2018-19 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster
Biography
2017-18 (JUNIOR): Indoor: Competed in three meets during the indoor season not including the 2018 Indoor Championships… Collected three top-25 finishes in those meets… Finished third in the Distance Medley Relay with a 12:06.65 time at the Indoor Championships… Outdoor: Took home seventh in the Coastal Carolina Invitational in the 400 meters event with a time of 58.65… Added a sixth place finish in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the North Florida Invite…
2015-16 (FRESHMAN): Indoor: Competed in the 400m at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23) and finished in 21st, as well as helping the 4x4 place eighth and the Distance Medley Relay place ninth…also helped the 4x4 finish in fifth at the Wake Forest Invitational (Jan. 16) and sixth at the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 29-30)…Outdoor: Recorded a career-best 400m at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 13-15) finishing in 19th in 57.76 seconds…set a 200m PR at the Lowcountry Collegiate (Apr. 16), running it in 25.91 seconds…also placed fifth in the 400m at the same meet…participated in the War Eagle Invitational (Apr. 22-23) in the 200m (26.12s) and the 400m (58.38s)
HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at Eastside High School for Coach Frankey Iverson … Won six varsity letters … Named the 2013 and 2015 Best Field Athlete … Also named Most valuable athlete and the 2015 Best Female Performer … Recorded a school-record 37-1 triple jump as a senior, a 56.6 in the 400 and a long jump of 16-8 … Also played volleyball, earning MVP honors … Took third in the 4x400 at the 2013 state meet, seventh in the 4x400 at the 2014 state meet, eighth in the 400m and second in the triple jump at the 2014 state meet and fifth in the triple jump, eighth in the 400m and seventh in the 4x400 at the 2015 state meet … Ran for Club Nitro and Coach Jeremy Easley.
PERSONAL: Breanna Renee Thornton … Born May 3, 1997 in Cleveland … The daughter of Jennifer Grant … Has three siblings: Christina, Caleb and Carlos Jr.
MAJOR: Exercise Science
Historical Player Information
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2015-16Freshman
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2016-17Sophomore
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2017-18Junior
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2018-19Senior
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