Tiffany Townsend

Tiffany Townsend (born 14 June 1989) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200-meter dash. She has personal records of 11.13 and 22.26 seconds for the events, respectively.

She won medals for the United States in age category competitions, taking a relay gold at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, two gold medals at the 2010 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, and two silver medals at the 2011 Summer Universiade. She competed collegiately for Baylor University and was third in the 200 m at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Her highest international ranking for the 200 m is third, achieved in the 2013 season.

Born in Lake City, Florida to Tyrone Townsend and Vicki Seymour, she grew up in Killeen, Texas. She has two brothers and is the cousin of Danette Young – a three-time Olympic sprinter. Townsend began to establish herself as a sprinter at Killeen High School with Texas state records of 11.21 seconds for the 100 m and 22.84 seconds for the 200 m in 2007. At the USATF Junior Olympics she was runner-up in the 100 m and winner of the 200 m. She also performed well in her studies, qualifying for a scholarship from the Texas Scholar program.

Following her graduation from high school she stayed in-state and enrolled at Baylor University to study exercise physiology. In her first indoor season for the Baylor Bears collegiate team she earned All-American honours for the tenth-place finish in the 200 m at the 2008 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships. She was eighth in that event at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and also won All-American honours for top four placings with both the 4×100-meter relay and the 4×400-meter relay teams. A win in the 200 m at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships brought her selection for the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she came fifth in the 200 m final and won a gold medal as part of a 4×100 m relay team led off by Jeneba Tarmoh. She ran a 200 m personal record of 22.75 seconds at the Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships.

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