Tynita Butts-Townsend

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Female Age: 35 Date of Birth: 6/10/1990

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Jeff Petersmyer Agent: Joseph Codrington

Residences

Hometown: Hampton, VA High School: T.C. Williams High School (Alexandria, VA) College: East Carolina University

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In Top 8 World Championships

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NACAC U23 champion

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NCAA champion

Olympic Games

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Q2-15 (high jump)

World Athletics Championships

2019 IAAF World Championships, eighth (high jump)

Career Highlights

2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Q1 - 14th (High Jump)
2019 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (High Jump)
2019 Toyota USATF Indoor Championships, silver (High Jump)
2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, eighth (High Jump)
2018 USATF Indoor Championships, seventh (High Jump)
2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Q1 - 7th (High Jump)
2016 USATF Indoor Championships, eighth (High Jump)
2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, fifth (High Jump)
2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (High Jump)
2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, fourth (High Jump)
2013 NCAA Indoor Championships, silver (High Jump)
2012 NACAC U23 Championships, gold (High Jump)
2012 USATF Outdoor Championships, seventh (High Jump)
2011 USATF Outdoor Championships, sixth (High Jump)

Personal

Daughter of Tyrone S. Butts and Vernita L. Carter...Has an older sister, Chyrelle Carter, an older brother, Justin Carter, and a younger brother, Juan Davila...Majored in sociology with a concentration in marriage and family...Married to Paralympian Roderick Townsend-Roberts.

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