VIDEO: When you qualify for the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Costa Rica, you have to get swagged up. Hayley Horvath has some extra luggage returning home from Florida. She’s representing Towson & the United States of America people! This is awesome.
You’re looking at the first-EVER NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships qualifier in the history of our track & field program!! Congratulations to Lauren Coleman! She will compete in the Women’s Shot Put on Friday, March 13 in Albuquerque, NM. ITS A GREAT DAY BE A TIGER! 🐯
Welcome to Tiger Town 🐯
We are very excited to welcome Consandria Walker-Hall to the Tiger family as the new cross country and track & field head coach!
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For the first time in program history your Tigers are outdoor 𝙀𝘾𝘼𝘾 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 👑
Towson earns 89.5 points to win the championship title supported by:
-3 school records
-4 first place finishes
-so many PRs!
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MOVIN ON UP! ⬆️⬆️⬆️
The Tigers move up to
#3
in the Mid-Atlantic Region, which is the highest in program history!
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We out-rank teams from the Big10, Ivy League, and all teams in the states of MD, NJ, D.C, DE, and WV.
#TUonTheRise
#AndClimbing
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The Tiger family mourns the passing of Roger Erricker, former Head Coach here at TU.
Erricker had a decorated 29-year career for the Tigers.
🙏🏽 🐯
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Junior Lauren Coleman won the shot put at the ECAC Championships on Sunday while the Tigers finished third as a team, their highest-ever finish at the ECAC championships. Coleman was also named Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet.
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🚨 NEW SCHOOL RECORD 🚨
Crystal Johnson breaks the 200 meter outdoor record at the Virginia Classic with a time of 23.75‼️
Johnson now owns records in both the indoor and outdoor 200 meter as well as the indoor 100 meter.
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🚨BIG NEWS 🚨 The Tigers 4 x 100-meter relay team of Shamika Burton, Arianna Waller, Liz Reid & Crystal Johnson qualified for Friday’s Championship Of America race. This is major and first time in program history that a TU relay is running in a 4x1 COA race! More coming later.
WELL.......Jaina McLean runs a huge PR winning the 60m with a time of 7.69, which is tied with Ashley Adams and Zanae Freeland for
#2
All-time — great company! Like Emily Johnson, she is also a first-time ECAC qualifier!
School Record Alert 🚨🚨!
Hayley Horvath clears 4.13m (13' 6.5") in the Invitational Pole Vault at the Liberty Elite Invitational! Her performance tied her for 3rd overall and currently stands as the
#13
mark in the NCAA!!
What's better than finishing with best times in the 60-meter dash? Tying a school record. Congrats to senior Jaina McLean, freshman Crystal Johnson & freshman Shamika Burton as they tied Kaitlyn Davis' standard of 7.65 seconds during today's Navy Winter Invitational.
We’ve got state champions like 1-2-3 🥇
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TU Signees Mya King (55H, 100H, 300H), Deborah Gnoumou (100H), and Jasmine Johnson (300H) are MD 1A, 2A, and 3A Hurdle champions respectively! 🐯
#winning
An inspiring story to start the day. Towson asst
@CoachGabbyG1221
details her journey with thyroid cancer.
"My battle with cancer also taught me about courage, and taking risks. You have to persevere & figure out a way to overcome the adversity."
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The Tigers finished with 207 points to capture first place in the Towson Invitational! Towson saw five first-place finishes on day and a new school record!
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Congrats to Georgia Coleman, who earned a medal by finishing 6th in the hammer throw at USATF U20 meet in Florida with a personal best effort of 55.41 meters (181-09). She achieved the mark on her third attempt of the competition.
Thursday Feature on our passionate assistant coach Zac Ball.
With all the school records & awesome accolades Towson has achieved over the last 2 years, Ball has celebrated more than Times Square revelers on New Years Eve.
MONDAY MOOD: A look back at our 2019 CAA champions. Towson won 9 of 19 events at the CAA Championships, set 6 school records over the weekend & had Michella Obijiaku named as the CAA Female Field Athlete of the Meet. A memorable weekend indeed.
How it Started: How it's Going:
3 pairs of athletes were High School teammates and are now College Teammates! 🐯
Fun facts: One pair is roommates and best friends, another pair's HS head coach is a TU Alum, and another pair are sisters! Can you guess?
On Saturday, Emily Johnson posted a school record time in the 3,000 meters while Jaina McLean won the 60-meter dash in the second-fastest time in school history. Both qualified for the
@ECACSports
Championships which begin on Friday.
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#IAGDTBAT
Last Saturday, Michella Obijiaku was named the CAA's most outstanding female field athlete of the meet. Thanks to the
@CAASports
, here's what she had to say about her performance which included winning the HT and SP (meet record).
Today has been 𝙁𝙪𝙣! 🔥
Manie Mevo takes the championship title in the high jump with a PR of 12.35m!
(& she’s only a freshman🗣️)
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Ending her collegiate career 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚✨
Georgia earned a huge PR to finish in 13th after entering the meet seeded 37th, one spot away from advancing to the NCAA Championship!
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Moving on! Towson senior Michella Obijiaku, competing for Italy at the 2019 European Athletics Under 23 championships in Gavle, Sweden, has advanced to Saturday’s final round. She’ll compete at 12:40p EDT. Congrats.
Hayley Horvath will represent 🐯 & 🇺🇸 in the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships to Friday night in San Jose, Costa Rica. She competes at 7:30 EDT.