| Tanya Cheatham |
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AS A JUNIOR: Continued to improve her times and finishes, setting personal bests in the indoor season and qualifying for her second BIG EAST Outdoor Championship ... ran 7.80 in the 60 meters at the Windsor Team Challenge and the Notre Dame Invitational to post a new personal best ... ended up third in the field at Windsor after running a 7.81 in the finals ... also competed in the 200 meters during the indoor season, running a season-best 26.03 at the Meyo Invitational ... qualified for the 2004 BIG EAST Outdoor Championship with a 12.30 effort in the 100 meters at the Spring Opener ... eventually finished 17th overall at the BIG EAST meet (12.37) .... top finish of the outdoor season came at the Tom Botts Invitational, finishing third in the 100 meters (12.69).
AS A SOPHOMORE: Started to develop into a key contributor for the women's sprint team ... saw her first significant action in career during the 2003 season ... qualified for the BIG EAST indoor and outdoor meets ... season highlight came at the conference outdoor meet, helping the 4x100 relay team of Kristen Dodd, Ayesha Boyd and Kymia Love finish third and earn all-BIG EAST honors ... improved in the 100 meters for the outdoor season, qualifying for the BIG EAST outdoor championship and finishing 14th in the preliminaries (12.16) ... also ran the 200 meters during the outdoor season, finishing seventh at the Indy Relays and fifth in the Boilermaker Open.
AS A FRESHMAN: Did not compete during the 2002 track and field season.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL DATA: Earned four letters as one of the top sprint specialists to ever compete at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Texas ... also earned two letters in basketball ... earned track and field team MVP honors all four years of high school competition ... dominated in the 100- and 200-meter races across her area of Texas ... made four-straight appearances at the Texas Relays ... competed at the 1999 Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics, helping her 4x100 relay team earn a silver medal ... advanced to the state championship meet her senior season and finished fourth in the 100 meters and fifth in the 200 meters ... set school records in the 100 (11.7) and 200 (24.2) meters as well as the 4x100 relay ... earned all-district honors as a guard on the San Marcos basketball team her junior season ... was also named defensive MVP of the team ... member of the National Honor Society and the Gifted and Talented Society ... born Dec. 5, 1982 in San Marcos, Texas ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a sociology major.
