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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

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

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60m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event60m IndoorsPerformance7.83

High Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventHigh Jump IndoorsPerformance1.93

Long Jump

EventPerformance
EventLong JumpPerformance6.20

Long Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventLong Jump IndoorsPerformance6.13

Season Best

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High Jump

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateApril 08, 2022EventSun Angel Track Classic & Combined EventsPerformance1.71Placing2.

High Jump ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 18, 2022EventNAU Tune-upPerformance1.82Placing1.

All Results

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High Jump

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateApril 08, 2022EventSun Angel Track Classic & Combined EventsPerformance1.71Placing2.

High Jump ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateJanuary 27, 2022EventKladno IndoorPerformance1.76Placing4.
DateJanuary 30, 2022EventHvězdy v NehvizdechPerformance1.77Placing5.
DateFebruary 05, 2022EventHustopečské skákáníPerformance1.81Placing11.
DateFebruary 18, 2022EventNAU Tune-upPerformance1.82Placing1.
DateFebruary 27, 2022EventUS Ind. Ch.Performance1.80Placing8.

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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