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Tynita Butts-Townsend

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Female Age: 34 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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