2009-10 Women's Track and Field Roster

Bianca Tyson

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Junior
  • High School Westlake HS/Kentucky
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.

Biography

Outdoor Track and Field 2010: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season, running the 100 and 200-meter runs, and also the 4x100-meter relay...Ran a season best time of 11.85 at the GT Yellow Jacket Invitational in the 100m...At the CAA Championships ran a 12.30 in the 100m...Also ran season best in the 200m at the GT Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 24.63...Competed in the War Eagle Invitational and ran 24.70 in the 200m...A part of the 4x100 relay team that had a season best time of 46.09 at the War Eagle...Also a part of the season best time of 3:44.05 put up by the 4x400 relay team at the War Eagle...Made the AD Honor roll for the spring semester.

Indoor Track and Field 2010: Competed in the 60m and 200m during the indoor season...Had the top three fastest 60 times on the team...Also had the top two fastest 200 times on the team...At ETSU ran a season best 7.72 in the 60m...At the New Balance Invitational ran a season best 24.85 in the 200m.

Outdoor Track and Field 2009: Competed in the 100, 200, 1,600, Sprint Medley and 4x100-meter relay events during the outdoor season...Was apart of the winning 4x100m relay team at the CAA Championships with a time of 46.41...Posted a season-best 45.80 at the Penn Relays as one leg of the 4x100m Relay team to finish 12th out of 81 teams... Placed fourth in 3:50.79 as a member of the 1,600m Sprint Medley at the Pepsi Florida Relays and placed second at the Penn Relays with a time of 3:48.66...Recorded team's third-best time in the 100m, running an 11.87 at the CAA Championships where she finished fifth...Ran her season-best time of 24.45 in the 200m at the CAA Championships and placed eighth...Ran the fourth leg of the 4x100m relay team and the first leg of the 4x400m at the NCAA Regionals meet...Helped the 4x100m team to place fifth in their heat and 15th overall with a time of 45.84 and the 4x400m team to place 16th overall with a time of 3:43.54.

Indoor Track and Field 2009:  Competed in the 60, 200 and 300-meter events during the indoor season...Recorded her season-best mark in the 60m at the New York Fast Track with a time of 7.68...Placed seventh in the 60m in 7.76 at the Tiger Paw Invitational...Ran a season-best 24.78 in the 200m at the New York Fast Track meet...Finished fourth in the 200m with a time of 25.44 at the Hampton University Invitational...Posted the team’s third best mark in the 300m, finishing in 41.43 at the Clemson Games.

Track and Field 2008:  Competed in track and field for the Univ. of Kentucky...Earned an SEC silver medal in the distance medley during her freshman year...Ran the first leg of the 4x400m to help the team to a 54.30 finish at the regional meet...Team placed fifth at the SEC indoor and outdoor championships.

Prep:  Attended Westlake High School where she received four letters in track and field and one in softball...Named MVP of the track and field squad during her sophomore year and received the “Coaches Award” during her junior campaign...State champion in the 100m and 200m as a senior and a State champion in the 4x400m as a sophomore...As a freshman, she was named the “Gatorade Rookie of the Year.”

Personal:  Born August 1, 1989 in Atlanta, Ga...Has a younger brother, Chase...Favorite athletes are Chris Paul and Allison Felix...Plans to become a physical therapist...Major is exercise science with a minor in Spanish.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2009-10Junior

    5'2"