11.93 at the Larry Ellis Invite and 10th in the long jump at a distance of 5.45 meters • Member of the 4x100 relays at the Wake Forest Open, Jesse Owens Classic and Big East At West Virginia in 2011 • Achieved a personal-best 13.71 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional, good for 20th place at the meet • Came in fifth place in the 100-meter hurdles in 14:01 at the Big East Championships • Member of 4x100 relay at the Big East Championships, helping foursome to fourth place in 46.17 seconds • Ran under 14 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles for first time at the Texas Relays, running in 13.72 seconds in the preliminaries • Finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.28 seconds at the Colonial Relays • Competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the Stanford Invitational
• Member of 4x100 relay at the Jesse Owens Classic, helping squad to third place in 46.90 seconds • During indoor season, finished first in the 60-meter dash, second in the 60-meter hurdles, and fifth in the triple jump at the WVU Holiday Classic • Came in fourth place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big East Championships in 8.56 seconds • Finished first in the 200-meter dash and second in the 60-meter dash at the Blue-Gold Meet • Achieved third place in the 60-meter hurdles and sixth in the 200-meter dash at the GaREAT Invitational • Recorded first place in the 60-meter dash and second-place marks in the 60-meter hurdles and triple jump at the WVU State Farm Games • Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.01 seconds at the Penn State Relays At West Virginia in 2010 • Big East qualifier • Finished 15th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.96) at the Big East Championships • Placed 27th in the preliminaries of 60-meter hurdles at the Penn State National • Competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the PSU Northeast Challenge Prep • Captain of track team at Alpha Academy Personal • Daughter of Norman and Barbara Townsend • Birthday is Dec. 12 • Majoring in exercise physiology • Big East Academic All-Star • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Allison Tyree 5-10 | Junior | Sprints Chesterland, Ohio
Chenè Townsend 44 | West Virginia University
At West Virginia in 2012 • Ran the 400-meter dash in 1:00.96 to finish fourth at the WVU Holiday Classic • Helped 4x400 relay team to second place in 4:12.22 at the WVU Holiday Classic • Competed in the 400-meter dash at the Wake Forest Open in 1:05.38 • Ran the 400-meter dash in 1:04.47 at the Raleigh Relays • Placed 28th in the 400-meter dash at the Jesse Owens Classic in 1:03.52