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Chené
Townsend
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Jr. |
| Hometown: |
Kingston, Jamaica |
| Height: |
5-9 |
| Sport: |
Women's Track |
| Position: |
Hurdles |
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At West Virginia in 2012
- Ran a career-best 8.41 in the 60-meter hurdles to finish third at the Big East Indoor Championships and move into fourth place all-time ahead of Pat Itanyi’s 8.42 mark
- Opened the year with an 8.58-second 60-meter hurdle in the preliminaries of the Penn State National
- Came in second place in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.53 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge
- Finished in first place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Gold-Blue Meet in 8.68 seconds
- Competed in the 200-meter dash at the Gold-Blue Meet to place first in 25.92
- Ran an indoor season second-best mark of 8.46 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Columbia Last Chance meet
- Earned right to compete at NCAA East Regional in the 100-meter hurdles, coming in 22nd place in the first round in 13.47 seconds and 16th in the quarterfinals in 13.45, barely missing the cut for the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Came in second place in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries at Big East Outdoor Championships with a career-best 13.44, the fifth-best all-time WVU time for the event
- Achieved third place in the 100-meter hurdles finals at Big East in 13.47
- Finished second in the hurdles at the Larry Ellis Invitational in 13.66
- Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles at the Wake Forest Open and 18th in the 200-meter dash
- Placed 24th in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries at the Texas Relays in 13.84
- Came in 14th in the 100-meter dash in 12.21 at the Jesse Owens Classic and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.97
- Achieved fifth placed in the 100-meter dash in 11.93 at the Larry Ellis Invite and 10th in the long jump at a distance of 5.45 meters
- Member of the 4x100 relays at the Wake Forest Open, Jesse Owens Classic and Big East
At West Virginia in 2011
- Achieved a personal-best 13.71 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional, good for 20th place at the meet
- Came in fifth place in the 100-meter hurdles in 14:01 at the Big East Championships
- Member of 4x100 relay at the Big East Championships, helping foursome to fourth place in 46.17 seconds
- Ran under 14 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles for first time at the Texas Relays, running in 13.72 seconds in the preliminaries
- Finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.28 seconds at the Colonial Relays
- Competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the Stanford Invitational
- Member of 4x100 relay at the Jesse Owens Classic, helping squad to third place in 46.90 seconds
- During indoor season, finished first in the 60-meter dash, second in the 60-meter hurdles, and fifth in the triple jump at the WVU Holiday Classic
- Came in fourth place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big East Championships in 8.56 seconds
- Finished first in the 200-meter dash and second in the 60-meter dash at the Blue-Gold Meet
- Achieved third place in the 60-meter hurdles and sixth in the 200-meter dash at the GaREAT Invitational
- Recorded first place in the 60-meter dash and second-place marks in the 60-meter hurdles and triple jump at the WVU State Farm Games
- Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.01 seconds at the Penn State Relays
At West Virginia in 2010
- Big East qualifier
- Finished 15th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.96) at the Big East Championships
- Placed 27th in the preliminaries of 60-meter hurdles at the Penn State National
- Competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the PSU Northeast Challenge
Prep
- Captain of track team at Alpha Academy
Personal
- Daughter of Norman and Barbara Townsend
- Birthday is Dec. 12
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big East Academic All-Star
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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Straight Ahead
Posted: 3.26.12
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