Tara Thomas
 Tara Thomas
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Dallas, Texas

High School:
Skyline Center

Position:
Sprints

2008: Best time in the 100-meters came in the preliminary heat of the ACC Championships at 11.89... Ran her best-time of the season at the Miami Elite Invitational in the 200-meters with a 24.69... Member of all seven 4x100-meter relay teams that recorded NCAA Regional times, with the season-best coming at the Hurricane Challenge... Ran the 55-meters once during the indoor season with a time of 7.22 at the Tom Jones Memorial... Ran the team's top-five times in the 60-meters, with a season-best 7.47, good for a fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships... In three attempts ran a season-best 25.38 at the Tyson Invitational in the 200-meters... Had three attempts at the long jump, with a season-best leap of 5.56m (18-03.00) at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

High School: Named all-district both junior and senior season... Ran with state record holding 4X100 team (44.60)... Member of 4X200m relay team that was ranked second in the nation (1:36.37)... Member of 4X100m that was ranked fifth in the nation (46.12)... Ran nation's ninth fastest time in the 100m (11.48).

Personal: A business management major... Hobbies include swimming and basketball... Sanya Richards is her favorite athlete... Favorite movie is "Love & Basketball"... Favorite TV show is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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