2015 W Track Roster

Thireyona Legg

  • Position Jumps/Sprints/Relays
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Booker T. Washington
  • Hometown Norfolk, Va.

Biography

Thireyona Legg at DirectAthletics

Career Highlights:
School record holder in the 500-meter run
Ran on the school record-setting 4X400-meter relay team, both indoors and outdoors, as a senior

2014-15: Finished seventh in the long jump at the SoCon Outdoor Championships, and did so by shattering her previous PR with a 5.61 M/18'5" leap...also ran on the school record-setting 4X400-meter relay team, both indoors and out...set a collegiate best in the 400-meters at the conference outdoor meet by running a 57.96 and finishing fifth...finished 10th in the long jump and ran her best 200-meter time since 2013 at the Mason Spring Invite...indoors, was 12th in the 400-meters at the conference meet.

2013-14: Set a new collegiate best in the long jump (5.38 M/17'8") at the indoor conference meet and finished ninth...was her best career conference finish in any event...was also 22nd in the 400...was 15th in the 200 at the NYU Saturday Night Shootout, accomplishing that in a seasonal best time...outdoors, finished 12th in the long jump and 11th in the 400 at the conference meet, with the 400 effort being a seasonal best...was seventh in that event at the Liberty Collegiate Invite. 

2012-13: Set a new collegiate outdoor best (59.19) and finished 11th in the 400 at the Big South Outdoor Championships...wrapped up her year by equaling a collegiate best in the 200 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier (26.29), which she had also accomplished two weeks earlier at George Mason...was 12th in the triple jump and 17th in the long jump at the BSC Indoor Championships...won both of those events at the VMI Winter Relays...set a long jump seasonal best (5.29 M/17'4 1/4") and a triple jump collegiate best (10.90 M/35'9 1/4") at the YSU Invitational.

2011-12: Set a new 500-meter school record at February's Youngstown State Invitational (1:18.35)...also finished seventh in the 400 at that meet...400-meter season best, however, came in December at Kent State (58.90)...was third in the 500 at the Liberty Kickoff...finished eighth in the 400 at the Big South Indoor meet...competed in just three meets outdoors due to injury.

High School/Personal: 2011 indoor - Ranked #2 in the state in the 500 with a PR of 1:14.61...All-Eastern Region in the LJ (5th) and 400 (5th).

Personal Bests:
200 - 25.90
400 - 55.76
500 - 1:14.61
HJ - 5'2
LJ - 5.61 M/18'5" (2015 SoCon Outdoor Championships)
TJ - 37'5 ½"

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

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  • 2013Sophomore

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  • 2014Junior

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  • 2015Senior

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